# THE MOTHERS UNION (DIOCESE OF DURHAM BRANCH)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 249868
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 27, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=249868


## Contact

- **Address:** 114 Canterbury Road, DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH1 5QZ
- **Phone:** 01913881133
- **Website:** mothersuniondurham.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING  ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE IT'S WIDER UNDERSTANDING.(2) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH.(3) TO MAINTAIN A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS UNITED IN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SERVICE.(4) TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.(5) TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.

**Activities:** Parish support. Short breaks for those in difficult circumstances, support for women  prisoners and families, school children in deprived area, womens refuge. Blankets, baby clothes, toilet bags to hospitals, support members overseas, literacy, development, health education, famine relief.

**Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF DURHAM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Stockton-on-tees
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £58320 | £56136 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £66313 | £73649 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £77432 | £73550 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £48977 | £55306 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £52530 | £47188 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANN PATRICIA HARRISON
- BERYL WILSON
- Carole Ann Hopkinson — appointed Feb. 1, 2015
- JANICE CLASPER — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- JANICE HARDMAN — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- Jean Carleton — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- Kathleen Wilson — appointed Nov. 1, 2015
- Linda Ferries — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Susan Begg — appointed Jan. 1, 2019