Freemasons improve the lives of people with Spinal Cord Injuries

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

The Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded a £65,000 grant to the London based Inspire Foundation to fund a research project which aims to improve the quality of life and independence of people with spinal cord injury. The research project will be led by young research scientist Sean Doherty who broke his neck in a mountain bike accident in 2008.

Sean is leading the NEUROMOD project which aims to investigate an alternative to pharmaceutical therapies to control body functions. The team hopes to develop wearable stimulation devices.

Trevor Koschalka, who attended the event on behalf of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge said:

“We are incredibly proud to support the NEUROMOD research project We hope that the grant will enable Sean and the rest of the team to successfully develop a wearable device to control bladder and bowel functions and improve the quality of life of Spinal Cord Injured people.”

Rory Steevenson, Director at INSPIRE Foundation, said: “One of my biggest worries with our research programme is whether or not we can afford to run projects as we receive no government funding. The Masonic Charitable Foundation grant has covered the remaining cost of NEUROMOD and will guarantee it can continue to full term. This is the best possible news and we are so grateful.”