The Ipsos Mori Poll commissioned by charities Grandparents Plus, Save the Children and the Family and Childcare Trust, reveals that grandparents are increasingly stepping in to care for grandchildren because of work pressures and the rise in the cost of childcare.
A sample of 2,044 adults from Britain were interviewed for the poll, and of these 617 described themselves as grandparents or great-grandparents.
Around 1.9 million grandparents said that they have cut working hours, given up a job or taken time off in annual or sick leave to care for a grandchild at some point in their lives.
The reason most grandparents gave for looking after their grandchildren was to enable a child’s parents to work or because they could not afford childcare.
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