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Kerry Luckett, from Coventry Godiva Oddfellows, has been chosen as our latest recipient of an Oddfellows Apprenticeship Educational Award which will help her as she starts her Optical Assistant course with Specsavers.

The Oddfellows' Concord Branch has raised £2,502.70 for The Hope Hub in Camberley, a charity that works to prevent and end homelessness in Surrey Heath Borough and the surrounding areas.

A hospice, which has cared for members and their families, has spoken of its gratitude after receiving a £2,000 donation from the Tunbridge Wells Oddfellows.

Three promising Reading athletes have had funding presented to them by the Mayor of Reading to help boost their sporting careers.

The Oddfellows’ Heart of England Branch, based in Leamington Spa, has donated £5,315.13 to the Marie Curie Hospice, West Midlands, following a year of fundraising activity.

A £1,800 donation from North Gloucestershire Oddfellows has made it possible for Dora Matthews House, a Extra Care service based in Coleford, within the Forest of Dean, to install a 24-hour publicly accessible defibrillator on its grounds.

In 2022, Oddfellows branches and their members raised over £180,000 to support causes close to their hearts, a figure up on 2021’s already significant total of over £160,000.

While most people’s thoughts turn to romance this Valentine’s Day, the Oddfellows is inviting people to fix up a friendship date instead.