Promoting the Fraternity across the World
From this Autumn South Cheshire Lodge No 5571 based at Willaston, Crewe, will become the Provincial Scouting Themed Lodge and Brethren who have been involved in any area of Scouting, including any Scout leaders who are considering joining Freemasonry are interested, please contact Michael Shiels by email
Delphis £10,000 to local charities for TercentenaryDelphis Lodge has made a major contribution to the Tercentenary celebrations by donating £10,000 to local charities.
Every spring and autumn, Freemasons from around Devon meet to give support totalling in excess of £45,000 to local charities and organisations throughout the county who are in need of assistance.
The money is raised by the WAKE Fund – a trust conceived by the Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, Masonic Provincial Grand Master from 1970 to 1984.
This fund now stands at £1.9m and the interest
At the Quarterly Communications meeting of Grand Lodge held on Wednesday the 14th of June 2017, the Pro Grand Master, MW Bro Peter Lowndes, congratulated the Province on having no less than eighty-eight members present.
After the ceremony, members enjoyed lunch with a guest of honour, Simone Enefer-Doy CEO of LifeLites. The Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro Max Bayes, presented Simone with a cheque for £10,000 and a second cheque for £2,000 from an undisclosed Masonic donor.
The Leyland and District Group of Freemasons once more put on a very humbling and public show, when the Chairman of Leyland Group Chris Blackwell welcomed…
The concerts were the idea of former group chairman Rowly Saunders who was the driving force behind them for many years. He is still heavily involved but group charity steward Richard Wilcock has now taken over the lead role.
Sir Thomas de Cheddre Presentation to Frenchay After Burns Children’s Unit
The Lord Roborough Lodge No. 5789 very kindly agreed to support a local Charity in Plymouth. Acting on behalf of the Lodge Charity Steward, WBro. John Pritchard PPrGSwdB presented the sum of £300 to Mr Arthur Ainslie, Chairman of Plymouth Drake Foundation (PDF) to help and assist children and young people in Plymouth.
For a number of years there has been informal discussion amongst a number of Masons meeting on the Fylde Coast, lamenting the lack of a military lodge in the area and indeed the Province of West Lancashire. In the summer of 2016, Robert Wareham of Brotherhood Lodge No 3967 decided to gauge interest in forming a new lodge on the Fylde Coast.
