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Passionate about parenting
Helping to change parents’ lives
Meet ‘Sue’ – one mum who found new confidence
as a parent thanks to Mothers’ Union
S
ue is a mother of three who attended a Mothers’ Union parenting group.
experienced postnatal We’ve changed her name but it’s a true
depression after the birth of story. Over 450 members in Britain and
her third child. ‘I didn’t think I Ireland have now trained to be parenting
was worth knowing or that group facilitators as part of the Mothers’
anybody would want to be my Union Parenting Programme.
friend. I was finding it hard
going with a six-year-old, a
Trailblazing for
two-year-old and a baby.’
Mothers’ Union
Sue saw a leaflet advertising a So what exactly is the Parenting
Mothers’ Union parenting Programme? It’s a training course that
group and asked her doctor can be delivered on a three-day/two-
whether he thought it would be night residential basis, or in sessions,
good for her to go along. He with weekly or monthly meetings. So
encouraged her to try it out. that those who attend the course
can show the quality of the training
Sue found it really helpful to they have received to the agencies
go somewhere where people that might then be willing to work
seemed to have time for her, with us, it is externally accredited
where she could talk about her by the Open College Network.
worries, but also chat with fellow parents This is the first time Mothers’
about how they cope with sleepless Union has ever offered its
nights, children who don’t want to eat, members the opportunity to
or have temper tantrums. After the access training with an externally
group, which met for around eight recognised merit, so everyone involved can
sessions, Sue told the Mothers’ Union feel they are trailblazers for Mothers’ Union!
parenting facilitator: ‘Attending the group
helped me turn my life around and get back Worldwide, the Mothers’ Union Parenting
on track. Being part of this group has Programme is now firmly established with
helped me be confident in my abilities as a facilitators active in Australia, Guyana,
mother.’ Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya,
Rwanda and Uganda. Canada has also just
This is the story of just one parent who has trained its first group of facilitators.
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