Leeds Freemasons Lodge
The Lodge of Dawn are delighted to announce that we have sponsored yet another grant via West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd to support charitable efforts in our local community. The grant, for £2067 is going to the community youth project, The Zone, in Alwoodley, North Leeds. The grant will be used for a CPOMS (a … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn has secured a grant of £24,700 for the Chapeltown Youth Development Centre (CYDC) on Scott Hall Road in Leeds. The grant will assist in the development of a MUGA (multi-use games area), to be re-laid with 4G AstroTurf and surrounded by fencing. The grant was given by West Riding Masonic Charities … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn has secured a grant of £2000 for the Leeds Jewish Housing Association. The grant was proposed and sponsored by The Lodge of Dawn and was donated from West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. Craig Simons, Operations Director at LJWA said “I wanted to thank The Lodge of Dawn most sincerely for their … Read more
Grant secured for Leeds charity fighting period poverty The Lodge of Dawn are delighted to announce that we have secured a grant for £4600 from the Provincial Grandmaster’s Fund for the Leeds-based Freedom4Girls. After the Lodge of Dawn put out a call for charitable causes to support towards the end of the year, we were … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn were delighted to be represented at a presentation today to ‘The Buddy Bags Foundation’. The Buddy Bags Foundation have been awarded a grant of £5,000 following a successful application PGM Fund by Area 3. These will be distributed throughout the Province. The Buddy Bag Foundation was set up to provide children … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn has again shown it’s charitable giving by supporting the annual Castle Grove Toy Appeal, answering a call to ensure hundreds of children across Leeds will receive at least one present this festive season. As we all know, Castle Grove is currently closed due to the pandemic, so toy appeal co-ordinator organiser … Read more
The Lodge of Dawn is proud and delighted United Grand Lodge Of England (UGLE) have confirmed the appointment ofW Bro. Dr. Simon M Fellerman, PAGDC, PPJGW as both a Board Member and Trustee of the Masonic Charitable Foundation,and also Chairman of the Masonic Support Committee. This is a reflection of the enormous amount of time … Read more
One of the key tenets of Freemasonry is charitable giving, along with supporting the local community, and we at The Lodge of Dawn has been doing exactly that during lockdown. Alongside our regular charitable giving we have facilitated a grant to a local community support service for young people. The Lodge of Dawn made an … Read more
Freemasonry, above all, is a social activity. We meet on a monthly basis for ceremonies, we meet frequently for practices and we meet semi-frequently for social occasions. With lockdown, none of these have been possible. So what does a Lodge in lockdown look like? One would assume that such a situation would signal the temporary … Read more
It is well known that Freemasons wear white gloves. However many people, both in Freemasonry and outside do not know why. The wearing of gloves is a practice inherited from operative masons, who wore them to protect their hands, and were oftensupplied by their employers at the start of each building project; sometimes by way … Read more