Diocese of Winchester

Mothers’ Union are working on their commericalisation of childhood campaign (see below for more information) and will soon be producing a resource to help families understand and navigate the commercialisation of childhood. But they want the practical experiences of the impact advertising has on the children in your family, and how you handle them, so [...]

This weekend sees the opening of the North Hampshire Child Contact Centre in Hook. It will be opening on the first and third Saturday’s of March to its first clients. The North Hampshire Child Contact Centre has been initiated by, and the management committee is made up of, members from the North Hampshire Downs Mothers’ [...]

Mothering Sunday 2010 is on Sunday 14th March, and once again Mothers’ Union are running their ethical gift campaign to enable people to remember the much loved Mothers and raise funds for much needed project work across the world. If you are reading this before Tuesday 9th March 2010, and haven’t yet taken part, you [...]

Our next Information Day is on Friday 23rd October 10am – 2pm at St. John’s Underhill Centre, St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4AF We will be welcoming John Wilkinson OBE Secretary of Hampshire based charity Education Uganda John is one of a group of experienced educationalists who are improving primary education in Uganda [...]

A small charity has contacted us through this website with more information about Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan, which is one of our international links. “Actions in Truth” are working particularly with children’s education and orphan’s including those who have been displaced into northern Uganda, where of course we also have a link with the Diocese [...]

Two useful updates have come out from Mothers’ Union central office today. The first is the latest update about Social Policy issues as the Mothers’ Union connects with current reports and issues affecting family life, including parental leave. Rachel Aston, Head of Social Policy at Mothers’ Union, and speaker at this weeks Mary Sumner Day [...]

The new issue of ‘Families First’ is in the webmistresses humble opinion, the best yet, with some fascinating articles, including one on bringing up boys. There are some great tips which could be just as good for girls, and could also be seen as a comment on the commercialisation of childhood. ‘Families First’ is a [...]

The Mothers’ Union values the children it meets and would like to do some work involving children and their prayers. This exciting new initiative requires the help of children worldwide who are in contact with the Mothers’ Union. Staff at Mary Sumner House (the head office of Mothers’ Union) would like to receive prayers from [...]

St. George’s, Baghdad has many wonderful points of witness to the world. The work of this church, led by Canon Andrew White is a fantastic example of living a life of sacrifice and hope in the midst of turmoil. Part of the work of St. George’s is done with and through Mothers’ Union members who [...]