A further Liaison Officers Workshop has been arranged for Saturday 4th September 2010, 9.30am coffee for 10.00am start, at Westbourne House, Otley.
All Liaison Officers are welcome; particularly those who were unable to attend the last one in Barnsley.
Graham A. Cooper
Assistant Provincial Education Officer
A national charity that supports Armed Forces personnel is seeking to expand its services after being awarded £250,000 by the Freemasons’ Grand Charity.
The huge sum of money was awarded to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Forces Help (SSAFA) on Wednesday, as part of a scheme that targets national charities to distribute funds at regional level.
Claire Hoather, director of fundraising at SSAFA said: “We are over the moon with the funding. The level of support shown by the Grand Charity is so positive and generous.
“Rather than our central operations deciding where the money will be spent, each regional office will be allocated part of the funding, and they will decide how it can be used to serve the local area.”
“With our Armed Forces involved in conflict at the moment, it is vital that we can support them and their families as much as possible.”
“At the SSAFA, we focus on providing help wherever it is needed. Our regional managers will assess what services should to be provided to Armed Forces personnel, and ex-military servicemen. We will then use the money awarded by the Grand Charity to find a solution.”
Ms Hoather added that services could include projects such as providing practical and emotional support, organising and funding home adaptations, or short stay accommodation for families visiting injured relatives.
Laura Chapman, chief executive of The Freemasons’ Grand Charity, said: “The immensely valuable work carried out by SSAFA Forces Help is widely supported within the Masonic community, and this latest grant is further evidence of our benevolent commitment in support of the armed services.”
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity is a grant-making organisation that supports groups in need of help. Since 1981 it has made grants of more than £80 million. For more information visit www.grandcharity.org
SSAFA is a national charity that supports those who serve in the Armed Forces, and those who used to serve. It provides health and social services, a confidential support line, and helps the families of those who serve. For more information visit www.ssafa.org.uk
Article by:
Siobhan McCarthy
Senior Information & Communications Officer
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity
60 Great Queen Street
London WC2B 5AZ
www.grandcharity.org
www.ssafa.org.uk
Now available online is the latest White Rose Masonic News, you can download it here: White Rose Masonic News – Spring 2010.
Don’t forget to look out for, and take home, a printed copy when you next visit your Lodge.
Saturday, 9 October, 7.00 p.m. – Halifax Minster
Overgate Hospice Choir and Orchestra with soloists will perform “Messiah” at Halifax Minster (formerly Halifax Parish Church).
The concert is being given in memory of the late W Bro. Keith Scotford, PPSGW, a Past Master of Facula Lodge No 4825, who was a stalwart member of the Overgate Hospice Choir and for the best part of a decade its Chairman.
Further information will be circulated to Lodges and published on the website.