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Planning of events
While we are delighted to publicise
events that help raise funds for the 2014 Festival, the Festival Executive would
like to encourage organisers to coordinate their events with the Projects
Director.
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difficulties using this website, please tell us about it by emailing the
Communications Director:
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The Festival Blog
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information and comments from around the Province
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Donations to the Festival
S everal Lodges are planning to make significant
donations to the Derbyshire Festival 2014.
 A
Provincial chain bearer will be in attendance to receive the donation. (Click
the Provincial logo for more information). |
Provincial
Grand Master’s speech
Annual
Meeting 2011
To read the PGM's speech for this
Annual Meeting, please click the Provincial logo here
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 The
Peak of Fund Raising
The
Provincial Grand Master accepted a cheque for £12,295.29 from WBro Neil Ruddiman,
the Worship Master of Mundy Grove, on behalf of the Three Peaks team,
representing the largest amount raised in one single event by Derbyshire Masons
(13/12/11) |
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Fairfield Lodge hits 125%
The
Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Graham Rudd
DL, made a formal visit to Fairfield
Lodge № 2224 on 7th December, to congratulate the Lodge for achieving 125% of
its target for the Derbyshire Festival 2014.
 In recognition of this
outstanding feat, and in a complete surprise to members of the Lodge, the
Provincial Grand Master presented the Worshipful Master of Fairfield Lodge, Bro
Alec Parker, with a commemorative Level and Plumb Rule, made from the same wood
as his Festival Maul. In his address to the brethren present he said,
“It has been clear for some time that some
Lodges will go beyond what we have asked of them and donate significantly more
than their targets. It seems appropriate to me that their endeavours should be
recognised and rewarded by an additional symbol. Therefore, I am very pleased to
introduce my Festival Level and Plumb Rule and to present the first to Fairfield
Lodge. All Lodges that achieve 125% of their target will receive similar Levels
and Plumb Rules and I will make the presentations personally.”
The Provincial Grand Master
went on to pay tribute to the members of Fairfield Lodge for their creativity
and dedication. The Lodge has raised the money in a variety of ways and the
Lodge Festival Steward, WBro Philip Bowler, has been particularly proactive in
encouraging all members to do what they can to support the Festival. He
explained,
"We make sure that every member of the Lodge,
including new members as they join, receives a personal letter explaining the
purpose of the Festival and asking them to make a regular gift aided donation
direct to the MSF. We then follow that up with a face-to-face discussion and a
request that they complete the gift-aid form. I personally see new initiates on
their first evening. In Lodge meetings we have reminded the brethren of their
commitment, sometimes expressed at their interview, to give to charity. I'm
pleased and proud to say that most members of Fairfield Lodge now give under
this scheme. But in addition, we have also held a number of events that have
boosted our fund-raising, including a sponsored diet and sponsored walks. Next
year Bro Thang Yung will be running in the Nottingham Marathon for the Festival.
Different people give in different ways - but they have all given in some way."
 The
Provincial Grand Master did emphasise that Lodge targets will remain as
originally set in April 2008 and that Lodges are not being asked to give more
than those targets. Nevertheless, with membership of the Province now lower than
in 2008 when the targets were set, and with four Lodges having since closed, he
is grateful to any Lodge that can go beyond what has been asked of them and
donate more.
The Festival Total for the
Province as a whole currently stands at £1,456,446. All Lodges have been asked
recently to provide an estimate of how much they expect to raise, so that the
Festival Executive can develop appropriate and proportional plans for achieving
the goal of raising £2,000,000 by September 2014. |
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The Festival
'Fone' Fund
 Bro
Matt Hewitson of Lutudarum Lodge has come up with a great scheme for
raising money for Derbyshire Festival 2014. The Festival ‘Fone’ Fund won’t cost
you a penny! Instead of digging deep in your pockets for change he is asking you
to dig deep in the back of your drawers to find that old Mobile Phone that has
been languishing there for the past few years.
Just click on the Festival Logo for more
info!
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A Racy Affair!
 Next
month, Erewash Lodge is holding a race night and is open to all mason’s
family and friends (12/2/12) |
Tutbury's Triumph!
 At
Tutbury Priory's Christmas meeting the WM presened the PGM a cheque to the value
of £3,500 towards The Derbyshire Festival 2014. The PGM responded by furnishing
the WM with an inscribed ‘Festival Maul and Block’ in respect of this great
achievement (14/12/11) |
Rose Croix at Alfreton get it together!
A
recent amalgamation of Alfretons prompted a proposal, which resulted in a
donation of £ 750 to be to the 2014 Derbyshire Festival (19/10/11) |
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Terry's
Chocolates?
No Lunch!!
Once
again you will be able to take your Lady to a very special St Valentines Lunch (12/2/12) |
Well it was never going to be
boring!!
