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Stretching out worldwide
Kenya’s Mothers’ Union members can now • A visit to Kenya where she travelled over
receive their daily prayer diary by text direct to 2,240 kilometres and spoke to more than
their mobile phones. The innovative scheme 12,000 people; it was on this trip that she was
was highlighted by Worldwide President
introduced to the Prayer Diary by mobile
Rosemary Kempsell in her
phone. This ‘E-diary’ as it is called raises two
address to the Mothers’
Ugandan shillings for Mothers’ Union work
Union Worldwide
every time someone logs on to receive the
Council meeting at
prayer or scripture for the day. In the first two
Mary Sumner House
months 500 mobile phone users signed up.
in London earlier
• The Special Regional Meetings in Australia
this year.
and Uganda
• Canada’s new Parenting Programme launched
Rosemary compared
during her visit to the Canadian Mothers’
her year of travelling
with our spiritual
Union Conference
journey. She
• The roadshows around the UK and Ireland
encouraged delegates to
bringing the Mothers’ Union to seven
make spiritual preparations
different venues, attracting nearly 6,000
for life’s journey, to ask for God’s
people and launching the Home packs.
guidance and to ensure that God is our destination.
• The Lambeth Conference where Mothers’
She challenged members to ‘Stretch ourselves to
Union participated in the spouses conference
reach more people with God’s love both spiritually
– more than two thirds of those attending
and practically.’
were Mothers’ Union members.
• The launch of Families First and Families
Kenya’s prayer diary was just one highlight of the Worldwide magazines
year mentioned in her address. Others included:
Flexible Families campaign success
Mothers’ Union’s Flexible for the extension of the right responsibilities. Firms can still
Families campaign has been to request flexible working for say no if they have legitimate
successful. From 6 April 2009 all parents. business concerns, but more
more than 10 million people Employment Relations than 95% of all requests for
with children under 16 have Minister Pat McFadden said: flexible working from working
had the right to request ‘This is about balancing work parents and carers are now
flexible working. This extends and family life. Both workers accepted, as employers
the flexible working rights and employers have felt the recognise the benefits more
given in 2003 to parents with benefits of flexible working and more. Parenting doesn’t
children under six years old. since we first introduced the end as children get older.
right to request. Fewer Extending the right to request
The Mothers’ Union campaign mothers change jobs when will help more parents get the
began in 2006 in response to they return to work meaning flexibility they need. The
the UK Government’s greater continuity for business benefits of flexible
Consultation on Work and businesses and more working are well documented
Families. The charity’s policy employees have been able to and this remains the case in
team and members have work hours which help them tougher economic times.’
lobbied MPs and Parliament cope with parental
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