LINCOLNSHIRE
FREEMASONS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR LOCAL, NON-MASONIC CHARITIES
BY DONATING SOME £60,000 AGAIN THIS YEAR.
Lincolnshire Masonic Lodges continued once again this
year to nominate and receive assistance for local non-Masonic
charities from the New Provincial Benevolent Fund. At
the recent meeting of the Provincial Charity Committee
the Provincial Grand Treasurer, W.Bro. Ian Pounder, announced
that almost £60,000 would again go to fund local
non-Masonic charities.
By utilising the New Provincial Benevolent Fund, Lodges
can direct their own internal fundraising towards the
2014 Festival in aid of the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls
& Boys while still helping at local level. It also
means that the level of assistance to local charities
can be higher than the Lodge might otherwise generate.
This makes for a win/win situation for charities while
helping Lodges meet their Festival target - a situation
highly recommended and advocated by the Provincial Grand
Master, Rt.W.Bro. Graham Ives.
Despite the commitment to raise in excess of £1.5M
for the 2014 Festival, the Masonic Province of Lincolnshire
decided that it would set aside this level of monies on
an annual basis to help non-Masonic charities in the Province.
ECCLES
LODGE MAKE PRESENTATION TO MARIE CURIE NURSES
W.Bro. Robin Wilmshurst, Charity Steward of Eccles Lodge
No:8632, presenting a cheque for £500.00 to Stuart
Wyle, Community fund raiser for Lincolnshire, and Marie
Curie nurses at their Christmas Bazaar held at the Petwood
Hotel Woodhall Spa last week.
The cardboard cut out is a Marie Curie
nurse who has been chosen as the face of Marie Curie fund
raising.
The cheque was part of the £60,000
donated by the New Provincial Benevolent Fund to non-Masonic
charities in Lincolnshire.
LINDIS
LODGE MAKE DONATIONS TO BOSTON GROUPS
Lindis Lodge No:4690 in Boston made two donations to
local groups after successfully nominating them for an
award from the New Provincial Benevolent fund.
The first was to the 1st Boston Sea Scouts and they are
shown below with W.Bro. Ray Hadwick, Charity Steward of
the Lodge; Wendy Green, Richard Atterby, Richard Gray,
Tracey Chapman, and W.Bro. Keith North, Master of Lindis
Lodge
The Lodge also presented £500 to
the Boston Alzheimer's Carer's Thursday Group
Front seated L to R: W.Bro. Ray Hardwick,
DC of the Lodge; Tom Lomas,Chairman of the Boston Group;
and W.Bro. Keith North, Master of Lindis Lodge
OLIVE
UNION LODGE NO:1304 HELP PRESERVE STANHOPE HALL.
The Stanhope Hall, Horncastle was built as a Drill Hall
in 1901 and became Horncastle Town Hall until the District
Council relocated to the Library 3 years ago. The building
was to be demolished until Cllr. W. Aron formed a management
group to save it. The Freemasons of Olive Union successfully
applied for a grant from the New Provincial Benevolent
Fund to help him in the preservation.
Worshipful Master,
Bro. Michael Sivill presenting a cheque for £1000
to Cllr. W. Aron, Chairman of Horncastle’s Stanhope
Hall Trustees at their November meeting.
Olive Union 1304 have a historical connection with Stanhope
Hall as our members paraded through the town in full regalia
on 13th June 1901 to witness the laying of the foundation
stone in the North East corner. The stone was meant to
be laid by The Rt.W. Provincial Grand Msater for Lincolnshire,
The Hon Earl of Yarborough. Unfortunately, he was ill
so his Deputy, V.W.Bro. W. H. Sissons carried out the
duty.
GRANTHAM
SCOUTING RECEIVE A GRANT FROM LINCOLNSHIRE MASONS
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire has given
a Grant of £500.00 to Grantham and District’s
Scout Council. The Grant will be used to improve facilities
and up-date equipment, at the District’s Campsite
– Dukes Covert.
