Annual Charity Giving Evening 2017 Oxfordshire Freemasons held their “Annual Charity Giving Evening” at the Woodstock Masonic Centre on Monday 13th November 2017. The evening was hosted by the R.W. Bro. James Hilditch, Provincial Grand Master assisted by V.W. Bro. Neal Spencer, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, W. Bro. Graham Ellis, Assistant Provincial Grand Master, and W. Bro. Andrew Keech, Provincial Grand Charity Steward. Representatives of the Charities that Oxfordshire Freemasons have made donations were invited to attend. The principal organiser of the evening W. Bro. Andrew Keech assisted by W. Bro. Roger Hampshire introduced the representatives of the charities and Masonic Lodges. The representatives of each charity were presented with a cheque for the funds raised by the individual Masonic Lodges and invited to give a presentation on the work of their organisation. During the evening £9,200 was donated to Oxfordshire and National Charity Organisations that serve the local communities in Oxfordshire. Over the past twelve months Oxfordshire Masonic Lodges have donated over £68,000 to local charities.

Oxfordshire Freemasons

St. Barbara Lodge No. 7701: W. Bro. Dale Osborne, Jess Willsher (MIND, UK),

Irene Craft, W. Bro. Martin Craft and W. Bro. Graham Ellis

St. Mary’s Lodge No. 1763: W. Bro. Graham Ellis, W. Bro. Nick Carter,

W. Bro. Dodge Hathaway, Sue Jenkins (Florence Nightingale Hospice) Simon Hathaway, Donna Hathaway and W. Bro. David Hunt

Regattas Lodge No. 9660: W. Bro. Graham Ellis, W. Bro. David Reeves and

W. Bro. Paul Denison-Edson (the lodge donated £750 to The Ashgate Hospice)

Organisations receiving donations MIND UKwww.mind.org.uk

Kidney Research UKwww.mind.org.uk

Florence Nightingale Hospicewww.fnhospice.org.uk

The Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield, Derbywww.ashgatehospicecare.org.uk

Oxfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Groupwww.opcsg.org

OCCTOPUS occtopus.org.uk

Oxford Children’s Hospitalwww.ouh.nhs.uk/children

Canine Partnerscaninepartners.org.uk

Pantomime Projectwww.oxfordshirefreemasons.org.uk/pantomime.htm

Restorewww.restore.org.uk

Autism Family Support Oxfordshire www.afso.org.uk

Crossroads Carewww.oxfordshirecrossroads.org.uk

Riding for the Disabledwww.rda-abingdon.org.uk

2nd Abingdon Scout Group2ndabingdon.co.uk

Wheel Powerwww.wheelpower.org.uk

Bertie Lodge No. 1515:

W. Bro. Graham Ellis, John Grundy (Chairman of Oxfordshire Prostate Cancer Support) and W. Bro. Alan Bovingdon-Cox

Bertie Lodge No. 1515:

W. Bro. Graham Ellis, Marianne Julebin (OCCTOPUS) and Bro. Kenneth Alway

Bertie Lodge No. 1515:

W. Bro. Adrian Barlow, Penny Hambridge (Oxford Children’s Hospital) and W. Bro. Graham Ellis

Round Table Thames Valley Lodge No. 9697:W. Bro. Graham Ellis and W. Bro. Neal Spencer receiving a cheque on behalf of the

Pantomime Project from W. Bro Steven Dumper

Bertie Lodge No. 1515:

Rosemary Pocock with Quintus receiving a cheque on behalf of Canine Partners from W. Bro. Thomas Percey

Hampden Lodge No. 6920:W. Bro. Graham Ellis, Lisa Hanton (Restore) and

W. Bro. Vaughan Humphries

Hampden Lodge No. 6920: W. Bro. Graham Ellis, Gita Lobo (Autism Family Support, Oxfordshire)

and W. Bro. Vaughan Humphries

Gateway Lodge No. 8501: W. Bro. Bill Butcher, Evelyne Gaussounou (Crossroads Care) and W. Bro. Graham Ellis

Oxnaford Lodge No. 6691: W. Bro. Paul Buck, Bro. Michael Augar, Joyce Doughty (RDA, Abingdon) and W. Bro. Graham Ellis

Oxfordshire Masonic Golf Society: W. Bro. Paul Buck, Bro. Michael Augar, John Gledhill (2nd Abingdon Scout Group) and W. Bro. Graham Ellis

Icknield Way Lodge No. 8292: W. Bro. Graham Ellis, W. Bro. Richard Florio, Martin McElhatton (Wheelpower UK) and W. Bro. David Williams