£50,000 donation to Red Cross following devastation of Hurricane Matthew
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has donated £50,000 to the Red Cross relief effort in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas, in the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew over recent days. The donation will give continued Red Cross support to over 1,650,000 individuals and families suffering as a result of the hurricane, […]
Charity walk for Air Ambulance
On the morning of Saturday 1st October 2016, a group of thirty five walkers of a variety of ages (and three pushchairs) met up in the rain by City Hall in Potters Fields Park before setting off on a course that would cover just over seven miles, and take them over eight London bridges. The sponsored […]
Lodge donates £400 to Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Ian Edmed visited the home of the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum to present a cheque for £400 on behalf of the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge. Chairman of the RGJ (Rifles) Museum Trustees, Brigadier (retd) Vere Hayes, received the cheque outside of the entrance to the museum thanking the Lodge for the donation. The money will go […]
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Freemasons improve the lives of people with Spinal Cord Injuries
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded a £65,000 grant to the London based Inspire Foundation to fund a research project which aims to improve the quality of life and independence of people with spinal cord injury. The research project will be led by young research scientist Sean Doherty who broke his neck in a mountain bike accident in […]
Two members cycle from Brighton to Paris
To celebrate his eightieth birthday on May 6th, totally blind Tommy Mulholland cycled on a tandem with his pilot, seventy year old Bob Harber all the way from B.E.B.A Brighton to Paris to raise funds for a very worthy cause, Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice. The Hospice cares for 300 children and young adults from 0-19 years […]
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MORE MASONIC SUPPORT FOR THE LONDON EMERGENCY SERVICES
Following on from their two million pounds pledge to help fund a second emergency helicopter for London Air Ambulance, London Freemasons have donated five high powered Volkswagen Tiguan rapid response cars to help support the work of the London Ambulance Service on the roads of London. At the launch ceremony outside Freemasons’ Hall attended by […]
A new World Record in aid of the London Air Ambulance Appeal
Shortly after the purchase of a London Freemasons’ lapel pin in support of the London Air Ambulance Appeal, Bro. David Cooke of Westminster City Council Lodge No. 2882 started to think of how he could increase his £5.00 donation to something a little bigger. Bro. Cooke had already run six Marathons in support of various charities and […]
London’s young masons raise £5000 for Rethink Mental Illness
On the Saturday, 12th March 2016, around fifty members of the Connaught Club, the club for Freemasons under the age of 35 in London, plus friends and family, came together on an uncharacteristically sunny afternoon at Fulham Reach Boat Club to cumulatively row the length of the Thames, on rowing machines, in aid of Rethink Mental […]
Freemasons donate to Institute of Cancer Research
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity has donated to The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) to develop a blood test for childhood cancer. The grant of £72,000 will fund a project to help researchers understand more about the biology of children’s cancers. The aim is to develop simpler tests that will remove the need for painful tumour […]