Welling Masonic Lodge presents £2,000 to Compaid
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Members of the Welling Masonic Lodge have raised £2,000 for the work of local disability charity Compaid.
Master of the Lodge, John Kent, whose daughter Jeanette attends Compaid’s Activities Centre twice a week, presented a cheque to Compaid’s Chief Executive, Stephen Elsden, on Monday 26 July.
The presentation was held at Compaid’s Activities Centre at Culverden Stadium in Tunbridge Wells. Each week, around 80 disabled people receive computer skills training at the Centre, and the money raised will help to support even more people in the coming year.
John Kent said: “Through the charity’s work with my daughter, Jeanette, I know personally how Compaid can really turn people’s lives around, giving individuals valuable skills and helping them to develop new interests.”
Stephen Elsden commented: “Compaid already supports more than 1,000 disabled people in the local area, and we have even more people waiting in the wings for our services. This donation from the Welling Masonic Lodge means we can further extend the work at our Actvities Centre.”