South West Post - December 2023

The International Association of Lions Clubs

District 105SW

DECEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER In this month’s issue DG’s Message Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Clevedon Lions Cabinet meeting dates

Weymouth & Portland Lions Paignton Lions Foreign Coins Babbacombe & St Marychurch Lions Ilminster Lions Fowey River Lions Yeo Valley Lions

Blackmore Vale Lions Hearing aid batteries Minhead Lions Ilfracombe Lions Budleigh Salterton Lions Photo Competitions

District Governor - Lion James Mathers Fellow Lions, you may recall that when I last reported I included an attendance at Fowey River Lions Club where their President, Tony Bartlett, hosted Andy, and Emma Burnard to talk about their convoys to help Ukrainian citizens. I sadly report that on Sunday 12th November Lion Tony collapsed and died.

He joined LCI in 1977 and was a Charter member. He served as their President for at least six terms and had been Treasurer as long as anyone can remember. At age 75 he was still working as a self-employed electrician and will be sadly missed by all, especially his wife Lynn.

Unfortunately, a developing cataract in my left eye made driving in the dark difficult and consequently put a hold on club visits, but I am pleased to say that I have now had the procedure and my sight is much improved. Although I still require the right eye to be corrected, I intend to recommence my visits at the start of the New Year and renew my friendship with the A30 and M5!

Since my last report I have attended MD Council, presided over my second Cabinet meeting, and attended Charter anniversaries at Yeo Valley, Paignton, and Callington Lions Clubs. Once again, the new procedure at Cabinet for conducting business provided considerable benefit because it allowed us to discuss the most difficult issue facing Lions clubs, namely reducing membership.

105SW Environmental Project Competition

Yeo Valley Lions made Lion Gail and me most welcome and they were outstanding hosts. I was delighted to have been asked to present Lion John Oldham with his MJF and, the following day, Lion President Graham and his wife Liz

Radstock & Midsommer Norton Lions St Austell Lions ROAR

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Club news from around the South West Lion James Mathers

took us to visit their Kingsmoor

Playground for special needs children, as you can see from the pictures.

This is a special place providing a ‘safe haven’ for families and organisations caring for young people who do not feel comfortable in, or are unable to use, a normal public playground.

After two to three years of fundraising and construction, the Playground was opened in 1999, since when more than 750 families, special schools and other appropriate organisations have registered for membership. Access is via a coded gate, which provides a secure environment where Playground members are free to come and go as they please at any time between April and the end of October, with facilities designed so that the whole family can visit together. Daily visits are made by members of Yeo Valley Lions Club for maintenance and safety inspection purposes.

Immediately following Cabinet, it was a trip across Dartmoor to Paignton, a much more pleasant drive than the route recommended by Google and my Satnav. It was a delightful Charter Dinner, and their President Lion Malcoln Stone is a remarkable man who once again stepped up to the plate despite his age. The following morning it was off to Tavistock where Callington Lions were holding their 47th Charter anniversary, a much less formal lunch and very nice too.

I suspect that with December on our heels many clubs will be busy accompanying Santa or engaging in tin-shakes. I am certainly on my club rota to don the red coat and white beard, so I wish you all the very best for Christmas and keep safe.

“ I wish you all all the very best for Christmas and keep safe” DG Lion James Mathers

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Lion Phil Bunt

Latest club news updates from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club are joined by Newquay Lions President Dave Evison, BID Manager Mark Warren and a giant pirate at the start of this year’s Zombie Crawl.

The Pride(s) of Newquay Members of Newquay Lions and Towan Blystra Lions came together on Saturday 21 October to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Towan Blystra Club. Together with Past District Governor Lesley Chudley, the group proudly posed for a unique photo before enjoying an evening of great food and entertainment at the town’s Magnuson Sandy Lodge Hotel.

Towan Blystra President, Lion Heather Stanley, said, “In total we had over 100 guests attending and almost 40 of them were Lions from the two clubs in our town, which I think is an amazing indication of the extent to which people here are prepared to give their time to help others.

“It was a brilliant evening, and we were also

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Lion Phil Bunt

delighted that there were a further eight Lions clubs from around Cornwall and further afield joining us, together with our good friends from Newquay Rotary, who are yet another group who voluntarily support many important causes.”

Top awards for two Lions serving the community in different ways A Melvin Jones Fellowship is a highly prized and prestigious award from the Lions Clubs International Foundation, which is awarded to members of the community whose work towards humanitarian causes is deemed worthy of special recognition.

