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13 non-Masonic national charities are celebrating after minor grants totalling £47,000 were approved at the recent meeting of the Council of the Grand Charity. The full list of grants is shown below.
A number of minor grants are made each year. Ranging from £500 to £5,000, they are given to small or recently established charities for general charitable purposes.
| Charity | Grant | Charity purpose | Region |
| ACT | £4,000 | An association for children with life-threatening conditions | Bristol |
| Age Exchange | £3,000 | To help older people through reminiscence projects | London |
| Association for Research into Stammering | £3,000 | Support for childhood stammering | London |
| Happy Days Children's Charity | £5,000 | To provide holidays and daytrips for children with special needs | Bedfordshire |
| Holton Lee | £3,000 | To provide short-term residential care for disabled people | Dorset |
| Honeypot | £5,000 | To provide holidays for severely disadvantaged children | London/ Hampshire |
| Island Trust | £2,000 | To provide sailing opportunities for disadvantaged young people | Devon |
| Listening Books | £5,000 | To provide audio books for disabled people | London |
| Living Paintings Trust | £5,000 | To provide 3-D pictures to visually impaired people | Berkshire |
| Oesophageal Patients Association | £2,000 | To support patients with oesophageal cancer | Warwickshire |
| Relatives and Residents Association | £3,000 | To represent the interests of older people in residential care | London |
| Wingate Special Children's Trust | £2,000 | To provide short break residential accommodation for disabled children | Cheshire |
| Youth Cancer Trust | £5,000 | To provide free activity holidays for young people with cancer | Dorset |