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2022
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May 2022

Spring Quiz in aid of Ukrainian refugees settling in our community raised around £1,700. Click here for more.

President Nick Parr presented a special President's Award to Lion Martin Smith for his work at the Brackenhurst Vaccination Centre in early 2022.

Help for Ukrainian families in Southwell - we teamed up with Southwell Town Council to set up a dedicated fund to help support Ukrainian families arriving in Southwell and the surrounding villages by paying the cost of school uniforms and other school-related needs. Click here for more.

Donations made to two young Scouts to attend the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea in 2023.Click here for more.

April 2022

Enabling Hope - our donation to Enabling Hope, a not-for-profit community interest company based in Southwell, that provides mental health support to young people and those who care for them, has enabled them to purchase a range of arts and crafts, therapeutic cards and sensory toys. Click here for more.

From Lands End to John O'Groats for charity - we were delighted to present Guy Turner with a cheque for Framework, one of the four charities who will benefit from Guy's solo walk from Lands End to John O'Groats in July.

Easter Egg draw - our annual Easter Egg draw raised over £1,700 (net) thanks to the generosity of customers in pubs across Southwell and neighbouring villages and at our market stall on Easter Saturday.

March 2022

Marie Curie collection - on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th March, a group of Lions were to found wearing silly hats in Morrisons in Newark and holding collecting tins in aid of Marie Curie.

Ukraine - Southwell residents have been amazingly generous with their donations for the refugees from Ukraine and some of the Lions lent a hand to the many volunteers in sorting through the items for shipment to Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Details here.

Educational books for children - we presented 46 non-fiction educational books to Newark's Holy Trinity R.C Academy. Details here.

New member. We welcomed Nick Cocks as our newest member. See more here. 

We made donations to:
  • Enabling Hope, which provides mental health support to young people in Southwell
  • The Lions Club International appeal to provide aid for refugees from the war in Ukraine
  • A local resident for mobility aids to their home
  • The Lions Club International appeal to provide aid for the people of Madagascar following Cyclone Batsirai
  • Sightsavers, Medic Alert and Water Aid
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February 2022

News homes for birds and bats: combining our commitment to the environment and supporting youth groups, we created a competition to make and decorate bat and bird boxes. First to take part were Southwell Scouts. See here for more.

We made donations to:
  • Duncan Monaghan, a Southwell Minster School student, to help towards the cost of competing internationally at IQFoil windsurfing, including at the world championship in August;
  • Holy Trinity Infant School towards a forest school type area;
  • Beaumond House hospice for new equipment;
  • First aid training for Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme participants at the Minster School;
  • Lions Club International appeal to help relieve the suffering in Tonga, following the volcano eruption, tsunami and earthquake.

New member. We welcomed Ian Wallis as our newest member. See more here.

January 2022

New member. We welcomed Mark Foxwell as our newest member. See more here.
Donation to refugee support - after tallying up the ticket sales, donations, closing collection and Gift Aid, after expenses, we were able to present a cheque for £3,500 to Support Refugees in Southwell (SRiS), the result of Carols for Everyone on 11th December 2021.
Social event - f​or our January social evening, we chased an imaginary hare round Southwell, following a 'flour trail' the hare had laid for us. We later recovered with some liquid refreshment back at The Reindeer Inn.
First donation of the year - following our January business meeting, we donated £500 to PASIC, a wonderful charity that supports families of children and young people with cancer in the East Midlands

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    • News in 2022 >
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    • 2021 Carols for Everyone
    • Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal 2021
    • Brain Tumour Research >
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    • Bowling Evening 2021
  • Archives
    • Club Officers 2020/ 21
    • Fund Raising Archive >
      • Carols for Everyone 2020
      • Christmas Float 2020
      • 2020 MacMillan Coffee Morning
      • Fund Raising Plans 2020
      • Easter Eggs 2020
      • Golf Day 2020
      • 2020 Photo Competition >
        • 2020 Winners
      • Online Quizzes 2020 >
        • 1st May Online Quiz
        • 21st June Bob's Big Quiz
        • Turn the Corner Quiz
      • 2019 Carols for Everyone
      • 2019 Swimathon
      • 2019 Autumn Quiz
      • 2019 Duck Pluck - June
      • 2019 Photo Competition Winners
      • 2019 Spring Quiz - 3 May
      • 2019 Easter Eggs
      • 2019 Burns night Race Night
      • 2018 Santa's Christmas Float
      • 2018 Carols for Everyone Concert
      • 2018 Preloved Christmas Party
      • 2018 Autumn Quiz
      • 2018 Swimathon
      • 2018 Macmillans Coffee Morning
      • 2018 'Duck Pluck'
      • 2018 Photo Competition
      • 2018 May Quiz
      • 2018 Easter Eggs
      • 2018 Ceilidh
      • 2018 Burns Night Race Night
      • 2017 BIG Quiz
      • 2017 Swimathon & 100km Bike Ride
      • 2017 Seniors' Christmas Concert
      • 2017 Pre-loved Xmas Party
      • 2017 'Carols for Everyone' Concert
      • 2017 Christmas Float
      • Archive from old website
    • Community Service Archive >
      • 'Lions Challenge' Scouts Badge
      • ROAR 2020 - 7 Billion Ideas >
        • ROAR 2019 - 7 Billion Ideas
      • Foodbanks Dec 2020
      • Diabetes Screening 2019
      • Lions' Schools Challenge 2019/20
      • Lions' Schools Challenge 2018/19 >
        • Schools Challenge Award Event
        • Short Story Finalists
        • Poetry Finalists
        • Bleasby School
        • Halam School
        • Kirklington School
        • Manners Sutton, Averham
        • St Michael's School, Farnsfield
      • "New Generation Lions" Project
      • 2017 Westgate Group Party
      • Sensory Garden
    • Social Events Archive >
      • What's next in 2020?
      • What's next in 2019?
      • Bollywood
      • Charter Dinner 2019
      • Charter Dinner 2018
      • 2018 President's BBQ
      • Cooking for our wives!
  • Social Media
  • Donate