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Welcome to the new community report from"Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland.!
We hope you enjoy seeing the many different ways we are "making a difference in local communities. !
With more volunteers in more places than any other service club organisation, we love to help others and make things happen. !
If you would like to know more or are interested in getting involved "with Lions clubs, our contact details – including Twitter and Facebook –
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Lions in yourcommunity
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Who Lions are and what we do 4-10
Just Ask - get involved with Lions 11
Supporting good causes 12-15
Health projects 16-19
Sight projects 20-23
Youth projects 24-27
International projects 28-31
Supporting community activities 32-41
Helping those less fortunate 42-47
Lions in partnership 48-52
Volunteering and Joining Lions 53-57
Lions in your local community 58-81
Online world of Lions 82
Photo competition 83
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Lions clubs serve local communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding.!In towns, villages and cities near you. In hospitals, schools and community centres. In places battered by natural disasters and where people need us, Lions can be found helping, leading, planning and supporting.!Because we are local, we serve the unique needs of the communities in which we live.!As we are global, we can address community challenges wherever they occur.!Every Lions club supports a range of projects in its local community within four broad categories: health, sight, youth initiatives and international programmes.!We are involved in raising funds for good causes, organising local events, providing direct support for individuals or groups in the community, helping our partners and responding pro-actively wherever and whenever we can.!All members of Lion Clubs International are committed to serving local communities and share a set of common values.!As volunteers, we are enthusiastic about making a di fference and achieving extraordinary things.!As people, we are ordinary men and women, who enjoy ourselves and gain satisfaction from playing a key role at the heart of the community.!!
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It was thanks to the support of Canadian Lions – and the intervention of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, that the first Lions club in London was founded in 1950.!
Canadian Lions had provided invaluable support for children orphaned in the Second World War. To thank them, the then Queen sent her equerry Colonel Edward Wyndham (later Lord Leconfield) to Canada. He was so impressed that Windsor (Ontario) Lions Club agreed to sponsor the first London club, with Lord Leconfield as its founding Charter President.!
Today, HRH The Countess of Wessex is a member of the Wokingham Lions Club and Royal Patron of the Lions Clubs of the British Isles. The support of the Countess has included carrying out the opening ceremony for the Lions shelter at the National Memorial Arboretum.!
Lions Clubs in Ireland have long received the backing of the country’s President, most notably at Eric’s Party in Dublin, which first began in 1962 and is now attended by over 500 homeless people. President Michael D. Higgins and his predecessor, President Mary McAleese, have both been a proud Guest of Honour at the event. !
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To get involved at the heart of your community – contact us via:
Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland
Headquarters: 257 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6DT
Website: www.lionsclubs.co Twitter: @LionsClubsUKIRE
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Local needsdonate serve volunteer
Being a member of Lions ClubsInternational is about meetinglocal needs.
Working closely with localcommunities throughout theBritish Isles and Ireland, Lionsclubs make financial donationsto help local individuals, groupsor good causes.
Lions clubs also serve localneeds in a flexible way byresponding promptly and doinggood deeds, large or small.
As volunteers, members ofLions clubs make things happenin local communities that wouldnot otherwise take place.
Lions clubs may providepersonal help lasting a minute ortwo, or mobilise hundreds ofmembers as volunteers at localor regional events on an annualbasis.
By supporting air ambulancecrews, managing flood damagerepairs, and helping out at localcommunity events in steelcappedshoes, Lions clubs canbe relied upon at the heart ofthe action.
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Many Lions clubs are literally atthe heart of the communityrunning permanent retail shopson the high street.
We help people who havesomething to recycle – fromfurniture to books, art to toys,clothes to sports-equipment.
Thanks to their donations, ourcommunity shops offer greatvalue goods to those looking fora bargain or needing to maketheir money go further.
And the money we raise goes tohelp local causes.
Lions clubs are also experts atthe ‘pop-up’ retail outlet – fromcar boot and garage sales tomarket stalls, Summer fêtes toChristmas fayres.
We make and bake, run rafflesand tombolas, organise charityauctions and jumble sales.
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It was in 1925 when Helen Keller, the inspirational deaf-blind campaigner, challenged Lions to be "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness”.!
Responding to this challenge continues in a range of sight related projects undertaken by Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland at home, and in support of the need of communities overseas.!
You can read more about our sight activities on the following pages.!
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Eye tests & free spectacles for children in the Philippines
Nine out of 10 of theworld’s visually impairedpeople live in developingcountries.
Lions clubs in the BritishIsles and Ireland donate onaverage £65,000 a year toLions Sight Savers, a registered charity set up inpartnership withSightsavers.
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I n h e l p i n g o v e r s e a scommunities, Lions clubs arecareful to ensure assistanceis provided directly to thosewho need it.
Over the past seven years,more than 30 individualsvolunteering with the not-for-profit organisation Unite forSight have been supported intheir work with projects inGhana, India & Honduras.
The Lions clubs spectaclerecycl ing in i t iat ive hasequipped each volunteer witharound 500 pairs of readingglasses to be given topatients after eye surgery.
One group that often getsoverlooked in relation to eyecare is the homeless. That’swhy Chichester Lions and theKnowle and Dorridge LionsClubs support the “VisionCare for Homeless People”charity in Brighton andBirmingham.
Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland Spectacle Recycling Initiative, launched originally by the Lions Club of Chichester in 1967, today sees nearly a third of a million pairs of used glasses collected, sorted and distributed to clinics and eye camps in communities across Africa, India and eastern Europe in partnership with Medico France.!
