The Grand Charity
Air Ambulance charities in England and Wales
Mirroring the popularity of the Hospice project, since 2007, grants have been made to the many Air Ambulance charities that operate across England and Wales.
In total, £759,000 has been shared amongst these life saving services with every service in England and Wales receiving funding.
The Air Ambulance charities in England and Wales fly over 19,000 missions per year at a cost of about £0.5 million per week, met almost entirely by donations from the public.
The speed with which the ambulances are able to respond to emergencies and transport patients to hospital greatly improves the survival chances of individuals involved in serious road traffic collisions, medical emergencies and other incidents, 365 days of the year.
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Hospice services in England and Wales.
Hospice grants are awarded for running costs only and not for capital appeals.
These grants are in addition to the considerable sums raised by Freemasons around the country in support of their local hospices.
Hospice services are asked to apply directly to The Freemasons' Grand Charity for funding.
Further information can be found at www. grandcharity.org.
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The Funding of Youth Opportunities
The Freemasons' Grand Charity has donated over £4 million to fund projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people across the UK.
The Grand Charity aims to
help young people achieve a better life and realise their potential.
Some of the charities that have recently received Grand Charity grants include: Addaction, Brathay, Barnardo's, Clubs for Young People, Centrepoint, Depaul UK, Happy Days Children's Charity, Shelter and The Prince's Trust.
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- - Major Grants of £470,000 announced
- - £250,000 donated to Parkinson's UK
- - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Relief
- - £50,000 for Japan Disaster Relief Efforts
- - The Haiti Earthquake, One Year On
- - £20,000 Grant in response to Queensland floods
- - £10,000 donated to New Zealand earthquake
- - £50,000 donated to the Pakistan Floods Appeal
- - £36,000 awarded in minor grants to national charities
- - £25,000 donated to the Pakistan Floods Appeal
- - £20,000 donation for Chile earthquake
- - £30,000 for Haiti Earthquake Relief
Information Release: September 14th 2010
It is one month since the major flooding in Pakistan began and the President of the Grand Charity has approved a further emergency grant of £25,000 to the Red Cross, bringing the total donated to £50,000.The situation has worsened with over 17 million people being affected and thousands of people dead and injured. More than 1.2 million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the worst floods in Pakistan's history.
The decision was taken to fund the Red Cross due to their current presence in Pakistan and infrastructure capabilities, allowing them to provide immediate aid and assistance.
The Freemasons' Grand Charity had been one of the first organisations to issue an immediate £25,000 to the British Red Cross Pakistan Flood Appeal - one of the largest initial pledges the Red Cross received within the first 24 hours of opening the Appeal.
These funds will help to provide:
Hygiene kits and sanitation facilities to stem the spread of preventable diseases.
Safe drinking water to flood-affected families.
If you have any questions please contact Siobhan McCarthy on 020 7395 9385 or visit the following sites: http://www.grandcharity.org/
The Freemasons' Grand Charity is a grant-making charity, which is funded by Freemasons and their families. It continues a commitment to charitable support that began nearly 300 years ago in the earliest days of organised Freemasonry. Each year The Freemasons Grand Charity donates millions of pounds to support:
"Freemasons and their dependants in financial need
Medical research
Support for vulnerable people
Youth opportunities
Hospice services
Air Ambulances and equivalent services
Disaster relief
During 2009, the Charity made grants totalling nearly £7 million. Through its grants the Charity aims to:
Make a significant difference to people in real need
Support issues of concern to Freemasons and their families
Help the wider community by supporting vital projects
Visit The Freemasons' Grand Charity website at www.grandcharity.org
Information Release: 6th August 2010
A total of £36,000 has been awarded in minor grants to national charities. They are the latest awards through The Freemasons' Grand Charity Minor Grants scheme which provides support for smaller charities active in the areas of youth opportunities, vulnerable people and medical research.
1 Asylum Aid
Provides legal representation for people who flee persecution abroad and who seek refugee protection in the UK. - £2,500
2 British Stammering Association
Supports people with stammering through information and advice on treating or living with a stammer, or how to support others with stammers - £2,500
3 Camp Simcha
Supports Jewish children throughout the UK with cancer and other life threatening diseases - £2,000
4 Children with Cystic Fibrosis Dream Holidays
Respite holidays for families with a child with Cystic Fibrosis - £5,000
5 ERIC
Provides information and support to families with incontinent children - £5,000
6 Marfan Trust
Funds research into the cause and prevention of Marfan Syndrome - £2,500
7 Miracles
Charity provides immediate support to children and families in need - £5,000
8 The Neuromuscular Centre
Provides services for people with the muscle wasting disease, muscular dystrophy - £2,000
9 Refuge
Refuge provides a network of safe houses offering emergency accommodation for women and children when they are most in need - £5,000
10 TOFS
Provides support to families of children unable to swallow, such as children with Tracheo Oesophageal Fistula, Oesophageal Atresia and associated conditions - £2,000
11 YouthBank UK
Provides small grants for projects led by young people to help benefit the community - £2,500
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The funding of medical research
Since 1981, The Freemasons' Grand Charity has donated over £8 million to fund medical research projects.
Each application is carefully considered by suitably qualified members of the Council of The Grand Charity before a funding decision is made. The funding of medical research is of real benefit to the wider community and is an important area of the Charity's grant-making programme.
Some of the organisations that have received funding in recent years include: Arthritis Research Campaign, Brain Research Trust, Cancer Research UK, Diabetes UK, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Parkinson's Disease Society and the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.
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Breakthrough for Diabetes.
In 2007, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund received a grant of £50,000 towards research at the University of Cambridge into an artificial pancreas for children, to be used overnight to monitor blood glucose levels and administer insulin automatically.
In 2010, it was announced that this research had been successful, thus revolutionising the management of type 1 diabetes and potentially reducing the devastating complications of the disease for millions of people.
This recent breakthrough has further ratified the necessity of funding medical research and The Freemasons' Grand Charity is delighted that its contribution has led to such a positive outcome.
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Hospice services in England and Wales.
Each year, The Freemasons' Grand Charity seeks to make grants to all hospice services in England and Wales that receive less than 60% of their income from the National Health Service. Total support given since 1984 is now £8.7 million, with 225 services receiving funding last year.
