Queen’s birthday celebrations at Westhoughton
The Brookfield Ladies Committee has done it again. The Sunday lunch to celebrate the Queen’s birthday was a great success. Pictured left: Raffle…
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Boxing boosts charities
Barrow-in-Furness Masonic Hall was the venue for the distribution of the funds raised at the annual boxing evening which had been held at the Grange Hotel…
A heated competition in every sense at Bare!
It was a case of ‘slap on’ the sun screen, ‘dig out’ your shorts and blow the dust off your ‘shades’ at the Lancaster Group qualifying round of this year’s West Lancashire Masonic Charity Bowling Tournament. The sun shone unceasingly throughout the afternoon as temperatures rose to the dizzy heights of 25C (that’s 77F in old money.)
Derbyshire Province versus Nottinghamshire Province Lawn Bowls
A Lawn Bowls match has been organized at the behest of the Provincial Grand Masters of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
WBro Raymond Macaree PJGD receives 60 year long service certificate
WBro Raymond Macaree PJGD received his 60 year long service certificate from the Provincial Grand Master.
Teddies help youngsters face time in hospice
Tom Davies, a member of Planet Lodge of Freemasons, has been a great champion of the Helen and Douglas House Hospice and has donated £,2000 to the charity that he raised from the sale of second-hand masonic regalia to Freemasons in Bucks.
Downton Masonic Lodge helps local primary school
300 hours for 300 years is the initiative launched by Bro Stephen Bridge APrGM in support of the Tercentenary of United Grand Lodge and When members of Downton Lodge Lodge No. 9064 heard that a local primary school
Freemasons give £300 cheque to St Mary’s Lifeboat Scilly
Five inshore lifeboats were given money at an annual Charity Presentation Day by Freemasons of the Province of Cornwall, which saw more than £42,000 presented to local Cornish Charities. This brought the total to £118,000 over a six-week period. As no-one from the islands could attend the Presentation Day on the mainland, the cheque to St Mary’s Lifeboat was presented locally by Godolphin Charity Steward W Bro Ian Wrigley.
Group of lodges build masonic temple on side of local cricket club
When a group of lodges in Kidderminster wanted to relocate from the cellar of a hotel, joining a local cricket club proved to be the perfect solution
In December 2015 the Membership Focus Group launched a strategic paper that identified masonic centres as a key area for improvement in the organisational development of Freemasonry. With many centres not considered fit for purpose by the members who meet in them, the challenge for lodges is how to turn a legacy problem into an opportunity.
Freemasons donation supports Stoke Mandeville renal unit
Master of Aylesbury Lodge of Freemasons, Malcolm Summers, has presented a cheque for £1,060 to senior consultant Dr Richard Haynes and consultant Dr Naim Ahmadouk in support of the life-saving work of the Stoke Mandeville renal unit.