The project also raises financial support for eye related projects at home and overseas by recycling scrap metal from spectacles that are broken or unsuitable for recycling. !
Our thanks go to all those individuals and organisations who donate, collect, sort and distribute used spectacles. !
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Diabetesawareness testing fundraising
For over 35 years, Lions clubs have been involved with Talking Newspapers, a concept which was first offered in Sweden before being introduced in Wales in 1970. The basic approach of recording, duplicating and distributing taped cassettes remained unchanged until the switch to digital technology in recent years, which has been supported by Lions clubs.!
Lichfield Lions Club first helped finance the production of a Talking Newspaper in 1981. Today over a dozen Lions clubs in the British Isles and Ireland produce or support a Talking Newspaper, reaching over one million adults and children with sight and learning impairments. !
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Youth Camps and Youth Exchange!Hosted by Lions club members, these initiatives enable thousands of young people each year to travel overseas, discover more about different cultures and build lasting friendships.!
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Whether it’s providing volunteer andleadership experiences in our Leo clubs,sharing a positive message through ourPeace Poster contest, or delivering Lifeskillsteaching support materials, we invest in thefuture of our children and young people.
Lions clubs throughout the British Isles andIreland support a number of establishedinitiatives that help build communities ofmotivated and capable young people, oroffer opportunities for individuals to getinvolved in helping others.
Over the next few pages, we focus on a fewof our many youth activities.
YoungAmbassadorsof the 21st century
Young Leadersin service awards
Leo ClubsLeadership, ExperienceOpportunity
Passionate and dedicatedcommunity championsbetween 15-18 years ofage are recognised as LionsYoung Ambassadors.
Inspirational individuals areacknowledged annuallyfor their accomplishments by Lions clubs at local,regional, national andinternational levels.
Gold and Silver awardsare presented each yearto hundreds of youngpeople by Lions clubsthroughout the British Islesand Ireland.
These prestigious awardscelebrate 11-18 year oldswho make a commitmentto help others.
Many Lions clubs sponsorLeo clubs to encourageyoung people (aged 18-30)to develop their leadershipskills and get involved inlocal communities.
School-based Leo clubsprovide boys and gi r ls ,aged 12-18, with volunteeroppor tun i t ies to he lpothers and have fun.
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The Lions Peace Poster is a global schools competition held each year that invites young people (aged 11-13) to express creatively their hopes and aspirations for the world. The complementary Lions Essay competition has been designed for visually impaired young people of the same age to express their feelings regarding peace.!
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Lions European MusicCompetition is one of only ahandful of competitions thatenables young musicians(up to the age of 23) tocompete across Europe.
Each year the competitionfeatures a different musicalinstrument and piece ofmusic for candidates toplay.
In 2014, the French Hornwas chosen with sixteengifted players travellingfrom across Europe toBirmingham to representtheir countries in the finalof the competition at theLions Clubs InternationalEuropa Forum.
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From delivering hands-on projects tosupporting emergency relief programmes,Lions Clubs International’s community andenvironmental activities help those at needin society and improve the neighbourhoodsin which we all live and work.
With 1.35 million members helping localcommunities in over 200 countries through46,000 clubs, Lions Clubs International isthe largest service member organisation inthe world. Our size and global reach meanwe are able to work with communities ona local, and an international, basis.
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Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) enables the organisation to respond quickly to tragedies around the world. In the past decade, LCIF has provided more than US $100 million for disaster relief programmes.!
For example, when Haiti was hit by a major earthquake in 2010, LCIF made emergency grants to help meet immediate needs for food, water, and shelter. Thanks to donations of US $6.1 million by Lions clubs around the world, within a year, hundreds of families were helped to move into new homes. This reflects Lions’ commitment to ensure victims are able to return to their lives and regain their independence. !
Lions Clubs International also fights international health issues, such as measles, where the organisation has committed to raise US $30 million to protect tens of millions of children. This sum will be matched jointly by the Gates Foundation and the UK’s Department for International Development.!
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Common sense and a sense of humour are two traits found inabundance among members of Lions clubs.
When it comes to making things happen in local communities,we put a smile on our faces, roll up our sleeves and get thingsdone.
Lions clubs apply a phenomenal range of talent, know-howand skills in supporting community activities. We are creative,imaginative, resourceful and reliable. Out in all weathers, fromdawn to dusk – and into the evening, Lions are the backboneof events up and down the British Isles and throughout Ireland.
Over the next few pages, we focus on some of our favouriteactivities, where we have fun, bring together local communitiesand raise funds for good causes.
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Awarenessknowledge understanding support
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Lions Clubs InternationalBritish Isles & Ireland has a strong bond with Blind Veterans UK(formerly known as St. Dunstan’s).
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Lions clubs assist in raising the profile of MedicAlert - aregistered charity providing bespoke engraved jewellery thathelps identify hidden personal medical conditions andallergies, when the need arises. See: www.medicalert.org.uk
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Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland would like to thank all of its partners, and every organisation that help us make possible everything that we do.!
Special thanks go to all 17,000 men and women who belong to Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland and give their time, talents and resources to helping this wonderful organisation.!
But most of all, if you have ever put a coin in a collection by a Lions club member, supported one of our projects or initiatives, attended an event or offered assistance in any way large or small – thank you.!
