SKIPTON Juniors Football Club has been given £1,500 by the West Riding Masonic Charities to buy new wheeled goals. The growing club uses the wheeled goalposts for the girls’ and boys’ teams aged between under 11s to under 14s. Ian Longden, club chairman, said: “It’s fantastic for the club to receive such generous support from …
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A FOOD bank run by Skipton Baptist Church has received a generous donations of food and other items from members of the Freemasons’ Craven Lodge. The food bank supports people through a referral system with local agency partners. The food parcels are designed to last for up to a week as Craven is a rural …
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SKIPTON-based children’s charity SELFA has received a major boost from the Yorkshire, West Riding Freemasons. A grant of £3,000 through the Masonic Charitable Foundation has been made to the charity, which supports disadvantaged children with clubs, workshops and trips. The money will help to fund staff, including three full-time activity co-ordinators. SELFA chief officer Emma …
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A LETTER written more than 250 years ago in Amsterdam, congratulating the new master of a Leeds Masonic Lodge, has been discovered amongst the pages of a book in Skipton. In the two-page letter penned in 1762, Lewis Bastide, a member of Golden Lion Lodge, also speaks of his experience with foreign lodges in the …
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FRIENDS who celebrated their birthdays on the same weekend asked friends and family to donate money to Manorlands Hospice instead of buying presents – and raised a magnificent £2,455. John Hall and Ivor John Lawson, both members of the Craven Masonic Lodge, wanted to support the Sue Ryder Care hospice because of all the support …
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FREEMASONS have given a boost to a hospital garden project. Craven Branch 810 members have donated £1,000 to help complete the creation of a special dementia garden. The area – accessible through Ward 4 at Airedale – features a figure-of-eight path, designed so patients can easily find their way around and back into the building. …
THE Craven Lodge of Freemasons has presented £1,000 to the Friends of Airedale Hospital to assist with the extension of their dementia garden project. The group will use the money, which came from the Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, to plant trees and flowers that patients can touch and feel and to create a seating area. …
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Remembrance Day Parade, Skipton. The brethren of Craven and Mawsis Lodges have once again been invited by Skipton Town Council and The Royal British Legion to take part in the Parade for the 12th consecutive year. A Dispensation has once again been very kindly granted by the Provincial Grand Master for those attending to wear …
Easter arrived early for the children’s ward at Airedale Hospital when Les Turnock, Worshipful Master of Craven Lodge of Freemason, and Brother Adrian Lilley delivered more than 70 Easter eggs on Good Friday. It is the fourth year that members of the lodge have donated eggs to the ward. Receiving the eggs were nurses Michelle …
Appletreewick Village Hall Committee has received £500 towards new kitchen equipment. The grant was made by West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd through the Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, which annually distributes around £250,000 to good causes throughout the district. The cheque was presented by Roger Newhouse, of Craven Masonic Lodge, and charity steward Chris Fawcett. Another …