DIY Policy

Mothers' Union is led by the involvement and actions of its members. Engagement at local community level is as important as involvement in international institutions. And ideally they both feed into each other.

Mothers' Union believes in empowering and enabling women and families from all backgrounds to create positive changes for themselves. It is vital that all groups are involved in the process of compiling and disseminating appropriate information and material to their specific communities.

A number of resources, available here, empower Mothers' Union members to get started on their own policy work, or why not get involved in one of our campaigns.


Social Policy Toolkit

Mothers' Union has developed a Social Policy Toolkit as a guide to organising social policy activities at a local level. The purpose of this toolkit is to develop understanding of policy and give some ideas of how to engage effectively in policy work. It is a useful reference point and easy to use source of information.

The Toolkit is divided into 7 main sections (plus Preface & Appendices), with each section addressing a different aspect of social policy, all adding to the whole picture.