The Brethren in the Province of Northumberland are only too well aware of the importance of the Northumberland Mark Benevolent Fund, providing help for Mark Masons, dependants and their families at time of need. The NMBF also supports local non-Masonic Charities.
One way of supporting the NMBF is to leave a Legacy to the Charity in your Will.
A suitable wording to be used is as follows:
“I give to the Northumberland Mark Benevolent Fund the sum of [insert amount in words] pounds [insert amount in figures] absolutely free of all Tax. The receipt of the Treasurer or other authorised officer for the time being of the Northumberland Benevolent Fund shall be a good and sufficient receipt of the bequest.”
If you have already made a Will you could still leave a Legacy to the NMBF by adding a Codicil to it. A Codicil to your Will leaving a Legacy to the NMBF can be prepared for you free of charge.
If you require any further information or wish to make a Codicil to your Will please contact W Bro Dennis Beecroft, the Secretary of the Northumberland Mark Benevolent Fund, Email: [email protected]
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MBF Shines Bright at the Lighthouse Community Hub with a Generous Award of £30,000!
St Cuthbert’s Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners has passed the Travelling Sceptre to Triangle Lodge of Installed Commanders which meets on the 2nd Friday in February, the 1st Tuesday in April (Annual Royal Ark Mariner Assembly – in Ashington Masonic Hall 2026) and holds its Installation Meeting on 2nd Friday on September. All Royal Ark Mariners are welcome to attend the Lodge meetings.
Hexham Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 1141 relinquished the unclaimed Travelling Gavel at our Annual Provincial Meeting on 27th September and it was presented to the Worshipful Master of Nepos Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 1155, which meets at Newcastle East Masonic Building, Corbridge Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1HY on the third Tuesdays in March (Installation), May, September and November. It’s there to be claimed.
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