Major donation to support London search and rescue teams
W Bro John Little SLGR investigates A major donation of £251,500 has been made by the London Freemasons’ Charity to London Search and Rescue (LONSAR), a Lowland Rescue team assisting the Metropolitan Police in searches for vulnerable missing persons. LONSAR is a registered charity staffed totally by volunteers with no funding from the […]
THE MCF Supports The Motor Neurone Disease Association
The Masonic Charitable Foundation provides grant support to the Motor Neurone Disease Association’s MND research programme. The Association is funding a Masonic Charitable Foundation PhD Studentship at University College London. Now in the third year of his PhD, Sam Bryce-Smith is investigating the impact of faulty TDP-43 and FUS proteins in the development of Motor […]
Round bike ride London to Edinburgh
W Bro Mark Wooldridge reports I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a supreme effort by W Bro Jason Gaines-Burrill to raise funds for the Woking & Sam Beare Hospice by undertaking the London to Edinburgh to London 2022 bike ride. His endeavours have captured the imagination of his brethren, companions […]
Music of Life helps disabled children
The Masonic Charitable Foundation recently received a request for support from the Charity Music of Life and approved a grant of £15,000 to be donated over a 3-year period. Mark Russell contacted Maria Teterina, the Charity's Chief Executive, to find out more about their work, especially in the London area. Maria explained that she started […]
London Royal Arch Digest Autumn 2022
Here are just a few of the London Royal Arch Chapters that met over the Autumn of 2022 within dedicated Masonic Halls and Centres from Chingford to Harrow, Ealing to Croydon, and Southgate to Penge, as well as throughout central London. London’s Royal Arch Chapters and Freemasons have been revelling in being back in […]
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PRESS STATEMENT – THE QUEEN
Friday 09 September 2022 It was with the greatest sadness that the United Grand Lodge of England learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our longest serving British Sovereign. Queen Elizabeth’s father, His late Majesty King George VI and her consort, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, were both Freemasons. Her […]
GUIDANCE FOR LODGES AND CHAPTERS
Brethren & Companions, following the death of Her Majesty on 8 September, the following measures will apply: – There will be a period of Masonic mourning coinciding with the period of national mourning, and black ties will be worn at all Craft and Royal Arch meetings held during that period. No black rosettes will be […]
FOREWORD RW Bro Warren Duke, PJGW Deputy Metropolitan Grand Master
MetGL&GC are moving forward with a strategy that takes us through to 2025. At its heart, it seeks to serve our members and support all Lodges and Chapters to engage with existing, as well as attracting new members. One initiative that sits within those plans is the Special Interest Lodges (SILs). The idea […]
EDITORIAL W Bro Seb Giroux
Dear Arena readers, Summer is here, and I hope you are having a good time, whatever you do. The Masonic year may be over, but, oh my, did it get busy since spring! It is like everybody was raring to catch up on lost time. If the last few months are anything to judge by, […]
Finally Together at the Metropolitan Grand Lodge Summer Party
W Bro Joseph J Kershaw reports with photos from Daren Lewis and Gerald McLean Temperatures, activities and attendees… Saturday 16th July truly was a day for breaking records, and there was nowhere better to experience all of these than at the spectacular Met Grand Lodge, Summer Party held at the staggeringly beautiful Queens Mere […]
LONDON CRAFT DIGEST SPRING 2022
Here are just a few of the London Lodges that have met over the Spring months, throughout Central London as well as within the dedicated Masonic Centres around the capital. VW Bro David Wilkinson, Former Assistant Metropolitan Grand Master, was presented with a certificate celebrating 50 years in masonry by RW Bro Russell Race, […]