Sixteen major grants have been announced by The Freemasons' Grand Charity, awarded to worthwhile projects and causes in the areas of medical research, youth opportunities and support for vulnerable people.
MEDICAL RESEARCH:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: £50,000
To fund a research project at the University of Manchester, developing Corneal confocal Microscopy for Human Diabeti c Neuropathy led by Professor Rayaz Malik. Peripheral diabeti c neuropathy is a common complicati on of type 1 diabetes.
Wellbeing of Women: £36,000
To fund a research project at Leeds University, led by Dr Nichlas Orsi, investi gati ng the role of a network of molecules known as eicosanoids in womb cancer. The incidence of womb cancer has doubled in the past ten years and 7,500 women are diagnosed in the UK each year.
Read more: New Major Grants announced - £470,000 in total expenditure
The Freemasons' Grand Charity News Update -
Twenty-six smaller, national charities receive funding, plus £192,000 is announced for Air Ambulances and equivalent services.
The Freemasons' Grand Charity, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZThe Freemasons' Grand Charity is the working name of The Grand Charity, Registered Charity No. 281942
The first major grants of 2011 awarded by The Freemasons’ Grand Charity total £676,000. Seventeen charities are receiving funding for projects based throughout England and Wales, in support of vulnerable people and youth opportunities.
On 11th March, a massive earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami that swept across the east coast, leaving a trail of destruction. Thousands of people have already died and thousands more are missing or injured. The President of the Grand Charity has approved an emergency grant of £50,000 to the British Red Cross, to assist with its Japan Tsunami Appeal.
The Freemasons' Grand Charity, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ
The Freemasons' Grand Charity is the working name of The Grand Charity, Registered Charity No. 281942
The President of the Grand Charity has made an emergency grant of £20,000 following flooding earlier this month in Brazil. Over 1,000 people have died after floods and mudslides swept through an area north of the capital, Rio de Janeiro, destroying hundreds of homes. The money has been passed to the District Grand Lodge of South America, North Division to assist with immediate recovery needs following the floods.
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