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Mothers' Union Diocese of Chichester

The Diocese of Chichester covers Sussex

Groups
45
Members
766
Projects
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Mothers' Union in the Diocese of Chichester was created in 1891 and has 40 branches throughout East and West Sussex with over 795 members. Here in Sussex we believe in praying with our feet moving,and our prayer with purpose underpins all our activities.

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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Chichester Link

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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

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West Tarring

BN13 1EX, United Kingdom

Wivelsfield

RH17 7RD, United Kingdom

Worth & Pound Hill

RH18 5NT, United Kingdom

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