Freemasons support local charity in their bid to end loneliness
Freemasons support local charity in their bid to end loneliness
Promoting the Fraternity across the World
Freemasons support local charity in their bid to end loneliness
The Poppy Factory, the UK’s leading employment charity for veterans with disabilities, has been awarded a grant of £120,000. This grant will help wounded, injured and sick veterans in the South West to find meaningful and sustainable careers.
WHY (then called Positive Action on Cancer) was founded by Jill Miller in 1994 as a telephone helpline for women with breast cancer. This followed Jill’s own experience of breast cancer and her discovery of the lack of emotional support available to patients at the time. The charity has grown steadily and now offers face-to-face counselling to over 95 people per week. Referrals to We Hear You’s counselling service saw a 21% increase in 2017 and have more than doubled in the last five years.
In December 2016 the Royal Somerset Lodge, a masonic lodge in Frome, presented the cheque to Karen Deverell, chief executive of Mendip YMCA.