Provincial News & Events

£45,000 Hope House Donation

The Provincial Grand Master, John Stanley Evans accompanied by the Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire, Gary Horstman, yesterday presented a cheque for £45,000 on behalf of the Mark Benevolent Fund to Hope House Children’s Hospice in Oswestry.

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Saint Giles Lodge Centenary

On Thursday the 1st September 2022, Saint Giles Lodge of Mark Master Masons no 760 celebrated its centenary.

As well as the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. John Stanley Evans, who was accompanied by the Provincial Team and two Past Provincial Grand Masters of the Province, the meeting was honoured by the attendance of the Deputy Grand Master, R.W.Bro. John Herbert Prizeman.

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MBF donates £4000 to Nightingale House

Pictured below is W.Bro. Phillip Edwards, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, and W.Bro. Michael Pugh, Provincial Charity Steward, who recently attended Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham to present a cheque for £4,000 to the Grants & Trusts Fundraiser Christine Dukes.

This was part of the £24,000 that North Wales Mark Masons have nominated to local Hospices from the £1.25 million fund that the Mark Benevolent Fund has donated to UK Hospices in memory of the late Duke of Edinburgh

Find out more about this charity by visiting their website: https://www.nightingalehouse.co.uk/

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MBF donates £4000 to Hope House

North Wales Mark Lodges have donated £24,000 to local Hospices, from the Duke of Edinburgh Memorial Fund created by the Mark Benevolent Fund.

Pictured below is W Bro. Philip Edwards, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, presenting a cheque for £4,000 to Cat Dowdeswell, the Area Fundraiser for Hope House Hospice.

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Old Trafford Visit

The Mark Benevolent Festival Dinner which was to have taken place at Old Trafford, Manchester on 3rd July had to be postponed due to Covid concerns.

However, our Past Provincial Grand Master R.W.Bro. Peter Talbot and his wife Susan together with Deputy PGM W.Bro. Phil Edwards and his wife Rosaleen. W.Bro Mike Pugh and his wife Sandra and Bro. Martin Wynne Jones and his wife Caroline travelled to Manchester and spent an enjoyable weekend away.

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