Away From It All Holidays: Chalet Holiday Project
We provide a holiday for up to 29 local families every year.
Prisons
Members volunteer in visits rooms and run support groups for prisoners.
Crafts for hospitals & prisons
We make clothes and cot quilts for premature babies, shawls and jackets for stillborn babies, and knee blankets for older patients in our local hospitals. We also knit teddies to give to children visiting Leicester Prison.
Students' cookbook
In partnership with Leicester University we produced a book of basic recipes and information for their new students in 2010.
Supporting Homeless In Leicestershire
We give Homemaker Packs of basic essentials, Mother & Baby Bags of toiletries and clothes, Easter eggs, children's clothes, baby equipment, children's knitwear and paperback books for those in need locally.
Parenting
We can offer support in setting up a local group. We have trained and accredited facilitators.
Hospital visiting
We have a team of volunteers to visit, on request, at local hospitals. Small gifts are given to some of the long-term patients at Christmas.
Asylum Seekers
Members are encouraged to support local projects.
Hallowe'en An Alternative
A resource pack of ideas for keeping the eve of All Saints' Day as a Christian festival
In addition
We work within our local churches.
Members are volunteers in child contact centres.
Members support and contribute to the work of the whole Mothers' Union
Look for our stand at local events.