Care home residents stay in touch thanks to Freemasons
Residents at a Scarborough care group can stay in touch with their loved ones during the coronavirus crisis thanks to generous local Freemasons.
England
Freemasons give £1000 to help Mid Devon’s terminally ill patients
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
Freemasons donate hundreds to Children’s Hospice South West
Freemasons provide pre-cooked meals for medical staff across Leicestershire
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.
New chief executive for Masonic Charitable Foundation
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.
Freemasons Assist NHS & Care Homes with PPE Equipment
Nearly 5,000 visors have already been produced with help from the Freemasons, who have adapted their business production lines to meet demand.
£15,000 Freemasons’ grant will buy home visits for disabled children in Wiltshire
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.
Essex Freemasons help fund research for coronavirus antibody project
The money will be used to purchase a new advanced testing machine from America, which will accept blood samples from NHS hospitals to verify whether people have already had the virus.
The machine, a ‘Dynex high volume pipette diluter’, will boost testing from 600 to over 2,000 a day and will help the community once it has checked NHS and care workers.
Freemasons want to be known for hand wash, not handshakes
Covid-19 gives Mr Felgate and his fellow masons the chance to step into the limelight, and demonstrate another side to their institution. He has transformed his gin distillery into a factory pumping out hand sanitiser. Masons in Scunthorpe have made more than 1,000 facemasks for carers
Boost for Hospiscare in Honiton thanks to Freemasons donation
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.