Welcome to the Freemasonry in the Community part of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham’s website. The following pages contain news of the help and support that lodges within the Province are giving to their local communities, together with contact details of the Committee and the Ambassadors who are attached to every Masonic Hall.

Today, it is the wish of the Provincial Grand Master and his Executive Committee that this community involvement should continue. To this end it is the aim of the Freemasonry in the Community Committee to assist lodges in their efforts and to co-ordinate and support initiatives across the Province.

Since the inception of the organisation freemasons have supported their local communities through charitable giving. During Victorian times it was a common sight in many towns to witness processions of freemasons in full regalia marching from their lodge room to lay the foundation stones of important public buildings. The celebrations to commemorate Queen Victoria’s 1887 Jubilee are just one example, with freemasons hosting parties, dinners and outings for children and the distressed.