Streetwise Opera helped by grant from London Masons
Founded in 2002 in response to a quote from an MP in the newspaper – “The homeless are the people you step over coming out the Royal Opera House” – Streetwise Opera is an award-winning performing arts charity that uses music to help people who are or have been homeless make positive changes in their […]
Lonely and isolated older people living in the capital helped by grant from London Masons
Lonely and isolated older people in Holborn, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury will be helped back into community life, thanks to a grant of £77,827 from London freemasons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation. The Holborn Community Association Befriending Scheme brings isolated older people together with volunteers from across the community to meet once a week, have […]
Metropolitan Grand Master Hosts Summer Garden Party
On Saturday 6th July 2019 the Metropolitan Grand Master, RW Bro Sir Michael Snyder hosted a sell-out Summer Garden Party at Queensmere, an 80-acre lakeside, woodland estate, in the heart of the Berkshire countryside. From lunchtime to midnight, 250 London masons and their families enjoyed everything from swimming, canoeing, tennis and lawn games to BBQs, […]
Visiting Australia
One of the hidden joys of being a Freemasons is visiting other Lodges and with over 6 million members worldwide you are sure to find a friendly welcome either near to home or further afield. This was put to the test on a recent visit to Australia when the Secretary of Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge No. […]
A Long Walk to Open the Lodge in Support of the Lift for Life Appeal
The Worshipful Master of the City Gate Lodge No. 9890, W Bro James Croft, accompanied by Lodge Charity Steward W Bro Phil Young and the Lodge Inner Guard, undertook a walk from Surrey to Freemasons Hall and then onto the Innholders Hall to open his Lodge, in doing so raised £1,200 for the Metropolitan Grand […]
Parachute Regiment Chapter No 9315
On Saturday 22nd June 2019, at Freemasons Hall, the very first Convocation of the Parachute Regiment Chapter No.9315 was held. Two years earlier, St James’s Union Chapter No. 180 was in a position where the members had agreed to hand in their Warrant. A group of Parachute Regiment Lodge No. 9315 members, and supported by […]
UGLE Grand Master The Duke of Kent unveils Victoria Cross Remembrance Stone at Freemasons Hall
In honour of all English Freemasons awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross (VC), the United Grand Lodge of England’s (UGLE) Grand Master, HRH The Duke of Kent, unveiled a unique Victoria Cross Remembrance Stone at Freemasons’ Hall on 27th June 2019. The Remembrance Stone was commissioned in 2016 by Granville Angell to commemorate all English Freemasons […]
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40000 TOOTHBRUSHES RAISE SMILES ACROSS LONDON
In conjunction with the Oral Health Foundation, London Masons are supporting the start of National Smile Month across London with a donation of specially designed children’s toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste to Whittington Hospital. London has one of the highest levels of tooth decay in young children in particular with many 3 to 5-year olds […]
Cycling challenge for Prostate cancer awareness
Prostate cancer is now the third deadliest form of cancer in the UK, causing more deaths, than to those suffering from breast cancer, with only half as much money being spent on research into the disease, whilst sadly the number of men dying from prostate cancer continues to rise. W Bro John MacCabe of Euphrates […]
The Lodge of Nine Muses makes National Trust donation
On 8th May 2019 Officers and Past Masters of The Lodge of Nine Muses No.235 presented a charitable gift of £1,000 towards the National Trust’s, Stowe Gardens Renovation Project. This presentation was made following a general appeal publication sent out in 2018 by the National Trust to all their members and visitors for any help, […]
Cardboard Citizens Charity receives boost thanks to London Freemasons
London Freemasons have donated £2,000 to East London based specialist charity Cardboard Citizens, who for the last 25 years have been making life-changing theatre with and for people with experience of homelessness. The charity has a regular programme of performances aiming to bring high quality theatre to as many people as possible. The external causes […]