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Sussex Freemasons, with support from the Masonic Charitable Foundation, are supplying 50 Samsung Galaxy Android Tablets to acute hospitals and hospices within East and West Sussex.
A hundred older carers who look after people with learning disabilities will be given help and support, thanks to a grant of £52,000 to the Reach…
Residents at a Scarborough care group can stay in touch with their loved ones during the coronavirus crisis thanks to generous local Freemasons.
This year as part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire W. Bro. Craig Cox presented a certificate denoting the £1000 given on behalf of the Devonshire Freemasons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Carey MacKenzie, Chris Webber and Julie Morris at Hospiscare’s Pine Lodge Day Hospice in Tiverton.
Freemasons donate hundreds to Children’s Hospice South West
Freemason Paul Leary and his wife Alison run Access Catering based in Leicestershire. Access Catering are the resident caterers at Syston Masonic hall, and during the current lockdown, period have been using existing facilities to provide meals for nurses and other NHS frontline workers at the three main Leicestershire hospitals. The head of Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons, Peter Kinder, was so impressed with Paul and Alison’s efforts, an emergency grant of £3,000 was made to keep their operation supplied with the necessary raw ingredients.
Mr Hutchinson has been actively involved in Freemasons’ charities since 1988, when he joined the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys as a management trainee, working his way up the ranks to chief executive.
Nearly 5,000 visors have already been produced with help from the Freemasons, who have adapted their business production lines to meet demand.
The money will go to charity Wiltshire Portage to fund regular home visits for four extra families each week as part of the organisation’s Waiting List Programme.
This year as part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire W. Bro. Craig Cox presented a certificate denoting the £1000 given on behalf of the Freemasons of Devonshire and the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Carey MacKenzie and Rachel Willmott at Hospiscare’s Kings House Day Hospice in Honiton.