Charity Update – London Search and Rescue awarded grant
W Bro Adrian Fox reports Around 150 people a day are reported missing in London, putting a huge strain on the resources of the Metropolitan Police. London Search & Rescue is a specially trained voluntary organisation set up 3 years ago to assist in searching for missing vulnerable people within London, and beyond. A vulnerable […]
Charity Update – A Theatre trip for every child
W Bro Mark Russell SLGR reports In November 2019 the London Freemasons’ Charity gave a grant of £4,500 to The Albany Arts Centre, Deptford, in support of their ‘A Theatre Trip for Every Child’ initiative. Unfortunately, due to social distancing regulations, the Centre has had to temporarily curtail most of its activities but nonetheless I […]
Charity Update – A Sensory Garden to improve lives
W Bro Joseph Le Roi-Smith SLGR reports In these difficult times of Covid-19 restrictions, many are facing loneliness, uncertainty and depression. Freemasons are no less affected than the rest of the population, so the facilities provided at Walworth Garden will be to our benefit as well as that of the wider community. Gardening can be […]
SOLOMON – NEW WAYS TO INTERACT
Bro William Halsey gives an update. Since its successful launch more than eighteen months ago, the volume of content on Solomon has expanded and continues to increase across all of the modules. As part of our mission to enable every member to use Solomon, the Learning & Development Team are increasing the quantity of interactive […]
THE KENT CLUB UPDATE
An update from the Chairman, W Bro Dudley Price PAGDC So the lockdown is now a thing of the past and we are, as I write, in the traditional Masonic holiday month of August having just had the hottest day of the year so far. The lockdown did provide some challenges for the Club and […]
W Bro LES HUTCHINSON TAKES THE HELM AT THE MCF
Guy Roberts of the MCF reports London Freemason W Bro Les Hutchinson PSGD will be the Masonic Charitable Foundation’s new Chief Executive and the man responsible for the next chapter in the story of Freemasonry’s central charities that stretch back more than 300 years. The appointment has been widely welcomed within Freemasonry and the wider […]
A NEW DAWN – LED BY HELIO LODGE
W Bro Zac Smith PAGStB reports on resuming meetings The brethren of Helio Lodge No 3900 felt it was particularly important to keep fellowship and fraternity together during the COVID Pandemic by staying in close contact via the Lodge’s WhatsApp group. Fraternal messages and greetings were sent to members on the occasion of birthdays, wedding […]
THE HEART OF A FREEMASON NEVER CLOSES
Bro Seb Giroux looks at some brethren who are just some of our ‘Covid Heroes’ As the whole world fell in the grip of an invisible threat, many were forced to shield themselves from relatives, friends, neighbours, and brothers. The Meeting suspension increased the sense of isolation for the most vulnerable. It would almost have […]
A YOUNGER MASON SPEAKS
FROM ARENAS TO ARENA! Bro Tim Hillier-Brook I did not know it, but Freemasonry had always been following me around. When I decided I wanted to learn about Freemasonry, the series of coincidences that followed were frankly unbelievable. I grew up in Brighton. I had always been interested in music and played guitar and drums. […]
THE OLD BRENTWOODS STAY SAFE AND MIND THE GAP
W Bro Tony Shepherd SLGR reports 10am, Saturday 18th July 2020; just hours after the general suspension of activity ended, ten members of the Old Brentwoods Lodge 5342, including the Worshipful Master, Secretary and Director of Ceremonies gathered at the Mount Avenue Banqueting Suite and Masonic Hall in Shenfield, Essex, and opened their Lodge. Little […]
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
W Bro Paul Gardner’s reflections on the pandemic As weeks turn into months, it seems the terminology is wearing thin as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to headline in the media. Some are asking ‘what is a key worker’ and ‘what is the front line?’. I can answer that having previously had a career spanning 30 […]
FORWARD – RW Bro Simon Duckworth OBE DL PJGW Deputy Metropolitan Grand Master
When I look back over the last six months, I suspect that many of us share a sense of surreality; the world as we knew it seems to have changed, and not for the better. In a matter of a few months the structures, daily activities and even relationships that were part of our daily lives, appear to have been placed on hold, or […]