Northern Teddies for Loving Care Regional Forum

Friday 11^th October saw the Province host the first ever “Northern Teddies for Loving Care Regional Forum” at Billingham Masonic Hall.

Five of the six Northern Provinces attended and were treated to an overview of the fantastic new developments to the Teddies.  These include a new “softer” branding and a new Furry Teddy to be given to the Children in distress”.

Durham Hospital Ambassadors were able to outline the improvement they have seen in the profile Freemasons receive from funding the Teddies since we began personally delivering the bears into the hospitals. Duncan Maw, Teddies Coordinator, was also able to share the fantastic response we have received by individually wrapping the Teddies and including more branding to drive people onto the TLC Durham Facebook site. We would encourage all Brethren to visit the site to see the many photos of the children with their Teddies that have been posted by parents.

Provincial Charity Steward Andrew Thompson welcomed Helen Bainbridge the Teddies Project Officer within the MCF and thanked her for leading the Forum. He said “It’s been a great opportunity for those involved in the Teddies to meet and swap ideas to make them even better. In the Province of Durham, the Bears are funded solely by Freemasons and it was good to hear how well received some of the new developments that we have instigated have been received, many of which are now being adopted by other Province’s across the Country”