Enfield Charity Creating Safer Environments Free From Bullying and Exploitation For Primary School Children

Parachute
Regiment
Lodge
9315

WHAT IS FREEMASONRY?

One of the oldest secular social and charitable organisations in the world, modern Freemasonry’s roots lie in the traditions of the medieval stonemasons who built our castles and cathedrals…

The lodge has held several social events such as witnessing the Tower of London Keys ceremony a lady’s festival at a hotel usually outside of London that provides opportunity for our families to enjoy the company that these types of events provide. Importantly we maintain links with the regiment and serving soldiers.

EVENTS

Delve into the rich traditions of Freemasonry as we gather to celebrate our shared values and principles

WHERE WE MEET

Our meetings are held on the 1st Saturday of March, June, September and December, at 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ. they usually start at 11am thus providing members ample time to travel to London to join the meetings. The June meeting is the installation meeting.

ABOUT

The Parachute Regiment Lodge was consecrated on 5th June 1989. Though named for our Regiment the decision was taken not to restrict membership to serving or former members, though the majority do fit that criteria. Our membership is drawn from a wide range of military, security and civilian backgrounds who all adopt our ethos, to be the best in all that we do…

ARENA

Engage in enlightening discussions, partake in meaningful rituals, and forge lasting connections with fellow brethren

Chickenshed's production, "Day 1 – Big School," was created and devised around the words and opinions of 1,000 primary school-age children. They shared their insights on how to create safer environments for children, free from negative influences, bullying, and exploitation.

Through the use of dance, music, rap, and drama, this production portrays the journey of two young cousins in search of the safest school possible. It tackles challenging issues in a manner that encourages conversation and discussion within a positive setting. The accompanying workshop complements the performance by promoting learning outcomes and fostering children's understanding of what constitutes a safe space.

Paul Morrall, Executive Director of Education Training and Outreach said:

“Chickenshed are going to use the £7,850 grant provided by London Freemasons to visit, perform and educate children in schools from at risk areas and in at risk situations in ways to avoid exploitation, the early stages of potential gang recruitment, bullying and group/clique bullying alongside other barriers to their inclusion in school in general and secondary school in particular. The transition between primary and secondary school is often identified as one of the periods of difficulty, alienation and exploitation by gangs and/or abusers. Chickenshed's production and project was created and developed as a direct response to information from police, education and social services. We will use the project as a Safeguarding tool which meets the best education standards and which can be disseminated to wide target groups within organisations. We will reiterated to schools and young people from target groups to look for ways to communicate regularly with their Trusted Persons and Mentors particularly when they want to ask vital questions about Safeguarding, exploitation and the bullying that can lead to so many negative outcomes”

Paul King from the London Freemasons said:

“Creating safe environments, free of bullying and exploitation for children is vital to improving the communities that we all live and work within in London. We are very proud to support the work that CHICKENSHED does and the results that they create for the community.”