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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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Informative Talks About The Festival

Members of the Festival Executive have agreed to give talks to several Lodges about the Derbyshire Festival 2014

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Several Lodges are planning to make  significant donations to the Derbyshire Festival 2014.

    Provincial Grand Master’s speech – Annual Meeting 2009

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The PGM's Grand Charity Maul

The Christmas meeting of Tyrian Lodge marked a milestone in the Derbyshire Festival 2014. As of yesterday, the Festival Total stands at £811,000, after just twenty months. We know there are a number of other Lodges that expect to achieve their target in the first few months of next year. If your Lodge is one, please contact W.Bro. Steven Varley to arrange the presentation of the maul at a suitable meeting of your Lodge.

The first two Lodges to achieve their Festival targets, Flyfishers' Lodge No. 9347 and Tyrian Lodge No. 253, were each presented with the PGM's Festival Maul. The Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Graham Rudd, presented the Master of Flyfishers' Lodge, W.Bro. John Rooks, with their maul and V.W.Bro. John Collison, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, presented the Master of Tyrian Lodge, W.Bro. Rob Smallwood, with theirs. We are now hopeful that we might reach the £1m point by the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge on 10th April. Wouldn't it be a wonderful achievement for us as a province and a marvellous moment for our Provincial Grand Master if he could make such an announcement, just two years from launching the Festival.

In the time available there are probably two key actions that could help us to reach this goal. The first would be to sign up more brethren to take out gift-aid pledges. (If every member of the Province had donated £6 a month from the start of the Festival we would achieve our financial goal. But if they leave it until eighteen months in to start, the donation required to achieve our goal increases to £8 per month. And if they wait until three years to start, the donation required increases to £12 per month.) The second action would be to transfer sums, intended for the Festival, from Lodge charity accounts (Relief Chests, etc) sooner rather than later.

Finally, the Festival Executive do thank you for all of your efforts for the Festival over the last year. We have achieved far more than we expected and that is down to the hard work of Festival Stewards and the brethren of your Lodges. The Festival Executive also wishes you and all your brethren a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2010.

In recognition of these tremendous achievements, the Provincial Grand Master has announced that he will present a specially commissioned “Charity Maul” to every Lodge that achieve its target before the end of the Festival.  The mauls have been especially commissioned and are beautiful examples of craftsmanship, individually made by W.Bro. Mark Phillipsand. Each one carries the badge of the Festival, together with an inscribed plate on its base, commemorating the award to the recipient Lodge.  Arrangements will be made with qualifying Lodges for the Maul to be formally presented as soon as the Lodge achieves its target..

Can I ask those Lodges that expect to qualify soon contact W.Bro. Steven Varley to arrange for the maul to be presented, ideally at the same time as the “cheque presentation”. This is especially important where a Lodge is transferring a large sum from a Relief Chest or other account - as we do not always know when these donations are being considered but we do wish Lodges to be recognised as soon as is possible.

A top game on a Fairfield

Many grand officers, acting officers of Provincial Grand Lodge and many other visitors were there to congratulate the Lodge on achieving its Festival target and to see the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Graham Rudd, DL, present them with the PGM’s Festival Maul (3/2/10)

The annual Burns celebration of Pioneer Lodge (9065) was an event that culminated with the raffle donation going to the 2014 Derbyshire Festival (23/1/10)

Festive Executive Vice Chairman, W. Bro. Richard MacDonald gratefully accepted a £5000 contribution to the 2014 Festival Fund at the Cestrefeld Lodge’s annual Burns Night meeting  (11/1/10)

At Cantelupe Lodge 8247 Assistant Provincial Grand Master Bill Barnard happily accepted a cheque for £4000 towards the 2014 Festival target from Worshipful Master W. Bro. Turner  (15/1/10)

Vulcan jets in with £2500

The Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Worshipful Brother Bill Barnard was delighted to receive a cheque for £2500 from the members of the Vulcan Lodge No. 4382 towards the 2014 Festival at their Christmas Lodge meeting (18/12/09)

Trisantona Lodge do it again!

It was indeed a ‘humbling experience’ for those Visitors who were fortunate to attend the Christmas Meeting of Trisantona Lodge No. 3962. Especially as our Assistant Provincial Grand Master WBro Peter John Hodcroft received a cheque to the value of £5,000.00 towards the Derbyshire Festival. (16/12/09)

Harrington £5000 donation tops £800k!

Assistant Provincial Grand Master Peter Hodcroft gratefully received a cheque for £5000 from the Worshipful Master, Worship Brother Gordon Ross, on behalf of the members of the Harrington Lodge No. 5098 at their Christmas meeting (11/12/09)

Lutudarum Lodge No. 9363 gave Assistant PGM Peter Hodcroft a surprise when he came to collect a cheque for £3000 (18/11/09)

Pioneer Lodge 9065 spent a sociable evening avoiding the chill in November! (20/11/09)

At their meeting on 11th December, the Lodge presented a cheque for a further £1,000 following their previous one of £3,125 a few months ago, putting the Lodge well on target. (11/11/09)

Flyfishers land the big 'en

When the Provincial Grand Master launched the Derbyshire Festival in April 2008 he did not imagine that the province would make such good progress towards its goals. Less than eighteen months later one Lodge has already achieved its target. (25/10/09)

Pioneering to their target

The 160^th Regular Meeting of Pioneer Lodge No. 9065, saw Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro William Barnard, PSGD receive  two grand!! (20/10/09)

Oceans of Passion !

The 318^th meeting of Saint Thomas Lodge No. 2583 saw the W.M. delivered a cheque to the value of £10,000.00 towards The Derbyshire Festival 2014. (14/10/09)

W.M,  W.Bro Stephen Shaw had the pleasure of the transference of a cheque to the value of £1000.00 to the PGM, the R.W. Bro.Graham Rudd, DL. (13/10/09)

Piano recital at The Grange

On Saturday 18th July Andrew held a recital at The Grange in Derby where he entertained over eighty brethren and guests with a superb musical programme. (18/07/09)

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