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The time and energy given by volunteers are priceless. To put a monetary figure on our work is impossible, but the hours spent by members of Lions clubs helping others undoubtedly make a phenomenal financial contribution to the global economy. There are also immeasurable social benefits for local communities from the volunteering undertaken by Lions clubs – and more importantly, we make someone else’s life better.!In return, the personal benefits for volunteers have been found to include improved health, enhanced employment prospects and a greater sense of well being. Volunteering is fun, develops skills, boosts your social life and is personally rewarding. !It isn’t just an older generation giving back to society through volunteerism as research shows younger people are eager to contribute to causes they care about. They just get involved in different ways, such as using social networking and looking for ways to participate with their friends. !Come to think of it, they’re not that different from other Lions members – what you need most to volunteer is a big heart.!
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We have all sorts of talent within Lions Clubs International. Some Lions members are brilliant at making or mending things, organising events or managing logistics. Others have great ideas and can spot solutions to a whole host of problems. Some love to be ‘front of house’, fund-raising and communicating with the public. Some are shy – until they put on a Lions costume and roar into life.!
Then there are those who have connections and can bring together different people to achieve the end result. Some Lions are experts; others are enthusiasts. Lions come from the professions, management, crafts, trades or any walk of life. They may be retired, self-employed, or home-workers and found in every type of organisation. !
Lions are mums and dads, grandparents, sports fans, pet owners, car drivers, keen cyclists, bridge players, city-dwellers, countryside lovers, world travellers and stay-at-home types. They have deep roots in a community or may be new into town. Some are second or third generation Lions – others know little about us before getting involved. !
Old and young, male and female, from every culture and background – each Lions member is unique, yet their talents combine to make magical things happen. They are ordinary people who love to help others, support good causes and achieve extraordinary things. !
One trait all Lions share is that they volunteer to make a difference – why not join them? See: www.lionsclubs.co for details of how to get involved.!
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Lionsin your local community
Wherever you live, work or travel across the British Isles and Ireland,you are likely to come across members of Lions clubs and the projectsthey support. From Abbeyleix to Aberdeen, Yarm to Yeovil, we coverthe points of the compass and letters of the alphabet. Over thefollowing pages, we list our clubs and map some of their activities.
Abbeyleix & District | Aberdeen | Aberdeen Bon Accord | Aberdeen
Academy Leo Club | Abertillery | Aberystwyth | Abingdon | Accrington
| Acle & Brundall | Adur East | Alcester & District | Aldershot | Aldridge
& District | Allendale | Alnwick | Alsager | Alton | Amersham &
Chesham | Ammanford | Ampthill & District | Andover | Anglesey
Central | Annandale | Antrim | Antrim Coast | Arklow & District |
Armagh | Arundel-Barnham & District | Ashbourne & District (Co.
Meath) | Ashbourne & District (Derbyshire) | Ashby-De-La-Zouch &
Coalville | Athlone | Athlone Leo Club | Athy | Attleborough |
Axminster District | Aylesbury | Ayr & Prestwick |
The New Year’s Day bridge jumpinto the River Dove at Mappleton,Derbyshire, was devised in the1980s by local man, Jim Breeze.Ashbourne Lions Club stepped into organise the popular tradition in2013 with the support of the localsub aqua club following Jim’sdeath.
The unusual event attractshundreds of spectators. It involvesup to 20 pairs of small paddleboats with a crew of two (manywearing fancy dress costumes)racing for half a mile before climbing up to the bridge, jumping30 feet into the icy cold water, andrunning over a field to the OkeoverArms. The winners receive the‘Brass Monkey’ trophy. All profitsraised are donated to a local goodcause.
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In partnership with the NorthWest Region of the RoyalBritish Legion, BirkenheadLions Club helped to design,fund and make a unique memorial as a tribute toLance Bombardier FredrickLister, the founder of theBritish Legion.
This initiative, formally unveiledin 2014 by The Earl of Wessex,saw members of the LionsClub use their skills and localconnections.
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Ballyclare | Ballymena | Ballynahinch | Balsall Common | Baltinglass |
Banbridge | Banbridge Leo Club | Banbury | Banchory | Bangor |
Bantry Bay | Barking | Barnsley District | Barnstaple | Barton on
Humber | Barwell & Earl Shilton | Basildon & Wickford | Basingstoke |
Bath | Battle Villages | Beaconsfield | Beaumaris-Menai-Aethwy |
Beccles | Bedford | Bedworth | Belmullet Erris | Berkhamsted |
Beverley | Beverley South Wolds | Bexhill on Sea | Bexley Sidcup |
Bicester | Bideford | Biddulph | Biggin Hill & District | Biggleswade-
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Birmingham Acocks Green | Birmingham Chinatown | Birmingham
Edgbaston | Birmingham Exhibition | Birmingham Handsworth |
Birmingham Moseley & Kings Heath | Birmingham Sheldon | Birr
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Blackburn Regent | Blackmore Vale | Blackpool | Blandford & District
| Blandford School Leo Club | Bodmin | Bognor Regis | Bolton |
Boroughbridge | Boscombe | Boston | Bourne | Bournemouth |
Blaby & District Lions Clubhas created a wildlife havenalong Whistle Way, a 1.6 milelong public footpath built onan old single track railway line.
Thanks to public grants, Lions members and othervolunteers have plantedwoodland seeds andthousands of bulbs andplants. Particular care hasbeen taken to prepare andmaintain the site, and selectnative plants that benefit beesand butterflies.
