Coventry Masonic Pantomime
Since 2010 Coventry Freemasons have organised a pantomime for over 500 children with special needs from Coventry Schools and from Zoe’s Place hospice.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) helps vulnerable and disadvantaged people to live happy, fulfilling lives and participate actively in society through grants to local and national charities, and partnerships with leading organisations in the sector. Funded entirely through the generosity of Freemasons and their families, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is one of the largest grant-making charities in the country. Every year the MCP supports over 500 charities with grants totalling more than £5.5 million.
The MCF builds better lives by enabling opportunity, advancing healthcare and education and promoting independence.
MCF Vision for Society
Everyone has the opportunity to lead positive, active and fulfilling lives, especially those that are in need, disadvantaged or marginalised
MCF Vision for the Masonic Community
Masonic families are healthy, stable and secure thereby providing them with the opportunities to participate actively in their community and succeed in life.
Warwickshire Freemasons’ Charitable Foundation
This year is an important year for charitable giving in Warwickshire, with the bringing together of our two charities, the Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association and the Warwickshire Masonic benevolent Fund into the Warwickshire Freemasons’ Charitable Foundation.
This has been done to create a charity which is more efficient, effective and flexible, with core objectives of supporting: –
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- Freemasons their families and their dependents and
- Non-masonic charities operating within Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Freemasons Donated Over £200,000
The WMCA again donated £200,000 to local charities in the financial year 2023/24. The beneficiaries included our local hospices, our two local Air Ambulances and charities supporting our:-
military personnel and veterans, older citizens experiencing dementia and/or loneliness and isolation, children experiencing the effects of poverty, family bereavement, domestic violence, refuges and other services combatting domestic and sexual violence, homeless shelters and hostels, local cancer support services for adults and children, local services providing assistance to individuals with a wide range of disabilities, medical charities helping individuals manage the impact of Huntington’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fahr’s Disease, MS and Brain Injuries etc.
In addition and in support of the MCF we were able to donate a further £50,000 to International Disaster Funds offering assistance in the aftermath of the floods in Libya, the earthquakes in Syria, Turkiye and Morocco and the tragedies in Israel and Gaza.
This year is an important year for charitable giving in Warwickshire with the bringing together of our two charities, the Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association and the Warwickshire Masonic Benevolent Fund, to form our new combined charity the Warwickshire Freemasons Charitable Foundation. The new charity will be more efficient, effective and flexible but it will retain its core objectives of supporting: Freemasons and their families and dependent’s and Non-masonic charities operating in Warwickshire.
Please click HERE to read the full report and list of beneficiaries.
Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire administers many charitable funds, the principal ones of which are the Warwickshire Masonic Benevolent Fund and the Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association Limited.
The objects of the WMBF are to provide relief to needy Freemasons of the Province, their widows or partners, their children and any spinster sisters. The Management Committee of the Charity Board of the WMBF meets on a quarterly basis to consider petitions for relief submitted by Lodge Almoners, although the Provincial Grand Almoner also has the power to make emergency grants. WMBF relies heavily on regular donations from Lodges and Chapters in the Province to enable it to carry out its charitable work.
WMCA Ltd was formed to manage the various legacies bequeathed to the Province and more recently to deal with the reclamation of Gift Aid as a result of charitable donations. It also distributes substantial sums on an annual basis to non-Masonic charities which operate within the Province. These charities must apply for assistance and provide audited accounts.
Administration of the charities is in the capable hands of the Provincial Grand Almoner and the Provincial Grand Charity Steward assisted by the Provincial Grand Secretary.