The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Provincial Grand
Charity
”The Tom Langton Fund”
INFORMATION RELEASE NO.14


The Committee of The Provincial Grand Charity – “The Tom Langton Fund” Meeting on Tuesday, 29th April 2015 considered 47 Applications from Lodges across the Province of which 43 were approved. 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 £649,986 in Grants since it was established in 1985 and over 1300 Charities and deserving causes have benefited as a result.

The Fund Committee meets twice a year; application forms, also showing the process and Area Charity Representative contact details may be downloaded via: http://www.hiowmasons.org/charity/tom-langton-fund. Alternatively, Lodges may contact the Area Representative listed below who can advise on the application.

Summary of Grants awarded in April 2015

Lodge Name & Number Charity/Organisation Amount (£)

North Central Area
Vyne Lodge No 7612 Pamber Heath Scout Group 200
Merdon Lodge No 5135 Friends of St Anne’s Hospital Liuli 200
Lodge of Economy No 76 Rainbow Playgroup 150
Loddon Lodge No 8223 Loddon Social Enterprise 114
Old Symondians Lodge No 5734 Emmaus Hampshire 300
Ariel Lodge N0 8166 Friends of Icknield School 500
Anton Lodge No 6953 Andover Multiple Sclerosis Society 300
Faith & Confidence Lodge No 8222 The Blue Apple Theatre 500
King Aelfred Lodge No 7487 Colden Common Rangers FC 100

North East Area
Waller Rodwell Wright Lodge No 2755 Friends of Maple Ridge School Association* 500
Rose of Hampshire Lodge No 8463 Starburst Foundation 250
Holybourne Lodge No 9507 Cardiac Rehab 400
Aultoun Lodge No 7899 St Johns PCC Alresford 300
St Peter’s Lodge No 9182 East Hampshire Citizens Advice Bureau 350
Headley Lodge No 9072 1st Headley Scout Group 350

South Central Area
Thomas Bennett Langton Lodge No 9224 QE2 Activity Centre 500
Crofton Lodge No 8365 PCC Holy Trinity 250
Knightwood Lodge No 7813 Carol Quiney Cystic Fibrosis 400
Ye Olde Bargate Lodge No 5296 Youth in Romsey 549
Sir Bevis Lodge No 5072 Jane Scarth House 500

South West Area
Knole Chapter No 8996 Younger Peoples Group 500
Rowena Lodge No 3180 Poole & District Children’s Cancer Fund* 500
Rowena Lodge No 3180 Sports Forum for the Disabled 500
Vortigern Lodge No 4854 Headway Dorset 300
Ariel Lodge No 8166 Minstead Training Trust 200
Hythe Lodge No 8546 Romsey & Totton Swimming Club 750
Barton Court Lodge No 5468 Forca Strength Against Cancer 500
Forest Villages Lodge No 9405 Southampton Hospital Radio 300
Forest Villages Lodge No 9405 The Rose Road Association* 250
Provincial Office 1st Fordingbridge Scout Group 350
Barton Court Lodge No 5468 The Joe Glover Trust 450
Lentune Lodge No 8743 New Milton Memorial Centre 200
Lentune Lodge No 8743 Homestart New Forest 300
Lyndhurst Lodge No 8012 Ashley Infant School 400

South East Area
St Mary Lodge No7304 Dyslexia Action 500
Wayfarers Lodge No 1342 Smile Support and Care* 500
Domus Dei Lodge No 5151 The Elizabeth Foundation* 500
Duke of Connaught Lodge No 1834 Wessex Heartbeat 350

Solent Area
The Portsmouth Lodge No 487 Waterloo School* 500
The Portsmouth Lodge No 487 Care for Casualties 500
Vectensian Lodge No 7852 Saturday Club for Deaf Children 568
East Medina Lodge No 175 IoW Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus 500
East Medina Chapter No 175 All Saints Ryde Fabric Fund 300
Awards marked * have been specifically supported by W.Bro Tom Jones PPSGW, Solent Lodge No 6182
Tom Langton Fund Area Charity Representatives 2014/15

North East Area
Aldershot W.Bro. P. McCaw, PPSGD (Pat) 01489 573764
18 Field Close, Locksheath, Hampshire SO31 6TX L4581
email: patjan18@btinternet.com
Alton W.Bro. P.D. Haynes, PPJGW (Paul) 07971 577997
Gable Ends, The Street, Chedburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 4UH L8425
email: p.haynes@cadogantate.com

South Central Area
Botley W.Bro. P.T. Husbands, PPDepGReg (Phil) 023 8047 2118
13 Chaucer Road, Thornhill Park, Southampton SO19 6QR L8606
email: philiphusbands@btinternet.com
Southampton W.Bro. M.A.E. Layton, PPGStwd (Mike) 02380 326359
31 Wakefield Road, Midanbury, Southampton, Hampshire SO18 2DG L7813
email: irenecanna12@hotmail.com

South West Area
Bournemouth W.Bro. I.G. Young, PAGSuptWks (Ian) 01425 240090
8 Sunderland Drive, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4TE L6959
email: iangyoung05@gmail.com
New Forest W.Bro. L.M. Whitfield, PAGSuptWks (Leon) 07976 689172
‘Walfords’, Goose Green, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7DH L8012
email: leonwhitfield@aol.com

North Central Area
Chandlers Ford W.Bro. D. Bennett, PPGSwdB (David) 023 8087 2275
5 Testwood Avenue, Totton, Hampshire SO40 3LW L8340
email: david.bennett@bsa-regal.co.uk
Winchester W.Bro. L.A. Harding, PPGSuptWks (Larry) 07767 817403
‘Keri’, 21 Abbey Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5PB L7612
email: larryharding@hotmail.co.uk

South East Area
Cosham W.Bro. R. Shepherd, BEM, PPSGD (Roger) 02392 268417
107 Cunningham Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5TZ L5740
email: roger@rogerdodger.me.uk
Portsmouth W Bro B.D.E. James, PAGDC (Bryan) 02392 379755 56 The Dale, Widley, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5DE L257 email: bryanjames17@virginmedia.com

Solent Area
Gosport W.Bro. S.L Frost, PPSGD (Steve) 01329 517037
32 Hunters Lodge, Fareham, Hampshire PO15 5NE L1705
email: steve.frost1@ntlworld.com
Isle of Wight W.Bro. P Tautz, ProvAGDC (Peter) 02392 425523 8 Beechwood Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 9QJ L6719
email: tautz2@gmail.com

Fund Secretary: W.Bro. D.H. Stagg, PPSGD (David) 01264 353392
‘Stinsford House’, 10 Burdock Close, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, L8166
Hampshire SP11 7RS
email: davidstagg@hotmail.co.uk