Women v Cancer JOGLE Challenge Huge Success and Raises Money in the process
On the 8th September this year, 30 brave (or crazy) ladies started the epic cycling challenge that is John O’Groats to Lands End (JOGLE). They came from all parts of the UK, and from overseas (Portugal and USA). Some of them had met briefly at a training weekend earlier in the year, but many had […]
Maytree Respite receive funding from Masonic Charitable Foundation
Maytree Respite Centre provide people in the midst of a suicidal crisis with the opportunity for rest and reflection, and give them the opportunity to stay in a calm, safe and relaxed environment. They can support four “guests” at a time. The service runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The warm and […]
The Power of Photography
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore received a grant of £4,000 from the Metropolitan Masonic Charity. It is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a leader in the field both in the UK and worldwide. Every 8 hours someone is paralysed by a spinal cord injury and currently there is no cure. For […]
Sir Michael Snyder welcomes representatives of charities to Freemasons’ Hall
The Metropolitan Grand Master hosted representatives from charities across London at Freemasons’ Hall last Wednesday 29th November. He presented awards and cheques on behalf of the Metropolitan Masonic Charity and Tercentenary community awards on behalf of the Masonic Charitable Foundation, with the level of this award being decided by a recent public vote. During the […]
London hospices given grants from London Freemasons
Six hospices in London have been chosen to receive a grant from Metropolitan Freemasons. The grants from London Freemasons comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation. This is just six of 245 grants to hospices around the country from Freemasons. In total £600,000 will be donated to hospices all over England and Wales this year. This […]
Arena 27 Print Edition
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Widows Sons Masonic Bikers Association rememberance
Members of Coborn 1804 and members of the Widows Sons Iceni Chapter attended the Remembrance service in Walthamstow and were requested to lead the parade on behalf of the Royal British Legion. The Widows Sons Masonic Bikers Association (WSMBA), they are a group of Freemasons within Great Britain that happen to have a passion for […]
Launch of Fundraising Appeal for London Fire Brigade aerial appliances
At a launch ceremony in London’s Freemasons Hall, Sir Michael Snyder, the Metropolitan Grand Master presented the first instalment of a £2.5 million funding pledge from London Freemasons to London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton. The funding will provide London Fire Brigade with two extended height aerial vehicles already asked for by London Fire Commissioner Dany […]
Buttle UK receive donation towards training of estranged young people
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has donated £25,000 as part of Charity Grant of £75,000 over 3 years to Buttle UK based in the London Metropolitan area, this charity provides essential support to estranged young people since it was formed in 1953 following the death of East End Clergyman Frank Buttle. At Buttle UK, they have […]
New stamps link to London Air Ambulance and London Masons
Earlier this year the Isle of Man Post Office released a set of six stamps in celebration of English Freemasons Tercentenary. Produced by Glazier Design, the call signs of three air ambulances (G-NDN, G-WASS and G-TVAL) along with GPS references for their landing pads are encoded in the details. London Masons have donated over the last […]
South West London Cadets receive donation towards training
The Metropolitan Masonic Charity has donated £5,000 as part of the Metropolitan Grand Master’s Tercentenary Appeal to the SW London Army Cadet Force (SWLACF) to fund the cadets (aged 13-18 yrs) from inner London to have more training opportunities – home & abroad. In 2014 the SWLACF in conjunction with St Lucia Cadet Corps (SLCC), […]
Drake Music orchestrate funding
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has donated £40,000 to Drake Music based in East London. The grant to fund the salary of the National Research and Development Manager to expand the DMLab programme to enable an estimated 75 disabled adults and 32 special needs school children to co-create musical instruments to fit their individual needs, working with the assistance […]