White Rose - Masonic Province of Yorkshire, West Riding

GRANT FOR
VILLAGE HALL
At the recent Annual General Meeting of
the Appletreewick Village Hall Committee,
Roger Newhouse of Craven Lodge No 810,
Skipton was delighted to present them with
a cheque for £500 towards new kitchen
equipment.
The grant was made by West Riding
Masonic Charities Ltd through the Provincial
Grand Master’s Fund.
Chris Fawcett, charity steward of Craven
Lodge was also in attendance.
W Bro Newhouse, chairman of West Riding
Masonic Charities Ltd, said at Appletreewick
how pleased he was to be able to present
the cheque at their AGM and congratulated
the committee on the excellent job they have
done in refurbishing the village hall.
Patrick Walker of the Village Hall Committee
thanked the Freemasons for their generosity
and extended an invitation to W Bro’s
Newhouse and Fawcett to return and inspect
the new kitchen, once it had been installed.
Later the same month another presentation
was made to Cononley Village Hall, Craven
Lodge having successfully applied for a
grant of £500 from the PGM’s Fund towards
fi reproof curtains for the hall.
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PRINCE’S TRUST GIVEN £10,000 BOOST
The Yorkshire and Humberside arm of a
national charity which helps change the lives
of young people has been given a signifi cant
boost.
Members of Don Valley Lodge No
3890, Doncaster hosted the presentation
of cheques totalling £10,000 to two
representatives from the Prince’s Trust.
The donations, £5,000 from West Riding
Masonic Charities and £5,000 from the
Freemasons’ Grand Charity, were presented
to Prince’s Trust Regional Chairman, Andrew
Farley and Prince’s Trust Youth Ambassador,
Rebecca Taylor by R W Bro John K Clayton,
Provincial Grand Master.
Rebecca told the meeting how the Prince’s
Trust had totally transformed her life. She left
school at the age of 15 with no qualifi cations
and in 2007, whilst carrying her fi rst child, she
was made redundant, subsequently lost her
home and her unborn-baby’s father walked
out on her.
“I lost everything,” she said. “I went to
various organisations and literally begged for
help, but there was no help. Then I was told
to approach the Prince’s Trust. They listened
and they believed.”
“I had done a beauty course and they gave
me a grant to learn to drive so I could ‘go
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White Rose Masonic News Spring 2013
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