At the Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Charter Night on Saturday 21 October, two members of that club were surprised when called forward to be presented with individual fellowships for their outstanding voluntary service to the community

by Past District Governor, Lion Lesley Chudley.

Lion Monique Collins does so much more than help others through the Lions as, being the manager of Newquay Drop in and share Centre (DISC) for the past five years, she has not only helped the homeless, but other members of the community, many of them in full-time employment, who are finding it hard to make ends meet.

She has championed many causes, such as drop -in benefit and legal advice sessions, giving mental health professionals a base to work from.

She has arranged for a mobile dentist to give treatment, liver screening tests and even selfdefence classes. She has also enabled street vets to visit and look after pets. Monique has appeared on television on many occasions, speaking up for local people who find it difficult to get permanent accommodation in this seaside town. TV documentary-maker and presenter, Simon Reeve, has visited DISC twice for different programmes he has produced. Most recently, DISC has been nominated for the King’s Award for

Voluntary Service and the winners will be announced on 14 November.

Lion Jill Bunt, a former Mayor of Newquay and previous president and treasurer of Towan Blystra Lions, is their current secretary and gives up many hundreds of hours every year in support of good causes through the Lions. In addition, she volunteers at the RNLI shop at Newquay Harbour and in the Cornwall Air Ambulance shop in the town’s East Street. She has also been a keen and regular supporter of Monique’s work at DISC, helping to pack meals and organise deliveries to vulnerable people, notably during Covid.

Speaking of the two new Melvin Jones Fellows, Lion President Heather Stanley said: “We are so proud to have Monique and Jill as members of our club. Their contribution, not just to Lions, but directly to supporting others in the community makes these awards so appropriate and fits the criteria of the Melvin Jones Fellowship perfectly.”

The Melvin Jones Fellowship is named in honour of the founder of Lions Clubs International. The organisation was founded in 1917 and is now represented by clubs like Newquay Towan Blystra in over 200 countries and boasts some 1.4 million members.

Cornwall has 16 clubs and two of them are in Newquay.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Phil Bunt

Club welcomes new member Carole Boyle Newquay Towan Blystra Lions were delighted to welcome a new member to their club, bringing the club’s total membership to 32.

Carol Boyle is shown receiving her certificate and Lions pin badge from President Heather Stanley and her sponsor, club Vice President Jon Collins at their recent meeting in The Griffin Inn. Heather said: “Carol has already helped us out in several events, including Newquay Beer Festival and has joined us at our recent business meetings as well. I am sure she can contribute a lot to the service we provide in the community, and we are all delighted that she is now part of ’the pride’.”

Lion Frieda Pollock

Diabetes stand in Queen Square On Thursday 16th November, Clevedon Lions took Diabetes Awareness to Queen Square in Clevedon.

Past Presidents Sue Miller, Ann Meredith and Paul Pollock took leaflets and information sheets to the residents of Clevedon at the weekly market.

Lots of interesting people came to find out about diabetes and how to recognise the signs and symptoms and how to deal with the life changes.

Lion James Mathers

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Saturday 4 November

Okehampton (Completed)

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Saturday 10th February

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Club news from around the South West Lion Ryan Hope

Weymouth South Scouts say thank you for South Korean Jamboree funding Apologies for the late thank you letter but thank you for the donation the Lions gave to Weymouth South Scouts to help me and the three other explorers raise the money we needed to attend the 25th World Scout Jamboree. It was a massive help. As I'm sure you would've heard, the Jamboree didn't go to plan, but I still had an amazing time in South Korea. I experienced many new things, such as trying new foods that I would have never had if l didn't go

to Korea; how clean and big the underground was, as well as having the aircon on it, which was lovely; and getting to go to a dog and cat cafe!!!! Most importantly for me, I got to meet lots of new people from around the world who I have stayed in contact with, as well as learning about the incredible culture of Korea.

Liv Parry Weymouth South Scout Group

Lion Martin Rogers

£500 Cheque presentation to Feed a Child Torbay Lion Alan Tozier presenting the cheque to Lesley Perrin from Feed a Child Torbay

The next trip to Poland with aid for Ukraine will leave Cornwall on the 17th December 2023. To donate please follow the link to the sendinglovetoukraine website.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Lesley Chudley

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Lion Geoff Payne

Torbay Young Carers enjoy 4-Day Cookery Course Babbacombe & St Marychurch organised a four-day cookery course for Torbay Young Carers during the summer holidays. It was run at South Devon College in its professional training kitchens by one of its chefs in conjunction with our service committee. The youngsters, who are all carers for relatives with some form of disability, were instructed in menu planning, costing, buying effectively and then cooking a variety of dishes which they took home to their families.