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In recent years, over 25,000books have been for sale, everysingle one donated by thegeneral public. The book fair is asix month operation for the clubwith collections starting inOctober and the fair taking placeearly the next Spring. Indeed, toclear space for donations, ahugely successful one day stockclearance sale was held inOctober 2014.
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Bracknell | Bradford Central | Bradford on Avon | Bradley Stoke |
Braintree | Bramley & Wickersley | Bray | Brecon | Brentwood |
Bridgend | Bridgnorth | Bridgwater | Bridlington | Bridport | Brigg
District | Brighouse & District | Brighton | Brightlingsea | Bristol Brunel
| Brixham | Bromley | Bromsgrove | Buckley & Mold | Budleigh
Salterton | Bunclody | Bungay Area | Burgess Hill District | Burnham
Bucks | Burnham-on-Sea & District | Burnley | Burntwood | Bury |
Bury St. Edmunds | Bushby | Buxton & District |
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Caerffili | Caernarfon | Cahir | Caistor & District | Callington | Calne |
Calne John Bentley Leo Club | Camborne-Redruth & District |
Cambridge | Cannock | Canterbury | Cardiff | Carlow | Carmarthen |
Carrick on Suir | Carrickfergus | Carrickmacross | Carrigaline & District
| Carrigaline Leo Club | Carterton | Cashel | Castlebar | Castle
Bromwich & District | Castleknock | Castle Point | Castleford &
Pontefract District | Castletroy & District | Caterham Oxted &
Godstone | Cavan | Chanctonbury | Charleville | Cheadle | Cheddar
Vale | Chelmsford | Chelmsford Lioness Club | Cheltenham | Chepstow
& Caldicot | Chester | Chichester | Chippenham | Chipping Barnet |
Chipping Norton | Chipping Sodbury | Chorley | Christchurch |
Each year, Chester Lions Cluboffers its London Marathon GoldBond places to a local charity. In2011 Vision Support Chester wasthe lucky recipient raising over£15,000.
The two organisations have workedtogether to use this money toestablish the Chester Vision Centre,for blind and partially sightedpeople. It offers digital/IT training,low vision advice, sight losscourses and braille lessons.
Chester Lions Club
Photograph: Valerie Hackpil
Caerffili Lions Club
Chest
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Carrick on Suir Lions Club
Cannock Lions Club
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Lions Clubs in the South-EastDistrict launched a 10 yearappeal at the start of 2012 toraise £250,000 to support nightflying capability for the Kent,Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance.
In just over 24 months,£175,000 had been collectedthrough a variety of fund-raisingactivities.
Many Lions members havevisited the Air Ambulance baseat Marden Kent to presentcheques, including representativesfrom Crowborough & District.
Consett Lions Club
Coningsby & Tattershall Lions Club
Crowborough & DistrictLions Club
Annual p
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Cirencester | Clacton on Sea | Claremorris | Clevedon | Clitheroe |
Clonakilty & District | Clonmel | Clontarf & Districts | Cobh |
Cockermouth | Colchester | Coleraine | Colne Valley | Colwyn Bay &
District | Congleton | Coningsby & Tattershall | Consett | Conwy
Estuary | Cookstown Magherafelt | Corby & District | Cork | Corrib |
Cosham | Coventry Godiva | Coventry Godiva Leo Club | Coventry
Leofric | Coventry Mercia | Coventry Phoenix | Cranleigh & District |
Crawley | Crewe & Nantwich | Crewkerne | Crofton | Crosby & District
| Crowborough & District | Crowland | Croydon |
C Crewkerne Lions Club
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Dalbeattie & District | Darent Valley | Darlington | Dartford | Darwen |
Deal & District Lioness Club | Deal & Walmer | Denby Dale District |
Derby |Dereham | Derwent | Devizes | Doncaster | Doncaster Went
Valley | Dorchester & District | Douglas & District (Co. Cork) |
Douglas Valley | Dover District | Downham Market | Downham Market
Lioness Club | Downpatrick | Driffield District | Drogheda | Droitwich |
Dublin | Dublin (Nepal Lions) | Dudley | Dumbarton | Dumfries |
Dun Laoghaire | Dundalk | Dundee | Dunfermline | Dungarvan |
Dunstable | Durham City | Dursley | Dursley Lioness Club |
Douglas Valley Lions Clubhas adopted part the Leeds -Liverpool Canal under ascheme created by the Canaland River Trust.
Lions members are joined byother local volunteers in litterpicking and other maintenancework along the one-and-a-halfmile stretch of waterway.
Downpatrick Lions Club
Dursley Lions Club
Annual G
olf
Day
Canal t
ow
path
cle
an-u
p
Douglas Valley Lions Club
Darlington Lions Club
Charit
y b
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stall
Furn
iture
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The ‘virtual’ Helen KellerInternet Lions Club strictly hasno location on the map. As anonline club it is open to thosewho are unable to participatethrough a traditional club.
Recent fund-raising initiativeshave sponsored two hearingd o g s a n d m a d e £ 5 0 0donations to Music & the Deafand the Blind War Veterans.
