Freemasonry Raises £245,000 for Nottinghamshire Charities We are very proud of the fact that in just five short years, 1997-2001, the 3,400 Freemasons of Nottinghamshire raised an incredible £245,000 for worthy causes within the County. With additional monies from the main central Masonic Charities – Grand Charity and the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys – the true sum donated to Nottinghamshire’s charitable causes is probably well in excess of £300,000. Over the past few years, grants have been made to the Queen’s Medical Centre, the City Hospital and the Highbury Hospital to purchase equipment which the N.H.S could not provide. Organisations such as the Autistic society have been provided with computer equipment to assist in the instruction of those afflicted. The Provincial Charity Steward and his wife together with a colleague and his wife visited the society’s workshop in Worksop to see the equipment in use. The Portland Training College has also been a beneficiary In 1997, to mark the millennium the Provincial Grand Master, Stewart Hill, launched an appeal to raise money from within the Province to provide a new reception centre at the International Scout Camp Centre at Walesby in north Nottinghamshire. In response to the appeal, the Masons of Nottinghamshire raised a whopping £50,000 which was boosted by a further £25,000 from the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys. The Centre was opened by the Provincial Grand Master in July 1999, in good time for the millennium celebrations. The charities assisted by the Provincial Charity since 1997 are: 1997 £ The Ear Foundation 2,500 Nottingham Life Saving Club 2,500 All Saints Drop-In Club 1,000 Portland College 1,000 Nottingham Self Help Team 1,000 Notts Bereavement Trust 2,000 Notts Red Cross Emergency Response Team 2,000 The Gedling Access Group 2,000 British Blind Sport 1,000 The Oliver Hind Club 1,000 Top 16,000 1998 £ St. John’s Water Wing Crusader 2,000 St.John’s Church Carlton in Lindrick 2,000 City Hospital Dialysis Unit 2,000 Beeston Gateway Minibus 3,000 Queen’s Medical Centre Datascope 2,700 Parent Line Colour Printer 647 Top 12,347 1999 £ Beeston Shopmobility Electric Wheelchair 2,000 Kosovo Appeal 1,000 Headway Society 1,069 Notts Bereavement Trust 1,000 Nottingham Deaf Society 1,000 Top 6,069 2000 £ City Hospital Criticare Monitor 1,978 Parentline Workstation    300 Notts Society for Autistic Children and Adults 1,506 Braille Chess Association    200 Jonathan Young Memorial Trust    700 Haven Housing Trust    250 Top 4,934 2001 £ Haven Housing Trust    500 Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance 1,000 Ashfield Link Chernobyl’s Children Lifeline    300 Kingsway Community Project     800 Self Help Nottingham     750 Highbury Hospital      500 Top    3,850     Individual Lodges within the Masonic Province of Nottinghamshire are all independent of the Provincial Charity and make their own decisions concerning the local charities that they support. Over 100 local charities have benefited. Total annual donations from individual Lodges: 1997 £30,000 (Est.) 1998 £36,000 (Actual) 1999 £20,000 (Actual) 2000 £28,000 (Actual) 2001 £38,000 (Actual) Total £152,000 _______________________________________-  2002                                                                                                                         £                                               Nottingham Deaf society 1,500 Robin Hood Link    500 Robert Warburton Trust 1,000 Oliver Hind Flying Angels 1,900 Wish upon a Star 1,000 Children’s Asthmatic Trust    900 Notts. & Lincs Air Ambulance 5,000     Private Lodges Donated 34,000     The 3 Hospices received   4,450     _____________________________________________________________________________________  2003                                                                                                                            £                                         Southwell Defirillator Group  2,195 Mansfield Sea Cadets     436 Southwell Care Project     500 Nottingham Youth Orchestra     820 Nottingham Autistic Society  1,218 West Bridgford Girl Guides  1,500 Chernobyl Children Lifeline     500 Sue’s Place Child Bereavement Centre  1,500 Nottingham Outward Bound  1,500 Police Authority “In when Out”  1,500       11,669     Private Lodges Donated 41,000     The 3 Hospices received   4,450 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2004                                                                                                                                 £                                 St. Andrew’s with Castle Gate U.R.C.   1,600 Nottingham Boys Brigade      800 British Red Cross   1,440 Winged Fellowship   1,425 Childline East Mids. & East Anglia      500 Mothers Union      225 Nottingham Guides, rangers & Trefoil Grp.   1,500 Nottingham Sea Cadets      330 A.Y.C.      500 Alzheimer’s Society      500 Chernobyl Children Lifeline      500 British Red Cross   1,440 Nuthall First Responders   1,440       12,200     Private Lodges Donated 36,770     The 3 Hospices Received   4,750 __________________________________________________________________________________________                  Top 2007 Craft Charity Appeal 2005 Mark Charity Appeal Grand Charity Masonic Trust for Girls & Boys REGISTER YOUR VISIT AND WIN FOR YOUR FAVOURITE CHARITY!

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