£2000 grant for Let’s Eat Foodbank

Back in May 2021 the Lodge of Dawn secured a grant of almost £25,000 from West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd for the building of a 4G AstroTurf MUGA (multi-use games area), for the Chapeltown Youth Development Centre (CFYDC) on Scott Hall Road in Leeds. This was completed later in the year. Since then the lodge … Read more

Past Masters and a new Master Mason

April’s ceremony was the Lodge of Dawn’s annual ‘Past Masters Night’, when previous masters of the lodge (known as ‘Past Masters’) take all of the ceremonial offices and deliver all of the ritual. In total 11 Past Masters of, and in, the lodge took part. See below. The ceremony was a Third Degree ceremony when … Read more

Small but perfectly formed dog walk

Due to bad weather and bank holidays the regular dog walks with The Lodge of Dawn have been slightly less frequent recently. However last Sunday saw the latest Lodge of Dawn dog walk. Whilst we were few in number, it was till lots of fun. A cross-country trek, in Thorner, north Leeds, was the venue. … Read more

£30,000 grant for Meanwood Park Playground

Back in February 2020 one of the members of the Lodge of Dawn saw a news story in the Yorkshire Evening Post about a group of fed-up parents who had just launch an appeal to improve children’s playground. Under half a mile from our home at Castle Grove, Meanwood Park playground’s appeal sounded like the … Read more

75th Anniversary celebrations

On Monday 22nd September 1947, at Great George Street in Leeds city centre The Lodge of Dawn was consecrated. On Tuesday 28th March 2023, at Castle Grove Masonic Hall the lodge celebrated its 75th anniversary. Following a Second Degree ceremony, the brethren were joined by their wives and partners for a celebratory Festive Board. The … Read more