Charity

Each year Audenshaw Lodge supports good causes. 

Remember there is more to charity than simply giving money.

Listed below are some of the good causes and charities we have and are supporting:

East Lancashire 2015 Festival

The Province of East Lancashire are support the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) which cares for older Freemasons and their dependants. 

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, existing for almost 170 years, is the second oldest of our great Charities, which include the Freemasons’ Grand Charity, the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys and the Masonic Samaritan Fund. Collectively they give some £15 Million per year, through the Provinces, to support our brethren and their dependants who are in need. Of this more than £500K comes into East Lancashire. Nearly all of this has been raised by brethren like us, during the various Masonic Festivals running concurrently throughout Grand Lodge.

The RMBI is a very special charity offering immediate response to calls for assistance from the needy brother or his family, and providing exactly what is required from the excellent range of services they have available. Each year the RMBI has to find an additional sum (in the region of £5M) to pay for the charitable support of over 450 brethren and dependants who have become unable to pay for their own care in RMBI Homes. The Charity always steps in to supply the necessary funds!

Care or welfare packages are much appreciated by members of our Armed Forces serving on overseas operations. They represent the support and goodwill of people other than their own families and let them know that we are thinking about them.

Cancer Research UK

Around 285,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK. At Cancer Research UK they are working hard to improve our understanding of cancer and develop better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.

ELMC

The East Lancashire Masonic Charity is here to care for and to afford charitable assistance to needy Freemasons or their widows or to any of their dependent relatives, and to reach out to others in the communities in which we live who are deserving of our charitable support.

Audenshaw Masonic Fellowship

Senior Citizens with Masonic connections including wives, widows and close relatives or friends, even those who have taken early retirement. Each meeting includes an interesting speaker in addition to which there is usually a special summer coach outing and a Christmas lunch.

Audenshaw Masonic Club

Audenshaw Masonic Club is a Freemasons Hall, which is rented out for private functions, ie. weddings, funerals, anniversaries, conferences, dinner dances and Christmas parties. It is also the home for many Masonic groups, including Craft Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters, Mark Master Mason Lodges, Rose Croix, Knights Templar’s etc…

A building of this size requires extra support from it Masonic members.

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