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 and projects throughout England and Wales each year.
Contrary to popular belief, one does not have to be a Freemason to benefit from Masonic charity. Freemasonry is one of the largest contributor to charitable causes in the UK.
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Tyrian Lodge No 1110 are really pleased to be able to support the JPK Project in Old Town, Eastbourne by providing £1,273.66 for them to buy vital equipment to assist students with their Hospitality and Catering Training.
We were also able to secure an additional £600 from Sussex Masonic Charitable Foundation.
The JPK Project provide a wonderful Training & Community Centre, with supported living accommodation, for people with a learning disabilities. Next time you are in Eastbourne please pop into their Palm Court Tea Room – what better way to support this dedicated group.
April 2021: Tyrian Lodge No. 1110 made an official presentation to Albion in the Community this week of a cheque for £840, this amount being ‘Match Funded’ by Province.
With these funds they were able to purchase 8 goals, so that sporting opportunities can be provided throughout Eastbourne to children, young people, adults and individuals with a disability.
2020 has been a strange year for everyone. Tyrian has been unable to meet since February but this has not prevented the continued support of local charities. Medi-Tech (£250), a defibrillator for Seaside |Recreation Ground (£876), Old Town Boys & Girls Football (£500), St Wilfred’s Vehicle Therapies Team (£350), Children with Cancer (£2285.60), the Air Training Corps (£8329), Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team (£250) and the Eastbourne Junior Hockey Club.
Really great to see the boys and girls of Old Town Football making good use of their Tyrian bibs.
Tyrian are proud members of the Kindred Lodge Association, an organisation dedicated to supporting youth groups.
Every since the founding of the Scout movement back in 1907 there have always been a close relationship. Indeed Baden-Powell was strongly influenced by his friend, and Freemason, Rudyard Kipling when forming the Club Scouts, using the characters and 
stories from his Jungle Book. In the UK many Freemasons are also active Scouters and this has led to a number of Scouting Lodges being formed.In Feb 2020, Tyrian played host to the 1st Hampden Park Troop of Scouts along with their District Commissioner. Having made donations to them in the past, the group were anxious to learn more about us and our community work. Using material inspired by the 2012 Prestonian Lecture: ‘Scouting & Freemasonry: two parallel organisations’ we were delighted to have opportunity to engage with these young people.
Really pleased that Tyrian Lodge were able to support the newly reformed Old Town Girls and Boys Football Club based at the Saffrons, with a grant of £500 towards equipment and promotion – we wish you all the best for the future. https://www.facebook.com/Old-Town-Boys-Girls-Football-Club-Simply-The-Best-113193360099226/
Tyrian Lodge No:1110 of Eastbourne made a donation of £2,000 to Embrace Charity, this was also match funded by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex.
Pictured Wbro Bob Mulvey Provincial Grand Almoner , W Bro David Hopkins Charity Steward Tyrian Lodge 1110, Mrs Denise Hopkins and Mrs Sue Mulvey.********************
Members of the lodge were very pleased to be able to support the Eastbourne Dementia Action Alliance with a cheque for £800 plus a further £600 from the Province of Sussex
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rian Lodge 1110 presents a cheque consisting of a donation from the lodge and match funding for £1,250 to The Children’s Respite Trust. Below the Lodge presents a cheque for £1200 to The Eastbourne Branch of Age Concern
Lodges throughout the Sussex Province donate to a central fund and then nominate local charities which they would like to see benefit from this fund. (see list of recently supported causes). This includes a recent £50,000 donation to Eastbourne DGH towards the new CT scanner.
For Freemasons, for families, for everyone
Fu
nded entirely through the generosity of Freemasons and their families, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is one of the largest grant-making charities in the country.
Most of the support provided by the Masonic Charitable Foundation takes the form of financial grants to individuals and families to assist with daily living costs. A range of health and care needs, including medical and dental treatments, counselling and mobility aids or home adaptations are supported, with funding also available for respite, residential, nursing and dementia care.In addition to the support we provide to Freemasons and their families, the Masonic Charitable Foundation awards millions of pounds each year to local and national charities that help vulnerable people, advance medical research and provide opportunities for young people.We also help to fund vital services such as hospices and air ambulances and regularly contribute to worldwide appeals for disaster relief. In total, our support helps to improve the lives of thousands of people every year. Masonic Charitable Foundation
Teddies For Loving Care
In 2005
a scheme was started by Sussex Freemasons to supply Teddy Bears to the Accident and Emergency Units within major
Sussex hospitals, and has recently been extended to include several Minor Injury Units in our local hospitals.
The Teddies are for hospital staff to, at their discretion, give to children to alleviate their distress whilst awaiting treatment. They are also used on occasions for staff to demonstrate to the children the treatment they are to receive. The Teddies are for the children to keep and take home. more info
The Masonic Trout & Salmon Fishing Charity
The MTSFC is a registered charity set up in 1999 and its sole purpose is to bring a countryside and fishing experience to disabled and disadvantaged people, particularly children. More info.
In Sussex fishing events are run, both coarse and fly, at various venues and inviting participants from special needs schools and centres and people who have suffered trauma.