On the fourth day we organised a visit to Brixham wholesale fish market, which is normally closed to the public, for a guided tour by the manager who explained many of the

different fish landed at Brixham (one of the largest fishing ports in the UK) and where they were destined for and how to judge quality. This was followed by a fish & chip lunch, courtesy of Rockfish restaurant on Brixham quayside.

Overall, a really useful and much appreciated few days for these youngsters to help them in their challenging roles.

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Club news from around the South West

Lion Geoff Payne

20 Shoe boxes filled with Christmas gifts to disadvantaged families in Moldova Babbacombe & St Marychurch Lions Club despatched 20 shoe boxes with Christmas gifts to disadvantaged families in Moldova, which is a neighbour of Ukraine and currently home to many of their refugees. The boxes are collected and transported by a local charity, Christian Response to Eastern Europe (cr2ee) based in Dawlish in Devon.

Photograph shows service chairman Frank Wallis handing over the boxes for transportation. This is a project we have been supporting for a few years now, interrupted only by Covid.

100 Teddy Bears donated to The Salvation Army for disadvantaged children in Torbay Babbacombe & St. Marychurch Lions Club discovered that the local branch of the Salvation Army in Torquay puts together Christmas parcels for disadvantaged children across Torbay.

We sourced 100 teddy bears to donate, buying them wholesale to save costs. They should result in some smiles from deserving children on Christmas Day who might otherwise have felt excluded from the festivities.

Picture shows the teddy bears in the company of Lion President Norman Squires, Geoff Payne of the service committee and Captain Chris Baker of the Salvation Army who gratefully accepted the donation.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Richard Allen

Cheque presentations to Medical Detection Dogs and Baby Basics South Somerset At the Business Meeting on Monday 6th November Ilminster Lions Club President Shirley Farley and the other Club members presented cheques to two different charities. Zone I Chair Lion Richard Allen, who was visiting the Club, was kindly invited to join in with the presentation.

The first cheque was presented to Peter Isaacson, volunteer speaker for Medical Detection Dogs.

'Medical Detection Dogs' train dogs to detect the odour of human disease with the aim of developing faster, more efficient and less invasive diagnostics that lead to better patient outcomes. They are involved with the research into the fight against cancer and other lifethreatening diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and bacterial infections. The Bio Detection Dogs are trained to find the odour of those diseases in samples such as urine, breath and sweat, and their work has the potential to benefit millions.

The second cheque was presented to Lisa Osborne from 'Baby Basics South Somerset'. Baby Basics is a volunteerled project aiming to support new mothers and families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical burden of looking after a new baby. Baby Basics started in Sheffield in the spring of 2009. There is an ever-increasing network of Baby Basics centres across the country, each staffed by a committed team of volunteers.

Baby Basics provides much needed essentials and equipment to mothers and families who are unable to provide these items for themselves, including but not limited to teenage mums, people seeking asylum and women fleeing domestic abuse and trafficking.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Lynne Goold

Lion President Tony Bartlett It is with great sadness that we have to inform you of the loss of our President Lion Tony Bartlett who died on Sunday 12th November. Our thoughts are with his wife and family. He will be greatly missed by us all.

Lion Peter Rowe

It is with sadness that we announce the passing to higher service of

There are special people in our lives who never leave us, even after they have gone

Lion Tony Bartlett Fowey River Lions Club

Please contact the respective Lions Club president or secretary for further details

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Club news from around the South West Lion Lynn Goold

A very generous donation The funds raised by Fowey River Lions help people in their local community as well as nationally and internationally. We are extremely grateful to an anonymous donor who gave us a considerable

amount of money to spend as we thought fit. At the same time, we had been asked if we could assist a local family in Fowey. Lewis Mooney is just eight years old and is suffering from a rare disabling disease called Goldenhar syndrome. In the coming

hopefully, a treat for football-loving Lewis. So far,

months, Lewis will need several operations at Great

they have raised £2,685. The Lions were

Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London. The

delighted to be able to offer the family £500

family have a target of £5,000 to raise to cover the

towards their target. Thank you to our

cost of travel, any accommodation that may be

anonymous donor who helped make this

required, support with Lewis’s two siblings and,

possible. We wish Lewis and his family well.

