Rev William Anderson launches Hope Project

Royal Black Institution Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson at the launch of the organisation's Hope project on 12 April 2025.

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00:00So I'm speaking to William who's the Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Institution

00:06and we're just looking today at Operation Hope.

00:09William, can you tell me how and why you came up with the concept?

00:14Following the COVID, I was aware that lots of people had issues and troubles

00:19and were struggling with lots of things in their lives.

00:22So I took upon myself to think how we could help them as an institution

00:26and through that, Operation Hope was born.

00:30And for those who are not familiar with it, can you give us an outline of what it consists of?

00:36Operation Hope is built on the twin pillars of education and well-being

00:40and there'll be topics and podcasts and seminars held on issues that we would think are relevant

00:47to not only our members but to the wider community as well

00:50as we reach out to help ourselves and to help others in.

00:53So for people who are interested in seminars or the podcast,

00:56where can they keep up to date with where and when these will be released?

01:00These will be on our Facebook page as soon as everything is planned, probably in the autumn time.

01:06And you've also launched quite a comprehensive little booklet today

01:09that's covering all the different aspects of it.

01:11Yes, we have launched our first Operation Hope pack today with eight topics covered,

01:16but we do hope and pray that there'll be more, at least two to three more packs,

01:20plus backing up the seminars and, of course, podcasts.

01:23And for anyone that's interested in getting their hands on a pack, what's the best way to do that?

01:28The best way to do that will be look at our Facebook page in a few weeks' time.

01:32It will be up there as well to be read.