The Annual Provincial Church Service for 2008 was held at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, on Saturday 25 October. Provincial Grand Master, Captain Sir Norman Lloyd Edwards, KCVO, GCStJ, RD*, RNR, expressed his gratitude to all those who attended, and particularly those who devised and took part in an impressive and inspiring Act of Collective Worship. The [...]

Nearly £2 million is to be dedicated to helping charities delivering opportunities for young people, supporting vulnerable people and researching the cause and treatment of illness and disease. The grants to seventeen national charities were approved by hundreds of Freemasons at a General Meeting of The Freemasons’ Grand Charity held in Bournemouth. The organisations that [...]

The potentially life-saving services provided by eighteen air ambulances have been supported with a grant of £180,000 from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity. The announcement of how the grant has been shared between the services is made as National Air Ambulance Week (22-28 September 2008) begins. Air ambulance charities across England and Wales collectively fly around [...]

Hundreds of South Wales Freemasons turned up at Barry’s Memorial Hall on 24 June 2008 to witness the Installation of Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards, KCVO, GCStJ, RD*, RNR, as their new Provincial Grand Master. Appointed in succession to Hywel Davies, who retired from the position on 30 June, Captain Sir Norman is only the seventeenth [...]

The President of the Grand Charity has approved a £20,000 grant to the Red Cross to support relief efforts following an earthquake measuring 7.8 in south-western China. The Freemasons’ Grand Charity is the first organisation to support the British Red Cross’ response to the worst earthquake to strike China in more than 30 years. The [...]

Save the Children’s relief work in Burma (Myanmar) is to be supported by the £20,000 emergency grant approved last week, following Cyclone Nargis, by the President of the Grand Charity. The Freemasons’ Grand Charity is also in discussions with District Grand Lodges in the affected region to identify what support it may be able to [...]

At the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge Committee at Barry this evening, the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Hywel Davies announced that following a decision by the M.W. Grand Master, after 160 years the name of the Province would revert to “South Wales”. The Eastern and Western Divisions of South Wales were created in 1848. Prior [...]

The latest grants announced by The Freemasons’ Grand Charity focus on helping smaller charities. In total £34,000 is being given towards the important activities of eighteen charities working in the areas of youth opportunities, vulnerable people and medical research. More information can be obtained by clicking: HERE

The next Provincial Grand Master for the Masonic Province of South Wales (Eastern Division) is to be R.W. Bro. Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards, KCVO, GCStJ, RD*, RNR, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. He will succeed R.W.Bro. Hywel Davies, who steps down from the role after 9 years on the day after the Annual Meeting of [...]

Following civil unrest in parts of Kenya, The President of the Freemasons’ Grand Charity has approved a grant of £10,000 to the District Grand Lodge of East Africa’s Grand Charity, complementing local relief efforts. Violent clashes and rioting following the results of the Kenyan Presidential election left hundreds dead and tens of thousands have been [...]