The photograph shows
W/Bro. Robert Holland presenting the cheque, on behalf
of Lincolnshire Masons, to Mrs. Eileen Booth, District
Commissioner of Grantham Scouting; Mrs. Aileen Prosser,
Assistant Camp Warden; Stuart Prosser, Camp Warden and
W/Bro. Alan Morton, of Rudyard Kipling Lodge, who sponsored
Grantham Scouts’ application.
The facilities, at the Campsite are widely used, throughout
a year, by schools, Youth Groups, Cadet Corps, Enactment
groups, in addition to the various groups within Grantham
District Scouting. Bookings and information can be obtained
from the Assistant Warden, Mrs. Aileen Prosser –
by CLICKING
HERE
Each year Lincolnshire Masonry makes a number of Grants,
from their New Provincial Benevolent und. This year some
103 grants have been given, throughout the Province, totalling
£59,050.00, to a variety of non-Masonic charities.
NEW
PROVINCIAL BENEVOLENT FUND GRANT HELPS MIKE TOWARDS HIS
TARGET
On the 2nd January 2010 Mike Shattock's wife Samantha
suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of 41. Mike is the
son of the late W. Bro Peter Shattock of St Pega Lodge
in Deeping St James.
As a result of her heart stopping for over forty minutes
Sam suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury. After time
in hospital in both Peterborough and Lincoln, Sam is now
being cared for at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
in Putney, South West London and is receiving the very
best in therapy treatment and care. The realistic likelihood
is that Sam will never come home. St Pega Lodge, therefore,
decided to apply for a grant from the New Provincial Benevolent
Fund to assist.
Immediate Past Master
of the St. Pega Lodge No:8317 Jonathan Cox, together with
W. Bro. Graham Cox, presenting Michael Shattock with a
cheque for £500.00 for the Royal Hospital for Neuro
– Disability.
Prior to suffering the cardiac arrest Sam led a perfectly
normal life. She worked, exercised, walked her dog and
was a great mother to her two teenage children.
Mike is hoping to complete three BIG events in three
continents within a twelve month period to help in achieving
his goal of raising £10,000.00 for The Royal Hospital
for Neuro-disability. These events are: April 2011 –
London to Paris Cycle Ride on a fixed wheel bike (no gears,
no freewheeling); November 2011- New York Marathon; January
2012 – Climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in
Tanzania. As well as the above he will also be competing
in 10k runs, the Dragon Cycle Ride, the Yorkshire Three
Peaks hill walk and climb Mt. Snowdon twice.
GAINAS
LODGE MAKE PRESENTATION TO FIRST RESPONDERS
W.Bro. John Figge, Master of Gainas Lodge, Gainsborough,
went along to Misterton Fire Station toI present a cheque
for £500 to Martyn Johnson, Group Co-ordinator for
the Five Villages First Responders.
Martyn started the First Responders some
8 years ago and to-date they have had some 1500 emergency
call outs.The funds will be used towards the purchase
of medical equipment for their emergency vehicles.
ST
LAWRENCE LODGE HELP SCUNTHORPE AND BRIGG GROUPS
The picture shows Chris England, centre,
WM of St Lawrence Lodge No:2078, handing over £500
each to Ian Millard, left, and David Foulds.
Ian is the Manager at the Lincolnshire House
Association in Scunthorpe, which provides residential
day care, respite and independent living for adults who
have some form of Cerebral Palsy and associated disabilities.
David is the Chief Executive of Jerry Green Dog Rescue,
with its HQ at Broughton near Brigg. The organisation
is currently in its 50th year of re-homing unwanted dogs,
with about 1,750 animals adopted from its centres every
year.
WELLOW
ABBEY LODGE NO:8819 HELP GRIMSBY HOSPICE
Wellow Abbey brethren recently presented a £500
cheque to Lynne Lemon, fundraising manager for St Andrews
Hospice in Grimsby.
Left to right - W.Bro. Mike Webster, Lodge Charity Steward;
Bro. Leigh Holton, Worshipful Master; W .Bro. Gil Clarke,
Lodge Secretary, present the cheque to Lynne Lemon.
The cheque is part of the £60,000 received from
the New Provincial Benevolent Fund for local non-Masonic
charities, was very well received, and will be put to
good use.
