Shire Lodge 5610 - Sleaford, Lincs

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

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19/08/2026

Like the Little Mermaid, Free Wheelers are returning to the sea for their September meeting! It's a Second Degree with our friends from the Norfolk RAF Lodge, so sure to be an excellent day!

Book in here: https://fwlodge.org/sept26

19/08/2026

Gainsborough hospital joins the Teddies for Loving Care charity scheme

Gainsborough’s John Coupland Hospital is the latest to have joined the Freemasons’ Teddies for Loving Care charity scheme.

With more than four million bears already given to comfort children going through traumatic times in their lives the latest batch of bears will support staff in offering treatment.

Thanks to the Freemason-funded charity’s Lincolnshire co-ordinator Graham Cadel the bears are offered in Lincoln, Boston, Skegness, Louth, Grantham, and Scunthorpe. “And now we’ve added Gainsborough we’re ahead of my ambition to deliver bears to Diana Princes of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, and to the Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Boston,” said Graham.

He added: “It’s hard to underestimate the positive impact of these little bears can have not only on the children themselves, but also their families and the hospital staff who give them. For the children they’re a simply source of comfort, and often become favourite toys. For families, there’s comfort in knowing that complete strangers – the Freemasons – understand the difficulties they face at that moment in their lives, and want to help. And to the hospital staff they can make it simpler to give treatment to a potentially-distressed child. Our bears have been stitched, scanned, injected, and bandaged by staff to remove some of the fear children may face.

“The bears all mean so much to their new owners. In on instance a girl suffering severe spinal injuries was in hospital for weeks. When she was discharged all she took away was her Teddies for Loving Care bear. Little things can mean such a lot, especially when they’re little bears. You can’t put a price on something like that.”

19/08/2026

Tune in tonight for Solomon Live at 19:30 GMT this evening for a panel discussion featuring the Metropolitan Grand Master and Provincial Grand Masters for Sussex, North Wales, and Jersey.

The webinar will compare the perspectives of newly appointed and longer-serving leaders, the opportunities and challenges faced across the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London and different Provinces, and how this structure supports Freemasonry.

Register here:
https://tinyurl.com/3jykr6rr



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17/08/2026

Tomorrow 18th August at Scunthorpe Masonic hall, Normanby rd, Scunthorpe, DN15 6AJ our regular free coffee morning returns. From 10.30 till around noon.

You’ll be the first to see the newly refurbished flooring in the dining room thanks to all involved and making sure we can return tomorrow.

Masonic or not everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing everyone that can make it.

15/08/2026

We will remember them