Town-by-town breakdown of how Freemasons shared more than £50,000 amongst Lincolnshire charities
Freemasons in Lincolnshire have shared more than £50,000 amongst charities in Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire.
All the charities – each given £500 unless otherwise stated – are listed below along with the name of the Lodge which nominated them. Where the sum is £1,000, this figure is made up from the £500 donation plus a further £500 match funding from the Freemasons’ national charity the MCF.
Alford
Hamilton, Meridale Youth & Community Centre
Barton
St Matthew: Barton Area Food Bank (£1,000); Lodge of Established Order: The Carers’ Support Service
Boston
Lodge of Harmony: Local Hope; Franklin: Butterwick Baby & Toddler Group; Lindis: Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bike Services (£1,000); Pilgrim Fathers: Samaritans of Boston (£1,000)
Bourne
Hereward: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust – Peterborough & Stamford Umbrella Charitable Fund; Lodge of Aveland: Bourne Arts & Community Trust
Brigg
Ancholme: Carers’ Support Centre, Brigg (£1,500); Glanford Vale: Lincolnshire Marines
Cleethorpes
Lord Worsley: FLAG (£1,000); Apollo: NE Lincs Downs Syndrome Family Support Group; Vigilantes: FLAG (£1,000); St Peter: 195 (Grimsby) Squadron, Air Training Corps; Lodge of Old Clee: RNLI – Cleethorpes Branch
Crowle
Isle of Axholme: Scunthorpe Gateway Club; Vermuyden: The Association of Friends of Connaught Court (£1,000); Trent Valley Daylight Lodge: Bosom Family Support (£1,000)
Deeping St James
St Guthlac: Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice; St Pega: The Deepings Lions Club CIO
Gainsborough
Yarborough: St Barnabas Hospice; Gainas: Gainsborough Model Railway Society
Grantham
Doric: Support Dogs (£1,000); William Peters: Grantham & District Mencap; Sir Isaac Newton: Grantham Community Heritage Association; Meridian Daylight: Grantham Food Bank (£1,000)
Grimsby
Pelham Pillar: Blood Cancer UK; St Albans: North East Lincolnshire Womens Aid; Smythe: Sunflower Children’s Action Group; Earl of Yarborough: Friendship at Home; Astral: Royal Air Force Association, Grimsby & Cleethorpes Branch; Lord Heneage: North East Lincolnshire Womens Aid; St James: Marie Curie – Grimsby & Cleethorpes Branch; Wellow Abbey: The Ark
Horncastle
Olive Union: Make Them Smile Children’s Charity; Bolingbroke Castle: Woodhall Spa Football Club, Juniors; Round Table: Evie Toombes Foundation Ltd ; Rudyard Kipling: Little Treasures Baby Bank; Provincial Stewards: The Ark; Free Wheelers: Shine Lincolnshire (£1,000); Sir Joseph Banks: Age UK Lindsey
Lincoln
Witham: St Barnabas Hospice; Ermine: Pelican Trust (£1,000); Excalibur: A Platform to Talk; Paulinus: Matt’s Fund; Ashlar: St Barnabas Hospice; Lindum: Foss Ladies Choir; Minster: Lincolnshire 4X4 Response
Long Sutton
Alexandra: Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force; St Mary: Long Sutton Men’s Shed; Fenland Daylight: Holbeach Primary Academy
Louth
Lindsey: Friendship Lincs (£1,000); Hermes: Serendipity Initiative; Daylight: Marie Curie – Grimsby & Cleethorpes Branch
Market Rasen
Bayons: 2292 (Market Rasen) Sqn Training Corps
Scunthorpe
St Lawrence: Friends of St Lukes Primary School; Industry: Changing Lives Through Changing Minds CIC; Pharos: Friendz & Co; Lodge of St John: One for the Lads CIC
Skegness
Lumley: League of Friends of Skegness Hospital; St Clement: League of Friends of Skegness Hospital
Sleaford
St Botolph’s: Rainbow Stars Disability Group Sleaford; Shire: EDAN Lincs (£1,000); St Denys: Hykeham Sailability Ltd
Spalding
Hundred of Elloe; Cancer Research UK; St Godric: Community Mind Matters; Welland: South Holland PHAB (£1,000)
Spilsby
Shakespeare: Spilsby Rainbows; Eccles: Tetford & Salmonby Recreation Ground
Nominated by the Trustees
The Brain Tumour Charity £1,000; Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bike Service £5,000; The Lincoln & Lindsey Blind Society £500; Dementia UK £1,000; Medical Detection Dogs £750; Carers First £500; St. Barnabas Hospice £4,500
