£7,600 grant to Lagan's Foundation
Parents who need to provide their seriously ill children with round-the-clock care will be able to take a much needed rest thanks to a grant from East Lancashire freemasons. The £7,600 grant to Lagan's Foundation will help provide trained carers to offer parents...
ELMC Donation to Cheetham Scout & Guide Group
On 11th July, a cheque for £1,560 was presented on behalf of City Derby Freemasons to the Cheetham Scout and Guide Group. This donation will enable the organisation to refurbish the roof of its "clubhouse" which is sorely in need of repair and which is home to the...
Talking Heads at Bury Masonic Hall
Bolton 100 Club and Lodges donate to Bolton Sea Cadets
On Wednesday 17th July members of the district team (and partners) visited Bolton Sea Cadets to see how they were getting on and to present them with cheques totalling £1000 from 2 different Bolton lodges and the Bolton & Farnworth 100 club. The Worshipful Masters...
Bereaved teenagers supported by grant from East Lancashire Freemasons
Teenagers who are grieving following the death of a parent or other close family member will be given help and support at school, thanks to a grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation via East Lancashire Freemasons. The £17,500 grant to Bolton Hospice will equip...
Bolton’s Thomasson Memorial School
Bolton’s Thomasson Memorial School is a special school in more than one sense. Not only is it special because of the care it gives to its students who all have hearing impairment, but it is also special because the school had been provided with a grant by the...
Burnley and Pendle District Summer Barbeque
Hosted by the District Charity Steward, WBro Mark Barlow, the summer BBQ had a total of 69 guests and the weather was glorious, Debbie, Mark’s wife, put on a fantastic spread of Roast Beef in gravy, Chicken Fajitas, all kinds of salad crisps and nuts and much, much...
Roses Lodge 5140 Annual Curry Night 2019
Over 120 Burnley and Pendle Freemasons, their families and friends, along with TEAM RISE members and volunteers, filled to capacity the multi-award-winning USHA Restaurant in Burnley on Monday 1st July 2019. This was the second of these events which raises funds for...
Inaugural Annual East Lancashire Coarse Fishing Match
On Saturday 8th June 2019, Fir Tree Fisheries in Wigan hosted the inaugural Annual East Lancashire Course Fishing Match. Open to Freemasons and their guests £225.00 was raised for the Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Charity (www.mtsfc.org.uk) from donations and a...
Victory Lodge No. 3932 Centenary Visit to the Battlefields of WW1
Victory Lodge No. 3932 was so named in 1919 after the British Victory of WW1. As part of the events for the centenary year, Victory Lodge Brethren, friends and wives travelled to the Battlefields and war graves from World War One, visiting among others, the Accrington...
Real Change Rochdale
The picture shows Andy Burnham and Doug Smith at the event. In January this year Rochdale became the second borough in Greater Manchester to launch a pioneering new scheme to help get people off the streets. Real Change is an ‘alternative giving’ model, offering...
50 years in Freemasonry – WBro Melvyn Tenenbaum
The evening of 16th May was a very special one for WBro Melvyn Tenenbaum and the many guests who attended the meeting of Arkscroll Lodge. After the Lodge was opened and the minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, WBro Phil Collier, Provincial Deputy Grand...