Charity
Knutsford Freemasons
From its earliest days, Freemasonry has been involved in charitable activities, and since its inception it has provided support for many widows and orphans of Freemasons as well as for others within the community.
All monies raised for charity are drawn from amongst Freemasons, their families and friends, while grants and donations are made to Masonic and non-Masonic charities alike.
Freemasonry has an enviable record of providing regular and consistent financial support to individual charities over long periods while at the same time making thousands of grants to local charities, appeals and projects throughout England and Wales each year.
Over the past five years alone Freemasonry has raised more than £75m for a wide range of charitable purposes including those involved in medical research, community care, education and work with young people.
This Appeal has a simple objective: for Freemasons to provide teddies or soft toys to Accident and Emergency Units in Hospitals as part of a national Masonic initiative:
• For the medical staff to give, at their discretion, to children who are in severe distress
• And where the staff feel that a teddy to cuddle will help alleviate that distress and assist them in their urgent work. The children take the teddies home with them.
The beauty of our appeal is its simplicity. Through individual Lodges, Freemasons buy a teddy lapel badge. Every lapel badge sold allows us to purchase two teddies, which are then donated to A&E departments. It’s as simple as that!
To date we have donated over 25000 teddies to A&E departments within the Province of Cheshire.
Teddies for Loving Care “TLC” Appeal
Freemasonry is today the biggest contributor to charity in this country after The National Lottery.