Lion Val Dickens

Lion John Oldham receives MJF from District Governor Our Past President Lesley awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship to John Oldham for his hard work and commitment to the club, in particular the Disabled Children's Playground and the Alzheimer’s group coffee mornings and Singing for the Brain. The award was made at our 55th Charter Anniversary dinner on 3 November. John has put an enormous amount of effort into both these causes and Yeo Valley Lions are very pleased that his work has been recognised in this way.

Congratulations and well done, John, who is seen here receiving the award from District Governor James Mathers.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Tim Otter

Blackmore Vale Lions nominates Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance as main charity beneficiary for 2024

Blackmore Vale Lions Club (BVLC) nominates Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as main charity beneficiary from Blackmore Vale Half Marathon 2024 (BVHM) and Fun Run and get ready for Christmas.

In addition to the major news item below, BVLC is gearing up for Christmas. Sadly, our Father Christmas Float is still not available, but we are taking steps to find a different way of bringing Father Christmas to his followers. However, our Christmas bucket collections continue and we are rolling out a Christmas collection programme at many of the main shops and venues in the Blackmore

Vale. Can we take this chance to wish our fellow lions, their families and those they support a merry Christmas and peaceful New Year and successful 2024.

BVLC is delighted to announce that it has selected Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as its main charity beneficiary from funds raised by the BVHM. The Half Marathon is a major fundraising activity for BVLC in Lions year 2023/24. BVLC also depends on money raised from the BVHM to fund many of its other charitable giving and donations, which cover everything from major International disaster relief; earthquakes, conflict and famine, for example, to small bequests to local and needy causes. Thus, some of the earnings

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Club news from around the South West Lion Tim Otter

from the half marathon and fun run (8 km, 5.25 miles, which takes place at Bishop’s Caundle recreation ground on 4th Feb 2024 at 11.00) will be retained by BVLC for international, national and local use.

Commenting on the choice, Peter Oswick, President of BVLC, said: “We are keen to support local charities and obviously Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of them. In addition, many of our members can see Henstridge Airfield from their homes and More information on our life-saving work can be found watch "Peggy", their helicopter, disappearing off by visiting: www.dsairambulance.org.uk. to render help and assistance to the seriously ill and hurt throughout the two counties. All of us in the Blackmore Vale and wider in Dorset and About Blackmore Vale Lions Club Somerset frequently see her flying. Coupled with Lions are the largest and widest spread charitable the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance land organization in the world. BVLC is one of more than assets, we as individuals and a community 45,000 Lion clubs worldwide. We all exist to raise benefit hugely from and are enormously grateful money for worthwhile causes (disaster relief, health, to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance for the youth development, poverty alleviation, community efforts the team make on our behalf. Blackmore activities) on an international, national, regional or local Vale Lions are delighted to help out and contribute.” level. We do this in fellowship and community through social events and local activities. We are always out Commenting on behalf of Dorset and Somerset raising money through bucket collections, charitable Air Ambulance, Becky Heath, Supporter events, bingo, etc, lotteries and raffles, the odd half Engagement Officer for Dorset, said: marathon (and other sports events) or two and helping other charities. If you would like to join us please contact 0845 833 7423 or https://bvlions.yolasite.com/.

“We want to thank everyone at Blackmore Vale We would love to meet you.

Lions Club for selecting us as their chosen charity for the 2024 Blackmore Vale Half About the Blackmore Vale Half Marathon Marathon and Fun Run. Each life-saving mission The next running of the BVHM will be 4 Feb 2024 at that our crew are tasked to costs approximately Bishop’s Caundle Recreation Ground (registration in £3,500 and the charity relies on the generosity of village Hall), finish adjacent to the start. Details of the the public to keep operational. We would not be able to help so many people in our community event are at https://bvlhm.yolasite.com/. without the amazing support that we receive Entries for the BVHM and the associated Fun Run can from events such as this. Thank you from us all be made by accessing the Run Britain at Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, we website RUNBRITAIN.COM/RACES.If you want to really appreciate your support.” help us (we are always looking for marshals, admin and general helpers) or sponsor the event, contact 0845 833 7423 or https://bvlions.yolasite.com/. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Lesley Chudley

THERE’S SILVER IN THEM THEIR BATTERIES

Button batteries contain a small amount of silver.

A member of Southend Lions has the ability to extract this and dispose of the rest, environmentally safely.

