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Year: 2020

£10k donation from London Masons to the Felix Project

Source: London Post, 20th August 2020 This generous donation from the £1m funding for the nationwide Covid-19 response initiative, will provide food to over 350 front line charities. People in our city go hungry every day, while good surplus food goes to waste. This £10,000 donation from the Freemasons rescues enough surplus food for the […]

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Freemasons of Calabar donate to FRSC

Source: The Nation, 1st August 2020 FREEMASONS of Calabar Lodge No.3434 EC have donated face masks and sanitisers to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Cross River State as part of measures to fight Coronavirus. The donation, according to the Worshipful Master of the Lodge, Wbro Godwin Egbe (jnr), came from the District Grand […]

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Virtue and Honour, not just the name of an Axminster Lodge!

Source: Midweek Herald, Chris Carson, 28th July 2020 Axminster Freemason John Middleton, a member of Virtue and Honour Lodge No. 494, shows the heart of a lion and demonstrates the very heart of Freemasonry, by signing up to and supporting multiple help organisations during the Covid-19 crisis. His fellow Brethren wanted to see John recognised […]

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This weeks winner – W.Bro Andy from Lyndhurst Lodge No. 8012

You’re lapel pin is on it’s way! Many congratulations to Worshipful Brother Andy (PProvDepGReg) for being our first winner. We had 105 completed (and correct!) entries sent to us and have attached the answer below! We’ll have our next crossword up online for you all tonight – good luck!

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Seriously ill children to attend Virtual Camps thanks to Hampshire Masons

Source: Daily Echo, Daniel Vassie, 27th July 2020 Thanks to the generosity of Hampshire Masons and the ingenuity of Havant Charity ‘Over the Wall’, 1,400 seriously ill children will be able to attend virtual camps in place of the activity camps planned prior to the covid pandemic. In another brilliant example by Hampshire Freemasonry of […]

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£60,000 grant to Ambitious about Autism

Source: London Post, 23rd July 2020 The Masonic Charitable Foundation have helped fund a new Assistive Technologist for Ambitious about Autism charity, enabling young people with complex autism to communicate more effectively through technology. “We’re very grateful to London Freemasons for their generous grant, which will provide immediate support to autistic young people who have […]

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Northumberland Freemasons donate £50k

Source: Twitter / Masonic Charitable Fund 23rd July 2020 There are some news stories that make you smile and feel super-proud all at the same time and simply this is one of them. Our wonderful Brethren from Northumberland made the donation to MediCinema who bring the joy of blockbuster films to those in hospital. This […]

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£77k donated by Shropshire Freemasons

Source: Twitter, @ShropshireMason 22nd July 2020 The Brethren of Shropshire have been busy raising much needed funds to support local families in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. This includes: Food Banks £39,526 PPE £3,851 Young Carers £8,500 Domestic Abuse £4,000 Misc £400 Van (L11) £21,000 Total £77,277 From all at joinfreemasonry.co.uk we salute your […]

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Prize Crossword – 21st July 2020

Can you get into the mind of our Editor and decipher his clues? This isn’t easy!… We hope you can! Please email a screenshot / photo of your completed crossword to crosswords@joinfreemasonry.co.uk for a chance to win one of our exclusive 4,11 lapel pins! You can print this and fill it in, or you can […]

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Chester Masonic Hall brings joy and learning to local children

Source: The Chester Standard, Jonathon Barnett, 20th July 2020 Chester Masons have done it again, showing both their ingenuity and kindness by allowing pupils from St Martin’s Academy into the hall by creating a ‘pop-up’ school. What a wonderful example of providing help when it’s needed, where it is needed.  “As the lockdown eased and […]

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