Mothers' Union Projects

 1)  Away From It All Holidays: Chalet Holiday Project

      We provide a holiday for local families in desperate need of a break (whether through bereavement, trauma, family crisis, low income), who have not had a holiday for at least 3 - 4 years. 

 2)  We knit teddy bears

Here are some colourful teddy bears that our Mothers' Union members & friends have knitted. 
They are given to children who visit relatives in Leicester prison & they play with them & journey home with them.  They are also sent to children of refugees & asylum seekers through The Welcome Project at St Martins House and to Social Services for distribution to children.  The teddies are sent off with our love & prayers for the children who will receive them.

3)  Crafts for hospitals     

      We make shawls for stillborn babies.  The shawls are used to line 'Memory Boxes', which are   given to the parents of stillborn babies or babies who die shortly after birth.

      We make ventilator bonnets for tiny babies.  The bonnets are made using a variety of stripes, colours and patterns to cheer things up a bit.

4)  At Christmas, 150g chocolate bars are given to Mental Health Units.

5)  Projects take place each year for worldwide concerns:-      

      See www.themothersunion.org for more details.

      We pray for our overseas link dioceses:- 
      Central Africa: Botswana,  Uganda: Central Buganda
      Kenya: Kitale,  Tanzania: Mt Kilimanjaro,  
      Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby,  Nigeria: Western Izon