Visually impaired children get chance to read with help from London Masons

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

London Masons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation has donated £4,000 per year for the next three years to London based charity ClearVision, giving thousands of visually impaired children a chance to be able to develop braille literacy early in life.

ClearVision, based in South West London, exists to promote & further the education of blind and partially sighted persons, by creating dual print and braille books, and operating a free children’s postal lending library of over 14,000 books to families and organisations across the UK. Early developmental braille literacy requires engagement with predominantly sighted family members who generally have no braille experience, making dual print and braille children’s books vital to allow meaningful interaction through shared reading. This service makes over 9,000 loans a year and is currently implementing an online catalogue to increase efficiency and reach more beneficiaries.

The grant from London Masons will allow the charity to continue to create dual print and braille books so sighted families around the country can continue to share the joy of reading books with their visually impaired children.

Alexandra Britton, Director, ClearVision Project said “We are delighted to receive this grant from London Masons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation, not simply because the money will help us to bring our library service to new borrowers who need it, but because it is a demonstration of support from the community, which means a great deal when you’re a small charity. We know that our library service is unique, and that it makes a real difference to the children who use it, but also that there are more families out there who would benefit. This grant will help us to reach them and offer them beautiful, funny, enlightening, inspiring books which we hope will support their education, reduce their isolation and help them embrace the life-long pleasure of reading.”

Adrian Hodgson of London Freemasons said: “We’re proud to have supported such a worthwhile cause. The work that ClearVision does is inspiring and changes a lot of lives for the better. Their work is vital to so many visually impaired children, and our grant will help them to continue to reach these children and their families.

This is another example of Freemasons supporting the London community. This donation follows on from a £1,250,000 donation, of a £2.5 million funding pledge from London Freemasons to London Fire Brigade. The funding will provide London Fire Brigade with two extended height aerial vehicles.”