Freemasons help fund a Defibrillator for the Maritime Volunteer Service

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The Maritime Volunteer Service is a recognised national maritime training organisation and a UK registered charity, with more than 25 units around the country providing training to nationally and internationally recognised standards, serving local communities, especially in times of need or emergency, and taking part in resilience exercises ashore and afloat.

Freemasons donate £4000 to Talbot House Support Centre

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Talbot House has been supporting the families of people with learning disabilities in Manchester since 1976.

It started as a play scheme organised by four parents of children with complex needs. The play scheme was a success but the parents quickly realised that the biggest positive outcome was that they were able to share their experiences and support each other in a way that no other service could.

Alain Bernheim: My Approach to Masonic History

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As a French citizen who was successively a member of the Grand Orient of France – ‘that irregular body’ –, then of the Grande Loge Nationale Française – a regular one –, then of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and, for the past ten years, of the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina, Alan presents his approach to Masonic history