Honor Oak Lodge No. 1986

Honor Oak lodge had a great afternoon yesterday (3rd December).  We held our annual Christmas party where children and families from Step and Learn were our guests, including the two children we sponsor.   Our Wigmore hall was full to the point of overflowing as almost 120 people sat down for a four course Christmas dinner after…

East Kent Freemasons and One Big Family – helping the homeless For most of the freemasons there, this was just another day of volunteering and doing some good in the community.  For one however, it meant a whole lot more… One Big Family (OBF) is a charity based in Chatham helping the homeless.  As well…

Following on from a very successful ladies’ night, where they raised £1,545 for Ronald McDonald House, Honor Oak’s Phil Radley and his family were invited to a special event in London. The event was to celebrate the refurbishment of the Ronald McDonald House in Camberwell.  The South London house, located just a stone’s throw from…

What a great night for charity at Honor Oak last night.  Over 90 Freemasons attended our installation meeting to see Ian Dent take the chair of King Solomon for the first time.   We gave £3,000 to the 2025 festival, exceeding our target with two years to spare!  Amazing! We also gave £1,000 to One…

By the time he passed away last year at the grand age of 84, Ray Horn had been a Freemason for 54 years.  He achieved many things in that time, not least of which was being appointed Assistant Grand Master of Spain!  Last Saturday, 25th March, 11 members of Honor Oak lodge, including 5 members…

Last Saturday, 120 people turned out for a fantastic ladies’ night at the Franklin Rooms in Gillingham, rounding off what has been a great year at Honor Oak for our Master, Phil Radley and his partner, Carrie Cuthbert.  Each year, the Master of the lodge organises a dinner and dance to enable the members to…

The Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons Charity awards were held at the St George’s Centre, Chatham last Saturday 25th February.  The event was to celebrate the many charities and worthy causes that had benefitted from grants over the last year.  Normally an annual event, this was the first time it had been held since the Covid-19…

Dave Claughton has been a member of Honor Oak since 2002 and has held a number of offices in the lodge. The one he cherishes most however, is his role as Lodge Santa. He took on the job back in 2013 (albeit somewhat reluctantly to begin with), when the lodge decided to throw a Christmas…

We’re coming to the end of another great year for Honor Oak – and what a year it’s been.  Especially for our charities.   In February, our Bollywood Ladies’ Night raised £2,000 for Wisdom Hospice.   Our annual £1,000 St George’s day donation went to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust.   We organised a Race Night at Medway Rugby Club…

Inspired by Honor Oak’s sponsorship of Grace, a young girl from Chatham, several members of the same family have done something very special.   The late WBro Ray Horn was a popular and distinguished Freemason.  He had many family connections within the lodge and was known to all as ‘Uncle Ray’.  Following his passing away on 10th October 2022,…