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Palladian Lodge Phil Burgess and Clive Edwards made a donation of £1,085 to the The Born Sleeping Appeal to help with the running of the dedicated suite in Hereford Maternity Unit. The Born Sleeping fundraising appeal was launched in 2017, initially to build a dedicated bereavement suite within the maternity department. The unit opened in July 2019, thankfully the appetite for giving continues as it is recognised there are other areas that could benefit were there funding available, so the […]

Can you help David Craner? He is a Dorset Freemason, who has embarked on a fund-raising mission to raise funds for the Dorset 2025 Festival. This is his way of saying thank you to the Masonic Charitable Foundation for funding his much-needed knee replacement surgery. David’s aim is to visit every Lodge in the Province of Dorset along with one Lodge in every Province in mainland UK and if time permits the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. This will

Can you help the Masonic Ladies Lunch Club? The ladies of the Hereford Masonic Hall Luncheon Club are supporting this appeal and have knitted several garments already. The picture shows Gill Tudor (L) and Diane Cox (R) with some of the garments knitted by members of the Lunch Club. Patterns can be obtained here or by contacting Diane via diane.cox@tiscali.co.uk Chip Shop Babies: The term ‘chip shop babies’ began when it was discovered that often new-born babies mostly in developing

The LifeLites team visited Herefordshire to show members of the Freemasons the new technology being used to help life-limited and disabled children using hospice services across the British Isles. The technology gives them the chance to play, be creative, control something for themselves and communicate, through the magic of assistive technology. The Oculus virtual reality headsets enable the children to be released from the their physical confines and virtually experience group activities and to join in with others. The out

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees will be given help and support from Freemasons in England and Wales, following a £50,000 grant to the British Red Cross. The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF, the Freemasons’ Charity) and the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) have been monitoring the growing refugee crisis of over 500,000 Ukrainian people who have been forced from their country or been internally displaced from their homes. We are seeking to identify the most critical needs and we are pleased

Freemasons Support The Cart Shed The Deputy Head of Freemasonry in Herefordshire, Graham King, together with Nick Swan our Charity member visited The Cart Shed, to see first-hand how the Cart Shed are utilising the Freemasons donation towards a new minibus. The Cart Shed activities is based in their woodland surrounding at Devereux Wotton, Northwest Herefordshire. The Charities environment enables individuals to overcome and accept episodes in their lives they find difficult to live with; such as a result of

Herefordshire freemasons came together at masonic halls around the county to celebrate the hard work that the NHS, social carers and frontline workers have done for us, the general public, during this awful pandemic and also to remember all those who have sadly lost their lives. The event in Hereford was honoured by the presence of Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Edward Harley OBE, the High Sheriff of Herefordshire, Mrs Jo Hilditch, and the Deputy Mayor of Hereford, Councillor