One kilogram of batteries will yield £50 of silver at today’s prices.

Please collect these from care homes, medical outlets, chemists, hearing aid providers or anywhere that will save them for you, and bring them to zone meetings, cabinet, or post them to Lesley Chudley.

All monies generated will go into the MD Vision Screening Programme.

SO we are helping the environment and vision in one go!

WIN! WIN!

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Club news from around the South West Lion Veronica Whittle

£1,500 donation to ‘sendinglovetoukraine’ from concert receipts Minehead and District Lions Club held a concert to raise money for Ukraine. The concert featured Minehead Male Voice Choir and the Southwest Ukrainian Choir, formed especially for the concert; a great evening of entertainment, ending with the Ukrainian national anthem and a lot of flag-waving!

Ukrainian cakes were on offer after the concert, together with teas and coffees, and the audience were very supportive with their donations.

A cheque for £1,500 was presented to Emma Burnard by Veronica Whittle, Secretary, and Brian Whittle, of Minehead, at Cabinet in November. This will fund one van to Poland with aid for Ukraine.

Lion Kit Leck

Welcoming Future Young Lionesses: Ilfracombe Town FC Under-9 Girls’ Team Ilfracombe and District Lions have been supporters of Ilfracombe Town for many a season, and it didn’t take a VAR review to decide to help with the purchase of new team kit for their Under-9 Girls’ Team. Lions Tony Denby and Jane Lucas were at Ilfracombe Academy to watch and see how the girls got on in their new kit. Before the kick-off, as it was Remembrance Day, all teams observed a two-minute silence.

The team played with spirit and, regarding the result, the winner as some would say, was ‘Football’.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Richard Allen

Budleigh Lions sponsors Otterton Primary School’s environment poster competition Last month the youngest children at Otterton Primary School ventured out on a beach-clean with the help and support of Budleigh Salterton Lions Club.

The children in the school are keen to promote the importance of keeping our environment rubbishfree. So, the children wanted to design posters to encourage people to do just that.

Budleigh Salterton Lions Club offered to sponsor the environmental poster competition and provide art materials for the school as prizes. The Lions met the School Ethos Group which decided that the prizes should be awarded to the whole class rather than to individual children.

Lions Gill Wilson and Richard Allen were invited to the school to judge the Poster Competition and the winners were announced during the celebration worship on Friday 20th October.

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Club news from around the South West Lion Richard Allen

New member, ‘Strictly Lions’ & £1,366.04p from Co-op Community Fund

On Tuesday 14th November Budleigh Salterton Lions Club welcomed its latest member Lion Sue Glover. Sue has already carried out several service activities with the Lions in the local community, including litter- picking and helping at the Budleigh Community Supper evenings at Wesley's.

Sue said "I was delighted to be invited to join the Lions and to be able to meet such a friendly bunch of like-minded people who serve the local community.

“There are such diverse activities to choose from.

So far, I have helped at the community food larder and community suppers, litter-picked, and walked the Exmouth Park run to raise awareness of diabetes. In the process there have been many cups of tea and friendly chats with fellow Lions!"

On Wednesday 15th November Budleigh Lions Richard and Tom were invited to the 'Sequence Dancing Club' in Exmouth.

The members of the Dancing Club have been very kindly collecting used postage stamps, hearing aid batteries and used tablet blister packs for the Lions. Richard and Tom gave a brief talk about who Lions are, what we do and how the various items

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are recycled.

After some delicious tea and cake, the members invited Lions Richard and Tom to join them on the dance floor! Fortunately, everyone survived without any injuries.

Steven England who runs the 'Sequence Dancing Club' later contacted Richard and said, "It was great to see you and Tom this afternoon and to hear about your work. After you’d gone, we decided we would hold our Christmas charity dance in aid of Budleigh Lions Club."

Club news from around the South West Lion Richard Allen

Lions Richard & Tom getting to grips with sequence dancing, collecting pill blister packs and used postage stamps

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Club news from around the South West Lion Richard Allen

On Friday 17th November Lions Richard Allen and Geoff Paver were invited for a special Community Celebration at the local Co-op Food Store in Budleigh Salterton.

This was an opportunity for the Budleigh Lions to say thank you to Co-op members for raising funds for the Club.

The Lions were delighted to receive a cheque for £1,366.04 from the Local Community Fund.

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Lion Sarah Oughton

1st Midsomer Norton Scouts raise the roof The 1st Midsomer Norton Scout group are literally raising the roof of their hall on Radstock Road. The hall was built many years ago and whilst the roof is structurally sound, it is not watertight.

