Based on a contribution from Mothers' Union

Mothers' Union is celebrating the achievements of its many volunteers as it takes part in Volunteers’ Week, an annual celebration of the contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. In 2015 it’s happening from 1-7 June.

Thousands of Mothers’ Union members demonstrate the love of Christ through their volunteering: in prisons, hospitals, schools, parents groups, parent & toddler groups, Sunday schools, food banks... the list is long and the activities lovingly carried out week in week out every year.

Many more members spend time making things which are used to comfort or bring help to children and adults who are going through stressful times.  Mothers’ Union’s ability to reach out in charity to improve and strengthen family and community life would not happen without our volunteers. 

It was timely this week to hear that Mothers’ Union member, Jennifer Robinson, was awarded the Josephine Butler Memorial Trust Volunteer of the Year 2015 award for her volunteering for Mothers’ Union in Liverpool.  

The award promotes education in theology and social sciences in the spirit of Butler, a social reformer in the nineteenth century who advocated legislative reform to provide women with greater protection, equality and justice.

Presented by Dame Lorna Muirhead, the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, Jennifer was recognised for her volunteering as a Mothers’ Union member within her Church and diocese.

Through her years of membership Jennifer has energetically raised funds to support the charity’s programme work, has been an advocate for the challenges faced by rural parishes in the diocese and has served as  a diocesan trustee several times.