Freemasons put £250,000 Diamond Jubilee cash up for grabs

COMMUNITY groups are being urged to bid for cash from a £250,000 funding pot.

The West Riding arm of the Freemasons, which has lodges in Rotherham and Swinton, is celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year by giving away the money.

It is inviting bids from worth causes, with £100,000 to be allocated in major grants and the rest handed out in smaller sums of under £5,000.

Applications must be from recognised groups and have the support of a lodge of chapter in the West Riding area, and grants will mainly be given for equipment or capital prokects.

Certificates will be presented to grant recipients at an event at Leeds’ Royal Armouries in June next year.

Applications should be made to the Masonic Hall, Wellgate Mount, Rotherham, S60 2LY, marked “Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.”