Could your charity or community group benefit from Carols for Everyone?
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Carols for Everyone will take place at Southwell Minster this year on Saturday, 10th December. If you would like your charity, good cause or community group to be the beneficiary, or you want to nominate one, please get in contact with us via our Contact Us page or email lionsouthwell@gmail.com.
We'll need to know the name of your group, what it does and how it plans to use the money raised. Don't forget to include your contact details! Deadline for applications is 30th September. Previous beneficiaries have included Framework, Chernobyl Childrens Life Line, NORSACA (Nottingham Regional Society for Adults and Children with Autism), Himalayan Trust (furniture for Schools programme), REACH, Beaumond House, Tools for Self Reliance, Rainbows Hospice, Keframa High School in Uganda and SRiS (Support Refugees in Southwell). |
High jinx at Jubilee celebrations raises £544 for junior golfers
Despite the rainy weather, several hundred people enjoyed picnics, music, games and spectacle in Southwell Minster to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Sunday, 5th June. The Lions were there, of course, with our annual Duck Pluck, supported by the Human Fruit Machine. The Duck Pluck raised £544 for Norwood Park Golf Club's Junior Section, to help pay for clubs and other equipment for youngsters who would otherwise be unable to afford to take up and learn to play the game. We also gave £150 to Pulp Friction to bring along its human juice maker, Pulp Friction is a social enterprise that works with people who have learning disabilities and/or Autism to develop their social independence and work-readiness skills.
Ukrainian Spring Quiz raises £1,700!
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Our annual Spring Quiz was back on Friday, 13th May at the Minster School, Southwell. This year, all proceeds are going towards supporting Ukrainian refugees when they arrive in our community.
25 teams took part in the quiz, with the 'Shining Wits' (or something like that!) triumphing. Thanks to the generosity of the 145 or so people who attended, playing the quiz, the raffle, 'Heads & Tails' and the bar takings, we have raised around £1,800 - a fabulous result. Thanks also to quizmaster Graham Coulson, assisted by Ian Gilling and Ian Edwards, who took time off from serving behind the bar, and the ever-willing bar staff - Nick Turner, Steve Foster, Ian Gillings and Ian Edwards. Our next quiz will be in November - so hope to see you there! |
Easter Egg raffle raises £1,700 to support good causes
Southwell Lions' popular annual Easter Egg raffle raised an amazing £1,700 (after expenses) thanks to the generosity of pub-goers in the town and at the Lions market stall on Southwell Market on Easter Saturday. Around 15 local pubs in Southwell and surrounding villages each raffled a giant Thorntons Easter Egg in the run up to Easter, while Saturday shoppers, including children, were able to take their chance at winning one of the giant eggs or a smaller egg on a tombola on Easter Saturday on Southwell's Market Square. The tombola was so popular that both giant eggs and all the standard eggs were won in record time!
Says organiser Steve Foster: "Visiting all the pubs to ask them to display the giant Easter Egg and encourage customers to buy tickets to win them is a difficult job but someone has to do it. Many of the pubs have supported us over the years so it was great to be have them involved again this year, helping us to raise a superb amount, which will be put to good use, supporting local charities and other good causes as well as international appeals through LCIF. The market stall is always popular with families, young and old and we're grateful to everyone who supported us."
Says organiser Steve Foster: "Visiting all the pubs to ask them to display the giant Easter Egg and encourage customers to buy tickets to win them is a difficult job but someone has to do it. Many of the pubs have supported us over the years so it was great to be have them involved again this year, helping us to raise a superb amount, which will be put to good use, supporting local charities and other good causes as well as international appeals through LCIF. The market stall is always popular with families, young and old and we're grateful to everyone who supported us."
Lions support Brain Tumour Research with virtual balloon race!
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Lions UK have formed the Lions Brain Tumour Research Appeal (Lions BTR) with Brain Tumour Research, to raise £1,000,000 to help fund game changing research and raise awareness of brain tumours. 16,000 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour in the UK each year. At any one time there are about 60,000 people living with a brain tumour.
Our coastal walk challenge in 2021 was Southwell Lions’ first step to help raise funds. The Lions District VIRTUAL balloon race is another way for us to raise funds for this worthy cause, whilst having a bit of a flutter. The race starts on 13th March and ends on 27th March. The owner of the balloon that has ‘travelled’ furthest will receive £100 and there are 10 runner up prizes. The virtual balloons are just £5 each via www.balloonrace.com/LIONS105CE, where you can also track your balloon’s progress over the two weeks. Do please have a go and help us support this much needed research. |