Centenary Hall Stone Appeal

The Centenary Hall Stone Appeal is a Constitution-wide fundraising campaign supporting UGLE’s Centenary Buildings Fund.

The Fund exists to help Masonic buildings survive, thrive and modernise, so that they can better serve members and, where appropriate, open their doors more widely to their local communities.

Unequivocally not. The Appeal will support Masonic buildings throughout the Constitution, with the overwhelming majority of funding expected to support projects at Masonic halls other than Freemasons’ Hall.

The Appeal is inspired by the Masonic Million Appeal of the 1920s, and is intended to mark the 100-year anniversary of Freemasons’ Hall by supporting Masonic halls throughout the Constitution.

In the original Masonic Million Appeal, those Brethren, Lodges, Provinces, and Districts that donated particularly generously were awarded jewels (including the “Hall Stone Jewel”) as a token of recognition.

The Centenary Hall Stone Appeal provides a modern opportunity for individual Brethren, Lodges, Chapters and Metropolitan, Provincial and District areas to be recognised for their support.

In a nod to the 100-year anniversary of Freemasons’ Hall, the Appeal has an overall target of £100 million over a ten-year period.

In order to comply with money laundering and tax regulations, only members of Lodges under the United Grand Lodge of England may donate to the Appeal.

In order to comply with money laundering and tax regulations, donations may not be made on behalf of another person.

However, it is perfectly acceptable to help a Brother who is not as comfortable with technology by assisting him to complete the online donation form, provided that he himself makes the payment for the donation from his own personal funds.

Yes, you may make a one-off donation to the Appeal via the donation platform.

Donations are accepted by credit and debit card, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. It is also possible to make a one-off donation using Open Banking (also known as “Pay by Bank”).

Yes. A regular monthly donation by Direct Debit may be set up via the donation platform.

The first payment will be taken approximately two weeks after the Direct Debit is set up, and further payments will be taken on the same day of each subsequent month.

You will receive a notification by email in advance of each payment being taken.

Yes, and thank you for playing your part in the success of the Appeal by sharing it with other Brethren.

Please share the QR code below, or share the Centenary Hall Stone Appeal platform web address: https://www.ugle.org.uk/chsa

Your donation will count in three ways:

1. Towards your own personal donation total.
2. Towards the total of a Craft Lodge chosen by you when you make the donation or set up the Direct Debit.
3. Towards the Metropolitan, Provincial or District total for the area in which that Lodge is situated.

Yes. Individual recognition is based on cumulative donations over the ten-year period of the Appeal. This means that several donations over time can build towards the relevant recognition levels.

Gift Aid may only be claimed on donations to registered charities. Although the Centenary Hall Stone Appeal is for the benefit of a very worthy cause, the fact that it will be funding general works on Masonic buildings means that it cannot be a registered charity under charity law.

This means that it is not possible to claim Gift Aid on donations to the Appeal.

Relief Chests may only be used to make donations to charitable causes. Although the Centenary Hall Stone Appeal is for the benefit of a very worthy cause, the fact that it will be funding general works on Masonic buildings means that it cannot be a registered charity.

This means that it is not possible to make donations to the Appeal from a Relief Chest.

To ensure compliance with charity law, Lodges and Chapters may not use Relief Chests or other charitable accounts to support the Appeal.

Yes. Individual Brethren may qualify for individual recognition by way of breast jewels known as Centenary Building Jewels. These are based on the jewels worn by individual Brethren as part of the original Masonic Million Appeal in the 1920s.

Individual recognition is based on the total amount donated over the ten-year Appeal period:

Jewel Name: Silver Centenary Building Jewel
Donation total: £600
Equivalent monthly amount over ten years: £5 per month

Jewel Name: Gold Centenary Building Jewel
Donation total: £1,200
Equivalent monthly amount over ten years: £10 per month

Jewel Name: Hall Stone Centenary Building Jewel
Donation total: £3,000
Equivalent monthly amount over ten years: £25 per month

No. The monthly figures are simply a helpful illustration of how the total could be reached over ten years. You may qualify through one-off donations, regular donations, or a combination, provided the total amount you have donated reaches the relevant threshold.

When you reach a particular recognition level, you will be sent an email notification giving you the information needed to purchase the associated jewel.

Please note that it may take up to 72 hours for the donation tracking system to send you the email notification when you qualify for a jewel.

