The central Masonic Charities have consolidated their activities under the Masonic Charitable Foundation.
The Foundation now provides the full range of support and services available to masonic families and other registered charities.
YMCA Thames Gateway has been awarded a grant of £40,000 to fund the costs of a Family Inclusion Officer who will help to support young children with special needs at their Early Years pre-school Clubs.
Read MorePete’s Dragons, a charity dedicated to supporting people who have been bereaved by suicide in Devon, has been awarded a grant of £2,500 by the MCF, with an additional £1,800 donated by Devonshire freemasons.
Read MoreA new bereavement service for families who are coping with the death of a child or a terminal diagnosis, is being launched at Tŷ Hafan, the children’s hospice in Wales, thanks to a recent £20,000 grant.
Read MoreThe Essex Cricket Foundation has been awarded a grant of £15,000 to help more wheelchair users to get into sport. This grant will fund the costs of a specialist wheelchair cricket coach.
Read MoreWe spoke to Pam Creaven, Services Director at Age UK, to find more about loneliness in later life and what we can do to combat loneliness
Read MoreEarlier this year, Age UK East Sussex received a grant of £53,000 from the MCF to fund a Benefits Advice and Resource vehicle.
Read MoreBob, a freemason from Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire, returns to Daventry Area Community Transport (DACT), where he volunteered for 15 years on their dial-a-ride service, which aims to tackle loneliness and social isolation in the elderly community.
Read MoreFollowing the success of last year’s ‘12 days of Christmas’ video series, the MCF is planning this year’s festive seasonal campaign to help raise awareness about the support we provide to 10,000 freemasons, their families as well as the wider community throughout the year. This year’s campaign is called ‘We are the MCF’ and it…
Read MoreThousands of people who have had their lives devastated by the deadly earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia will be given urgently needed shelter and clean water, thanks to an emergency grant of £70,000.
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