Surrey
2030 Festival
Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey 2030 Festival in support of the Masonic Charitable Foundation.
The 2030 Surrey Festival is a wonderful opportunity for all Surrey Freemasons to unite with the common goal of supporting our Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) and to have amazing fun doing it.
Surrey charities which have benefited from MCF grants since the last Surrey Festival, include
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Providing safe environments and support to people with learning disabilities and autism – £35,000 / July 24
The Orpheus Centre Trust
Specialist independent college for disabled young adults with a passion for performing arts – £4,000 (match- funding) / Jan 24
Momentum Children’s Charity
Helping families of seriously ill children to keep moving forward – £60,000 / July 23
Crossroads Care Surrey
Helping and supporting unpaid carers, their families and the individuals they care for – £93,000 / June 19 + March 21
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity
Providing Family Support Workers as a support lifeline to these families with a child who has life threatening or terminal illness – £60,000 / June 20
Wildlife Aid Foundation
An animal charity near Leatherhead, dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of British wildlife. Creating a wildlife corridor on 20 acres of land with vital habitats and visitor centre, plus new wildlife hospital, to help everyone to discover how to protect, support and live alongside our wildlife – £12,500 (match-funding) / Feb 22 and 23
Your Sanctuary
Supporting survivors of domestic abuse in Surrey – £60,000 / Feb 21
Fiamma Pather, CEO at Your Sanctuary said: “We’re incredibly grateful to Surrey Freemasons for their generous grant, which will allow us to deliver our Children’s Outreach Service programme and equip young people with the resilience and confidence to make positive relationship choices for their futures, despite their past experiences with domestic abuse”.
There are also many more, as the above list represents just a small sample of local Surrey charities helped via direct MCF grants and MCF match-funding (which is where Provinces apply to the MCF to double the value of a donation to a local charity).
Pictured is AsstProvGM Steve Norris visiting Your Sanctuary.