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Devon Freemasons have donated £7,500 to Devon Community Foundation to help support people in need across the county. Last week the Chief Executive of DCF, Martha Wilkinson was delighted to be presented with the cheque by RWBro. Ian Kingsbury, the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Freemasons.
The Middlesex branch of MTSFC had a very successful fly-fishing day lat 23rd of June at Syon Park. Despite adverse weather conditions the participants of the two schools attending caught 15 trouts! Cathy Loverage and Angela Fraserburgh cooked up a great breakfast and lunch menu. Well done everyone, another top event from MTSFC! (Pictures: courtesy of Nigel Allum)
National Freemasons’ children’s charity provides magical technology for children at Julia’s House children’s hospice. Lifelites delivered a brand new package of specialist technology for the children and young people who are cared for at Julia’s House children’s hospice in Dorset. The hospice, Lifelites and donors all celebrated the wonderful new equipment that is designed to enable young people to play, to be creative, control something for themselves and communicate – for as long as it is possible.
Headway Birmingham & Solihull is a local charity that the Province of Warwickshire has supported for several years. Headway is a brain injury association, acknowledged to be the leading national brain injury charity. The Birmingham & Solihull branch (formerly known as Headway West Midlands) is a relatively small, but growing voluntary organisation with ambitious plans for future expansion of its services. It is a registered charity, fully qualified to receive our support.
£18,000 Blood Bike named ‘Mark Master Mason’ was formally handed over by the President of the Mark Benevolent Fund in presence of PGMs Durham and Northumberland.
National Blood Bikes were represented by Kirsty Lawrence, Nigel Barlow Jerry Trowbridge and Graham Moor.
Blood Bikes is a charitable organisation established by local volunteers to deliver essential blood and urgent medical supplies, out of hours, between hospitals and healthcare sites and laboratories
HORSFORTH’s charity minibus is back on the road after the previous vehicle was stolen last year.
The bus, which is run entirely by volunteers, provides a vital service for mainly elderly people but also for community groups.
But the service was left unable to operate after the minibus was stolen last July.
Now, it is up and running again thanks to a donation of £2,500 from the West Riding Masonic Charity and an insurance payment.
Worshipful Master of Kells Masonic Lodge 990 Derek Craig presents NI Childrens Fundraising Officer Catherine OHara with a cheque for £500, proceeds of a recent quiz night. Also included are lodge members Ronnie Craig (Senior Warden) and Allen Mercer (Steward of Charities).
The Devon Freemasons donated £7,500 to the charity at a presentation on June 20 where Chief Executive DCF, Martha Wilkinson was delighted to be presented with the cheque by Ian Kingsbury, the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Freemasons.
On December 12th 2015, WBro Clive Jones ran a “Santa’s Workshop” for the children of Market Drayton and surrounding areas. This was held at the…
In addition to the 125 DAISY Players presented as part of Freemasons New Zealand 125th Anniversary (coincidentally the Blind Foundation’s 125th as well). John Litton Grand Master gave them, on behalf of Lodges throughout New Zealand who had contributed to the Project, an additional $50,000·