Easingwold Lions Club
Elham Valley & Wye Lions Club
Exeter Lions Club
East Anglia Helen KellerInternet Lions Club
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Ealing | Easingwold District | East Anglia Helen Keller Internet | East
Anglia New Century | University of East Anglia Campus | East Anglia
Young Ambassador Internet | East Elloe | East Grinstead |
Eastbourne | Eastleigh | Eastwood | Eaton Bray & Edlesborough |
Edenderry & District | Edinburgh | Edgware | Edwinstowe & the
Dukeries | Elham Valley & Wye | Ellesmere Port | Elmet | Enfield |
Ennis | Enniscorthy | University of Essex Campus | Evesham Vale |
Exeter | Exeter West |
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Fairlop | Fairlop Leo Club | Falmouth & Penryn | Fareham |
Farnborough | Farnham | Featherstone | Felixstowe | Felixstowe
Lioness Club | Feltham & Whitton | Fermoy | Filey | Fishguard &
Goodwick | Fleet | Fleet Sirius | Fleetwood & Cleveleys | Flint &
District | Folkestone | Forest of Dean | Formby & District | Fowey River
| Frimley & Camberley | Frome | Fulham | Furness |
In a little over a decade, the FairlopLeo Club has raised over £50,000and under taken many loca lcommunity projects.
One highlight each year is thepantomime trip for disadvantagedchildren and the local Mencapgroup. The young Leo membersraise money to buy tickets andtoffees, as well as acting as escortsfor the evening which has over 100guests on average.
The after school club is also activein environmental projects includingplanting trees in Ray Lodge for theTrees for City charity.
Filey Lions Club
Farnham Lions Club
Donke
y D
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ay
Tree p
lantin
g
Fairlop Lions Club
Fowey River Lions Club
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Thanks to the generosity of thepublic, fellow Lions, friends,supporters and a donation fromL i o n s C l u b s I n t e r n a t i o n a lFoundation, over £20,000 wasraised by Glastonbury and StreetLions clubs in response to a localflood appeal at the start of 2014.
The clubs worked closely withSomerset Community Foundationto ensure local communities in theSomerset Levels who wereaffected by significant flooding thatlasted for many weeks could behelped in the best way possible.
Glanford & Lindsey Lions Clubs
Goring, Woodcote Lions Club
Gillingham Lions Club
Glastonbury & Street Lions Clubs
Som
erse
t leve
ls flood
ap
peal
Harve
st tea
Messin
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School P
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Gainsborough | Galway | Garforth & District | Garioch | Garstang
District | Gatehouse-of-Fleet | Gillingham | Gillingham Mere &
Shaftesbury | Glanford & Lindsey | Glantawe | Glasnevin |
Glastonbury & Street | Gnosall | Godalming | Goole District | Gorey &
District | Goring Woodcote District | Gort & District | Gosport & Lee
on Solent | Gower & Llwchwr Estuary | Grange & District | Grantham |
Gravesend District | Great Yarmouth | Greenford Willow Tree |
Grimsby Cleethorpes | Guernsey | Guernsey Leo Club | Guildford |
Guiseley & District |
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Hadley Wood | Hadley Wood Leo Club | Hailsham | Halesworth |
Haltemprice | Harborough | Harleston | Harlow | Harpenden |
Harrogate | Harrow & Pinner | Hart | Hastings | Havant |
Haverfordwest | Haverhill | Hayes & Harlington | Hay on Wye Black
Mountains | Hayle | Hayling Island | Haywards Heath | Hednesford |
Helensburgh | Helston | Hemel Hempstead | Henfield & District |
Henley on Thames | Hereford | Hethersett District | Heywood | High
Wycombe | Highworth & District | Hinckley Burbage | Hitchin |
Holderness | Holmfirth & Meltham | Holsworthy | Holyhead | Honiton
& District | Hook-Odiham | Horley | Horncastle & District | Hornsea
District | Horsham | Hounslow | Hove | Howth Sutton | Huddersfield |
Hull Kingston | Humberston North Sea | Hunstanton | Huntingdon
Grafham Water | Hykeham | Hythe & Romney Marsh | Hythe &
Waterside |
Members of Hayle and CallingtonLions Clubs took part in the Walkwith Pride, around Cornwall toraise money for the Little Harbourhospice. They were started ontheir 8-day, 100 mile trek bySheryll Murray MP who is president of the Palace ofWestminster Lions Club.
Clubs throughout the South Westhave suppor ted ch i ldren’shospices for several years –helping fundraise for one in eachcounty in the district. In 2012,over £46,500 was donated topay for a special family area at theLittle Harbour hospice called theLions Den.
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Black Mountains Lions Club
High Wycombe Lions Club
Hayle & South-West Lions Clubs
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Isle of Man Lions Club
Em
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spond
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Kilkenny Lions Club
Christm
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colle
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Knaresborough Lions Club
Gre
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ed
Race
Cora
cle
Regatta
Ironbridge-Severn GorgeLions Club
The Great Knaresborough BedRace is part fancy dress pageantand part gruelling time trial over a2.4 mile course, ending with aswim through the icy waters ofthe River Nidd.
First run in 1966, the race hasbeen organised exclusively byKnaresborough Lions Club since1998. It features 90 teams of sixrunners – and one passenger.
