We are one of the oldest dioceses in the country and Mothers’ Union has been active for a long time, helping support our local communities.
"The range of help our members can offer in practical matters is wide and varied. Our worship and fellowship are uplifting and welcoming to all who are seeking comfort, acceptance, help, solace, prayer or simple human contact. Get to know us better locally in all our varied ways, via these pages, and at the national and worldwide level here. Branches are located throughout the Diocese, helping clergy and laity alike, and all will give you a warm welcome - come and join us. Branches in our Diocese: Arrowvale, Bishop’s Castle, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Colwall, Cradley, Mathon & Storridge, Cusop, Hereford St Nicholas, Benefice of Great Hanwood, Longden and Annscroft with Pulverbatch, Ledbury, Leominster, Marden, Much Wenlock, Pontesbury, Ross-on-Wye, Sutton St Nicholas.
If you do not wish to join a branch you can become a Diocesan Member. You will be kept up to date with Mothers' Union news and your local diocesan events and projects. You can choose to volunteer with project work. You can get involved with events and. You can attend retreats and festivals"
Our inspiration and objectives are to help communities transform lives locally, across the UK, and worldwide. Our members are involved in all forms of parish work, whether at branch level or in our towns, villages, and city. We collaborate actively and financially, with local agencies to ease the pressure on the homeless, asylum seekers or those fleeing domestic violence especially through our Crisis Intervention Fund (known as CIF).
Our Work:
- Volunteering at parent and toddler groups
- Volunteering at the local Contact Centre, so children can see their parents in the midst of family breakdowns
- Helping distribute meals for Meals on Wheels
- Assisting with community transport schemes, and sharing transport – offering lifts
- Raising awareness of existing support, and advice networks
- Volunteering for community libraries and museums
- Visiting people in residential care homes, hospitals and hospices
- Befriending young families, especially new parents who may be feeling isolated
- Working with “knit and knatter” and craft groups to make activity quilts and twiddle muffs
- Collecting household goods for our Crisis Intervention store
- Befriending refugees and migrant workers, for example, inviting them to church social events
- Supporting our foodbanks with supplies and volunteers
- Supporting initiatives in churches and communities – such as Messy Church
- Supporting the bereaved and grieving
You can find details about all our branches on our website, otherwise contact our diocesan office if you wish to become involved.
