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Local Support

Charity is at the heart of Freemasonry and high priority is given to supporting local charities and projects within the community. Individual Lodges as well as the Somerset Masonic Charity make grants to a wide range of worthy causes which, in a typical year, aggregate to over £120,000.
 

The Benevolent Fund Management Committee awarded grants of over £9000 in 2010 to a number of such causes within Somerset which included the four Hospices nominated as especial beneficiaries of masonic funds:

Childrens' Hospice Southwest

Weston Hospicecare

St Margaret's Taunton

St Margaret's Yeovil

This was in addition to extra money which came from a successful Variety Night held at the Weston Playhouse in November 2010. For a more detailed report, please click here (opens a new window)

The Benevolent Fund was also able to provide support to a number of distressed Brethren who have benefitted from emergency grants sanctioned by the Provincial Almoner.

Somerset Masonic Charities grants approved April 2011 - click here

The TLC Appeal
Somerset is part of the national scheme to provide children attending Accident & Emergency units at Hospital with a free teddy bear. So far the scheme is in operation at Chard, Weston super Mare, Minehead, Yeovil, Taunton, Bridgwater, Burnham on Sea and Clevedon Hospitals and also Teddies are donated to the Children's' Hospices at Littlebridge Farm in Devon and Charlton Farm in North Somerset as well as the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. 17,000 Teddies have so far been donated in Somerset. Nationally the figure is over 750,000. The bears are funded by local lodges. TLC have their own website at: www.tlcappeal.org

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