Promoting the Fraternity across the World
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
Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire
The Masonic Charitable Foundation are delighted to announce that the Charity Grants Committee has approved £450,000 for hospices across England and Wales. In total, the Masonic Community has awarded over £12 million to the hospices since 1984 through the Masonic Charitable Foundation.
The Mark is a ceremony or degree [sometimes called the ‘friendly’ degree], conferrable today only to Master Masons and forms part of a hierarchical organization. In Craft Masonry it was quite a late innovation making its appearance during the mid-1700s. However we do know that Operative Masons, without any kind of ceremony, were taking marks 150 years before the Mark came into use as part of that particular ceremony.
Freemasons celebrate 300th anniversary with birthday gifts for charities
Arthritis Care has been awarded £25,000 to help tackle the isolation experienced by many people living with arthritis.
Russell Race (left) with the Principals of the East Kent Provincial Grand Stewards’ Chapter No 5866 A large gathering of Royal Arch Freemasons was…
The MS Therapy Centres aim is to keep their members as mobile and as independent as possible within the confines of their condition. Their Vision is for a centre of excellence providing professional specialist therapies and support for people with MS in a self-help environment that inspires and empowers.
St David’s Hospice provides 24 hour care, 365 days a year through their clinical service including emotional, physical and spiritual support. The Day Care Unit provide patient care, bereavement and counselling services, and the 14 bed Inpatient Unit offers symptom control, respite and end of life care.