You may normally only purchase and wear an individual Centenary Building Jewel once the amount you have already donated has crossed the relevant qualification threshold. However, permission has been given for individual Brethren to purchase and wear the Silver Centenary Building Jewel in the following special circumstances:

• A Direct Debit for a recurring donation of at least £5 per month has been set up and at least three payments have been made.

AND

• In order to be eligible to continue wearing the Silver Centenary Building Jewel in these special circumstances, the regular donation of at least £5 must continue to be made by Direct Debit each month.

Brethren who are eligible to purchase and wear the jewel in this special circumstance will receive a notification by email after their third Direct Debit payment has been received.

For the avoidance of doubt, please note that this special permission applies only to the Silver Centenary Building Jewel, and does not apply to the Gold Centenary Building Jewel or Hall Stone Centenary Building Jewel, for each of which the full qualification amount is required to have been donated in order to be eligible to purchase the jewel.

Brethren who are considering setting up a Direct Debit may wish to consider donating £10 per month, which will allow them to wear the Silver Centenary Building Jewel after three months under the special permission described above, but will eventually qualify them for the Gold Centenary Building Jewel over the ten-year period of the Appeal.

Several design elements of the Silver and Gold Centenary Building Jewels come from details in Freemasons' Hall: the oak leaves are taken from the windows in the Vestibules, the representations of Faith, Hope, and Charity come from the mosaic ceiling in the Grand Temple, and the wild roses are those depicted on the metalwork of the Shrine.

The design of the Hall Stone Centenary Building Jewel is a modernised version of the original Hall Stone Jewel.

For tax compliance reasons, it is not possible to include the cost of jewels in the donations that are made to the Appeal.

However, a consequence of this is that you will be able to choose from a number of different materials, including base metal or solid sterling silver, when purchasing a jewel.

It also means that if you decide to make a donation to qualify immediately for a higher-threshold jewel, you are not obliged to purchase the lower-threshold jewel.

Each jewel is available in two versions:

1. A base metal (brass) version with silver or gold plating as appropriate.
2. A premium 925 sterling silver version, with gold plating as appropriate.

All base metal jewels are priced at £35 (inc. VAT).

The 925 sterling silver jewels are priced between £350 and £400 (inc. VAT), depending on the type of jewel.

The prices of the jewels are subject to fluctuation based on the cost of materials and manufacturing.

The Hall Stone Centenary Building Jewel is also available in a special nine-carat gold version.

The individual Centenary Building Jewels are breast jewels and should be worn on the left breast. They may be worn in any Craft or Royal Arch meeting by a Brother or Companion who has made the qualifying donation to the Appeal and received an email notification telling them that they are eligible to purchase and wear the jewel.

The Royal Arch Jewel should be worn closest to the heart (i.e. furthest to the right), as the jewel of an Order. If worn, the Tercentenary Jewel follows. Next are the individual Centenary Hall Stone Appeal Jewels, followed by any Provincial Festival Jewel to which the wearer is entitled. Jewels associated with a particular Lodge (or Chapter), such as a Past Master's Jewel, should be worn thereafter.

This order ensures that jewels are displayed appropriately and consistently on formal occasions.

While it is not possible for us to offer an engraving service when purchasing a jewel, donors are welcome to make their own arrangements on receipt of the jewel to have it engraved on the reverse with their name, Masonic rank, and Lodge name and number.

Yes. When making your donation, you will be asked to select one Craft Lodge. Your donation will count towards that Lodge’s total, and also towards the Metropolitan, Provincial or District total for the area in which that Lodge is situated.

Your individual donation counts towards your Lodge’s total for the Appeal. This helps the Lodge work towards its own recognition levels, and achieve Bronze, Silver, Gold, or “Centenary Hall Stone” Awards.

Lodges that are designated Centenary Hall Stone Lodges will receive a Centenary Hall Stone Jewel to be worn in perpetuity by the Worshipful Master.

A Lodge achieving Centenary Hall Stone recognition which is already a Hall Stone Lodge from the original Masonic Million Appeal will keep its original Hall Stone Jewel, and receive a Centenary Hall Stone collarette and bar to wear with the original jewel.

Events to raise money for the Appeal are welcome and encouraged!

