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.
Crossroads Care Surrey has been awarded a grant of £75,000 to help more than 80 carers of children with disabilities and other complex health needs. This grant will fund the charity’s Funtastic Club.
Read MoreThe MCF has donated three $50,000 grants to the Australian Freemasons’ Disaster Relief Funds in each of the three states most affected by the bushfires
Read MoreThousands of people at risk of starvation in southern Africa will receive emergency food packs and urgent humanitarian assistance, thanks to a grant of £50,000 to Plan International UK.
Read MoreFar too many older people spend Christmas entirely on their own, never receiving a single card or present. This year, the MCF donated £7,500 to the Silver Line helpline so that 2,000 of their callers could receive a gift and a card.
Read MoreLast year, Versus Arthritis received a grant of £160,000 to fund a PhD studentship at the University of Liverpool Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. A student has now been appointed and will be researching new ways to tackle chronic pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Read MoreThe Somerset Crimebeat Trust has been awarded a grant of £10,000 to help launch the Unlocking Potential programme. This programme will help disadvantaged young people to learn skills that will help them to secure an apprenticeship.
Read MoreNorfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Freemasons came together to pay an early Christmas visit to the East Anglian Air Ambulance base at Cambridge Airport and present grants totalling £16,000 from the MCF.
Read MoreRoyal British Legion Industries (RBLI) has been awarded a grant of £135,000 to help hundreds of veterans in Kent. This grant will fund the STEP-IN programme, which supports people with multiple complex health needs and severe disabilities.
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