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Supporting traumatised children through play therapy

Clear Sky Children’s Charity has been awarded a grant of £15,000 to support children who are struggling due to trauma.

Befriending older people in the heart of London

Holborn Community Association has been awarded a grant of £77,827 to help isolated older people in Holborn, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury.

Balloons charity helps young people cope with grief

Exeter charity, Balloons, has been awarded a grant of £10,000 to help support bereaved children. Exeter charity, Balloons, has been awarded a grant of £10,000 to help support bereaved children though one to one support, activity days, family events and a telephone helpline

Thames hospice receives grant for new building

Thames Hospice has been awarded a grant of £60,000 to help build two rooms in its new £22 million hospice. This grant comes from the Provincial Grand Lodges of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, as well as the Masonic Charitable Foundation.

Red Cross helps reduce emergency calls in North Wales

The British Red Cross has been awarded a grant of £84,460 to fund a project that will support vulnerable members of the community help to reduce unnecessary emergency calls and hospital admissions.

Weekly lunch club supports isolated older men in Gateshead

Isolated and vulnerable older men in Gateshead will be able to have fun and make new friends, thanks to a £10,000 grant to Teams and Bensham Community Care.

Freemasons fund new prostate cancer scanner

Thousands of men with prostate cancer, the most common male cancer, will avoid the damaging side effects of surgery thanks to a new research scanner that will be installed in Norwich

Supporting the Districts: freemasons in Cyprus learn about MCF

Les Hutchinson, Chief Operating Officer of the MCF, visited freemasons in Cyprus to deliver a presentation about the range of charitable help that the charity can provide to freemasons and their families living in Districts, including financial, health and care support.

Counselling and support for young people in crisis

CASY (Counselling and Support for Young People) has been awarded a grant of £15,000 to help young people facing serious issues including self-harm and suicidal thoughts.