A Masonic Grant via Lodge Fraternal has helped bring connection, comfort and care to some of Melbourne’s most vulnerable older community members through the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia Victoria Connect program.

Thanks to the generosity of local Freemasons and Freemasons Foundation Victoria, hundreds of families in Mooroopna and Shepparton were able to enjoy a brighter Christmas through the Sanctuary Church's annual Christmas Hamper Appeal.

FFV's quarterly newsletter provides important updates on our refreshed Community Grants and Masonic Grants programs and current funding opportunities. We also share a story detailing a decade's worth of investment in prostate cancer research, treatment, support and awareness over the past decade, stories of recent Masonic Grants making a difference in communities across Victoria, and highlights from the 1889 Bequest Society's special visit to the Shrine of Remembrance.

Thanks to support from Freemasons Foundation Victoria and Lodges of the Waverley, Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully and Belgrave Masonic Centres, the volunteer-led Gather My Lodge initiative has expanded, bringing the successful model to the Monash Gully District.

Did you know that prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Australian men, and one in six men will be diagnosed before the age of 85? Thanks to advances in early detection and treatment, survival rates (currently around 95%) have improved markedly over recent decades, however the disease remains a significant and growing public health challenge. Over the past decade, Freemasons Foundation Victoria and Masonic Lodges across Victoria have responded to this ch