Children’s Hospices to receive support from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity
December 2007
Hospices across England and Wales are set for a funding boost as The Freemasons’ Grand Charity distributes £600,000 towards the operating costs of the widely respected services. Although children’s and adults Hospices have always been supported through the annual grant giving scheme, this year for the very first time a sum was set aside specifically to benefit the growing number of services dedicated to children.
The money from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity will be shared between 220 hospices, with over half of the children’s services receiving more than £3,000 and each adult service receiving an average of over £2,600.
The newly announced grants will take The Freemasons’ Grand Charity’s support for the sector to over £7 million since 1984.
7 August 2007
£50,000 FOR ASIAN FLOOD RELIEF APPEAL.
In the wake of the worst flooding to hit Asia in many years, The President of the Grand Charity, Grahame Elliot, has approved an emergency grant of £50,000 to the British Red Cross Asia Floods Appeal.In recent weeks, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan have all been hit by major floods caused by the monsoon rains. Landslides and flashfloods have killed several hundred people and hundreds of thousands more have been left homeless. Many of the people affected are amongst the world’s poorest and they now have little or no access to food, clean water and healthcare and are at risk from the outbreak of water-borne disease. The grant to the Red Cross is a significant contribution towards the initial £250,000 appeal target and will help to provide emergency relief in the affected countries, including the delivery of food, water and basic healthcare.
28th July 07
Red Cross - National Floods Appeal
The appeal raised £300,000 in its first hour and by yesterday evening (25th) had generated £490,000, helped by a £65,000 donation from the Freemasons' Grand Charity
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/26/nflood826.xml
29 June 07
1/2 million gift for charities
Freemasons’ Grand Charity has approved donations of over £1/2 million to charities across England and Wales. The grants will help 14 charities supporting vulnerable people including those with disabilities, youth opportunities and research into medical conditions.
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity distributes money given by Freemasons and their families. The latest grants take the total support for non-Masonic charities announced during 2007 to nearly £1.9 million.
Visit The Freemasons’ Grand Charity website at www.grandcharity.org
On 19th July 2007 Bournemouth and Christchurch Freemasons held their fourth annual Celebration Evening, at Knole road Bournemouth,which, once again gives Lodge members an opportunity to meet in person, representatives of many of the charities to which local Freemasons have donated.
By the end of the evening, well over 50 Charities and Worthy Causes, will have received over £34,000 in this year alone, with a total of over £24,000 actually being presented during this evening's presentation.
Our Lodge was represented on the night by Curley Roberts (left) our Lodge Chairman who presented cheque for £400 to Stuart Maggs of Action Aid.
This money will help fund a Health / Community centre in Cambodia.
Our Chairman also presented,
a cheque
for £1,263 to David Stainer (right)
of Winchelsea Special School which be
added to the building fund for new sensory
rooms to be attached to 2 classrooms in order
to provide quiet areas for pupils with autism.
