Wouldn’t you love to be able to solve the world’s problems? Or just be involved with a group that works together with the same aims to come up with innovative solutions to issues such as poverty, homelessness and gender equality? Since 2015, the Freemasons Foundation has supported UN Youth Victoria to do just that. With substantial donations that have enabled students this opportunity, the Freemasons Foundation has enabled Victorian primary and secondary students to make it t

We send our kids to school at 5 years old, back-pack on shoulder, lunch box in hand, with the faith that we have done all we can leading up to this important time in terms of ‘school preparedness’. This might have meant learning a little about numbers, drawing and reading them a few stories before bed. Familiarising children with books, words and stories isn’t something that comes naturally for some parents however, especially those from a non-English speaking background, or

Freemasons Foundation Victoria recently provided a grant totalling $16,240 to the Gregorios Lodge 865, which when combined with their own fundraising efforts, ensured that a $30,000 donation was given to Fronditha Care (Greek Homes). Freemasons Foundation Director VWBro Frank Fordyce was on hand to present the cheque and also provide further details of the foundation to the 3XY Greek Radio audience on Mother’s Day. WBro Andrew Karaconstantis, the Secretary of Gregorios Lodge

Recently the Freemasons Foundation Victoria donated $3,000 to Deakin University to fund three, one year scholarships for nurse training, specialising in Cleft Lip / Palate conditions. On hand to present the award to Ms. Annemieke Kidd was foundation Director Dr George Streitberg. One in every 600 children is born with a cleft lip / palate, and CleftPals Victoria assists with the support for families and to provide information about the cleft condition. CleftPals is an organis

Children at Bunyip's Columba Catholic Primary School got an extra helping hand with their maths this week after receiving a donation of $1,000 to go towards their Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) program. EMU is an intervention program conducted by teachers voluntarily in their own time, and assists mathematically venerable students develop their numeracy skills. The program is tailored for students between the ages of 6 and 8 years old. The donation will go towards