At a time when health and social care services are under pressure, an ageing and often more isolated population requires increasing support, and many households are struggling financially, there are numerous opportunities for us to have a positive impact. This will be reflected in how we work, as well as what we do.  Through our activities, the MCF hopes to build better lives by encouraging opportunity, promoting independence and improving wellbeing.

 

Some of the activities we plan to undertake include;

• Building ever closer relationships with leaders from across the masonic community to ensure our work is fully aligned with the aspirations of our donors and supporters.
• Enhancing the support and guidance we offer to provincial fundraisers across England and Wales.
• Launching and embedding our new values across the charity and recognising and rewarding examples of our values in action.
• Developing a new approach to funding essential short breaks in the UK for families in need.
• Developing donor advised funds for the masonic community, providing them with a free tax-efficient charitable giving tool.
• Streamlining our procedures to make our grant making more efficient and reduce the time we take to consider a request for help.
• Revisiting the outcomes we hope to achieve through our activities to ensure they remain relevant and achievable and design the measurement frameworks needed to record our success and identify where we can improve.
• Identifying experts in the charity sector with whom we will develop partnerships to deliver our support together.

The support and services we offer is funded entirely from the generous donations of Freemasons, their families and friends.