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Mothers' Union Diocese of Chichester

The Diocese of Chichester covers Sussex

Groups
46
Members
1,463
Projects
16

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

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Contact details

211 New Church Road,
East Sussex,
BN3 4ED
United Kingdom
Primary contact: Anita Grammar
Telephone: 07401802969
Email: musec.diochi@yahoo.co.uk
Diocese of Chichester website: http://www.chichestermu.org/welcome.htm
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Province: Canterbury
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