Southend & Essex Masonic Welfare Trust
Registered under the Charities Acts 266577
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EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY:
An important feature of our objectives is to be able to supply on free of charge loan, equipment to aid the recovery of those suffering from illness or recuperating from surgery.
This service is available to all Freemasons and their families in the
Province of Essex. The following is a list of the equipment we normally have available.
WHEELCHAIRS Manual
3 WHEEL WALKERS
4 WHEEL SHOPRIDERS
ZIMMER WALKING FRAMES
TRIPOD WALKING STICKS
ELBOW CRUTCHES
COMMODES
BED TABLES
PORTABLE TOILETS
TOILET SEAT HEIGHT ADJUSTERS
NEBULISERS
BLANKET SUPPORT FRAMES
BED PANS
RUBBER RINGS
FLOTATION CUSHIONS
NIAGARA VIBRATOR PADS
ELECTRIC BATH LIFTS
Should you have the need of any of the above, please make contact in the first instance with Fred Thornback or with any of our Committee Members listed below. You will see that our list includes Wheelchairs and it is interesting to note that we have over 125 of these currently out on loan and there is still a continuing demand. If you have one of our wheelchairs which is no longer being used, please arrange its return so that it may be put back into circulation. Also, should you be in a position to donate a Wheelchair or any other equipment, we would be pleased to hear from you.
I am sure that you will already be aware that we are able to offer this service as a result of generous donations made to the Trust by Lodges and Chapters in the Province and we take this opportunity to record our grateful thanks and assurance that this is faithfully applied.
It was announced in the National Press that for an electrically powered wheelchair, the waiting time for supply under the NHS is 5 years. I am pleased to be able to record that thanks to the generous donations we have received, we now have 24 of these on our books.
Westcliff-On-Sea RMBI 2009 Holiday
By: W.Bro.David Mills, Chairman Southend and Essex Masonic Welfare Trust.
This years holiday was one of the best due to the tremendous support of the sponsoring Lodges, Centres and homes who gave their unstinting support and very kind hospitality during the holiday.
The beneficiaries from the RMBI arrived on 1st August 2009 for a two week holiday in Westcliff-On-Sea, and were accommodated at The Westcliff Hotel. Ten widows from local Lodges joined the holiday makers each day on their daily excursions, which was extremely varied and thoroughly enjoyed by our guests. The members of the Trust and their ladies, who we are enormously grateful provided the daily care and attention during the holiday.
We would like to express our grateful thanks to the following Lodges; Hadleigh Castle, Thames Estuary/Tide/Mouth, Burntwood, Nore and Trinity. St Philip and Albert Lucking Chapters. Braintree, Upminster and Southend Centres, together with PEDOKC, Stisted and Hamilton Court, for their continued support which we are enormously grateful.
The farewell evening was held at Saxon Hall and was hosted by the Board of Management and The Trust and attended by brethren from the aforesaid sponsors and establishments. We were also honoured by the presence of The Deputy Mayor of The Borough of Southend-On-Sea Councillor Ann Holland. The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master John Michael Webb and W.Bro Chris Caine, Chairman and W.Bro David Innes, Chief Executive of the RMBI.
The holiday makers thanked everyone for a wonderful holiday.
Please direct your enquiries to:
Chairman |
David Mills, 87 Southchurch
Boulevard, Thorpe Bay, Essex SS2 4UP |
Secretary |
Les Seals, 75 Rayleigh Avenue, Eastwood, Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 5DN. Tele No 01702 524654 les.seals@talktalk.net |
Treasurer |
David W. Tomlinson, 9 Silver Birch
Lodge Ashingdon Road Rochford Essex SS4 1QZ |
For Braintree |
Malcolm Taylor, BEM 5 Clydesdale Road Braintree CM7 2NX Tel No: 01376 325764 fhs@meerkat-hedgehog.co.uk |
For
North Essex
|
Mike Barnett Summerfields, 16c Suffolk Avenue, West Mersea, Essex CO5 8ER Phone: 01206 386093 |
For
Ilford, Hutton & Upminster
|
Ken Montgomery, 1 The Pines, Steeple View, Laindon, Essex SS15 4DW Tel No: 01268 - 418591 kmontgom43@hotmail.com |
For
Chingford & Loughton |
W.Bro Eric Mould, 14 Whitehall Lane, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 5JG Telephone: 0208 504 7802 emould@btinternet.com |
Equipment
Loan |
Fred Thornback 1
Willingale Way Thorpe Bay Essex Phone: 01702 588783 |