Charity

Service is one of the four central Guiding Principles of Masonry, and Charity or "Relief" is an important part of Service.  The PSLC regularly makes donations to appropriate charitable causes, and the remit of its Benevolent Fund is as follows:

(1) Educating or advancing in life (I) the children of distressed or dead Freemasons of one of the Public Schools or (II) persons who have been supported by any Masonic Charity (including the Royal Masonic School for Girls) having the education or support of boys or girls as its main object; (2) Making grants to any Public School (if a Charity) or to any Masonic Charity; (3) Relieving distressed Freemasons of one of the Public Schools or their wives, widows, children or dependants.

As well as making grants to individuals and supporting annual PSLC Festivals (the current level of support is £10,000), the PSLC has recently expanded its giving by making more substantial donations to appropriate causes.  One of these, marked by an event on 12th October 2024, was the donation of £41,910 to Christ's Hospital.  This donation established a Donation Governorship at the School, and allowed the Donation Governor (our previous Chairman, RW Bro Julian Soper) to work with the School's Admissions Team to select a suitable student to be presented for admission in September 2025.