After careful investigation, the group have determined that the cost-effective solution is to put a new roof over the top of the existing one.

This will bring the building up to present building standards of insulation.

Last August, the local Journal newspaper reported on the efforts of two brothers, Jacob and Issac, from the 1st Midsomer Norton Cub and Beavers group. They were raising sponsorship funds towards the new roof by wombling (litter-picking) around Midsomer Norton. Their actions, reported in the paper, inspired the Radstock and Midsomer Norton Lions Club to donate towards the cause. Lion President Rob Jamieson and Lion Lyn Haile were delighted to meet the enterprising brothers and present them with a giant cheque for £250. We wish the Scout groups every success in raising the roof and enjoying a watertight space to meet when the work is completed.

Club President Lion Rob Jamieson, Jacob, Lion Lyn Haile and Issac

Lion Kevin Brookes

Club President Lion Ryan Hope at the US memorial

The Cenotaph—Weymouth Esplanade

Standard Bearers at the Weymouth Cenotaph

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Club news from around the South West Lion Roger Dovey

Planned Santa Sleigh routes throughout December ALL ROUTES START AT APPROXIMATELY 4.30 PM. 1st Edgecumbe Green, Woodside and Carne HIill, pausing briefly near the Wagon Wheel chip shop in Trewoon, then Cooperage Gardens.

Starts at entrance to Edgcumbe Green.

4th Jubilee/Retallick Meadows.

Starts at outside of 65 Retallick Meadows (top right of estate).

5th Carclaze Area.

Starts at Century Close near the roundabout.

6th Park Way/Mitchell Road.

Starts at the top of Park Way opposite No. 118 7th Dupoth/Portpean.

Starts at Pellymounter Road 8th Polkyth.

Starts at Brewery Drive (opposite St Austell Brewery) 11th Boscoppa.

Starts at end of Larcombe Road.

12th Polgooth/Sticker Starts at Hewas Inn Car Park in Sticker.

14th Manor View Starts at the Junction of Par Lane and Manor View.

15th Biscovey Starts at the junction of St Mary's Road and Biscovey Road 18th Gover Valley.

Starts at outside of No 76 Turnavean Road (top left of estate)

19th Charlestown/Gwallian Keas.

Starts at the entrance to Penrice Parc

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Club news from around the South West Lion Roger Dovey

20th Old Roselyon.

Starts at the junction of Old Roselyon Road and Treryn Close.

21st Sandy Starts at Bowder Vean.

Please download the free tracker app called “GLYMPSE“ this will enable you to see the ‘live’ location of the Lions Santa Sleigh.

Any donations will be much appreciated for our Lions charities, with options of coins or via Text.

As in past years, all donations will go to small local charities.

We aim to cover the areas mentioned, but cannot guarantee due to unforeseen circumstances, poor weather or mechanical breakdown.

For further details of routes, please see our Website: www.staustelllions.co.uk or our Lions Club of St Austell Cornwall Facebook page.

Many thanks!

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Club news from around the South West Lion Roger Dovey

St Austell Lions deliver aid collected for onward transportation to Ukraine Following our collection for Ukraine on Saturday 28th October, St Austell Lions Barbara and Roger, on the left, delivering part of last Saturday's collection to Lion Emma of Callington Lions Club, for onward transport to Ukraine.

Next Ukraine collection St Austell Lions held their aid collection for Ukraine on Saturday 25th November between 10.00 am and 11.30 am at the car park of St Mary's Church, St Blazey Gate. Items particularly requested included warm children's clothing, nappies, ladies' sanitary products, sleeping bags, small tents and paracetamol. We look forward to seeing you at our next collection!

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Club news from around the South West The Roar Team

ROAR National Awards Day 2023 The Roar 2023 National Awards day can be viewed on Zoom on 6th December at 10.30 am until 12 noon.

Join us through the following zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89147579192?pwd=cDF3VEJaSld3aitPZ0pmMVZwSC9GZz09 The meeting ID is: 891 4757 9192 The passcode is: 623155

If your Lions club is interested in seeing how this exciting new youth programme engages children, then please join us on the day.

The ROAR Team

www.lions-roar.com/

Lion Kevin Brookes

Thank you to everyone who has contributed this month’s South West Post.

Deadline for articles and photographs for next month’s newsletter is 20th December 2023.

Until then...

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