Parenting group

PARENTING 2010

Are you Passionate about Parenting? Would you like to become a trained facilitator and work with Mothers' Union to support families by helping them to enjoy parenting more?

Passionate about Parenting in Coventry – June 2010

Plans are well in hand for the Facilitators Course at Offa House on 9th-11th July 2010, which will train people to run Parenting Groups for Mothers’ Union. We have 13 people coming, including one from Kenilworth and one from Atherstone. There is also an applicant who works with Asian women in Coventry, and it is hoped that she will be able to help that community to get involved with the programme. The other Learners are from Nottingham, Norwich, Birmingham, Worcester and Wakefield, and include one man, so it will be a very interesting course. Please pray that everything goes well and there are no last minute hitches.

We have been less successful in running parenting groups this year, a number have had to be cancelled due to low numbers, but we are trying some informal taster sessions at schools in the Southam and Henley areas, alongside events already planned for parents. We are investigating an opportunity at Bramcote barracks, working with an existing group of Nepalese women, wives of Ghurkha soldiers.

Di and Felicity met with Andrew Attwood, the new vicar at St John’s Kenilworth to discuss ways that the Parenting Programme might be used to reach out to the local community and work alongside plans at the church to serve the town more effectively.

A service to celebrate 10 years of the Parenting Programme will be held on 25th September, and the next Follow-up Day for our 12 facilitators, alongside those from Birmingham and Lichfield, will be on 2nd October in Sutton Coldfield.

If you think there is a group of parents who would appreciate some support for their parenting, do get in touch with Felicity (01926 857290/ felicity.hawke@btinternet.com)

As a group of facilitators we generally meet up to 3 times a year to discuss what we are doing and share our thoughts and ideas and twice a year we try to meet for a meal.

Our facilitators are dedicated and enthusiastic about parenting and I would like to thank them for the time and commitment they give to this very valuable and important MU project. Please do contact me if this work is something you feel called to do as we can always do with more facilitators.

Felicity and Di

Another date for your diary is Saturday September 25th for a Diocesan Service to celebrate 10 years of the Parenting and Literacy Development programmes. More details in the next Link Up but please book this date and tell your members.