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Province of Wales
Wales
M
embers in Wales are active at the grassroots caring for children
and families and at government level. Officials from the Welsh
Assembly consult Mothers’ Union about issues affecting children and
families. Welsh is the first language of many members so provision is
made for worship and communication in both Welsh and English and
many acts of worship are bi-lingual.
Local and international links Diocesan projects
Dioceses support Women’s Aid refuges with Here are just a few examples of faith in
gifts of toiletries and toys. Members knit action through the wide range of diocesan
‘Trauma Teddies’ for use in hospitals and projects
ambulances, tiny garments for premature
babies and ‘Angel Pockets’ for stillborn St Asaph Diocese provides ‘Books of
babies or socks and scarves for seamen Comfort’ for use in local hospices
using the South Wales ports. Many Bangor runs two Mothers’ Union Child
members volunteer in Child Contact Contact Centres
Centres, in prisons and with refugees and Monmouth Diocese has provided four
asylum seekers. Dioceses provide Away ‘Virtual Babies’ to be used by Health
From It All holidays and Visitors working with teenagers in
all work hard to schools
maintain ties with St David’s: members make up toiletry
their linked bags for homeless youngsters sleeping
dioceses in on the streets
others parts Swansea & Brecon Diocese gives help to
of the world. young people leaving care and setting
up home for the first time by providing
kitchen equipment
Llandaff Mothers’ Union supports the
Children playing
Board for Social Responsibility in the
with their dad at a
contact centre
diocese with gifts for the Welcare parent
and child facility in Cardiff.
Fact File
Right: Members
Population: 2.9 million
encourage literacy by
making storybags for
Mothers’ Union began in Wales in 1884
schools Mothers’ Union members: 10,000+
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