Monday 21 April 2008

Freemasons help for Smaller Charities

The latest grants announced by The Freemasons’ Grand Charity focus on helping smaller charities. In total £34,000 is being given towards the important activities of eighteen charities working in the areas of youth opportunities, vulnerable people and medical research.

More information can be obtained by clicking: HERE

Saturday 5 April 2008

Our next Provincial Grand Master is named

The next Provincial Grand Master for the Masonic Province of South Wales (Eastern Division) is to be R.W. Bro. Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards, KCVO, GCStJ, RD*, RNR, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan.

He will succeed R.W.Bro. Hywel Davies, who steps down from the role after 9 years on the day after the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge on 30 June. Sir Norman is likely to be Installed soon after the departure of his predecessor, by which time he will have retired as Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. The precise date of Installation has yet to be determined. The appointment was made by HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, in his capacity as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.

Sir Norman, 74, a retired Solicitor, will be the tenth holder of the office since 1848 when the Province of South Wales (ED) was created by dividing the earlier Province of South Wales into two. He has been a Freemason for over 50 years and has already held a number of very senior positions within the fraternity and its associated charities.

His Knighthood comes by virtue of his appointment as Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year’s Honours List published at the end of 2007.