The & Isle of Wight Provincial Grand Charity “The Tom Langton Fund”

INFORMATION RELEASE NO.11

The Committee of The Provincial Grand Charity – “The Tom Langton Fund” Meeting on Thursday, 5th December 2013 considered 50 Applications from Lodges across the Province of which 46 were approved totalling £21,199. The Grants will help numerous non-Masonic Charities supporting vulnerable people, including those with disabilities, disadvantaged children, youth organisations, local churches and associations. At this Meeting the Fund reached £597,735 in Grants since it was established in 1985 and over 1240 Charities and deserving causes have benefited as a result.

The Fund Committee meets twice a year and Lodges should make contact with the Area Representative listed below who can provide an Application Form to apply to the Fund.

Summary of Grants awarded in DECEMBER 2013

Lodge Name & Number Charity/Organisation Amount (£)

Portsdown Lodge 4536 and Veterans in Action 1000 Joint Ariel Lodge 8166 The Arthurian Lodge No 5658 Special Kids in Portsmouth 500 The Arthurian Lodge No 5658 The Roberts Centre 500 The Arthurian Lodge No 5658 Hayling Island Sail Training Trust 250 Oakley Lodge No 694 Kempshott Scout Group 550 Norman Gate Lodge No 8116 Andover Young Carers 500 Anton Lodge No 6953 Hope for Tomorrow 500 Basing Lodge No 5500 Helping Hands for the Blind 500 Andover Combined Services Lodge 8300 Andover Mind 500 Ariel Lodge No 8166 Furzey Gardens Charitable Trust 650 Merdon Lodge No 5135 Colden Common Primary School 500 Ariel Lodge 8166 Andover Foodbank 400 Karwan Lodge No 8970 St Michaels Hospice 500 Prince of Wales Lodge No 1705 and St Faiths Church 400 Joint Lee Britten Lodge No 5782 The Portsmouth Lodge No 487 Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy 500 Haslar Lodge No 7234 Fareham & Gosport Basics Bank 400 Lodge of Harmony No 309 The Rainbow Centre Fareham 750 The Ryde Lodge No 698 and Isle of Wight Riding for the Disabled 600 Joint St Boniface Lodge No 8790 and Yarborough Lodge No 551 Medina Lodge No 35 Cowes Sailability Club 500 Medina Lodge No 35 The Storeroom 250 Spithead Lodge No 6719 Home-Start Isle of Wight 500 Yarborough Lodge No 551 Isle of Arts Foundation 200 Forest Lodge No 3872 and The Kingsley Organisation 400 Joint Garrison Lodge No 7538 Camelot Lodge No 8553 The Friends of PICU 500 Royal Sussex Lodge No 342 BodyFocus Support Group 400 Pilgrims Lodge No 9198 Southern Domestic Abuse Services 500 Excelsior Lodge No 4505 Portsmouth Autism Support Network 400 Duke of Connaught Lodge No 1834 Neuro IC Unit, Southampton Hospital 500 Jubilee Lodge No 8755 Zoe’s Wish 500 Hampshire Lodge of Emulation No 1990 Fleming House Residential Home 500 Hampshire Lodge of Emulation No 1990 Bishops Waltham Gateway Club 400 Knightwood Lodge No 7813 Southern Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida Ass 583 Knightwood Lodge No 7813 Hounds for Heroes 200 Knightwood Lodge No 7813 Southampton Rape Crisis Centre 816 Tba Mencap 500 The Elizabethan Lodge No7262 The Old School Project 300 The Elizabethan Lodge No7262 Bransgore Community 1st Responders 400 Lodge of Unity 132 3rd Ringwood Scout Group 500 The Elizabethan Lodge No7262 Dial-a-Bus Christchurch Community 400 Barton Court Lodge No 5468 First Opportunities 700 Lodge of Expatiation No 9290 Mudeford Junior School 200 The St Hubert Lodge No 1373 Andover Parkinsons Support Group 400 The St Hubert Lodge No 1373 St Michaels & All Saints Church 300 Osborne Lodge No 2169 St Mildreds Church 300 Evingar Lodge No 9512 St Marys Church Twyford 300 St Matthew of Wyke Lodge No 8563 “To Honour a Promise” 250

Tom Langton Fund Area Charity Representatives 2013/14

Aldershot W.Bro. P. Dack, PPJGW (Peter) 01256 358650 20 Pheby Road, Berg Estate, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 6JB L4581

Alton W.Bro. P.D. Haynes, PPSGD (Paul) 07971 577997 Gable Ends, The Street, Chedburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 4UH L8425

Botley W.Bro. P.T. Husbands, PPDGReg (Phil) 02380 448350 104 Franklin Avenue, Sholing, Southampton. SO19 8AP L8606

Bournemouth W.Bro. I.G. Young, PAGSuptWks (Ian) 01425 240090 8 Sunderland Drive, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4TE L6959

Chandlers Ford W.Bro. J.E.H. Tooley Esq, PAGSwdB (Ed) 01329 312980 5 Wild Ridings, Fareham, Hampshire PO14 3BY L1990

Cosham W.Bro. R. Shepherd, BEM, PPSGD (Roger) 023 92268417 107 Cunningham Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5TZ L5740

Gosport W.Bro. S.L Frost, PPSGD (Steve) 01329 517037 32 Hunters Lodge, Fareham, Hampshire PO15 5NE L1705

Isle of Wight W.Bro. P Tautz, PPGStwd (Peter) 07966 157688 8 Beechwood Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 9QJ L6719

New Forest W.Bro. L.M. Whitfield, PAGSuptWks (Leon) 07976 689172 ‘Walfords’, Goose Green, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7DH L8012

Portsmouth W Bro B.D.E. James, PAGDC (Bryan) 02392 379755 56 The Dale, Widley, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5DE L257 & L5658

Southampton W.Bro. M.A.E. Layton, PPGStwd (Mike) 02380 326359 31 Wakefield Road, Midanbury, Southampton, Hampshire SO18 2DG L7813

Winchester W.Bro. L.A. Harding, PPGSuptWks (Larry) 07767 817403 ‘Keri’, 21 Abbey Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5PB L7612

SECRETARY: W.Bro. D.H. Stagg, PPSGD (David) 01264 353392 ‘Stinsford House’, 10 Burdock Close, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, L8166 Hampshire SP11 7RS email: [email protected]