LODGE
OF OLD CLEE SUPPORT STROKE UNIT IN GRIMSBY
W.Bro. Terry Clay, the Charity Steward of the Lodge of
Old Clee No:8697, went along to the Stroke Unit at the
Diana Princess of Wales Hospital to present a magnificent
cheque for £1000 from the New Provincial Benevolent
Fund
W.Bro. Terry Clay
presents the cheque to Lucy Risley, Ward Manager, watched
by Staff Nurses Martin Dent and Faye Birch
The Stroke Unit was nominated by the Lodge
of Old Clee as two of their members, W.Bro. Roger Huggett
and Bro. John Ekins, had received treatment from the unit.
LORD
HENEAGE LODGE NO:5979 ASSIST THE MACMILLAN NURSES
Master, Bro. Dennis Green, presenting a cheque for £500
to Eleanor Malcolmson of the Macmillan Nurses.
The presentation was made at the Grimsby Masonic Hall
on Thursday 3rd November 2011, and to donation was from
the Lord Heneage Charity Account.
LINDUM
LODGE NO:5777 LADIES FESTIVAL HELPS LIVES
Half of the proceeds of a raffle held at the Lindum Lodge
Ladies Evening on November 5th. were presented to the
local LIVES Group. The other half of the raffle proceeds
will be used to support other non Masonic good causes
and charities during the year.
The image shows Mr Stephen Hyde (left) from LIVES being
presented with a cheque for £387, by W.Bro. Alan
Pritchard and Mrs Jill Pritchard.
HORNCASTLE
MASONS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR BOYS & GIRLS
On Saturday 29th October at the Horncastle
Masonic Hall, Brethren, Families and Friends were entertained
to an Autumn Concert by the City of Lincoln Male Voice
Choir. The evening entertainment followed by an excellent
Buffet was a great success and enjoyed by all.
Lincoln Male Voice
Choir
It was organised by the Horncastle &
Spilsby Charity Cluster Group in aid of the Royal Masonic
Trust for Girls and Boys 2014 Appeal. This is in a series
of events led by the Charity Cluster Group Coordinator
Paul Daubney. Events being organised for the future are
a Murder mystery evening, Golf Day for Golfers and non-golfers,
Garden Party themed on Steam and Guided summer walks around
Horncastle and the Wolds.
RUDYARD
KIPLING LODGE HELPS WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES
W.Bro. Hugh Sargent, of the Rudyard Kipling Lodge took
his son, Richard Sargent, a Lewis, Actor, GB Wheelchair
European U23 Silver Medallist, and Lincolnshire Sports
Personality of the Year, along to Lincolnshire’s
new Wheelchair Club NK Jags to pass on a cheque from the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire's New Benevolent
Fund.
The club was formed out of the North Kesteven's Disabled
Sports Club when W.Bro. Hugh Sargent, of the Rudyard Kipling
Lodge, decided that retirement required a career change
and he qualified as a Coach and Table Official in basketball.
He now trains disabled sports athletes twice a week, as
well as visiting schools around Lincolnshire to engage
pupils in the sport.
Hugh said that his reward is seeing disabled people
being able to engage in the sport, and to watch them gain
confidence in themselves through the challenges and disciplines
of sports.
Though NK Jags only formed as a club last May they were
able to compete in the Lord Tavernier’s National
Junior Championship. The club supplied 5 under 15 players
to the squad of 7 to represent the East Midlands and came
home with the Gold Medal, beating Northern Ireland in
the finals. Three of the seven only started to play basketball
in the last year!
In the New Year the club plays its first game against
Cardiff in the Central England Development League and
the money will be used to supply some of the team kit.
PELHAM
PILLAR DONATES TO GRIMSBY CHILDRENS DIABETES WARD
W.Bro. Roger Dixon, Master of Pelham Pillar Lodge No:792
went along to the Child Development Centre (CDC) at Daiana,
Princess of Wales Hospital to hand over a cheque for £500
from the New Provincial Benevolent fund.
