President's Statement 2025

In 2024 the Widows Sons celebrated its 20th anniversary in the England.  The Widows Sons locally, nationally and globally are constantly growing in numbers with now an estimated 180,000 members worldwide including Canada, America, multiple countries in Europe, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.

In England there are over 1200 members across 46 chapters of which we now have 52 patched members 17 bad pennys in our chapter.  Nationally over £450,000 has been donated to local and national causes in just the last 4 years.

In the background we have been developing our relations nationally with UGLE and locally with the Province of Cheshire which is shown by our authorised usage of the UGLE charter mark and the provincial crest on our new chapter website.  

A final note

I would like to thank all the members who have taken an officer position, especially our New Vice President Oddjobt takes a lot of time commitment when holding any masonic office.  The chapter could not function or achieve what it does without you.

The Bad Pennies also deserve a mention.  Our associate group plays a pivotal role in the success of the chapter, whether this be family and friends supporting our activities or as the first step for a Freemason to request to join the Widows Sons.  Either way the success of the group is propped up by them.  So a huge thanks.

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