Doncaster Freemasons

10/11/2024

15/07/2024

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Hall Cross Lodge No 5744 support local cricket club

Formed in 1870, Barnby Dun Cricket Club is a community sports club based in Kirk Sandall, Doncaster with its Glass Park Sports ground on the border of the villages of Barnby Dun and Kirk Sandall.
Players and supporters come from a much wider community of local villages such as Armthorpe, Edenthorpe, Fishlake, Hatfield and Bentley.
The grant, of £2,200, will provide a water soaker, cage and wicket covers.

05/07/2024

West Riding Masonic Community Fund delivers grant to Good Neighbours
Rossington Good Neighbours is a meals service for older and vulnerable residents in Rossington. Each Wednesday and Thursday they serve around 150 meals, by home delivery or in the Memorial Hall and of these some 80 are served in aluminium trays
The grant of £2,500, sponsored by Hall Cross Lodge No 5744, Doncaster, will purchase a year’s supply of trays.

West Riding Masonic Community Fund delivers grant to Good Neighbours

Rossington Good Neighbours is a meals service for older and vulnerable residents in Rossington. Each Wednesday and Thursday they serve around 150 meals, by home delivery or in the Memorial Hall and of these some 80 are served in aluminium trays

The grant of £2,500, sponsored by Hall Cross Lodge No 5744, Doncaster, will purchase a year’s supply of trays.

03/07/2024

Local Scouts Firelighting and Camping Skills Enhanced by Grant
from Freemasons Charity

The 1st /36th Doncaster St Peter’s Warmsworth Scout Group, based at St Peter’s Church, Doncaster (The White Church), has benefitted from a grant of £1579.00 awarded by the West Riding Masonic Charities.
The Scout Group, which covers age groups from 5 and 3/4 to 14, runs Beaver, Cub and Scout sections and provides opportunities for young people to meet new friends, have amazing adventures and learn new skills.
The grant application was supported by local Freemason’s Lodge, Hall Cross based at the Masonic Hall in Doncaster. The grant will enable the Scouts to purchase much needed fire equipment, four two person tents and to safely store camping equipment.
Fiona Campbell, a Leader with the 1st /36th , said: “We are delighted to receive the grant and the support of Hall Cross Freemasons in applying for it. The equipment will help our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts prepare for camps and other Scouting activities and help them achieve their Chief Scouts Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.
The grant will also enable us to purchase storage to keep some of our camping equipment safe so we can continue to offer an exciting balanced programme to our young people.”
Tim Shaw of Hall Cross Freemasons said: ” We are delighted to be able to assist the 1st /36th St Peter’s Warmsworth Scout Group with this grant. It will enable them to continue the valuable work and the teaching of new skills to young people in Doncaster. Helping our
local communities, especially young people, is very much at the heart of the work Freemasons do.”

For more information about Hall Cross 5744 Lodge of Freemasons or Freemasonry in general email: [email protected] or for more information on the 1st /36th Doncaster St Peter’s Warmsworth Scout Group email:
[email protected]

01/07/2024

How’s that? OUTstanding say Barnby Dun Cricket Club!

Long established local cricket club, Barnby Dun, are celebrating after being awarded a grant of £2,200.00 by the West Riding Masonic Charities Community Fund following the support in the application from the Hall Cross Lodge of Freemasons, based in Doncaster.

The Community Sports Club, based at the Glasspark Sports Ground, Kirk Sandall, operates a range of teams including two Saturday Men’s teams playing in the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League, a Sunday XI, a Mid-Week XI and an increasingly successful Women’s team playing in the South Yorkshire Women and Girls League.
The Club also has a thriving Junior Section for boys and girls and young adults fielding five teams from the Under 9 to Under 18 levels.
The Club also holds popular summer camps throughout August where up to 100 boys and girls attending receive professional cricket coaching.
At the heart of the Club’s mission, founded in 1870, is to support the health and well-being of children and adults in the community.
To maintain and fulfil this mission it is critical to provide first class playing facilities for all the teams. This requires equipment to deliver this and the Club needed to replace, renew and repair some of its existing equipment, including a new soaker to collect excess water from the square, a mobile net cage and repairs needed to the roll-on wicket covers.
After one of the local freemason’s saw an article about the Club’s needs in the local Church magazine, the Club were encouraged, by the local Doncaster Freemasons Lodge, Hall Cross, to apply for funding to the West Riding Masonic Charities.
Within a few weeks of submitting the Funding Application the request was approved and funds sent to the Club.
Peter Fell from the Club stated: “We are really pleased to have this support from the Masonic Charities. We can now proceed with the repair replacement and renewal of equipment. It will enable our active Club membership, across a range of ages, to have access to good playing and practice facilities and ensure the legacy of this Club to continue.”
Tim Shaw, from Hall Cross, said: “This Club is a heartbeat of the community and enables boys, girls, men and women to participate in cricket, have the health and well-being benefits, enjoy some great times and make lasting friendships. We are delighted to have been able to support such an established Club in securing the Community Fund grant.”
In the photograph below some of the members of the Club who the grant will help benefit.

