Information about Masonic Samaritan Fund

The Masonic Samaritan Fund provides financial help to Freemasons and their dependants in support of:

Medical Care and Treatment
The MSF will consider applications for a wide variety of medical treatments from hip replacement to cardiac surgery, from digital hearing aids to drug treatment for cancer or degenerative diseases, from stomach banding to macular degeneration.

Respite and Domiciliary Respite Care:
Grants are available to support carers. Funding is available towards the costs of short periods of residential care or to provide regular short breaks at home.

Dental Care and Treatment:
Applications are welcome where treatment on the NHS is unavailable or where costs are in excess of NHS charging rates.  

Funded treatments are those licensed for use by the NHS.  Grants are not available where the proposed treatment is purely cosmetic or where an applicant simply prefers to receive private treatment.

Vehicle and Home Adaptations

The Fund also gives grants for specialist equipment or home adaptations in response to a specific medical need.

There are no age limits, no qualifying period of membership and no requirement for the Freemason to still be active.  

Within the last 5 years 41 grants have been made to Freemasons and their dependants from across the Province of Northumberland at a total cost of £227,392.  Whilst this is clearly a tremendous boost to those who have received help surely there should have been more applications on behalf of our members and their families. These figures equate to just one application per year for every 22 Lodges.

If you know someone who you think needs our help PLEASE tell them to contact the Fund on 0207 404 1550.

Learn more about the Fund, if your Lodge or Chapter would like to receive a presentation on what the Fund does please contact the Development Director John Williams on 07931 533648 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Caring for the health of Freemasons and their dependants

Masonic Samaritan Fund, a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England. Company number 6876310,
Charity Number 1130424 Registered Office: 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