Charitable Activities

Charitable Contributions 2018

Our IPM, WB Nick McGregor, nominated three charities for support this year, and the funds have been given to these worthy organizations.  Our WM reports as follows:

 “One of the founding principles of Freemasonry is ‘relief’ or charity.  With this in mind, the Portcullis Lodge in Wallingford has made donations totalling £4500 to three local charities to support the work that they do in our community.  
 
Didcot Train supports youth work in Didcot and has seen demand for its services grow as the town has expanded.  Portcullis’ donation will contribute to the provision of youth outreach staff to help the charity identify and assist vulnerable young people in the town.  
 
Music For Autism is the brainchild of John Lubbock who also founded the Orchestra of St Johns and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for his charitable work.  The charity provides music therapy for autistic children and was started when a John observed the positive impact music had on his own autistic son’s levels of engagement.  Portcullis’ donation will help fund sessions in a number of specialist schools in the Oxfordshire and Berkshire areas.
 
Rosie’s Rainbow Fund provides bereavement support, massage therapy and music therapy for families in the John Radcliffe Children’s Hospital and throughout Berks, Bucks and Oxon.  Portcullis’ donation will help fund this essential work that touches the lives of so many local families.”

The charities have websites  as follows::  Rosies Rainbow Fund  www.rosiesrainbowfund.co.uk , Didcot Train Youth Project  www.didcottrain.org.uk, and Music For Autism  www.musicforautism.org.uk should you wish more information.

Thanks to all of our brethren and visitors to our Lodge for their generosity in making these goals come true.

Charitable Support

We donated £200 to the 2018 British Legion Poppy Appeal.  The Lodge is supporting the MCF through donations to the Berkshire 2023 Festival.  

Our Lodge has supported several worthy charities in the past.  Some of the more recent include Footsteps, Wallingford Museum, The Corn Exchange, The Legion, Talking Newspapers, SSNAP, Hope for Tomorrow, Scouts, and several others.  We also contribute to the various Provincial and Grand Lodge charity programs.