Freemasonry Cares
Freemasonry cares for individuals and charities through a wide range of help and support given by Masonic Charities
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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) has offered a message of solidarity to residents of its care homes.News of the financial collapse of care-home provider Southern Cross, and of abuse at Winterbourne View, has shocked…
A severe drought is threatening the lives of more than 10 million people in the Horn of Africa, according to the United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA). Poor rainfall in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda,…
An innovative strategy is helping to improve quality of life for dementia sufferers by focusing on individual needs and sharing experiences Dementia is one of the most challenging issues society faces: in the UK, there…
A struggling brother receives help in his time of needIf you have ever thought about getting help from the Masonic Samaritan Fund, John Collins can throw some light on how simple the process is. In…
The Masonic Samaritan Fund provides much-needed support for unpaid carersIn 2001, the Census included, for the first time, a question on the provision of unpaid care. It revealed that 11 percent of the UK’s population…
In recent years, Freemasonry and Parkinson's UK have built a strong relationship to help deal with this degenerative condition at both a research and community level, as Matthew Scanlan reportsMost readers will have heard of…
Earlier in 2011, it was announced that the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) had been awarded a major grant of £50,000 from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity. The money is helping to fund research to prevent…
The Grand Charity has continued its work in supporting people affected by cancer by donating £117,000 to Marie Curie Cancer Care, to fund two Marie Curie Nurses in Kent, payable over three years. Marie Curie…
Harrow School was the venue for a day’s coarse fishing for 28 disabled and disadvantaged children from three local schools provided by the London branch of The Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Charity (MTSFC) Sponsored…
In response to the severe earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, the President of the Grand Charity approved an emergency grant of £30,000 to the British Red Cross to assist with their recovery appeal Around 148…
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In January the Grand Charity donated £3,400 to Hospice Isle of Man. This was in addition to sums donated by local Freemasons. The money has been used to purchase a pressure-relieving mattress to complement the…
TalentAid, a scheme launched by the RMTGB to support the ambitions of talented young people, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The scheme was established in 2001 in response to a growing awareness that some…
It was Stuart's many years in the Petitions Department which allowed him to witness the modernisation of the RMTGB For most of the RMTGB’s 220-year history, its work has focussed directly on providing an education…
Matthew Scanlan reports on a pilot scheme The comedian Bob Hope once quipped, ‘If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.’ And as every Freemason knows, Freemasonry…
