Derbyshire Freemasons help local children take part in prestigious Prince William Award with £150,000 grant
Derbyshire Freemasons help local children take part in prestigious Prince William Award with £150,000 grant
Steven Varley
Derbyshire Freemasons donate £28,990 to Plot to Plate allotment project run by Disability Direct
The £28,990 grant to the Plot to Plate allotment project, run by Disability Direct, will pay for a new Project Co-Ordinator, who will work with volunteers to deliver the ‘Grow Your Own’ service to 350 local people. Alongside the wheelchair-accessible vegetable beds, there will be practical cooking classes, weekly gardening sessions and community open day events, all free of charge, with activities to support the environment such as making bug and bee hotels.
Derbyshire Freemasons donate to Derbyshire Hospice’s
Earlier in 2018, the Masonic Charitable Foundation announced that £600,000 had been approved to support hospices across England and Wales this year. In July, hospices were invited to apply for grants towards core funding and £300,000 was allocated to each hospice that receives less than 60% funding from the NHS. The other £300,000 will be provided to individual hospices across England and Wales via Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice care. Contributions from Freemasons to hospices have exceeded £13 million in England and Wales since 1984.
Derbyshire Freemasons unveil Memorial
the twenty Derbyshire Brethren who lost their lives in the Great War. The Memorial had been transferred to the Grange from Gower Street in 1972 where it had been located inside the main entrance.
Derby Freemasons present donations to Air Training Corps with the help of the last British Dambuster
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War and the 75th Anniversary of the Dambusters Raid, Derbyshire Freemasons with special guest, Squadron Leader George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE DFM, made generous presentations to Derbyshire Air Cadets
Centenary Armistice Tie
To commemorate 100 years since Armistice Day, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire has asked James Morton Ties to create a Centenary Armistice Tie to help raise money for the Poppy Appeal organised by the Royal British Legion.
Blue plaque commemorates life and works of Derbyshire Freemason
A blue plaque, commemorating the life and works of Derbyshire Freemason Dr John Hollis Pigot, who was recognised for reviving Freemasonry in Derby, is…
Derbyshire Freemasons donate £25,000 to Charities
The awards totalled £25,000 Two hundred people were present at the awards ceremony including HM Lord Lieutenant for Derbyshire, Mr William Tucker, the High Sheriff, Mrs Annie Hall, the Deputy Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, RW Bro. Jonathan Spence and the Provincial Grand Master for Derbyshire, RW Bro. Steven Varley, together with civic leaders, charity workers and senior Freemasons from across the county
Freemasons donate Showground Carousel Horse to Special Needs Children
Wednesday February 1st saw the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Steven Varley welcomed to Fairfield Lodge Annual Burns Night by the Worshipful Master, WBro David Ross, where 26 visitors along with the Lodge members witnessed the ceremony of Passing on Bro Paul Allen
Derbyshire Freemasons donate £1,178 to St. Clare’s School in Mickleover
On Tuesday November 15th the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Arthur Steven Varley, accompanied by RWBro Colin Cantrell and VWBro Philip C Ablott, the…