The Ladies’ Festival, premier social event of the Lodge calendar, was held on Saturday 9th February 2013 at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester.
Another pair of students join the Lodge
Two more University of Leicester students, Alec Maxfield and Andrew Slater, joined The Wyggeston Lodge at our December meeting. The students were recruited via the Universities’ Scheme which the Lodge is a member and the designated Lodge for University of Leicester students, staff and alumni. The meeting was held in the Holmes Lodge Room, Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester on Friday 21st December 2012
Visit to Beneficentia Lodge, London
The Master and members of the lodge visited Beneficentia Lodge No.5308 on Saturday 8th December 2012 for their Installation Meeting held at the Central Masonic Centre, Clerkenwell, London. Being Installed as Master was Bro. Toby Baxter, a regular visitor and supporter of The Wyggeston Lodge. It was a superb night which was thoroughly enjoyed and we look forward to visiting again in the future.
Members receive Provincial Honours
Congratulations to Lodge members W.Bro. Robert Hutchinson PPJGW on his Promotion and to W.Bros. Andy Green ProvSGD and Robert Taylor PPSGD on their Appointments to Provincial Grand Rank at the Annual Communication Provincial Grand Lodge on Friday 30th November 2012. The meeting was held at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester and presided by the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. David Hagger.
Tom Bodycot is Installed as Master for a second year
Congratulations to W.Bro. Tom Bodycot who was installed as Master of the Lodge for a second year on Friday 16th November 2012.The meeting was held in the Holmes Lodge Room, Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester and we were honoured to welcome the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro. Peter Kinder as the Provincial visitor.
Not only was W.Bro. Tom Installed as Master, he conducted a double Second Degree Ceremony for two of our University of Leicester students, Bros. Alex Pohl and Jeff Zhu who joined the Lodge via the Universities’ Scheme.
Lodge holds Annual Curry Night to raise money for Children’s Holiday Centre
The Annual Lodge Curry Night, organised by W.Bro. Andy Green, was held at the award-winning Kayal Southern Indian Restaurant in Leicester on Saturday 6th October 2012.
A number of members and their wives/partners attended and was a very enjoyable evening. Proceeds were in aid of the Leicester (Mablethorpe) Children’s Holiday Centre.
A very busy day at the University of Leicester’s Fresh Fair
We once again had a stand at the Fresh Fair in the University of Leicester Student Union on Monday 1st October 2012 in order to promote Freemasonry, the Universities’ Scheme and The Wyggeston Lodge to students.
It was a very busy day and we ended up handing out over 1,000 information booklets to students.
Over 20 students signed up to attend a free tour of our meeting place, Freemasons’ Hall, on London Road, Leicester for the following month.
The Lodge donates £1,400 to two local charities
This year, the Wyggeston Lodge has donated £1,400 to two local charities:
• PROSTaid – A local charity helping to fight Prostate Cancer.
• Breast Care Centre, Glenfield Hospital
Cheques were presented to the charities at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester in September 2012. Both charities were extremely grateful for the kind donations and thanked the Lodge for their generosity.
A total of £97,400 was also donated by Leicestershire & Rutland Freemasons to over 50 local non-Masonic charities supporting medical research, youth opportunities and support for vulnerable people (including older people and children). One recipient was the new Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Leicester which received £35,000.
Skittles Evening raises money for local charities
The Lodge Skittles Evening was held on Friday 27th July 2012 at the Red Lion in Huncote, Leicestershire.
We had great fun playing a number of different games and enjoyed a wonderful summer buffet. At the end of the evening, the Master presented a prize to the highest overall scoring female (Mrs Patsy Bodycot) and male (W.Bro. Robert Jones) and a wooden spoon to the each of the lowest scorers.
The Wyggeston Lodge Skittles Trophy, last won by W.Bro. Robert Hutchinson back in 2006, was presented W.Bro. Robert Jones as the highest scoring Brother.
We raised a total of £113 which will be split equally between the local charities (Breast Care Centre, Glenfield Hospital and PROSTaid).
‘End of Term’ Social
The ‘End of Term’ Social was held on Friday 22nd June 2012 at The Lansdowne pub in Leicester where members enjoyed a drink and a catch up before the summer break.
The Wyggeston Lodge, No.3448 Leicester 