Before the pandemic swept across the UK, a unique installation ceremony took place at Sindlesham on the 12th March where R W Bro John Clark, PGM of Buckinghamshire was installed into the chair of Cookham Manor Lodge No. 4191 John … Read more
Last year, Berkshire Freemasons made a generous donation of £6,400 to provide medical monitors to treat young children at Royal Berkshire Hospital.
The funds will enable the Children’s’ Wards in Royal Berkshire Hospital to purchase eight new monitors. This donation enables the two wards to have monitors for every child in every bed. The monitors measure heart rates and oxygen levels.
In 2019, the Masonic Charitable Foundation donated £45,000 to Plan International UK to help support the nearly three million people whose lives have been devastated by Cyclone Idai. Plan International UK is working to help survivors, including young women and children, who were at particular risk.
In late 2019, severe rainfall in large areas of the country had caused widespread damage to roads, bridges, homes and businesses. The MCF made a number of donations in the year to help support UK flood relief efforts.
Out of the blue, The Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope No. 574 have recently received a legacy of £1,000 from the Estate of the late Ruth Kathleen Tobias which was a mystery as no one in the lodge could remember … Read more
Having had our Masonic activities appropriately suspended, one of the members of Padworth Lodge suggested that members could consider donating some of the money that we each would have spent attending meetings, towards a suitable charity. Dining fees, raffle tickets … Read more
