Gloucestershire charity boost
Over a five-year period Gloucestershire masons supported an appeal by Provincial Grand Master Adrian Davies to raise £1m towards an endowment fund to support local charities.
A gala celebration was held to mark the end of the Festival attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Dame Janet Trotter, at which it was revealed that £1,594,272 was raised, which far exceeded the target figure and will rise to £1.6m. The total included £390,000 matched funding from the government’s Grassroots Grants endowment initiative, through the Province’s partnership with the Gloucestershire Community Foundation.
