# THE MOTHERS&#x27; UNION - GLOUCESTER DIOCESE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 249912
- **Other names:** THE MOTHERS&#x27; UNION - (DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER BRANCH)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=249912


## Contact

- **Address:** 7A Millers Green, GLOUCESTER
- **Postcode:** GL1 2BN
- **Phone:** 01452 528621
- **Email:** info@mugloucester.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mugloucester.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO UPHOLD CHRIST&#x27;S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS 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:** Help is given by members to the Prison Play Area at Leyhill Prison; to the Mother and Baby Unit at Eastwood Park Prison; to Parenting Courses and to a Child Contact Centre at Cheltenham and at Gloucester. Some branches run mother and toddler groups in their parishes and some assist with marriage preparation courses and run lunch clubs for the elderly.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER.
- Gloucestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Doreen Mclellan** | Chair | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Brenda Christine Davitt |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Caroline Winter |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Gemma McLean-Mair |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Geraldine Mary Jacobs |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| KATHLEEN COTTEY |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Margaret Edwards |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Margaret Elizabeth Thomas |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| PETER JOHN COTTEY |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Rebecca Phillips |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Rev Elizabeth Palin |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Ruth Creighton |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Vivienne Garland |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |




