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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£17.0K
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Spending
£19.7K
Public benefits
Our objectives are the prevention or relief of poverty of widows of freemasons and or relatives of freemasons and freemasons who are experiencing financial hardship. To also provide financial assistance to other charitable purposes as defined in the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The direct benefit is less stress to the individual and
improved mental and physical wellbeing. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from our beneficiaries. There is no harm caused by any of the services provided. There are no private benefits flowing from the purposes. The beneficiaries are widows of freemasons, freemasons and relatives of freemasons and the general public.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
In 2014 we received charitable monies from the units that sit in Arthur Sq, Crumlin Rd and Ligoniel Masonic halls. The monies and paperwork received were collated, designated allocated or non-allocated monies i.e. allocated if the Masonic charity to which it is to go has been identified) At our AGM the members decide how to allocate the
non-allocated monies by percentages (for un-allocated monies we support VJF, MWF, BMCF, MOWC these being the charities which the brethren and families from the three halls can access (allocated monies go to the Masonic charity as designated above along with DMWF, HMcTMF and TLC). The treasurer collates the monies collected along with returned gift aid monies and forwards to the charities. The gift aid secretary verifies the gift aid paperwork and submits to HMRC. We also run a breakfast morning in the spring and monies raised were for a non-masonic charity namely NI Children’s hospice in Glengormley. During 2014 we also run a raffle at one of our quarterly meeting for TLC. We offer advice to the attending unit representatives on how to fill out the application forms, to the supported masonic charities, visiting with the applicants, how to identify those in need of help, best practices to use when visiting, on how to encourage more generous financial giving as well as identifying more practical ways to help those in need. We try to get a speaker from the supported charities whether masonic or otherwise to explain what they are about and how they spend the received donations. Also we have speakers along who can talk about the state benefits systems and try to encourage usage of these systems first.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Relief of poverty
