The Hampshire & 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 their Area Representative 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 
St Boniface Lodge No 8790 and
Yarborough Lodge No 551

Isle of Wight Riding for the Disabled £600 Joint

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

Woolmer Forest Lodge No 3872 and The Kingsley Organisation £400 Joint

Bordon 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 New Forest 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