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Masons help young carers connect with laptop donation
20/04/2021
David Kellet a senior member of Mark Master Masons in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland & Westmorland presenting laptop computers to Mike Seaton, CEO of Carer Support South Lakes and Holly Cragg, Young Carers Lead Support Worker.
A group of South Lakes masons have donated five laptops for young carers in the area.
Mark Master Masons of the Province of Cumberland & Westmorland donated the computers to help the youngsters during the pandemic.
Trustees of the Provincial Mark Benevolent Fund in the Province of Cumberland & Westmorland having already donated 115 computer laptops to primary school children throughout Cumbria and recognised the young carers, aged between five and 24, who support someone in their own home, could often be overlooked.
Freemasons donate laptops for Cumbrian pupils in £30,000 project
Primary school children in Cumbria will receive 115 laptops donated by members of the Freemasons.
The computers have been donated by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Cumberland & Westmorland, who raised £30,000 to fund the project.
Ken Archer sought funding from the Worthy Causes Committee of the Mark Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund and the Provincial Mark Benevolent Fund.
With this money, 115 laptops have now been purchased for the benefit of primary education within the province, which covers the Scottish border to Milnthorpe and Millom in the south, and from Alston, Kirkby Stephen and Kirkby Lonsdale in the east and over to the west coast.