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Families with young children across Leicestershire and Rutland will receive vital support thanks to a grant to the Home-Start Horizons charity.

The London Marathon returns this April, and we are incredibly proud of the dedicated fundraisers taking on the iconic 26.2 mile course in aid of the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF, the Freemasons’ charity). Among them is Andy Nicholson, a Freemason from Staffordshire

People living with dementia and their carers in Preston are benefiting from a new community initiative thanks to a collaborative project led by Preston North End Community and Education Trust (PNECET) in partnership with local dementia specialists and voluntary organisations.

One hundred and eighty people living with dementia in Leeds will benefit from the Yorkshire Dance charity’s movement and music sessions thanks to a grant.

Around 50 young teenaged mums aged 14-20 in Cambridge and surrounding areas, many facing isolation, poverty, and poor mental health, will receive essential personalised support thanks to a grant to the Young Parents Programme (YPP) from the Romsey Mill charity.

As many as 150 children and young people from across Rotherham affected by domestic abuse will receive specialist help and support thanks to a grant to the Hopian charity.

In the UK today, around 1 in every 120 people – more than 540,000 children, young people and adults – are living with Crohn’s or Colitis, the two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. These are lifelong, debilitating conditions that can impact every part of a person’s life. There is no known cure, and complications can, at times, be life-threatening. But there is also hope. 

Over 50 local young people from across Herefordshire who have learning disabilities or more complex needs will receive tailored help and support thanks to a grant from Herefordshire Freemasons to ECHO for Extra Choices in Herefordshire.

Around 30 disabled people from across West Lancashire will benefit from Pegasus RDA’s therapeutic horse-riding programme, thanks to a £6,000 grant.

The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF, the Freemasons’ charity), has committed up to £50,000 to support relief efforts in the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa.