The Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire |
The Grand Lodge of Scotland celebrated its’ 275th Anniversary in 2011 having been founded in 1736. It adopted the slogan ”Scottish Freemasons Caring and Sharing – Celebrating 2011 by Helping Others”.
As part of that celebration Grand Lodge released £275,000.00 to be disbursed to Provincial and District Grand Lodges under its umbrella throughout the world. The Province of Stirlingshire was awarded £6,389.00 from that sum. Provincial Grand Lodge decided that this sum be divided equally between the five main Charities it had supported in 2011.
These charities were:-
Kidney Kids Scotland - Kidney Kids Scotland was founded in 2000 to help Scottish children with renal and urology problems and their families. The charity does its utmost to support these families in any way that it can. This can often just be a listening ear or putting them in contact with another family with similar problems or giving them much needed financial help. Kidney Kids Scotland provides support to hospitals all over Scotland supplying them with machinery and funding for essential posts.
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Action for Children Scotland (Tayavalla House, Camelon) - Action for Children supports and speaks out for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people, for as long as it takes to make a difference in their lives...
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Crossroads Care Scotland (Falkirk)
- the national charity dedicated to the
provision of short breaks for carers within
their own homes. Established in 1978, they have
services throughout Scotland providing practical
support for carers of all ages. Caring at home
for someone who is perhaps elderly, suffering
from illness or living with a disability can be
highly rewarding but hugely challenging. It is
all too easy for the carer to become ill as a
direct result of the stresses of caring -
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Erskine Homes - Founded in 1916, Erskine has provided nursing and medical care for members of our Armed Forces ever since - rebuilding shattered lives and providing first class care. Every year over 1300 ex-Service and Serving people throughout Scotland benefit from Erskine's help. But we can only provide this high quality care with your help.
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Strathcarron Hospice - cares for people with illnesses that cannot be cured including cancer, respiratory and heart conditions and neurological diseases. They are a charity providing specialist palliative care free of charge to people in NHS Forth Valley, and to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth in NHS Lanarkshire. Their care is provided wherever it is needed. This may be within the hospice in Denny, but also in patients’ homes, in the local hospital Forth Valley Royal Hospital, care homes and community hospital settings. Care is also extended to families and carers.
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Brother Andrew A. McKinnon, RWPGM, made the presentations to the various charities on Saturday 24th March in Lodge St. Andrew (Denny & Loanhead) No. 176.
Between them the 23 Lodges in the Province of Stirlingshire donated £17, 487.00 to local and national Charities and good local causes in 2011.
In addition the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire organised a Reigning Masters Degree, Golf Competition, Fishing Competition and Bowls Competition so amassing the sum of £8,800.00 .
It can readily be seen that between the Grand Lodges donation of £6,389.00, Provincial Grand Lodges various donations of £8,800.00 and its’ Daughter Lodges various donations of £17,487.00 making a total donation to Charity and good causes throughout 2011 of £32,676.56.
The RWPGM thanks you all for your magnificent effort.
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Pictured above are members
of PGL and representatives of the five charities
to which PGL |
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Sheena
Dunsmore from Kidney Kids Scotland (Stenhousemuir) £1,275.00 |
James Crossley from Action
for Children |
Morven
Mack and colleague from CrossroadsCare Scotland (Falkirk) £1,275.00 |
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Allan Moss from Erskine
Homes |
James Brown from
Strathcarron Hospice |