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The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall has pledged £1,000 to the charity Lifelites, which donates assistive technology for life-limited and disabled children using hospice care services.
Suffolk Masonic Clay Shooting Society has been very pleased to donate £3500 to Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) which will go towards funding a much needed Zoll X-Series Monitor/Defibrillator. SARS are a local charity that receives no central government funding and relies heavily on donations from the general public.
Surrey Freemasons will be donating £20,000 of grants to charities and organisations impacted by coronavirus in the county. Support from the national Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) has enabled the group to donate to more local groups, with hospitals, universities and charities across Surrey all being supported.
Generous freemasons have handed over the keys to a brand new van that will be used to deliver food to residents in need.
The provision of tablet computers to hospitals throughout South Wales will help keep families connected and help keep patients entertained during their stay in hospital.
The money has come courtesy of the Freemasons Province of Yorkshire West Riding’s Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, after being put forward for a grant by the members of Harlow Lodge, which meets at Harrogate Masonic Hall.
“Charitable giving is the cornerstone of what Freemasonry is all about and it is fantastic that we are able to help out our local community.”
The East Ribble District Charity Steward Malcolm Roe, recently submitted an application for £3400 towards supporting a technology need at East Lancashire Hospice from the newly formed Regional Communications Groups. These Masonic Groups are leading the response to COVID-19 on behalf of United Grand Lodge of England and the Masonic Charitable Foundation. The Provinces that are in the same RCG as East Lancashire are West Lancashire, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
ESSEX Freemasons have donated 50 litres of hand sanitizer to every hospice across the county, Little Havens in Thundersley and Fair Havens, Southend, as part of an ongoing campaign to support the NHS, care homes and other key workers in their fight against the Covid-19 virus.
Freemasons across the country in raising more than £1 million to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.