Anyone wanting to know more about Barnby Dun Cricket Club should visit the Club’s Website at www.barnbyduncricket.co.uk
For more information about the work Freemasons do or if you are interested in knowing more about the Hall Cross Freemasons Lodge please contact [email protected]

25/04/2024

A grant received from the Yorkshire West Riding Community Fund - sponsored by Hall Cross Lodge 5744.

The Rossington based Happy Hearts Drop In was an even happier place this week after it received a £1,000.00 grant to carry on its good work from the Doncaster Hall Cross Freemasons.The Drop In is run by volunteers and meets every Wednesday 5.00pm to 7.00pm at the Ragusa Community Centre, Radburn Road Rossington DN11 OYL.

The Drop In also holds a monthly Happy Hearts event which can be anything from a guest speaker, Karaoke session or games evening. During the rest of the month Happy Hearts focusses on community well-being with sessions involving Yoga, Zumba and followed by light refreshments.

Many of the members are widowed, without family and struggle with loneliness. The Hub provide them with a card and flowers on their birthdays.

08/03/2024

A Very 'Happy Hearts' Drop In.

The Rossington based Happy Hearts Drop In was an even happier place this week after it received a £1,000.00 grant to carry on its good work from the Doncaster Hall Cross Freemasons via the West Riding Masonic Community Fund.
The Drop In is run by volunteers and meets every Wednesday 5.00pm to 7.00pm at the Ragusa Community Centre, Radburn Road Rossington DN11 OYL
The Drop In also holds a monthly Happy Hearts event which can be anything from a guest speaker, Karaoke session or games evening. During the rest of the month Happy Hearts focusses on community well-being with sessions involving Yoga, Zumba and followed by light refreshments.
Many of the members are widowed, without family and struggle with loneliness. The Hub provide them with a card and flowers on their birthdays.
Hub organiser Maria Timmins said:
” We are so grateful to Hall Cross Freemasons for helping us with this grant. It is going to enable us to kick-start a new weekly Happy Hearts Hub session which is planned 3.00pm to 5.00pm, promote the Hub in our Community and equip us with new tech resources to help us deliver and grow our services. These will be aimed at helping vulnerable adults over 50 with social, well-being and other related issues.”
Hall Cross Freemason and Rossington resident Andrew Smith said: “Freemasons are delighted to be able to help such a good community organisation which is using initiatives to combat the isolation and loneliness experienced by many today. One of our cornerstones as Freemasons is our charitable giving and helping our Communities, such as, Happy Hearts”.
The picture shows Andrew Smith with Maria and other Happy Hearts Drop In Volunteers proudly showing off some of the equipment the grant has enabled them to buy.

Note1: anyone wanting to help a friend or family to find out more about Happy Hearts Drop In can contact: [email protected] or just call in at the Ragusa Communal Hall for the Drop In between 10.00am and 12noon on a Friday or check the page for Happy Hearts Drop In.
Note 2: for more information about the work Freemasons do or if you are interested in knowing more about Hall Cross Freemasons Lodge please contact: [email protected]

19/02/2024

We estimate that Freemasons generously donated £51.7M to charitable causes last year, highlighting the remarkable extent of their support. This total includes the support provided by the MCF.

⭐Thank you for all your incredible support throughout the year! Learn about how we used this money in your community 👉https://loom.ly/y8Jyz0Q

06/02/2024

Great news from MCF 👍 It's even captured our Area 4 APGM Chris Allen!!!

On behalf of Freemasonry, we awarded £26.2M in charitable support through 4,297 grants to individuals and households as well as 480 grants awarded to over 450 charities.

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09/12/2023

Fantastic grant to support local children 👍🏻