Projects – Action and Outreach

Action and Outreach

This is just to keep you in touch with what is happening in Action and Outreach. For further information on any of these please contact me.

AFIA holidays. We now have funding from a new source which enables us to give more holidays.There are some areas within our diocese which have received very few of these holidays.  If your branch knows of a family which would benefit from a short holiday please contact Margaret Crawforth as soon as possible.  Her email is Margretsuns@hotmail.co.uk and her telephone number is 0191 2632373.

Mosquito drives. If your branch would like to fight the Ziko virus by providing funding for mosquito nets then why not hold a mosquito drive? A single copy of the game sheet is available by email.  Any money raised should be sent direct to our treasurer.

We are still making up shoe boxes for the Peoples Kitchen and WERS for Christmas – see suggested list below. These are always most gratefully received.  This year, we are hoping to  have enough boxes to give some to the  “Walking With” project in Wallsend.

Warm hats for fishermen. Perhaps your branch would like to have a coffee morning to raise money to buy warm hats  and fingerless gloves for fishermen. These would be most welcome when the winter comes Thermal glove and hats can be bought  cheaply online. £10 will buy four hats or six pairs of gloves  including postage. Donations can be sent to Margaret Crawforth  who is happy to buy them for you .

Activity aprons and activity muffs for dementia sufferers.  Many people have welcomed the change of name for these. They are very popular in care homes and in people’s own homes and I’m delighted that our members continue to make them. We have been requested to ensure that these are checked to ensure that they are safe before they are given out. Carers also suggest that it would be good to add more activity features both inside and  on the outside of the muff  and possibly  put a small pocket inside to hold a handkerchief, Zips,  buttons ,  beads and ribbons  and  other things which are interesting  to touch, for example patches of suede, velvet or lace  would encourage activity

 

Christmas shoe boxes

Contents; Please include from the following.;

Hat, scarf and gloves.

Socks

Tee shirt

Boxer shorts (or knickers)

Toiletries (tooth brush & paste, deodorant – shampoo – soap etc)

Wipes – paper tissues.

Sweets – chocolate bar

Don’t forget to put a Christmas Card in your box and a plastic bag  to make it easier for the recipients to carry the box and/or contents away.

Please remember to label each gift wrapped box as MALE or FEMALE and attach a Mothers’ Union sticker.

 

Linda Benneworth,   lindabenneworth@sky.com

 

 

Canon Jennifer Snowdon writes:Jennifer,Gladys and children enjoying an AFIA day out at Whitehouse Farm

Local projects within Newcastle Diocese MU are diverse and many. We raise funds for caravan holidays or day trips through our Away From It All (AFIA) scheme. Supplying all hospitals within the Diocese with Emergency Toiletry bags for those admitted to hospital without warning. Members knit and sew for premature babies and neo-natal babies who have died a sad job but needed and appreciated, and much more.

 

Jennifer, Gladys McCoulough and children enjoying an AFIA day out at Whitehouse Farm