Not all bad!

Readers shouldn't think that I am against Mothers' Union in general: like the curate's eggs, parts of it are indeed excellent. and a good example was a recent knitting marathon run by the Archdeaconry of the East Riding. The Archdeaconry committee is a lively and forward looking group and wanted to stage a publicity event to draw attention the work of Mothers' Union. A 24 hour knitting marathon was suggested. Although the original suggestion had been a little tongue in cheek, the idea stimulated the idea of knitting woolly hats for the Sailors' Society and so came to fruition a couple of weeks ago.

It was a good example of an innovative idea properly thought through, well resourced and effectively implemented to fulfill a somewhat introverted aim - publicising the work of Mothers' Union - but combined with practical charity outside the organisation itself. Sadly this is entirely contrary to the attitude of the diocesan trustees board which signally fails to look outside its own internal concerns and so fails to achieve anything useful: see previous posts.

The Knitathon has led to more discussion at Archdeaconry level on how to support the Woolly Hat campaign in the future but also about generating another charitable project for the coming year.

You can see some of the photos from the Knitathon here