Devonshire Freemasons donate £5,000 to Exeter Deaf Academy
Devonshire Freemasons have donated £5,000 to the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education to go towards purchasing play, sports and electronic equipment…
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Devonshire Freemasons have donated £5,000 to the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education to go towards purchasing play, sports and electronic equipment…
‘Armchair adventures’ for East Devon dementia sufferers
Devonshire Freemasons have donated £7,500 to Devon Community Foundation to help support people in need across the county Martha Wilkinson, Chief…
Okehampton College in Devon will receive dedicated, specialist support to help improve outcomes for all children vulnerable to underachievement thanks to…
The three million pound fund is being administered by the Masonic Charitable Foundation, which obtains all of its funding from Freemasons, their families, and friends. It is estimated that half of Freemasonry’s total charitable expenditure of over £33m goes to charities that help people in communities across the country.
Homeless Plymouth women receive £40,000 grant from Devonshire Freemasons
The Cadets need for funding came about after the East Devon District Council terminated the lease of their old building and, due to its very dilapidated state and lack of amenities, this had also restricted the number of cadets able to use the building.
Ian Kingsbury JP, provincial grand master for the Devonshire Freemasons, handed over the cheque to Miles Pomfrett, a trustee of the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust.
Miles said: ‘We’re most grateful for this donation which has gone towards the cost of a replacement all-terrain ‘workhorse’ vehicle, making life much easier for our volunteers.
Researchers may be one step closer to identifying the cause of type 1 diabetes thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation to JDRF, a charity that focuses on curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes.
Devonshire Freemasons have purchased new match day kit for the Sidmouth Raiders Under 14s football team. Manager Wade Monaghan commented, ‘We are absolutely delighted with our new kit. The boys are growing and the old kit was getting a little tight on them.’