Ilfracombe Devon | Ilkeston | Ilminster | Ipswich | Ironbridge-Severn
Gorge | Isle of Axholme | Isle of Ely | Isle of Man | Isle of Mull | Isle of
Wight Newport | Isle of Wight Ryde | Isle of Wight Cowes | Isle of
Wight Sandown Shanklin | Isle of Wight Ventnor | Ivybridge |
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Keighley | Kempston Leo Club | Kendal & District | Kenilworth |
Kenton | Keswick | Kettering & District | Keynsham | Kidderminster &
District | Kilcullen | Kilkenny | Killarney | Killiney | King's Lynn |
Kingswinford-Stourbridge | Kington | Kinsale & District | Kirkcaldy &
District | Kirkham & Fylde Rural | Knaresborough | Knowle & Dorridge
| Knutsford & District |
K
Jersey
J
Lancaster Morecambe | Lancing & Sompting | Launceston |
Leatherhead & District | Lechlade & District | Leeds | Leeds Skyrack |
Leek | Leicester Charnwood | Leicester Host | Leicester Lioness Club
| Leigh | Leigh on Sea | Leighton Buzzard | Leitrim | Leopardstown
Dublin | Letchworth Garden City & Baldock | Letterkenny | Letterston
| Lewes | Leyland & Cuerden Valley | Lichfield | Limavady | Limerick |
Lincoln | Liskeard | Little Orme | Littleborough & District |
Littlehampton District | Littleport | Liverpool | Llandrindod Wells |
Llandudno | Llanrwst | Llantwit Major & Cowbridge | Loddon Valley |
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The L ions youth footba l lcompetition is a popular initiative,particularly in Northern Ireland. Itis the only UEFA sanctionedcompetition that U16 teams canenter straight from their ownleague.
T h e L i m a v a d y t e a m w a ssuccessful in 2013 in an excitingfinal where they faced Carrick onSuir from the far south of Ireland.
Limavady Lions Club
Lio
ns
Youth
Footb
all
Com
petit
ion
Llandudno Lions Club
Op
enin
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f B
lind
Vete
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UK
centr
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Leyland & Cuerden Valley Lions
Bra
ss B
and
Concert
Leigh on Sea Lions Club
Leig
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London Acton | London Belmont | London Central | London
Chinatown | London Covent Garden | London Finchley | London
Golders Green | London Golders Green Leo Club | London Hendon |
London Hendon Leo Club | London Hornsey | London Host | London
Kingsbury | London Kingsbury Leo Club | London Mill Hill | London
Mill Hill Leo Club | London Palace Of Westminster | London Park
Royal | London Seven Kings | London Swiss Cottage | London
Westminster | London West | Long Stratton | Longford | Longridge |
Looe | Loughborough | Loughrea | Louth District | Lowestoft | Lucan-
Leixlip | Luton | Lutterworth | Lymington & Brockenhurst | Lyn |
Lytham St Annes |
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Louth Lions Club has purchasedpicnic benches to enable thehundreds of children who attendthe Louth Park Farm each year toenjoy an al fresco lunch.
The children attend ‘Farm to ForkDays’ where they discover wheretheir food comes from, plantseeds/seedlings, make bird feeders,learn about different crops andcook some of the produce grownon the farm.
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Louth Lions Club
Pic
nic
benches fo
rLouth
Park F
arm
London Westminster Lions Club
London Acton Lions Club
Sp
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Lymington & Brockenhurst Lions Club
Bro
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ival
Mablethorpe Sutton & District | Macclesfield & District | Machars |
Macroom | Maesteg-Tir Iarll | Maidenhead | Maidstone | Malahide |
Maldon Leo Club | Malling District | Malling Lioness Club | Malpas |
Maltby Rother Valley | Malton Norton & District | Malvern Hills |
Manchester Chinatown | Mannannan the Isle Of Man | Mansfield |
March | Market Drayton | Market Rasen | Marlborough & District |
Marston Green & District | Matlock Derwent Valley | Maryport |
Maynooth Kilcock |
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Malton, Norton & District LionsClub provides vital logisticalsupport, along with the localscouts, at the fund-raising openday of more than 20 horse racingtrainers in Malton and Norton;an a rea famous fo r t ra in ingthoroughbred horses for over 300years.
Malton Racing Association makesa substantial charity donation tothe Lions club for its help.
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Malton Norton Lions Club
Sta
ble
s op
en d
ay
Macroom Lions Club
Male
voic
echoir
concert
Mansfield Lions Club
Para
-ted
s fo
ram
bula
nce s
tatio
n
Maidenhead Lions Club
Lio
ns
fund
-rais
ing
train
Melksham | Melton Mowbray | Meon Valley | Mersea Island |
Mexborough | Mid Tyne (Prudhoe) | Middle Marches | Middlesbrough
Teesside | Middleton | Midhurst | Midleton | Mildenhall & District |
Milton Keynes Bletchley | Milton Keynes Central | Milton Keynes
Central Leo Club | Milton Keynes Stony Stratford | Minehead &
District | Mitchelstown | Monaghan | Monasterevin | Monmouth
Gwent | Moor Park | Morley & District | Morpeth | Mullingar |
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Morpeth Lions Club
Daft a
s a B
rush
Cancer P
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nt C
are
Mullingar Lions Club
Schools S
afe
ty Aw
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s
Mersea Island Lions Club
Local tra
nsp
ort sh
ow
Meon Valley Lions Club
New
com
munity b
us
Meon Valley Lions Club providesan important local communityservice to older and disadvantagedpeople who lack access to transportin Wickham and the surroundingarea.
It took delivery of a new minibus in2013, thanks in part to a £10,000boost to the fund-raising fund fromthe Southern Co-operat iveCommunity Support Card scheme.
