Charity
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Kindness has always been a core principle of Freemasonry. Individuals give time and money to help others, whether locally, nationally or globally. It may be realising a dream for a member’s child, caring for older Freemasons, volunteering on a local community project, making donations to other UK charities or responding to an international disaster appeal.
Today we are one of the UK’s top charities raising over £33 million a year and one of its main grant-giving bodies.
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
The RMBI has been caring for older Freemasons and their dependants for over 160 years.
We operate 17 residential care homes across England and Wales offering high quality care. Many of our Homes are registered for both residential and nursing care and a number offer specialist dementia care. All of our Homes can offer places to people with dementia, following as assessment of their needs.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
“For Freemasons, for families, for everyone”
The Masonic Charitable Foundation builds better lives by enabling opportunity, advancing healthcare and education and promoting independence for Freemasons, their families and the wider community.
Funded entirely through the generosity of Freemasons and their families, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is one of the largest grant-making charities in the country.
A wide range of help and support is available for Freemasons, their wives, partners, widows, children and grandchildren. Most of the support provided takes the form of financial grants to assist with financial, health or family related needs.
For further information about the help and support available from the Foundation, please call their dedicated freephone enquiry line: 0800 035 60 90 or email help@mcf.org.uk
You can also write to Masonic Charitable Foundation, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ
Chilterns Lodge Charitable work
The Chilterns Lodge prides itself on the support it gives to local charities. Below are some recent examples of the charity work Chilterns Lodge is involved in. Follow us on Facebook to keep up to date with what charitable work we are currently doing.
Buckinghamshire Provincial Festival 2021
The Bucks Festival takes place every few years in order to focus the Masonic Lodges of the Buckinghamshire province in to raising significant additional funds to support both Masonic and non Masonic charities. Significant funds have been raised in the 2021 festival. Many people in need have benefitted from the money raised. The Chilterns Lodge members have each donated significant both in time and and funds to the charity which continues to be a strong focus of the club during the Covid difficulties.
Please check out the Festival web site link below for more information and updated details on activities including how to donate.
Pace
The Chilterns Lodge supports a number of charities and one which has been a strong focus is Pace. This incredible organisation does amazing work with children effected by Cerebral Palsy and other related sensory motor disorders. Please do check out their website to understand more about the amazing work they do to help these children.
https://thepacecentre.org/about-pace/
https://mailchi.mp/thepacecentre/weve-got-something-exciting-to-tell-you-4701714?e=3b53b44724
