Twenty One Yorkshire Organisations Share £30,000 Easter Masonic Windfall

Twenty-one community organisations across Yorkshire have shared a £30,370 Easter masonic windfall.

The Province of Yorkshire West Riding - which encompasses the geographical area of South and West Yorkshire, and parts of North and East Yorkshire - has given grants ranging from £500 to £3,520 to worthy causes including grassroots sports clubs, schools, hospitals and clubs for the young and old alike,
 The grants have come from the Provincial Grand Master’s (PGM) Fund, which are presented on a quarterly basis, with each recipient being nominated by individual Masonic Lodges across the region.

Each year, the PGM’s Fund presents grants totalling £200,000 to assist organisations across the country. 

Those to benefit this quarter include:

• Meltham & Meltham Mills Band received £3,520 re place one of three tenor horns 
• Bradford Cathedral, which has been awarded £1,230 to install an automated external defibrillator for use by those who use the cathedral or anybody nearby
• Huddersfield-based Global Diversity Positive Action – a charity set up to help people not in employment, education or training - has been gifted £1,000 to buy five laptop computers 
• Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust Palliative Care and Charitable Fund was given £1,300 to buy 300 comfort bags for relatives to make their stay in hospital more comfortable
• Rotherham Hospice has received a grant of £830 to buy a set of garden chairs and table to be used by patients and visitors in the outdoor area

 
David S Pratt, The Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Yorkshire West Riding, said: “Assisting community led initiatives and projects is incredibly important to the Freemasons.

“This quarter, we have been able to give grants to 21 worthy causes, nominated by members of lodges within our Province. 
“Charity is one of the three great principles that our order is founded on, and it is very much at the heart of what we do here throughout Yorkshire.”

Further information about the Freemasons Province of Yorkshire West Riding is available from its website, http://wrprovince.net/

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Oakworth Community Trust
Provide third defibrillator in the village
£1400

Bradford Cathedral
Buy and install defibrillator for use by those in cathedral and those nearby
£1230

Global Diversity Positive Action, Huddersfield
Purchase five laptops
£1000

Friends of Greenhead Park, Huddersfield
Provide colourful play train for young children in the park
£1500

Meltham and Meltham Mills Band
Replace one of three tenor horns
£3520

Southgate School, Huddersfield
Purchase outdoor tents to improve outdoor activities
£1000

White Rose Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, Huddersfield
Towards purchasing a specialist carpet
£1000

Bradford City Community Foundation
Purchase football kit for youngsters
£500

Ripon Museum Trust
Towards recreating a late 19th century workhouse master’s garden
£1200

Jennyruth Workshops (supports adults with learning disabilities), Ripon
Towards the cost of a new laser cutter
£1300

Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust Palliative Care Charitable Fund
Buy 300 comfort bags for relatives to make their stay more comfortable
£1700

St George’s Community Centre, Harrogate
Automated defibrillator
£840

Guiseley Brass Band
Replacing two tubas for two refurbished instruments
£3000

5th Skipton Scout Group
Fit out kitchen with dishwasher and fridge/freezer
£2000

The Principle Trust Children’s Charity, Skipton
Towards cost of replacing sensory toys
£1000

Friends of Aireville Park, Skipton
Develop park equipment for children with purchase of a seesaw
£1350

Tockwith Juniors Football Club
Buy a range of items to improve in-house educational programmes for players and coaches
£1000

Roundabout Ltd, Sheffield
Buy essential electrical equipment to equip four housing units for four homeless people
£2000

Rotherham Hospice
To buy a set of chairs and tables for use by patients and visitors in the outdoor area
£830

Swallow Hill Community College, Leeds
Provide a range of personal hygiene products
£500

Senior Citizens Support Group, Horbury
Buy four laptops and four tablets
£2500