W.Bro. Roger Dixon flanked by left Anne Searle, CDC
Team Leader, and on the right Mary Sumbwanyambe, Specialist
Children's Diabetic Nurse.
The money is for the Children's Diabetes Ward Charity
Fund and will go towards buying new equipment for the
monitoring, recording and evaluation of children's diabetes
condition. W Bro Roger Dixon like so many Masons is himself
diabetic.
APOLLO
LODGE, CLEETHORPES BOOSTS POOL APPEAL
A donation of £500 from the new Provincial
Benevolent Fund was made to Brian Marsh DL (centre left),
Chairman of the Humberston Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal by
the Worshipful Master of Apollo Lodge No:5471, Bro. Nicholas
Brokenshire.
Brian Marsh DL receives
the cheque from W.Bro. Nick Brokenshire with help from
Luke, Megan and Bethany.
The money will go towards the upkeep of
the hydrotherapy pool which provides invaluable help in
the children's development.
LODGE
OF AVELAND LEND SUPPORT TO DIGBY COURT, BOURNE
The Lodge of Aveland, which meets at the
new Masonic centre in Roman Bank, Bourne, chooses a cause
to support every year. This year it decided to help Digby
Court Care Home in Christopher’s Lane and made the
donation to the residents’ amenities fund.
Back row: W.Bro.
Brent Pottle, Lodge Charity Steward; Maria Fryer of Digby
Court and Barry Harriman, Lodge Secretary with residents
Ethel Greenhouse and Dot Bennett.
The money donated is part of a total of
almost £60,000 given this year to local charities
and organisations throughout the county.
INDUSTRY
LODGE NO: 4662 HELP LOCAL TRUST
Industry Lodge members were proud to distribute
£500 of Provincial Charity to Penderels Trust, who
would useit to provide "Atomisers" for their
service users. Penderels Trust is a company with a charitable
status that will help people, who need care, to remain
in their own home.
Photograph shows
from left to right. W.Bro. Brian Weighell the Master of
Industry Lodge; Lynn Hudson of Penderels Trust and W.Bro.
Lawrence Railton, D.C. of Industry Lodge
Penderels Trust help the relatives of the
person, with needs, to apply for direct payment from the
Local Authority and then helps them to recruit and employ
carers - administer timesheets - wage slips - P.A.Y.E
- National Insurance - holiday entitlement - training
etc. with no charge to the person in need or their relatives.
ST
JAMES' GENEROUS GIFT TO 'BIG RED HEART' APPEAL
St James Lodge No:7415 in Grimsby made a
£1000 donation to Grimsby Hospital's 'Big Red Heart'
appeal with funds received from the New Masonic Benevolent
Fund.
Consultant Cardiologist, r Bain, went along
to the Masonic Hall Grimsby to receive the cheque from
W.Bro. Ian Hopkinson, current Master of St James Lodge
and W.Bro. Neil Charlesworth the Lodge Charity Steward.
W.Bro. Ian Hopkinson
(shown right) presents the cheque to Mr. Bain, Consultant
Cardiologist watched by W.Bro. Neil Charlesworth.
Mr Bain said...."This extremely generous
donation will be a substantial addition to our appeal
fund. The Cardiology Department at Diana , Princess of
Wales Hospital is about to undergo a major investment
in its facilities which will allow us to see more patients
and provide a greater range of tests and treatments".
It is hoped that the funding will assist
in establishing of a new service investigating patients
with unexplained blackouts using 'Tilt Table' operators
and also to purchase a dedicated Gamma Camera to expand
our service in providing isotope cardiac scans which can
help to decide which patients may need cardiac tratment.
ST
ALBANS LODGE NO:1294 SUPPORT FORTITUDE CLUB
W.Bro. John Durham, Charity Steward of St
Albans Lodge in Grimsby, went along to he Fortitude Club
for the Blind and Partially Sighted to present a cheque
for £500.
John Durham (Centre)
presents the cheque to Stuart Rose of the Fortitude Club
along with club member Leannda Ward.The donation
was one of the many provided by the New Masonic Benevolent
Fund who give some £60,000 to local non-Masonic
charities in Lincolnshire each year.
