Society

Our Branches across the UK are hosting a series of special get-togethers throughout September to encourage people to make new friends, after our research revealed that almost half of adults with significant friends (48%) only get together with them less than once a month.

The Oddfellows’ Trafalgar Branch made a special visit to RNLI Happisburgh’s Lifeboat Day event on 4 August to present the life-saving coastal charity with a £500 fundraising boost.

On Thursday 1 August 2019, we unveiled a new memorial at the National Arboretum, Staffordshire, to honour the tens of thousands of Society members who have fought and lost their lives in combat.

A group of Oddfellows members from Norfolk have found friendship and support in a sisterhood after losing their husbands.

To celebrate our wonderful members and their contributions to the Society as a whole, we launched the first official Making a Difference Awards late last year, and after careful consideration from the judges, we’re ready to reveal the winners!

After representing Team GB at the 1960s Rome Olympics, Dorothy Shirley-Emerson travelled the world and enjoyed a long and happy marriage with her soulmate. But for stoic Dorothy – who dedicated much of her life to athletics after winning silver for the high jump – nothing could prepare her for the loneliness that came with going home to an empty house after her husband Jack died.

Vivienne Simpson, Welfare Visitor for the Burton-on-Trent Branch of the Oddfellows, has been recognised by one of the UK’s largest friendly societies, the Oddfellows, for going above and beyond in her caring for others.

Faye Chadwick, member of the Huddersfield District of the Oddfellows, has been rewarded for being a social superstar and shining example to others.