It’s beginning to look a lot like “Strictly”
At Ashton Masonic Club these young people from Latin Steps Dance were having a very lively fund raiser, the air was filled with music and the floor with excellent young dancers. It was then that the music stopped briefly to allow them to receive a much needed and very...
First Winner of the ELMC Friend’s Draw presented with his cheque !
The first ELMC Friend's Draw was made at Provincial Grand Lodge last month and resulted in the winner Bro Alex Capewell, from the Lodge of Naphtali No. 266, being presented with his cheque for one hundred pounds. The actual presentation was made by WBro Brian...
Rachel & Beverley Complete Level 5 Diplomas in Management
Beverley Schofield, Assistant Manager Beverley has work at Hewlett Court for six and half years. She initially commenced employment as a General Assistant on nights and has progressed to Assistant Manager. Beverley is a dedicated and enthusiastic member of the...
The North West Air Ambulance
Each year for the past decade the Freemasons' Grand Charity, now part of the Masonic Charitable Foundation, makes donations of £12,000 to the North West Air Ambulance Charity (£4000 each through the Provinces of East Lancashire, West Lancashire and Cheshire). The...
YoungMinds’ supported by the Masonic Charitable Foundation
YoungMinds’ supported by the Masonic Charitable Foundation 29th November 2016 Young Minds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. With the support of the Masonic Charitable Foundation...
ELMC Donates to Tor View School
On Friday 25th November the Bury District Charity Steward, Stephen Holland attended the Tor View School Campus where he had the pleasure of presenting a cheque for £2977.56 from the East Lancashire Masonic Charity. Tor View School takes children from the of age...
Christmas Fair at Hewlett Court
On Sunday November 27th Hewlett Court held it's Annual Christmas Fair, and what an amazing event it was! There was an almost unending queue of visitors waiting to pay their entry fee and receive a ticket that could be exchanged for a cup of mulled wine and a mince...
ELMC & East Ribble District supports Blackburn Christmas Lights Switch on!
Christmas got off to a great start in Blackburn Town Centre on Saturday 26th when celebrities, local artists community groups and Charities all came together to celebrate the beginning of Christmas. Actor Jack P Shepherd, aka David Platt from Coronation Street,...
Manchester Masons assist Wood Street Mission with Funding for their Christmas Appeal.
Wood Street Mission is a children’s charity which helps children and families living in poverty in Manchester and Salford. Both areas have some of the highest levels of child poverty in the country with as many as one in two children in some wards living in poverty....
October Outing – Cadbury’s World, 27 October 2016
Report by Chairman [Roger Tinker] At the beginning of Willy Wonka a mysterious tinker standing outside the Wonka factory warns Charlie of the dark side of the factory. First he quotes from the poem Fairies: “We dare not go a-hunting For fear of little men” And then...
Team Geronimo – Final Total £19, 242.93
After months of planning and collecting sponsors, and worrying if we could get all the team out of the plane on the day, we eventually had a final count of the sponsorship monies. Remember, we originally thought we would be able to raise £8,000 and would have been...
MacMillan Coffee Morning
On Friday 30 September Hewlett Court held a Coffee Morning in support of the MacMillan Nurses to coincide with the National MacMillan Coffee Morning initiative. This was very well supported by both residents and guests to the extent that a magnificent sum of £1,140...