Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons

Mark Masonry and Charitable Giving Every newly-admitted Freemason is immediately told that he is expected to exercise Charity, not just to his brethren but to anyone in need of comfort and support.  Freemasonry is a major charitable donor;  in the United Kingdom its Grand Charity is second only to the National Lottery in its donations to Charities at home and abroad. Mark Masons' charity is exercised through a national Mark Fund of Benevolence, by a Benevolent Fund for the Province and by individual Mark Lodges. No funds are generated from the general public - all come from member's own resources and through private fund-raising efforts; Details of recent donations to local recipients are set out below. Severn Area Rescue Association Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Hereford Scanner Osteoporosis Donations To Hospitals St. Johns Ambulances The Mark Fund of Benevolence has donated two million pounds for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Part of that donation has been used to purchase and donate an ultrasound scanner to Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Trust at a cost of £45,000. It enables the waiting time between an appointment with a Consultant and the subsequent and scan and biopsy to be reduced significantly, so that treatment commences earlier and the chance of successful treatment is significantly improved. A further £15,000 has been donated by the Province to purchase two additional probes so that the scanner can be used to detect kidney and colon cancer.