The Lodge of Harmony No. 309
The Lodge of Harmony No. 309
Everyone has the opportunity to lead positive, active and fulfilling lives, especially those that are in need, disadvantaged or marginalised
Masonic families are healthy, stable and secure thereby providing them with the opportunities to participate actively in their community and succeed in life.
To be a force for good by providing support, care and services to Freemasons and their families in need, and supporting other charities to help the most disadvantaged in society. Funded entirely through the generosity of Freemasons and their families, the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) is one of the largest grant-making charities in the country.
We build better lives by encouraging opportunity, promoting independence and improving wellbeing.
We build better lives by enabling opportunity, advancing healthcare and education and promoting independence.
Our Free Masonry Lodge is dedicated to serving our community through various impactful initiatives. Below, you will find a selection of our key programs aimed at improving health, education, community support, environmental conservation, senior care, and disaster relief. Each initiative represents our commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of those around us.
Our WM presented to present a £985 cheque from our LBHF + £1,700 held in the Masters Fund to “Headway”, along with cheques to The Rainbow Centre (£100) and The Rowans Hospice Support Charity (£100)
We sponsor health camps that offer free medical check-ups, eye camps, and blood donation drives to ensure the well-being of our community members.
Education is a key focus of our charity work. We provide free tutoring sessions, educational materials, and host workshops to enhance learning opportunities for children and adults alike.
Our free masonry lodge is committed to giving back to the community. We organize regular outreach programs to support local schools, provide food for the needy, and offer scholarships to deserving students.
We extend our support to senior citizens through various initiatives such as home visits, providing companionship, and ensuring they have access to necessary resources and care.
Our lodge is dedicated to preserving the environment. We conduct tree planting drives, clean-up campaigns, and promote sustainable practices within the community.
In times of crisis, our free masonry lodge steps up to provide disaster relief and aid. We mobilize resources and volunteers to assist those affected by natural calamities and other emergencies.
I regard it as an honour to be invited to write the Foreword to this short History of Lodge of Harmony No. 309, as it celebrates its first 200 years. The following pages tell something of the early struggles and how Lodge of Harmony brought Freemasonry to the attention of worthy gentlemen in the Gosport and Fareham areas with such success, that it attracted hundreds of them into it. Despite wars, economic depressions and national sorrows, it survives as the ninth oldest lodge of the 255 that make up the Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, and it continues to provide an important strand in the lives of thinking men who subscribe to the great principles on which our Order is based.
In the first 54 years of its existence, it met in 24 different venues, and it has had its number on the Register of the Grand Lodge of England changed on several occasions. But despite these tribulations, it has managed to foster and retain its unique identity, and has sponsored four daughter lodges and five granddaughter lodges, thereby extending its influence still more widely in the Province.
After 200 years there can be no doubt that the Lodge of Harmony has evolved a successful pattern of “labour and refreshment” which works, and any serious change in this would be disastrous. And so the message to Lodge No. 309 is “Congratulations. Keep going as you are, and long may you continue to be one of the most successful lodges in the Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight.”