Out & about UGLE Provinces
Paul Williams had the honour of initiating son Mitchell Bryce Williams into his Lodge
hospitals across the county. St Richards in Chichester, Worthing Hospital, the Royal Sussex County in Brighton, the Princess Royal in Haywards Heath, the Eastbourne District General Hospital and the Conquest Hospital in Hastings will each receive £5,000 to help improve the working experience of the frontline staff.
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Double celebration
North Wales Freemason Paul Williams initiated his son Mitchell Bryce Williams into Plas Teg Lodge No. 6898 in Caergwrle. Mitchell celebrated his 18th birthday on 1 October and is currently the youngest Member in North Wales.
Dr Harry Walmsley, the chair of The Friends of Eastbourne General Hospital stated, ‘This money will be used for all sorts of things, from drinks and snacks through to camp beds for those staff who cannot get home because they are too busy, or their family are in isolation. We know that this support will be a huge morale boost for staff.’ Michael Harris, Chair of the Sussex Masonic Charity Foundation, said, ‘At this time of need, it is so important that we do all we can to help keep up the morale of frontline NHS staff. Sussex Freemasons fully support our incredible NHS, and we are delighted that we can play a small role in helping them and making their working lives a little more comfortable in their ongoing battle with this awful virus.’
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Care in a crisis
K1 Britannia Foundation’s disaster relief and crisis team has successfully completed its relief efforts in Haiti after the tragic 7.2 earthquake on 14 August. Suffolk Freemasons, working together with the Masonic Charitable Foundation, donated £2,000 to enable the K1 team to respond within 48 hours of the crisis developing. The team’s relief efforts took place within the main areas of emergency logistics and included the provision of personnel to load and offload much-needed supplies and equipment to affected areas. Based in Port-au-Prince, the team was able to help streamline and assist with managing emergency logistics at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport. This meant helping to manage flights carrying relief aid, supplies and personnel back and forth between the affected areas in the South and Port-au-Prince.
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Help through adversity
Brightly, the Jersey-based charity that supports children and young people in care, has received a £20,000 donation from Jersey Freemasons. Formerly the Brig-y-Don Children’s Charity, Brightly supports between 160 and 250 children and young people in Jersey each year. Its aim is to help them make a life for themselves by providing financial support for education and training, health, wellbeing and independence. The funds donated will be used to support up to 10 young people in Jersey who have been in care and are now aged between 16 and 21 years, wishing to live independently, and who have the life skills to do so successfully. Brightly will be offering each of them a one-off gift called an ‘Independent Moving On Grant’ (IMOG), agreed at the discretion of the Charity, up to the value of £2,000 per grant. The young person can use the funds to purchase, with the help of their social worker, items such as furniture, white goods, deposits/initial rents for independent accommodation, televisions, mobile phones, laptops and clothing for job interviews.
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On the frontline
Sussex Freemasons, through the Sussex Masonic Charity Foundation, have donated £30,000 to directly support NHS staff working in the major 14
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