However, if the Lodge collects the donations and then passes the collected funds to the Appeal, it will not be possible to credit these donations to the totals of the individual Brethren who made them. It is therefore recommended that rather than collecting the money themselves, Lodges that wish to organise events like this encourage their members to donate to the Appeal via the donation platform in support of the event, so that the individual donations are counted towards a member’s personal total.

A Lodge could, for example, hold a BBQ and sell tickets to cover the Lodge’s costs, then ask attendees to make a donation to the Appeal on top of the ticket price – that donation would then count towards the attendees’ personal totals. Or a member of a Lodge could arrange to do a sponsored walk and ask other members to donate directly to the appeal in support of the walk – the members who are making the donations would then be able to have those donations credited to their own individual donation totals.

At the time of making a one-off donation or setting up a Direct Debit, you must specify one Craft Lodge. That donation, or those Direct Debit payments, will be credited to that Lodge’s total.

If you want to support more than one Lodge, it is entirely possible to make multiple donations or set up multiple Direct Debits via the donation platform, and allocate these separate donations to different Lodges.

Unfortunately, for tax compliance reasons, it is not possible for individual donations to count towards the total for a Royal Arch Chapter. Chapters are, however, permitted to make direct donations to the Appeal from their own funds, in order to qualify for recognition as part of the Appeal.

Lodge recognition is based on the number of subscribing members of the Lodge (as it stood at the start of 2026):

Lodge recognition level: Bronze
Amount per subscribing member (on average): £300
Recognition: Bronze logo for Lodge use

Lodge recognition level: Silver
Amount per subscribing member (on average): £450
Recognition: Silver logo for Lodge use

Lodge recognition level: Gold
Amount per subscribing member (on average): £600
Recognition: Gold logo and certificate 

Lodge recognition level: Centenary Hall Stone
Amount per subscribing member (on average): £1,800
Recognition: Centenary Hall Stone Jewel for the Worshipful Master (presented at a Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge), recognition as a Centenary Hall Stone Lodge, and engraving of the Lodge’s name and number in or near the Courtyard at Freemasons’ Hall

The qualification levels for Chapters are identical to those of Lodges.

For a Lodge with 25 subscribing members, the recognition levels would be:

• Bronze: 25 × £300 = £7,500
• Silver: 25 × £450 = £11,250
• Gold: 25 × £600 = £15,000
• Hall Stone: 25 × £1,800 = £45,000

These figures are calculated by multiplying the relevant per-member amount by the Lodge’s number of subscribing members.

A Lodge that reaches the Hall Stone threshold becomes a Centenary Hall Stone Lodge. Its Worshipful Master, or his representative, will be entitled to have the Lodge’s Centenary Hall Stone Jewel presented at a Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge. The Lodge’s name and number will also be engraved in or near the Courtyard at Freemasons’ Hall.

As with the Hall Stone Jewels of the original Masonic Million Appeal, the Centenary Hall Stone Jewel will be presented to a qualifying Lodge at no charge, but remains the property of UGLE. It may not be sold and must be returned to UGLE if the Lodge is erased.

If an original Hall Stone Lodge achieves Centenary Hall Stone status, it will retain its original Hall Stone jewel and instead of a Centenary Hall Stone Jewel it will receive a distinctive collarette with a silver gilt and enamel bar.

Your individual donation counts towards the total for the Metropolitan Area, Province, or District in which your Lodge is situated. This helps your area work towards achieving Centenary Hall Stone recognition, for which a special jewel will be awarded to the Metropolitan Area, Province, or District.

A Metropolitan, Provincial or District area may become a Centenary Hall Stone Metropolitan Area, Centenary Hall Stone Province or Centenary Hall Stone District, for which a special jewel will be awarded.

The threshold is £900 (on average) per subscribing member in that area over the ten-year Appeal period.

Metropolitan, Provincial and District recognition is a single “yes or no” recognition level, based on whether the area achieves the required threshold of £900 per subscribing member over the ten-year period.

UGLE will maintain donation records and provide a donation tracking system to the Local Fundraising Teams in each Metropolitan Area, Province, and District.

The Local Teams will be able to view reports showing all the donations made in their Metropolitan, Provincial or District area – please get in touch with your Local Team if you would like to know how much you have donated to the appeal so far.

The Appeal will be delivered locally, with Local Fundraising Teams responsible for engaging Lodges, Chapters, and members, and responding to local questions.

Your Lodge, Province, District or Metropolitan Area will be able to direct you to your local Appeal contact.