| Freemasonry
Raises £245,000 for Nottinghamshire Charities
We are very proud of the fact that in just five short
years, 1997-2001, the 3,700 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 |
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| 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 |
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