Freemasons grant of £800 to help Ashton Scout attend World Scout Jamboree

Here is another wonderful picture. It shows Molly receiving a cheque for £800.00, here being presented by Stuart Tennant on behalf of the ELMC Grant making Committee. Let us start by reading the letter that Molly sent to Peter Douthwaite, District Chairman for Ashton and Mossley District in the Southern Area (seen on the left.) … Read more

Freemasons make a donation to Blackburn Foodbank

Blackburn Foodbank is part of a network of nearly 430 foodbanks that are operated by the Trussell Trust.  The aim of the foodbank is to prevent food poverty and hunger in the Blackburn community. Last year Blackburn Foodbank provided 8,642 three day emergency food supplies. Due to the extra demand for food for families during … Read more

Bolton & Manchester Freemasons donate £1000 to Homeless Aid UK

Over the summer break, on August 11th Bolton & Manchester Freemasons got together in Manchester city centre to raise money for Homeless Aid UK, a local group assisting the homeless in Bolton & Manchester. The idea of a pub crawl, with fines, to extract the most money out of the Brethren present was conceived and … Read more