Outreach receives a £1,000 Grant
On 19th January 2016, a Community Grant of £1000 was given to Outreach by the Grant Making Committee of the ELMC at their Manchester offices at St. Chads Road in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Outreach have been providing a range of support services to adults with...
Manchester TLC appeal receives ELMC grant of £500
Manchester Masons TLC Co-ordinator WBro Gordon Desser receiving a cheque for £500 from WBro Mo Afsa, Charity Steaward for City Derby District, awarded by the ELMC Grant making Committee towards a supply of new Teddy Bears, in aid of The Royal Manchester...
Community Fund Grants updated – £347,119.57
Community Fund Grants updated - £347,119.57
Floods in East Lancashire
From The Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Provinvcial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire We will all be aware of the recent flooding which has now impacted on large areas of our Province and our neighbours. The damage and distress now experienced in parts of...
Young People’s Committee – Christmas party time Karting and doing battle
In a poll carried at the summer event The Young People requested that we return to the Go-karting venue for the Christmas Party. So on the 30th December seventeen Young People accompanied by ten parents and five committee members met at Prestige Karting, Colne....
ELMC gives support to Cumberland and Westmorland flood victims
Following the damage and aftermath of recent and ongoing floods the Provincial Grand Master of Cumberland and Westmorland, RW Bro Norman Thompson, has ring-fenced a fund to provide relief locally. Sir David Trippier, the Provincial Grand Master for the Province...
Christmas Fair at Hewlett Court
A big “Thank You” to all who attended the Hewlett Court Christmas Fair on Sunday. The event was a huge success and we raised just over £1,300 for the benefit of all the Residents. A special thank you to the Management Team, staff and volunteers for their hard...
Feedback from Youth Adventure Tameside
Earlier in the year Youth Adventure Tameside received a Community Fund Grant of £1,930 to purchase new equipment. See this article. Our picture shows some of the members of YAT with the equipment that the grant helped pay for, including a Nova Craft Canoe at...
Visit to Blackburn Youth Zone
Blackburn Youth Zone is quite an amazing place with such facilities as a climbing wall, basket ball, dance, music, arts and crafts, pool, table tennis, fully equipped gym and even a football pitch on the roof! Together with Blackburn with Darwen Council,...
ELMC Supports GrOwING WILD
GrOwING WILD is a community group who develop and strengthen connections between the local community and nature. They engage with all ages of the community in Hyndburn in outdoor, environmental and food growing activities to improve knowledge, connections and...
Bonfire Night at Hewlett Court
On Thursday 5 November 2015 all the Residents, the staff, their families and local neighbours and friends joined together for a display of fireworks at Hewlett Court. They enjoyed, homemade Meat and Potato Pie, Black Peas, Treacle Toffee, Toffee Apples and...
The ELMC joins with the Province of Cheshire to make donations to Francis House in memory of Kirsty Howard
Francis House Children's Hospice is situated in Didsbury, South Manchester, and borders onto the Masonic Province of Cheshire, where RWBro Stephen Blank was recently appointed Provincial Grand Master. The Childrens Hospice was founded in 1990 by the foresight...