Egremont Youth Club Doubles Attendance After £1,500 Boost
Cumbria Freemasons award £1,500 to Egremont Youth Partnership through the MCF Festival Grant Scheme, helping the club double its attendance from 30 to 66 young people.
The Centenary Building Funds: Why Freemasonry Is Betting Its
From the Masonic Million Memorial Fund of 1920 to today’s CBF and CHBF — why Freemasonry’s future depends on getting its buildings right.
The Festive Board Grace You’ve Never Heard
Every lodge has its grace. Most lodges have the same grace. Here are the ones you have probably never heard — from Scotland to Sydney, solemn to side-splitting.
Lodge Spotlight: United Service Lodge No. 4068
United Service Lodge No. 4068 — founded in 1920 by WWI veterans, still welcoming serving and ex-service personnel at Goldsmith Street, Nottingham.
North Wales Freemasons Secure £73,000 to Fund Ageing and
North Wales Freemasons help secure a £73,000 grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation to fund an ageing and dementia centre in the region.
Bournemouth Freemasons Distribute Nearly £100,000 to Local
Freemasons in Bournemouth and the New Forest distributed nearly £100,000 to almost 30 local charities at a special community event attended by the Mayor.
Cliques: the silent candidate killer in Freemasonry
Cliques are one of the few things that can quietly damage a lodge without anyone ever raising their voice. They rarely show up in minutes, they don’t get a line item on the agenda, and they can sit right next to impeccable ritual and excellent charitable work, like a hairline crack in a beautiful ashlar.
A clique is not the same as friendship. Friendship is natural and good. A clique is when friendship becomes a boundary marker: an inner circle that, intentionally or unintentionally, signals “not you.” Sometimes the clique is real: gatekeeping information, controlling who gets included, monopolising roles, hoarding influence. Other times it’s perceived: a new Brother walks in, sees five long-standing mates laughing together, and his nervous system writes the story for him: “I don’t belong here.”
Perceived or real, the effect can be the same: quiet withdrawal, reduced attendance, disengagement, and in the worst cases a Brother leaving not because Masonry failed him, but because he never got a fair shot at belonging.
Understanding Freemasonry: An Honest Beginner’s Guide From
Want to know how to become a Freemason? A real member explains what happens inside the lodge, how to join, and why the conspiracy theories are nonsense.
Widows Sons Deliver TLC Teddy Bears to Rainbows Hospice
Nottinghamshire Widows Sons Masonic Bikers donated 50 TLC teddy bears during a heartwarming visit to Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People.
Spring into Summer Concert with Thoresby Colliery Band
The Freemasons of Bassetlaw host a Spring into Summer Concert at Worksop College Theatre on 29 May 2026, featuring the Thoresby Colliery Band.