Beyond the Square: W Bro Richard Spooner on “exercising that virtue…”
This back page has often focused on Brethren outside of their Lodges – back in Arena 52, for example, we met W Bro Peter Locke, now a successful writer of children’s books outside of his Masonry. If you’d like to feature in what is now formally called “Beyond the Square”, or know someone we should […]
FOREWORD RW Bro Sir Michael Snyder Metropolitan Grand Master and Metropolitan Grand Superintendent
RW Bro Sir Michael Snyder Metropolitan Grand Master and Metropolitan Grand Superintendent It is a very real pleasure to write the Foreword for Arena, a top quality magazine that really does inform members of what is going on in London and which communicates the key messages that the Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Grand […]
Caring for people with dementia in Greenwich will get a little easier thanks to London Freemasons
More than 300 carers who provide support to a loved one living with dementia in the London borough of Greenwich will get specialist support and advice, thanks to a grant from London Freemasons to the Greenwich Carers charity. The £50,000 grant will fund a dedicated post that operates from Greenwich Carers Centre to provide […]
LFC helps Young Women Build Better Futures in Neasden through Entrepreneurship
A London Freemason’s Charity grant of £10,000 has been given to the charity Launch It, to help young women in Neasden start their own businesses with a bespoke programme of training and support. Launch It has run enterprise centres in economically challenged communities for over 23 years, encouraging over 11,500 young people in these […]
London Healthcare Workers in financial hardship get a boost from London Freemasons
The London Freemason’s Charity is proud to report a donation of £6,000 to the Healthcare Workers’ Foundation to support healthcare professionals working across London. The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF) is a charity created for, and led by, healthcare workers. It is committed to supporting and improving the welfare and wellbeing of those working in […]
Older people living with dementia in Kensington and Chelsea get extra support thanks to London Freemasons
Older people living with dementia in Kensington & Chelsea will benefit from ground-breaking treatment thanks to a £30,000 grant to Age UK from London Freemasons. The grant will sustain and expand Age UK Kensington & Chelsea’s Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST) programme for individuals living with dementia, enabling them to enhance the quality of […]
EDITORIAL
W Bro Nick Saalfeld, Editor Brethren and friends, It’s a pleasure to welcome you to Arena 54. As you read this, something approaching Spring should be in the air. I think you’ll find a similar spirit of change, renewal and rejuvenation in this edition of Arena and across Metropolitan Grand Lodge as well. […]
The Kent and Connaught Clubs
The Social Clubs for London Freemasons The Kent Club: A Masonic voyage of discovery The Kent Club is a welcoming hub of camaraderie and discovery, with meaningful experiences curated by a dedicated Committee. It’s open to all, embodying the enduring principles of Freemasonry while providing a lively platform for friendship, learning and shared […]
Event Report: Metropolitan Grand Lodge AGM: Promotions, appeals and an honoured departure
W Bro Trevor Koschalka reports Photographs by W Bro Daren Lewis The Grand Temple of Freemasons’ Hall was filled with Brethren who were to be promoted to Senior London Grand Rank, along with their Masonic friends. Their non-Masonic friends and families looked on from the gallery above. There was a sense of anticipation […]
The Scrip Purse Reviewing a plethora of benefits
W Bro Darrel Palmer PAGSwdB, Metropolitan Grand Almoner In this issue, the Scrip Purse presents the Metropolitan Grand Almoner’s Annual Report for 2023-2024. It’s full of initiatives you may not have known about, and ways in which Almoners are making a difference to Brethren and their families every day. The year 2023-24 has […]
Special Interest Lodge News Cycling Masons in the saddle for 3 charities
Having formed the new Special Interest Lodge for London Cycling Masons under the banner of the Citizen Lodge No 2911, Master W Bro Amo Basra, alongside his son Jodh (who will have been Initiated into the Lodge by the time you read this edition of Arena) decided to take up a challenge. They have […]
Special Interest Lodge News Star Spangled Sports? Stoke Newington Needs You!
With the culmination of the National Football League (NFL) and the razzmatazz of Superbowl LVIII just behind us, it won’t have gone unnoticed, even in our sceptred isle, that American Sports loom large in the consciousness of many UK residents and, by extension, many of our Masonic Brethren. The glamour offered up by the […]