Mission
We support and partner with a number of organisations to serve others locally, nationally and globally. 10% of our annual freewill donations are given to our chosen world mission partners.
Monthly Mission Focus
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Mother’s Union (MU) is a Christian organisation that has been supporting families worldwide for nearly 150 years. Started by our founder Mary Sumner in 1876, we have grown into an international charity with over 4 million members in 83 countries.
As a Christian membership charity, we demonstrate our faith in action. This happens as we work towards ending poverty, inequality and injustice. Our members work at grassroots level around the world. They bring hope and practical support to millions of people every year through parenting, literacy and community development programmes.
2024 was full of challenges and opportunities around the world as devastating conflicts and ongoing wars continued to disrupt and destroy families and communities. MU’s long-running literacy programme in Sudan was halted due to conflict in the country. Famine is also rife and hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. We pray for peace in the region. Bishops in South Africa praise the transformational changes made by MU projects and programmes in townships where extreme violence and gangs are prevalent. Wherever MU is found, there is divine intervention and transformation.
Resilience is the heart and soul of MU, because in the face of uncertainty, challenge, suffering or disaster, MU is right there on the front line! Embedded in communities, we are always adapting and improving our programmes. In the face of climate change, we have developed and grown the agricultural elements of our programmes in Burundi, Madagascar, Rwanda and the DRC. People have been working together, finding their own solutions, and creating their own development. The focus is on helping communities prepare and take action before the disasters come.
Thank you, Ashtead Parish for your part in our transformational movement. The impact we have achieved is due to hard work by so many passionate members across the globe and your contribution is gratefully received.
For further information visit mothersunion.org or visit our Ashtead Branch meeting each fourth Thursday of the month. Details can be found online on our What’s On Calendar page here.
Supporting Families Worldwide for 150 Years
Alternatives Trust is based in Newham, East London, providing counselling related to unintended pregnancy as well as supporting parents in vulnerable situations.
Always Learning Developing And Growing promotes the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into their local community life.
The Be Me Project supports secondary school students and women who are struggling with anxiety, low self esteem or other emotional issues.
The Besom helps people in the local community make a difference and provides a bridge between those who want to give time, money, things or skills and those who are in need, ensuring what is given is used effectively.
Christian Aid aims to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide works across many countries to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld and protected.
Interserve works amongst the peoples of the Asia and Arab world, equipping everyday Christians for cross-cultural mission. We support our partners Jonathan and Helen in Bristol.
Karen Border Ministries is an outreach programme initiated by Christ Church Bangkok. They support Karen people who have escaped Myanmar as refugees and live in Northern Thailand
LeatherHEAD START works with people who have been made homeless in the Leatherhead area, providing accommodation and support.
Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that supports families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work.
Music in Ministry Trust promotes the Christian faith through the music ministry of Bryn Howarth. Most of the Trust’s work is in UK prisons.
The Nazareth Way provides support and resources for the prison chaplaincies in Surrey, especially the chaplaincy at Send women’s prison.
Through the Roof is a Christian disability charity, aiming to see the lives of disabled people transformed around the world.
Yala Widows and Orphans Support Project (YAWOSUP) supports widows, orphans, teenage mothers and vulnerable children in Kenya.
LIV exists to glorify God by serving the vulnerable children of our nation. There are millions of children at risk in South Africa, LIV focuses on the solution by bringing hope and a future to them.
Ashtead Churches Together (ACT)
Together with St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church and Ashtead Baptist Church, we worship and serve in the local community.
The Good Friday Pond Service is held just off Barnett Wood Lane, and the Remembrance Sunday Service by the war memorial is deeply moving. We celebrate our unity with an annual service.
Food is also important, with our monthly Men’s Breakfast, and the Ashtead Village Day Tea Tent.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” Jesus
— Matthew 25:35-36