Naas | Nailsea | Navan | Nenagh | New Milton | New Ross | New
Ross Leo Club | Newbridge-Kildare | Newbury | Newcastle |
Newcastle under Lyme | Newcastle West | Newhaven Peacehaven &
Seaford | Newmarket | Newport | Newport Pagnell & Olney | Newport
Shropshire & District | Newquay | Newquay Towan Blystra | Newry |
Newtownards | Norfolk Broads | Normanton & District | Northallerton
& District Lioness Club | North Notts | North Walsham District | North
Wolds | Northampton | Northampton Eighty | Northfleet & Ebbsfleet |
Northleach & Fosse | North Marches | Northwood | Norwich |
Norwich North Leo Club | Norwich West | Nottingham West |
Nottingham West Pride | Notts/Derby Hemlockstone | Nuneaton |
N
Oadby & Wigston | Oban & Lorn | Okehampton | Oldham District |
Omagh | Ormskirk & Maghull | Osterley | Oswestry | Otley |
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Naas Lions Club began aninvolvement in suicide preventionabout 14 years ago with the LionsFeather project.
Today over 100 clubs in Ireland arehelping tackle the issue. Funds areraised using the children’s book forschools: A Wonderful story. Otherinitiatives focus on training coursesin partnership with SafeTALK andASIST for health workers, teachers,community workers, Gardai, youthworkers and volunteers.
Oban & Lorn Lions ClubA
nnual r
aft r
ace
Otley Lions Club
Com
munity
books
hop
Naas Lions Club
Irela
nd
suic
ide p
reve
ntio
n
Newcastle under LymeLions Club
Mid
sum
mer
Mayh
em
dis
pla
y 1st
priz
e
Paddock Wood & District | Paddock Wood Lioness Club | Padstow &
District | Paignton Torbay | Peel | Pembroke & Pembroke Dock |
Penrith | Penzance | Peterborough | Peterlee & District | Petersfield |
Plym Valley | Plymouth | Plymouth Tamar | Pocklington District |
Pontefract Lioness Club | Ponteland | Poole | Port Talbot |
Portarlington | Porthcawl | Porthcawl Leo Club | Portishead |
Portlaoise | Portlethen Leo Club | Portmarnock | Portsmouth |
Portsmouth Pride of St Edmunds Leo Club | Portumna | Portumna
Leo Club | Prestatyn & Rhyl | Preston North | Prestwich | Pwllheli &
District |
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The Pontefract Youth Market wasthe brainchild of the Markets’Manager, in partnership withWakefield Skills College andpump priming funding from theCastleford & Pontefract DistrictLions Club and PontefractLionesses Club.
The success of the scheme hasseen it incorporated into theDepartment of Business Studiescurriculum giving students the fullexperience of running a businessfrom start to finish.
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Pontefract Lions Club
Youth
Marke
t
Portlaoise Lions Club
Christm
as tre
e sa
le
Portsmouth Lions Club
Langsto
ne C
harity W
alk
Peterborough Lions Club
Fund
-raisin
g fo
rchild
ren in
Phuke
t
Radcliffe & Whitefield | Radcliffe on Trent | Radstock & Midsomer
Norton | Rayleigh | Reading | Redditch | Retford | Ringwood &
Fordingbridge | Ripley Amber Valley | Ripon | Rivendell Palace
Campus | Rixton-with-Glazebrook | Roar for Ross Leo Club |
Rochdale | Roche | Romford | Romiley Marple & District | Romsey |
Roscommon | Roscommon Leo Club | Roscrea | Ross on Wye |
Ross Youth Lions Club | Rossendale | Rotherham | Rothley Soar
Valley | Rothwell District | Rottingdean & Saltdean | Rowell &
Desborough | Royston | Rugby Rokeby | Rugeley & District | Ruislip |
Rushden & District | Rutland | Rye & District | Ryedale |
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During the school holidays,Ryedale Lions Club donatedbreakfast meals to the localfoodbank. Cereals, milk andeggs all help vulnerable familiesensure youngsters start the daywith the most important meal.
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Ryedale Lions ClubS
chool h
olid
ay
bre
akf
ast
s
Roscommon Lions & Leos Clubs
QU
AD
Youth
Centr
e
Romiley Marple Lions Club
Santa
Dash
Rugeley & District Lions Club
Duck
race -
best
dre
ssed
com
petit
ions
Saffron Walden | Saffron Walden Lioness Club | Sale District | Salford
| Salisbury | Saltash | Sandwell | Scarborough | Scunthorpe |
Seahaven Lioness Club | Seaton & District | Selby District | Selsey &
District | Sevenoaks | Severn Dean | Shannon | Shepshed |
Sheringham & Cromer | Shirley | Shrewsbury | Sidmouth | Skegness |
Skibbereen | Skipton Craven | Sleaford & District | Sleaford & District
Lioness Club | Sligo | Slough | Solihull | South Meath Fingal Leo Club
| South Molton | South Woodham Ferrers | Southall | Southam |
Southampton Solent | Southborough | Southbourne West Sussex |
Southend on Sea | Southgate | Southport | Southwell & District |
South Wolds | Southwold Sole Bay |
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Sligo Lions ClubC
are
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at
Sleaford & District Lions Club
Heckin
gto
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how
Saltash Lions Club
Sup
port C
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wall
Fre
ew
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Severn Dean & Forest ofDean Lions Clubs B
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work e
vent
Carers throughout Ireland get amuch needed break from theirresponsibilities, thanks to aninitiative started by Sligo Lions,and now extended to include otherclubs in the district.
In 2014, 22 family carers enjoyeda relaxing weekend retreat inBallyvaloo, Co. Wexford, whichwas supported by The Lions Clubsof Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Cork,Howth-Sutton, Killiney, Loughrea,Monaghan, Sligo, Sugar Loaf, andWexford.
