NHS staff across South, West and North Yorkshire are to benefit from a £60,000 grant, courtesy of the region’s Freemasons. The donation, from the fraternity’s Province of Yorkshire West Riding, will be used by 21 hospitals for a variety of projects including enhancing staff rest rooms, providing hospital ‘secret gardens’, funding therapy sessions with Huskey dogs. On Monday July 5th, Freemasons across England and Wales will be playing their part in the first NHS, Social Care & Frontline Workers’ Day, to celebrate all those who have worked so tirelessly to help the country through the Coronavirus crisis, and who continue to support some of the most vulnerable people in society. Those hospitals to benefit from a share of the grant, which has come via West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd, are:
David S Pratt, The Provincial Grandmaster of the Province of Yorkshire West Riding, said: “I think we are all in agreement that the whole country owes our NHS staff, and social care workers, a huge debt of gratitude for everything they have done since the start of the pandemic early last year. “Whilst Freemasons up and down the country, including those in our own area, will be marking this NHS, Social Care & Frontline Workers’ Day in a number of ways, we are delighted to be giving this donation of £60,000 which will benefit staff in 21 hospitals. “Our membership is made up of men from all different walks of life, and I'm very proud to say that we have plenty who work in the medical and caring profession. “I'd also like to thank our members who have also reacted brilliantly to the pandemic; from those who helped make PPE, to those helping out at vaccination centres and also going back into the medical profession to administer those all-important vaccinations. “Whilst Covid has been with us for a very short period of time, Freemasonry has been thriving within the Province of Yorkshire West Riding for more than 200 years. “It is at the heart of many communities, and with charity being a core theme, I’m proud to say it continues to play its part in supporting an ever increasing number of charities and good causes with financial donations.” Based on the old West Riding, the Province reaches from Sheffield in the South to Ripon in the North, and Goole in the East to Waddington in the West. ![]()
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