THE annual lunch of Redditch’s Masonic Lodges saw six bumper cheques handed out to local deserving causes on Sunday (May 22).
In all the Masons have handed out more than £9,000 over the Year to May 31, 2016 including a bumper cheque of £1,250 to Redditch First Responders, £600 to the Alzheimers Society, £250 to Astwood Bank Welfare Society, £300 to the Primrose Hospice Choir, £500 to the Charlotte and Craig’s Savings Heart Foundation, and £250 to Redditch sea Cadets.
Spokesman Roger Bennett said: “This is an annual event and it’s all money raised through the Freemasons of this hall and we look forward to doing a lot more for the local community.”