Charitable Work.
The order has two trust funds which are registered charities.
For the year ending 30th June 2022 the Grand Charitable Trust made donations totalling £94,060.49 to charities on behalf of The Order of Women Freemasons' Lodges.
Click here to see the list of charities which received donations.
We raise large amounts of money for charity by holding social events, and these also give members the opportunity to get to know each other on an informal basis. Each Worshipful Master selects, during her year of office, a charity particularly dear to her and often local to her lodge. The money raised during her year is shared equally between the charity and the Order's Charitable Grand Trust at Grand Lodge.
At our Centenary celebrations in 2008, half a million pounds was presented to two cancer charities and in 2017 £100,000 was presented to Cancer Research after almost every lodge held events and took part in a local Race for Life run.
During 2020 the Trustees of the Order of Women Freemasons' Grand Charitable Trust donated £300,000 to help those in distress during these difficult times. The money was divided between the following charities:
BBC Children in Need
St John Ambulance
Salvation Army food banks
Women’s Aid to help fund the assistance given to those experiencing domestic violence.
In 2021 the OWF participated in the NHS Social Care and Frontline Workers' Day on 5th July. Lodges throughout the country held garden parties at 1pm on the day and £15,000 was raised for the NHS Charities.
For the year ending 30th June 2022 the Grand Charitable Trust made donations totalling £94,060.49 to charities on behalf of the lodges:
Adelaide Litten Charitable Trust
Alzheimer's Society
Andy's Man Club
Anthony Noland
Arrhythmia Alliance
Behcel's UK
British Heart Foundation
Cats in Crisis
Chailey Heritage Foundation
CHICS
DEC Ukraine Appeal
Dementia Friendly
Dementia UK
Flat Friends
Fourth Runcorn Scout Group
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Harris Club for the Disabled
Honeyrose Foundation
Keech Hospice
Lifelites
London Air Ambulance
Macmillan Cancer Support
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Multiple System Atrophy Trust
National Care Association
Nationwide Association Blood Bikes
Newport League of Friends
North Staffordshire NHS Trust
North West Air Ambulance
Primrose Foundation
RNLI
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Royal British Legion
Ruddi's Retreat
Salvation Army
Smile Train
St Catherine's Hospice
St Gemma's Hospice
Stick'n'Steps
Sue Ryder
Support Dogs
The Parent House
Thomas Harrison House
UCLH Charity Fund
Uffculme School Trust
Unseen UK
Warwickshire Search & Rescue
Woodlands Academy
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
For more information please feel free to contact us at enquiries@owf.org.uk, or fill out the form on our contact page