Diocese of Winchester

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 [...]

Mothers’ Union members are active in an incredibly diverse number of ways in their communities around the world.
There are many development projects being resourced. Recent posts and our information pages detail some of them, including the Family Life Programme in Uganda, and the Literacy and Development Programme.
Other projects run by Mothers’ Union worldwide are featured [...]

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 event at [...]

This months social policy newsletter from the Mothers’ Union is available here – policy_watch_july_2009 – and includes news of our new handbag sized guide to ‘doing’ social policy and making a difference for your community.
The Social Policy Toolkit gives clear explanations as to why and how Mothers’ Union members want to make a difference through [...]

The Mothers’ Union works to improve family life in many ways. Part of this work is in the form of working with politicians, nationally and internationally to improve the laws which govern the life of families in the UK and around the world.
Through the newsletter ‘Policy Watch’ staff track social policy issues and keep [...]