Charity is one of the founding principals of Freemasonry. Through their fundraising endeavours last year today members of Lodge Joyous Light No 311 in Gravesend were able to make donations to two local charities - the Gravesend branch of UK Guide Dogs for the Blind and Hypo Hounds, a charity which trains dogs to detect and alert children with Type 1 Diabetes to any dangerous changes in their blood sugars, enabling them to gain independence and freedom.