With the total support of hospices throughout the country now exceeding a staggering £5,000,000 the Grand Charity continues its very welcome support of hospices in our own Province. This year £50,000 (approx.) has been sent out to Provinces around the country, a very generous £16,000 (approx.) of which has been made available to our own East Kent hospices.

WBro Tony Denne PAGDC, the Provincial Grand Charity Steward, and his team have been busily organising the distribution and presentation of the money to the the various hospices around the Province. One such presentation was made in January to the Heart of Kent Hospice at Aylesford by Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro John Grumbridge, who is seen in the photograph presenting the cheque for over two and half thousand pounds to the hospice’s Fund Raising Manager, Jane Newman. “We could not function or survive without these regular donations from organisations in the area” commented Ms Newman “and we are very appreciative of the wonderful support we receive from Freemasonry. Apart from the regular amounts donated by individual Lodges through the course of each year, and of course the annual street collection that Maidstone Freemasons undertake every summer on behalf of the hospice, the annual receipt of such a large sum from your Grand Charity is very important to us, being much larger than other regular amounts that we receive”.

WBro Geoff Smith PPrGStdB

From Ed46, P16