Surrey Freemasons zip wire and raise over £35,000 for Charity

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Reaching speeds of over 100mph during the 1,555 metre descent over Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales, this was to be a white-knuckle experience like no other. Jumps, as they’re called, were in groups of four, with the first group led by Surrey’s Provincial Grand Master Ian Chandler.

Freemasons step in to cover charity cash stolen from Sandbach pub

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The theft of charity cash from behind the bar of a Sandbach pub prompted a rescue donation by local Freemasons. More than £300 in coins which filled a large glass jar at the Military Arms pub on Sandbach Common was stolen one evening when the bar was briefly unattended. The cash had been raised by regulars in aid of the Sunny Days Children’s Fund to buy holidays and treats for needy children with life-altering illness.

UGLE Gender Reassignment Policy – Incompatibility or Progression?

Freemasonry and its Transgender Policy

There is no worldwide governing body for the fraternity, and UGLE is just one of the hundreds of jurisdictions that exist in the world, therefore the new policy is only applicable to the lodges they have chartered.  The policy is not a Global one and it remains to see if any other Grand lodges will follow suit.