It
has to be a special occasion to bring together the Provincial Grand Master, his
Deputy and two Assistants, the Provincial Grand Superintendant and the
Provincial Grand Master of the Mark degree and his Deputy.
Discover
what happened here
(6/12/11) |
A success in Buxton
The
Buxton Installation in October saw the presentation of a cheque for £1000 to the
PGM and a maul in return (24/10/11) |
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Kinder Scout -
a big mountain, but a Lodge with huge hearts
 Kinder
Scout
Lodge
has already exceeding its target of £14850 by over £200 through its remarkable
commitment to the covenant scheme and enthusiastic charitable fund raising. So,
the PGM's Maul was most certainly in order! (19/10/11) |
The PGM's Festival
dinner is a great success
 On
a gloomy November evening prior to bonfire night, the PGM RWBro Graham Rudd
DL
welcomed Mr Richard Douglas, the CEO of the Masonic Samaritan Fund along with a
hundred or so brethren and their partners to his annual Festival Dinner at Cleve
Lodge, Long Eaton. (4/11/11) |
Werberga works its
magic!
WM
Peter Fetherby presents a cheque for £6000 to APGM Peter Hodcroft and the WBro
Tony Harvey explains how all lodges should mentor our 'newer, brethren (30/10/11) |
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Mentor leads
by example
A
further contribution of £1,250 was made by Mentor Lodge towards their 2014
Derbyshire Festival total at their recent Meeting (6/10/11) |
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£ for a lb?
Fairfield
Lodge lose several pounds but gain a few more!!
(5/10/11) |
Erewash Lodge's
Charity Timetable
Erewash
Lodge № 9376 have developed a fundraising calendar - packed with events, for a
sneak preview click their banner. |
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A singing Lewis?
An
Initiate and a Maul presentation? What a start to a masonic career! It all
happened at Dore (2/7/11) |
Derbyshire Masons hit the heights
On Friday 3rd June, after
considerable organising and limited training in the Peak District, two
mini-buses filled with 18 Derbyshire Masons and their equipment headed 400 miles
North to Fort William in Scotland in preparation for the Derbyshire version of
the Three Peaks Challenge.
The
following morning at 4.30 the Challenge began at the foot of Ben Nevis and
although fitness and age soon determined an individual’s speed, we all made it
back down by mid-morning to a welcome ‘boil in the bag’ meal and then straight
into the mini-buses and heading to the Lake District.
Arriving at
Wasdale in the ‘back of beyond’ in the late afternoon we immediately started our
ascent up Scafell Pike, with the last of us returning to the bottom in darkness
– its small, but a brute!! No one remembers falling asleep that night at the
hostel, it just happened.
Another
early start on Sunday and the end was in sight, after all Mount Snowden in Wales
was the easiest, so we had been told! The determination of all the walkers was
100% and unbroken, we made it to the summit in bright sunshine and then
descended at speed into Llanberis to a strategically placed ale house at the end
of the mountain track for a celebratory drink.
The weekend
was a tremendous success as the experience and camaraderie for all those that
took part was incredible, it raised awareness of Freemasonary in Derbyshire and
has also proved to be the most successful fund raising event in the Province’s
history.
We can now
all look forward to next year’s ‘Coast to Coast’ bike ride.
WBro Neil
Ruddiman
Mundy Grove (506) |
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 Receiving a £6k cheque
and presenting
the
13th Maul so far since the Festival was
launched, the
PGM advised the assembled Brethren of Spencer Lodge
that the Festival had realised two thirds of its target
(23/6/11) |
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WBro
JR Collison received from the Littleover Lodge's
WM, WBro Mike Cullen
a cheque to the value of £6,300.00
towards The Derbyshire Festival 2014 (7/7/11) |
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Once again
APGM Peter Hodcroft accepts a cheque, this time visiting Bretwalda in Dore (20/6/11) |
The
Provincial Grand Master was pleased to present the WM of King Egbert Lodge
with a Festival Maul, celebrating the Lodge reaching its financial target
for the 2014 Festival
(5/4/11) |
At the meeting of
Cestrefeld Lodge 3889 on Monday evening, WBro Peter Hodcroft, Assistant
Provincial Gand Master received a cheque for £5000 from WM Mike Boyce
(14/3/11) |
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 Now,
Here's A Question....
Fancy organising a
QUIZ NIGHT to raise a few £s ?
Short of Questions ?
Would you like a few Masonic Questions - up to
180! (Oh yes, and Answers)?
If so, It will cost you a donation !
For full details, send an email stating your
interest, by clicking on this link
The
question master (WBro Brian Lawrence) |
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How is the MSF supporting Freemasons and their
dependants in Derbyshire?
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