Mark Master Masons of Kent News

Regular readers will recall that in September 2020 the Trustees of the Mark Benevolent Fund agreed a grant of £158,970 to The Kingfisher Medway Trust for an environmentally friendly river cruiser fitted with state-of-the-art features to cater for disabled and...

Dear Brethren, Following the latest announcement from the Government delaying the lifting of restrictions until at least the 19th July 2021, my senior executive and I have considered how this will impact on our plans for the resumption of masonic activities in Kent....

On the evening of Tuesday 8th June, and for the second year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Archie Torrance, and members of the Provincial Executive hosted a video conference for newly appointed and reappointed Grand Officers. On...

Lt Cdr Les Chapman, Founding Member of St. James's Mark and Royal Ark Mariner Lodges has been announced as Master of The Honourable Company of Master Mariners  for 2021-2022. Les, who has recently been appointed to Mark Grand Rank, was born in June 1956 in Amherst,...

W.Bros. Phil Clare and Jason Pearson of The Lord Harris Lodge No.1494 are both members of the Metropolitan Police Service Special Constabulary. Like many Freemasons at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic they both wanted to help and make a difference in their...

In May our Provincial Charity Steward, W.Bro. Brian Ward, hosted an online seminar for our Lodge Charity Stewards and others with an interest in charity and fundraising. With around 50 participants logged on, a whole range of interesting and informative topics were...

Dear Brethren, As we near the recommencement of masonic activity in Kent, my senior executive and I wanted to provide each Lodge with the right guidance package, to help support and encourage units to return to their respective meetings once it is practical and safe...

The Kent Mark Benevolent Fund (KMBF), is  delighted to support the Kent Scouts' project to return to Antarctica exactly 100 years after Sir Ernest Shackleton 's last expedition. The ReQuest2021 project will see ten of the County's Scouts sail, this winter on the Bark...

Following on from the recent  Kent Mark Benevolent Fund donation to the Kent Association For The Blind (KAB) the Mark Benevolent Fund have  agreed a  grant of £8,440 to the Province's premier charity for people with visual  impairment. KAB was founded in 1920 to...

Late in 2019 Communigrow, a Kent education charity based in East Malling, received a grant £5662 From The Mark Benevolent Fund. More details on the work of Communigrow, which enables people of all ages and ability to gain skills and confidence in a creative...