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Mothers' Union Diocese of Chichester

The Diocese of Chichester covers Sussex

Groups
43
Members
983
Projects
10

Mothers' Union in the Diocese of Chichester was created in 1891 and has 57 branches throughout East and West Sussex with over 1,400 members.

Our Work:

  • Away From It All - holidays for families who wouldn't normally be able to have one
  • Supporting children affected by imprisonment
  • Parenting - helping parents do the most important job in the world
  • Contact Centres - enabling children of separated families to spend time with their non-resident parents
  • Knitting fiddle blankets for dementia sufferers
  • Knitting prayer shawls
  • Sending Christmas cards to inmates at Lewes and Ford prisons
  • Giving Christmas gift bags to detainees at Gatwick detention centres
  • Supplying toiletry bags for emergency admissions at local hospitals
  • Maintaining links with our five link dioceses overseas

To find out more about how you can get involved, contact us.

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Contact details

Garton House, 22 Stanford Avenue
East Sussex,
BN1 6AA
United Kingdom
Primary contact: Hayley Cole
Telephone: 01273 041399
Email: chichester.diocese@mothersunion.org
Diocese of Chichester website: http://www.chichestermu.org/welcome.htm
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Province: Canterbury
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Groups in Chichester Diocese

Showing 25-30 of 43 results

Seaford

BN25 1HL, United Kingdom

Selsey

PO20 0NA, United Kingdom

Shoreham-by-sea

BN43 5DQ, United Kingdom

St Elisabeth - Eastbourne

BN21 2XH, United Kingdom

St George - East Worthing

BN11 2DS, United Kingdom

St John - Polegate

BN26 5BX, United Kingdom

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Prison work

In many areas of the world, Mothers' Union members are active in supporting people in prison and families whose lives are impacted by imprisonment

Literacy and Financial Education

One of the most cost-effective literacy programmes in the world. We train community volunteers as literacy facilitators, who are then equipped to run literacy circles in their own community.

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The Ministry of Cake

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Christmas Tree Festival

Last December St. Michael’s Church, Partridge Green held a Christmas Tree Festival.

Denton Community Challenge

Mothers' Union members at the Denton branch raised over £100 for Mothers' Union projects at the Denton Community Challenge from a tombola and sporting challenges.