Mike Woodcock is New RMTGB President

Dr Mike Woodcock was invested as President of the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys in April. A Freemason for 37 years, he joined the Council of the Trust in 2005.
     Since then he has chaired the PR and Fundraising Committee and until recently he also chaired the Property Working Party, which is planning the redevelopment of the Trust’s Great Queen Street properties following the move to Freemasons’ Hall.
     His business interests include farming, forestry and property and he is a well-known researcher, consultant and conference presenter on management and organisation development topics.
     Mike, a former MP, served as visiting Professor at Lancaster University and is the author of more than 20 books on teambuilding, change and management skills.
     Recently he served as marketing director of the Nottinghamshire 2007 Festival Appeal for the Masonic Samaritan Fund and was chairman of the Festival Event Committee.
     He praised his predecessor, Andrew Stebbings, who had ably steered the Trust through a period of major change, but said the Trust still face major challenges such as the erosion of the traditional family unit and values, violence and drug abuse.

Festival Bullseye for Surrey Masons

The culmination of the 2008 Surrey Provincial Festival in support of the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys (RMTGB) was celebrated at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green in May.
     Best known for hosting the World Professional Darts Championships, it is the largest dining venue in Surrey.
     The Pro Grand Master, Lord Northampton, and Lady Northampton together with the new RMTGB President, Dr Mike Woodcock, were delighted to hear that the Province had raised a magnificent sum of £3,559,366 for the Trust.
     As part of their fundraising activities, the Province organised the ‘Big Event’, a series of sponsored activities in support of the Trust, which took place in July 2007.
     The climax of their efforts was to throw the Provincial Grand Master, Eric Stuart-Bamford out of an airplane at 13,000 feet – albeit with a parachute! This effort raised more than £30,000 for the RMTGB.
     During the Festival dinner, seven of the 16 people who joined the PGM in his parachute jump were presented with a special lapel badge marking their achievement. To commemorate his own successful return to earth, the PGM was then presented with his own ‘wings’ by Mike Woodcock.
     Other members of the Province raised money by cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End, whilst others climbed Ben Nevis, ran in the London Marathon, walked the length of Hadrian’s Wall or found some other innovative and fun way to raise the big sum.

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