Provinces, Districts & Groups
Lodges meeting in London (an area generally within a 10-mile radius of Freemasons’ Hall), are administered by the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London, whilst those meeting outside London, and within England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, are grouped into 47 Provinces, whose boundaries often correspond to those of the old Counties.
Lodges that meet outside England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are grouped into 33 Districts, and five Groups.
Noses for trouble: Medical Detection Dogs sniff out early diagnoses of disease
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
This is Belle, a ‘super sniffer’ dog in training to use her sense of smell to spot Covid, working at the cutting edge of diagnistic technology – and putting a very different spin on the…
Tunbridge Wells Masonic Centre receives letter of thanks from the House of Commons for their vaccination efforts
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Gratefully received from the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP from the House of Commons, attached is a letter the Chairman of Tunbridge Wells Freemasons received yesterday thanking everybody for all the help that has been…
The Ravensbourne School launches its own food bank with support of West Kent Freemasons
Thursday, 25 February 2021
A Bromley school has launched its own food bank to support families experiencing hardship during the pandemic with the support of West Kent Freemasons Staff at Ravensbourne School, a mixed secondary, decided to take the initiative three…
Staffordshire Freemasons support Stoke-on-Trent Community Group ‘Etruria Matters’
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
A local community group which serves Etruria and Shelton, in Stoke-on-Trent is celebrating after securing £2,500 of funding from the National Lottery’s Local Connections programme. The ‘Celebration Generation’ project will help to break down barriers…
Cambridgeshire Freemasons are helping to provide children with Raspberry Pi computers through the ‘Digital Drive Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’ initiative The original request came from Provincial Grand Master Bill Dastur in a message to all Cambridgeshire…
West Lancashire Freemasons donate £40,540 and deliver 82,653 items to 29 local food banks in Christmas appeal
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Freemasons across West Lancashire unable to meet due to COVID-19 restrictions, rallied round to donate £40,540 in cash and 82,653 food items to assist local food banks It is a sad fact that because of…
You often get more done if you pool resources. Back in April last year, Colin Tonks, Almoner and Charity Steward of the Wellington Lodge in Deal, Kent was thinking along those lines. The COVID-19 pandemic…
New app will help young people with diabetes thanks to a grant from Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons
Monday, 15 February 2021
Two thousand children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes will receive support from an innovative new app to help manage their condition, thanks to a grant of £42,000 from Leicestershire & Rutland Freemasons to…
Students at Sheffield’s High Storrs Academy benefit from Freemasons’ laptop donation
Sunday, 14 February 2021
Students from a Sheffield school will now be able to keep up with their studies thanks to City Freemasons Thanks to a legacy bequeathed to Ivanhoe Lodge by one of its former Masters and his…
Following a recent appeal from local health boards for support to doctors, nurses, staff and indeed patients who were unable to have visitors, the Provincial Samaritan Fund of South Wales has donated £500 of basic…
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As a result of the call for volunteers to support the NHS Vaccination Scheme which was made back in December, Freemasons and their families from all corners of Devon picked up their Hi-Viz jackets and…
The Cheshire Masters’ and Masons’ Forum were delighted to host an online lecture discussing the Members’ Pathway and its benefits to lodges, by guest speaker Stewart Cranage, the Provincial Grand Mentor in our neighbouring Province…
International Media Success of Virtual Burns Night held by Cheshire Freemasons
Tuesday, 09 February 2021
On Friday 29th January, The James Thompson and Stanlow Lodges of Cheshire collaborated with the Lodge of Dunblane to produce a Virtual Burns Night which was held on Zoom, with participants including Freemasons from Australia,…
South Wales Freemasons donate £25,000 to the Huggard Centre to help the homeless in Cardiff
Saturday, 06 February 2021
The South Wales Freemasons have donated £25,000 to Huggard, Wales’ leading centre for people who are sleeping rough in Cardiff. The money will be used to replace the Cardiff based charity’s 15-year-old vehicle The Huggard…
