Gloucestershire Freemasons

PGL Gloucestershire – Freemasonry Matters

• Freemasons donate £2,500 to the Cirencester Opportunity Group November 26, 2018
  This grant will be spent on providing home-cooked meals for the children five days a week, throughout 2019. It will ensure that the children have a nutritiously balanced meal, with many opportunities provided for them to experience and learn about new food tastes and textures to support their development.
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• Gloucestershire Freemasons raise £1.75 million for a number of charities November 6, 2018
  'A force for good,' was how Dame Janet Trotter, Lord Lieutenant for Gloucestershire, described Freemasons in the county and the wider area Dame Janet was...
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• Freemasons donate £600 to Mission to Seafarers November 28, 2017
  The Lodge of Light & Reflection, which meets close to Avonmouth Docks, selected The Mission to Seafarers as its chosen charity in this tercentenary year and the lodge’s £300 donation was matched by the Gloucestershire Masonic Charity Action.
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• Freemasons of Downend Lodge donate £2700 to Crohn’s & Colitis UK May 18, 2017
  “Then, Horn For Horn, They Stretch An’ Strive”
  Stuart Harker
• Freemasons donate hundreds to help disability charity in Stow-on-the-Wold May 16, 2017
  Freemasons donate hundreds to help disability charity in Stow-on-the-Wold
  Stuart Harker
• Freemasons donate £1000 to Crossroads Care February 14, 2017
  Crossroads Cinderford Receives MCF Grant.
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• Freemasons of Filton Lodge of Fortitude donate £300 to Avon Talking Magazine February 1, 2017
  The Filton Lodge of Fortitude donation was doubled to £600 by the GMCA. The charity’s Chair, Jane Holzgrawe, accompanied by Vice Chair, Pat Gardiner, attended the lodge’s Festive Board to be wined and dined and presented with the cheque by Fortitude WM, Bob Hazlett.
  Stuart Harker
• Freemasons of Hambrook Lodge donate £2K For Macmillan January 31, 2017
  Raffling and auctioning signed rugby shirts helped Chris Northcott raise £2000 for Macmillan Cancer Support during his year in the chair of Hambrook Lodge.
  Stuart Harker
• Fire, Brethren . . . . . . taking your time from me! July 9, 2016
  Provincial Grand Stewards’ Lodge hosted W Bro Ron Baker, whose presentation of the ‘History of Masonic Fire’ is both entertaining and noisy. Ron demonstrated different methods of firing, inviting the master, W Bro Tony Putterill, his wardens and lodge members, suitably issued with firing glasses, to join in the fusillade. ‘North Devon Fire’ was particularly […]
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• 110-year history of Royal Union Lodge river cruise – A Tradition Worth Upholding! July 1, 2016
  A Tradition Worth Upholding! One Cheltenham-based lodge, can boast a traditional social event which stretches back unbroken for more than a century.
  Stuart Harker
• PGM Supports Epic Bike-Ride. . . June 29, 2016
  “I’m profoundly impressed!” said the Provincial Grand Master. He was referring to the efforts of two Lodge of St Christopher brethren who are in training for a ten-day assault on the Lands’ End to John O’Groats classic cycle-ride. .
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• Mariners’ run ashore . . . June 26, 2016
  The salty sea-dogs’ annual ‘run ashore’ was at the home of PM, Steve Case and his wife Simone, who live in this rural enclave on the banks of the Severn.
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• Apart From The Occasional Ox or Lion . . . . June 17, 2016
  Richard Lee from Tewkesbury is a volunteer ‘Puppy Walker’ and over the years has succeeded in ‘raising’ 15 of his 18 puppies to become fully-trained guide-dogs. His talent is getting the dogs acquainted with the everyday things which most of us take for granted, such as street-life, trains and buses
  Stuart Harker
• What Is A Lewis? June 17, 2016
  Ken Allen took the chair at Lodge of True Friendship in order to Initiate his son, Christopher Lewis Allen.
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• Severn Excursion Raises Over £6600 For The Festival | Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucester June 15, 2016
  Annual Provincial experience proves popular “It was a train last year. A boat this year. I bet we’ll be on a plane next year!” Perhaps the brother was not altogether serious, but hey, who knows? 115 passengers boarded the MV Conway Castle at Upton-upon-Severn for an evening cruise on the river
  Stuart Harker
• MBE for Past Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire June 12, 2016
  For outstanding service in the community, Adrian Davies has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
  Stuart Harker