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20 April 2008
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During the year 2000 the Provincial Grand Charity has
made a number of significant donations. A selection is shown below, which
demonstrates the wide range of recipients.
The Masonic Music Foundation donated the following,
mainly to young people :-
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£10,000 to the Derby Cathedral
Choristers for training in musical skills.
This was the second such donation. |
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A double bass to the North East
Derbyshire Music Centre Trust, for use by the children’s orchestra |
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Assistance to Oughtibridge Brass
band, based in Dore |
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£2,500 to the Kinder
Children’s Choirs, situated in the High Peak, to provide new uniforms |
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Financial support to
Chesterfield Parish Church Choir on their visit to sing evensong at St.
George’s Chapel, Windsor, on the occasion of the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday |
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£2,000 to the Derbyshire and
Derby Youth Band, to help with their trip to Japan |
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£1,000 to St. Oswald’s Church
Choir in Ashbourne |
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£2,500 to Ripley Mill Hill
School |
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£1,000 to the High Peak Music
Centre for the purchase of instruments |
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Shirland Miners' Welfare Training Band £1,000.This
was to provide instruments for youngsters between the ages of 5 and 18
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Chesterfield Parish Church Choristers £300,
to pay the costs of attendance by three choristers as part of the choir's
performance at St.George's Chapel, Windsor in August |
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The North East Derbyshire Music Centre Trust
£100 to assist with the costs of a trip to Scarsdale, New York. This
matched a grant of a similar amount already made by Scarsdale Lodge.
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The Provincial Grand Charity sets aside funds to support a
number of large projects each year. A recent example is the donation of £10,000
to assist in teaching drug awareness in Derbyshire schools, by means of a mobile
touring unit known as the Life Education Centre.
We were also a significant contributor to the Sailability
project, which was started in 1998 to modify Swarkestone quayside, and to
provide new boats for disabled children. Our £1,600 gift bought a specially
adapted boat called the Derbyshire Freemason, and this was handed over in the
summer of 2000.
There are also numerous other small donations for specific
local public and personal needs which are not publicised, but which make a huge
difference to people with problems or who are in short-term need.
At the meeting held in
February 2001, around £3,500 was given in small
amounts to worthy causes.
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