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The dignitaries are escorted in
at the East Lancashire Province
Festival for the Grand Charity
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`Contact a Family' has benefitted
from non-Masonic grants
Photograph: Contact a Family
Crossroads Association £125,000
over 3 years
A grant to enable the Crossroads Association
develop a regional focus and support local
Crossroads for Carers Schemes with advice
and training.
The Youth Cancer Trust £10,000
A grant to sponsor holidays in Bournemouth
for young people with cancer to enable
them to meet in groups, or to holiday
with friends.
Youth Opportunities
Tall Ships Youth Trust £50,000
over 2 years
A grant for "The Grand Charity Turning
Corners Initiative" which will enable 210
disadvantaged young people to undertake
a tall ship voyage.
Cruse Bereavement Care £60,000
over 3 years
A grant to help young people who have
been bereaved through a specific website
supported by a youth involvement
project worker.
Religious Buildings and Miscellaneous
St. Mary's Priory Church,
Monmouthshire £5,000
Dic Evans Memorial £2,643
Emergency Grants
The President has authorised an Emergency
Grant of £3,352.33 (Euros 5,000) to the
Grand Lodge of Spain to assist victims of
the train bombing in Madrid.
General Matters
Legacies and Bequests
Since the last report, the Grand Charity has
received the following legacies of £1,000
or more:
Mrs Mary Jones (£112,193.36)
Bro Ernest Trotter (£58,476.06)
Bro Arthur George Shaw (£15,000)
Bro Peter Allen (£6,000)
Bro Percy Ronald Atkins (£5,000)
On behalf of the Grand Charity, the
Council expresses its grateful thanks
to all those who provide legacies to the
Grand Charity.
East Lancashire Festival 2004
The Provincial Grand Lodge of East
Lancashire's Festival for the Grand Charity
held on 30 June 2004 at the Reebok Stadium,
Horwich, Bolton, raised £4,013,898.
The Council is grateful to RW Bro Peter
Walthall, Provincial Grand Master for East
Lancashire, the members of his Province
and the many others who contributed to
the Festival, for their most generous support.
Wiltshire Festival 2005
The 20th Annual Festival to be held on
behalf of the Grand Charity will take place
at Salisbury Racecourse on Saturday, 18
June 2005. The Festival President will be
the Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire.
Details may be obtained from the Festival
Committee Secretary, W Bro Ray Crockett,
11 Fortunes Field, Broad Hinton, Swindon,
Wiltshire SN4 9PW. (Tel: 01793 731252).
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