The guiding principle behind the Lions is 'We Serve'.
Serving our community - whether local national or international - is more than just donating to good causes. Of course, that is one of the primary ways in which we serve our community and, during 2022, we helped the following:
Newark Children's Bereavement Centre
St Michael's Primary School, Farnsfield, hedgehog project
Westgate Group
Marie Curie
Ukrainian refugees living in Southwell and surrounding villages
Missing People
Minster Junior School
Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
Beaumond House Hospice
REACH
LIBRA (Lions International Blood Research Appeal)
King’s College Hospital to benefit young in-patients with a range of blood cancers
Lowdham C of E Primary School
Sight Savers
WaterAid
MedicAlert
The Sherwood Forest Trust
Three local Scouts to attend the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea in 2023
Macmillan Cancer Support
Relate Nottinghamshire
Activity Alliance, which supports disabled people in sporting and physical activities
the DEC appeal for Pakistan
Farnsfield Twinning Association
the Lions International Eye Centre in Korle Bu, Ghana
Farnsfield Guides
MHA Communities
two junior elite athletes to help them train and participate in European and World Championships in dinghy sailing
Enabling Hope
Newark's Holy Trinity R.C. Academy
A local resident for mobility aids to their home
a Southwell Minster School student, to help towards the cost of competing internationally at IQFoil windsurfing, including at the world championships
PASIC, a charity that supports families of children and young people with cancer in the East Midlands
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme participants at the Minster School
To find out more about how we have helped these organisations, please click here.
Helping our neighbours Very often, it's not a donation that's needed, it's a helping hand - and the Lions are always willing to provide that service. Among the many ways that we have served our community this year are:
Stewarding at events in aid of local and national charities
Litter picks in Southwell and Farnsfield
Replanting and maintaining the planters on roads into Southwell
Volunteering at Newark Vaccination Centre
Spectacle recycling with Police Aid Convoys
To read more about these initiatives, please click here.