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 [...]

Following the devastation of parts of Bangladesh by Tropical Storm Sidr, The Freemasons’ Grand Charity is supporting the relief work of the Red Cross with an emergency grant of £20,000. Around 1 million people are believed to have been affected by the storm which hit the Southern Coast of Bangladesh on 15 November, destroying homes, [...]

Last evening, Freemasons of the Caerphilly and Bargoed Lodges presented almost £6,500 to local charities at the Masonic Hall in Princes Avenue, Caerphilly. The donations were made in the presence of W.Bro. Geoffrey W. Thomas, PSGD, Assistant Provincial Grand Master. The event is the culmination of the 2006-2007 fund-raising by Freemasons in the Caerphilly and [...]

A sunny Saturday Morning saw a party of around a hundred Masons, their wives and families attending a Special Service at Cardiff’s Sikh Gurdwara in the city’s Roath district. This was the first organised visit to a Sikh service by Masons in this Province. The party was led by Provincial Grand Master Hywel Davies accompanied [...]

In the wake of the worst flooding to hit Asia in many years, The President of the Freemasons’ 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 [...]

As torrential rain and flooding continues to affect large areas of Britain, the President of the Freemasons’ Grand Charity has responded to The British Red Cross UK Floods Appeal with an emergency grant of £65,000. A sum of £35,000 has already been made available to boost Provincial Grand Lodge donations to various charitable funds. Separately, [...]

First published 27 June 2007 – Last Updated 9 July 2007 With immense sadness we bring you the news that Hugh Johns, our External Communications Officer, died on 27 June 2007. He was 84 years old. Hugh Richard Lewis Johns was born on 6th September 1922 in the South East of England. He grew up [...]

A General Meeting of The 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 [...]

The European Court of Human Rights today published a judgement which found against a body discriminating against Freemasons in Italy. The judgement will have effect in all the States making up the ECHR – including the United Kingdom. The Court held by six votes to one that there had been a violation of Article 14 [...]

The Noah’s Ark Appeal is a charity dedicated to the establishment and future wellbeing of Wales’ first Children’s hospital. The appeal has been spectacularly successful and after just five years, the first phase was officially opened on St David’s day (1st March) in 2005. At the second anniversary event in 2007, it was revealed that [...]