Spalding | Spilsby | St Albans | St Albans Leo Club | St Austell | St
George’s Leo Club | Stafford | Staines & Ashford | Stamford & District
| Stanmore | Stevenage | Stevenage Corey's Mill | Stockport |
Stockton Heath & District | Stoke on Trent | Stone | Stonehaven &
District | Stour Valley | Stowmarket & District | Shakespeare (Stratford
upon Avon) | Stretford & District | Sudbury | Sudbury Leo Club |
Sugarloaf | Sugarloaf Lioness Club | Sunderland | Sunderland High
Leo Club | Surrey Border | Sutton Coldfield & Erdington | Swadlincote
& District | Swaffham & District | Swaffham Lioness Club | Swale |
Swanage | Swanley & North Downs | Swansea | Swanwick | Swindon
| Swords & District |
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Each Summer, the Shakespeareand Wellesbourne Lions Clubsorganise the Stratford Raft Racealong a seven-mile stretch of theRiver Avon in Warwickshire.
In 2013 around £18,000 was raisedfor Banbury-based charity, Dogs forthe Disabled, whose vice-patron,actor Brian Blessed, was on handto lend his support.
Stonehaven Lions ClubFeein
’ M
ark
et
Swaffham & District Lions Club
Child
ren in
Need
Stafford Lions Club
Wild
wood
Churc
h F
un D
ay
Shakespeare & Wellesbourne Lions Clubs
Riv
er
Avo
n R
aft R
ace
Tamworth | Taverham & District | Tavistock | Teesdale District | Telford |
Templemore | Tenby & District | Tenterden | Tetbury | Thame | Thames
Estuary | Thanet | Thanet Leo Club | The Deepings | Thetford Breckland
| Thetford Breckland Lioness Club | Thirsk & Northallerton | Thornbury |
Thorne Rural | Thurles | Thurnby | Thurrock | Tickhill & District |
Tipperary Town | Tiverton | Todmorden | Todmorden Leo Club |
Tonbridge | Torpoint & Rame Peninsula | Torquay | Towcester & District |
Tralee | Tring | Trowbridge | Truro | Tuam | Tullamore | Tynedale |
T
Vale of Belvoir | Vale of Llangollen | Vale Royal |
V
Uckfield District | Uckfield Leo Club | Upholland Tawd Vale | Urmston |
Uttoxeter |
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Uttoxeter Lions Club
English
Fed
era
tion o
fD
isab
ility Gam
es
Uckfield Lions Club
It’s a S
pecia
lK
nocko
ut
Teesdale & District Lions Clubs Fish
& C
hip
s eve
nt
Telford Lions Clubs
Wellin
gto
n C
arn
ival
Held at St Bede’s School inHailsham, the annual It’s a SpecialKnockout event is organised by theLions Clubs of Uckfield, Battle,Bexhill, Crowborough, Eastbourne,Hailsham, Hastings and Rye.
It involves 100 participants fromacross East Sussex competing ina variety of sporting events, withstudents from the school alsohelping throughout the day.
Wadebridge | Wallasey | Walsall | Wanstead & Woodford | Wantage & Grove |
Wareham | Warminster | Warmsworth Edlington | Warrington | Warwick |
Waterford | Watford | Wellesbourne | Wellingborough & District | Wells Next
the Sea | Wells Somerset | Wembley | Wembley Brent Leo Club | West
Cumberland | West Kirby | West Wirral | Westbury | Westhill & Skene |
Weston Super Mare | Westport | Wetherby District | Wexford | Weymouth &
Portland | Whitby District | Whitchurch & District | Whitehaven & District |
Whitstable & Herne Bay | Whittlesey | Wicklow & District | Wilmslow |
Wimborne & Ferndown | Windermere & Ambleside | Windsor | Winslow |
Winterton | Wirral | Wisbech | Witham & District | Witham & District Lioness
Club | Withernsea | Witney | Woking | Wokingham Berks | Wolverhampton |
Woodbridge & District | Woodhall Spa | Woodley & Earley | Woolmer Forest |
Woolwich & Greenwich | Worcester | Worksop | Worle | Wormholt & White
City | Worthing | Wotton Under Edge | Wrekin | Wrexham Maelor | Wroxham
& Hoveton | Wymondham |
W
Yarm District | Yateley & District | Yeo Valley | Yeovil | York | York College Leo
Club | York Minster
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York Minster Lions ClubS
chool i
n a
Box
Witney Lions Club
Musi
c F
est
ival
Yateley & District Lions Club
Pig
Racin
g
Weston super Mare Lions Club
Real A
le &
Cid
er
Fest
ival
The Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004inspired York Minster Lions Club tocollect books to replenish stocks inlibraries in Sri Lanka.
Over 50,000 books have been sentto fellow Lions in Sri Lanka fordistribution to schools, colleges,public libraries and orphanages.Many children have become penpals after including letters withdonated books.
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a world of LionsOnline
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Throughout this ‘Lions in your community’ report we have featured many photographs taken by local Lions clubs throughout the British Isles and Ireland. Most were entered in our annual photography competition and we thank everyone who has shared their special moment and captured the work of Lions in their local community.!For details of the Lions Clubs British Isles & Ireland photography competition, see: www.lionsclubs.co!
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in your local community where others will be able to learn
more about who Lions Clubs International members are,
and what they do. Thank you.
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