On Thursday 20 August 2026 AYM Chairman Bro. Jason Cairns WJW No.1060, Bro. Douglas Rathey PM No.1359 and Bro. Andrew Wilson JD No.1060, had the pleasure of meeting with Laura, a trustee and member of Headlines Craniofacial Support. Headlines Craniofacial Support are the leading UK charity supporting people with craniosynostosis and other rare craniofacial conditions. Craniosynostosis is a rare craniofacial condition where two or more plates of the skull prematurely fuse to

On Friday 24th of July 2026 Bro. Robert McMaster PG Secretary and Bro. Liam Stewart SPGM represented the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire at Honeypot Children's charity's 30th Anniversary celebrations at their premises in Dalleagles. This was a follow up to the £2000 donation made at the Masters Dinner in April Bro. Robert and Bro. Liam were made very welcome and it was lovely to see the hard work being done to support disadvantaged youngsters in our local area and that don

Another fantastic day of bowling at Crosshouse Bowling Club. The winners of the inaugural PGLA Pairs competition were Mark Watt and Calum Hilditch Lodge Irvine St Andrew No.149 and the runners up Ian Currie and Hugh Harper Lodge St. Marnock No.109. In a nail biting final at the Doubles Bowling competition Lodge Irvine St. Andrew No.149 pipped the team from Lodge St. Marnock No.109. A great day was had by all and the sum raised was £295. Thanks to all who participated and esp

On Wednesday the 24th of June 2026 prior to the summer communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire Bro. James Bell RWPGM presented a cheque to representatives of Young Lives Vs Cancer. Since the commissioning of Bro. James Bell as RWPGM in February 2023 the Freemasons in the province of Ayrshire have donated a staggering £174,587 to charities and good causes working out at £1119.15 per week on average. #makingadifference #community

On Friday 5th of June a full to capacity Troon Navigation No.86 Social Club hosted the annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire Quiz night. The quiz was contested over five rounds and the team representing Lodge Irvine St Andrew No. 149 retained the trophy by half a point. £760 was raised on the night and this will augment the amounts being donated to local good causes. Well done once again to Lodge Irvine St. Andrew No. 149 for retaining the cup and better luck next time to

Bro. John Lafferty of Lodge Irvine St. Andrew No.149 being presented with the winning shield by Bro. Stuart McCall SPGM A large turnout of Brethren from throughout the province attended the annual Fly only shield at Burn's Fishery Tarbolton where they had a hard days fishing due to the conditions. Huge congratulations go to Bro. John McCourt with a winning bag of 4lb 7oz. See Below for the dates of the remaining dates

The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire Race Night was held on Saturday 3rd of May, the event was once again kindly hosted by Lodge St. Maurs, Kilmaurs 1398 Bro. Stuart McCall SPGM chair of the fundraising committee welcomed everybody to the event and handed over to Bro. James Kurth PGDOC who in his usual excellent manner hosted the evening. The event raised a magnificent sum of £1721.00 A fantastic evening was had by all

Bro. Stuart McCall SPGM presenting Bro. David Kirk PM MK0 with his well deserved trophy. On Sunday 12th April the annual Spring Fishing challenge took place at Burns Fishery Tarbolton. The Winner was Bro. David Kirk PM MK0 with a fantastic bag of trout weighing 9lbs 6 oz

Bro. Willie Cowan RWM accompanied by Bro. Paul Linich Treasurer PM , Bro. Thomas Coulter IPM, Bro. Daniel Coulter SM, Bro. Brian Coulter IG and social club chairman Bro. Alan Hamilton had the greatest of pleasures presenting a cheque for £500 to Rudi and his parents Sarah and Robert. Rudi is a local youngster who suffers from the rare hypotonia and global developmental delay. The monies donated is to help with taking him to London to attend specialist therapy sessions to help

Bro. Louis Deay MM 505, Bro. David Wallace PM 505 and Bro. Iain Murray RWM 1759 had the pleasure of presenting a large selection of Easter eggs to Hurlford Early Learning Centre. They were very warmly welcomed by the staff and children of Hurlford Early Learning Centre and thanked for their very generous donation of the Easter eggs. #makingadifference #community

On Thursday the 12th of February 2026 Bro. Ronnie King RWM of Lodge Loudoun Darvel No.971 presented on behalf of the Brethren a cheque for the magnificent sum of £500 to Bro. William Grant SPGM to go to the Teddies for Loving Care initiative. The Teddies for Loving Care has went from strength to strength since 2023 when the PGLA and Bro. William Grant SPGM took on the initiative and the PGLA has now donated a total of 4165, consisting of 1646 to Ayr Hospital Paediatric A&E, 1

The Brethren of Lodge St. John New Cumnock No.334 made the magnificent donation of £500 and was presented to the Honeypot Children's Charity, based at Dalleagles. The charity offers respite for young carers who are looking after family members with illnesses or limitations. As well as offering a warm and calm environment at the old school, the charity takes the group of kids out and about in the local area as much as possible, with donations like this helping to make that hap

On behalf of Lodge St. Peter Galston No.331, Bro. Kenny Darrant RWM and Bro. Tom Smith IPM presented a cheque of £100 to Galston Nursery for their Annual kids day out. #makingadifference #community

The Brethren of Lodge Montgomerie Kilwinning Skelmorlie No.624 have made a wonderful donation to their local Bowling Club to help support the funding of a defibrillator for the bowling club and the community of Skelmorlie. Bro. James Goldie IPM and Bro. Graeme Appleton Secretary presenting the cheque to the committee of the Bowling Club. #makingadifference #community

On 31st January Bro. Jamie Walker RWM and Bro. David Bissell Secretary of Lodge St. John New Cumnock No.334 presented a fantastic donation to Ayrshire Hospice for £1000. #makingadifference #community https://fundraising.ayrshirehospice.org/donate

Bro. Thomas Coulter RWM of Lodge Prestwick No.1060 last official duty as RWM was a very pleasant one and that was along with Bro. Treasurer Paul Linich and Bro. Robert McLauchlan DOC to present a cheque to Ayrshire Cancer Support for £1000 part of money raised during Movember. Thanks to all who sponsored the Brethren of 1060 to grow the moustaches and thanks to the brethren of Mother Kilwinning who so generously sponsored their own Bro. Tom Wood RWPGM who is a MM of Prestwi

Bro. Paul Linich Treasurer had the pleasure today of presenting a cheque on behalf of the RWM and Brethren of Lodge Prestwick No.1060 to South Ayrshire Foodbank this was money raised in a collection on a recent visit to Lodge Troon Navigation No.86 to sponsor their RWM Bro. William Donaldson to wear his velvet jacket. #makingadifference #community

On 17th December 2025 Bro. Paul Linich Treasurer presented a cheque on behalf of the RWM and Brethren of Lodge Prestwick No.1060 to Ronnie and Frank from Ayr & Prestwick Men's Shed who were delighted with the very generous donation. Bro. Paul was given a tour of the workshop and shown the fantastic work that the Men's shed does and in true masonic tradition enjoyed a cup of tea and a biscuit. #makingadifference #community https://www.ayrprestwickmensshed.org.uk/ https://www