Provincial Grand Lodge Charity
Provincial Grand Master's Charity Fund
Each year substantial grants from the fund are made to numerous Non-Masonic Charities both within and without Wiltshire.
The fund was originally set up in 1986 for the purpose of investment in order to produce interest for supplementing Provincial Grand Lodge Charity giving. At the time the fund produced approximately £2,500 per year in interest which restricted the amount able to be made by way of grants.
In 1995 an appeal was made to increase the Charity Fund, as a result the fund increased to a sum of over £125,000 and it is from the income generated by this fund that grants are made.
At Provincial Grand Lodge on Thursday 6 October 2011 the following Non-Masonic grants totalling £21,000 were approved.
Salisbury Hospice Care Trust £500.00
Swindon Prospect Hospice £500.00
Dorothy House Hospice (Bradford on Avon) £500.00
Wessex Children's Hospice (Naomi House) £500.00
Alabare Christian Care Centre (Salisbury) £500.00
Swindon & District Samaritans £500.00
Brainwave Therapy (UK) £500.00
Springboard Opportunity Group (Chippenham) £500.00
Self Unlimited (formerly Care Home, Rowde) £500.00
Swindon Women's Refuge £500.00
Victim Support (Wiltshire) £1,000.00
Hometruths £1,000.00
Help for Heroes (UK) £1,000.00
The Smile Train (UK) £500.00
Wiltshire West District Scouts Association £1,000.00
Motor Neurone Disease Association £500.00
Hope and Homes for Children £500.00
Wiltshire Blind Association £500.00
Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers £500.00
Swindon Counseling Service £500.00
Lifelites £500.00
Rainbow Early Years £500.00
Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal £500.00
Hope for Tomorrow £1,000.00
Masonic Samaritan Fund £5,000.00
SSAFA Forces Help (Wiltshire Branch) £500.00
Macmillan Cancer Support £500.00
Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust £500.00
W Bro Jim Hurst - Provincial Charity Steward commenting on the grants made, said, "The increase in the amount of financial assistance we have been able to provide in more recent years reflects the importance Wiltshire Freemasons attach to supporting non-masonic charities"
