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Tell the World Your Story

Dear Lions,

Once upon a time…remember those magic words? They have the power to instantly transport you to another place and time. That’s what stories do. They stop time and enable you to imagine other worlds.

When I was young, I loved to read stories about baseball players and listen to my grandmother tell stories about our family. Today, I love the stories I hear about you. Lion stories are the greatest stories on Earth. They are stories about kindness and effort and grace. They are stories about bringing people together and giving of ourselves because we know in our hearts that it’s the right thing to do and the right way to live.

In a world where tragedies feel all too frequent, it’s more important than ever to share your stories of service. Share them on social media, share them at city council meetings, and share them with fellow Lions at club and district meetings. Call up the local newspapers and tell them about the great projects you’re doing. People want—and need—to hear about the good being done in the world. And we have the honour of doing a lot of good for a lot of people.

When I need to renew my spirit, I sit down with a cup of tea and my favorite stories—stories about Lions—for a few hours of heartwarming tales. I know I will come away inspired. Inspired by you, Lions.

Yours in service,

Douglas X. Alexander International President, Lions Clubs International

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The theme of this LION Magazine is makers and creators. Members of Lions clubs throughout the British Isles use their creative talents in many ways to serve their local communities. Bexhill Lions make something magical from recycled materials to create educational Green Fairy Trails. Next, an upcycled Japanese themed koi carp pond reveals how Keighley Lions used woodwork skills to start a crafting revolution - and attract new members. Elsewhere, you can learn to take great photographs and get involved in creating an online map of Lions Friendship Benches. The theme continues in the popular LION podcast, Step Forward and Volunteer, added to the website on the second Wednesday each month. To find out how to listen, or download, the podcast and a ’talking magazine’ audio version of this LION magazine visit: https://lionsclubs.co/Public/lion-magazine/

Do you know the way to fairy wood? It’s a secret known only to those who carry fairy dust in their pockets. Go on, check now.

Fairy folk are nimble and very tidy. This is how Bexhill Lions spotted tell-tale signs that fairy friends were in their midst. There was a tiny pile of fairy dust – beside a broom made from a used matchstick and sparrow feathers – outside a fairy door where a small notice was pinned: Help wanted.

The Lions stepped forward and agreed to get involved with the fairies’ clever plan to create a Green Fairy Trail. This fun idea helps children in the local community learn about protecting the environment.

The trail was free to enter and decorated by Bexhill Lions using donated, salvaged, and recycled materials. Quiz sheets could be bought for £1, with crafted fairy things on sale at the end of the adventure. Children were invited to get creative, for example, by painting fairy doors to take home.

Bexhill Lions’ first Green Fairy Trail was a great success, entrancing around 150 children and adults. Trails in other local locations followed, with more planned this year.

If you go down to the woods today… Help wanted!

News has spread about Bexhill Lions’ Green Fairy Trail. The fairies’ wish is that Lions across the British Isles adopt their magical idea to teach more children the reduce, reuse, recycle message.

If you’d like to sprinkle fairy dust over a woodland in your local community, see the tips over the page and visit the website: https://lionsclubs.co/Public, where you’ll find:

• Lions Get Involved fact sheet: Creating a Green Fairy Trail.

• Audio and video clips from Bexhill Lions detailing how to make recycled fairy themed decorations.

• Links to Lions Clubs British Isles health and safety information (including public liability insurance).

“The fairies, as their custom, clapped their hands with delight over their cleverness” – J.M Barrie.

Recycle one empty plastic bottle…

1. Make a wind/light catcher: Wash and remove any labels. Cut off the bottom. Tie a piece of string to the neck of the bottle. Paint rings in alternate colours with acrylic paint. Cut the bottle into one long spiral with two colours in each strip. Stop at the bottle’s shoulders and cut off the top (screw the lid back on). Hang the spiral to dry.

2. Make two flowers: Take the bottom and top of the bottle. Around the sharp edge, carefully cut slits to make petal shapes. Bend these out and paint with acrylic paint. Reuse thin garden cane (or bamboo stalks) and hot glue as the stem of each flower.

Watch the video clip detailing how to make recycled fairy themed decorations by Bexhill Lions members Pam Edwards, Sue Saunders and Sharon Webb. https://youtu.be/LMROqwo82VI

Find a woodland site

Get in touch with owners of local woods, such as Woodland Trust or local councils. A good site has an established meandering footpath and places for displays. It needs separate entrance and exit, and room for queues – expect to attract 200 children with their families. Have clear signage on arrival and to navigate the trail. Easy access is required for set up, as well as visitors with wheelchairs or buggies. Look for nearby parking and an area where families can meet, have a picnic, and enjoy entertainment.

Carry out risk assessment

Create a list of possible risks. Review Lions British Isles health & safety information and ensure public liability insurance is in place. Ensure you have sufficient volunteers on the day to manage queues, cover the entrance and exit, keep the trail tidy, and run craft activities. Brief everyone what to do in case of an emergency. Have a first aid box, accident book, and mobile phone available. Print out consent forms for photography.

Promotion

Prepare text and images to send news of the event to the media, with posters for schools, activity clubs, and other local places. Display signs at the trail site. Add details to the club website and use a calendar of stories for social media to build interest. Encourage children to dress as fairies or other woodland characters. Award certificates and prizes on the day for quiz and costume winners – and share photos online. Plan for poor weather – let people know updates will be posted on Facebook.

On the day

Start early! Suggest opening times of 10am to 3pm – with last entrance at 2:30pm. Decorate the trail with bunting, wind/light catchers, jam jar fairies, bug hotels. Set up features off the path such as: fairy schools, castles and caravans, plus unicorn stables. Display environmental facts, figures and actions throughout the trail. Have plenty of quiz sheets, pens/pencils available. Prepare tables and chairs for craft activities – and be ready to take payments and donations. Have a seating and refreshments area for volunteer breaks.

For more information about Bexhill Lions Green Fairy Trail, visit the Lions website: https://lionsclubs.co/Public or email: lion.editorial@lionsclubs.co

We were walking along the towpath of the canal when I spotted the swan. As I reached for my camera which I always have in my pocket, due to the timing, I didn’t manage to get a photo of the swan’s feet touching the water but the one shown, as it landed.

Photographer: Veronica Whittle. Minehead and District Lions

Category winner: Animals

Title: Happy Landing

Location: Birmingham canals. Midday

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DC Vario. No editing

Photographer: Alwyn Lindley. Whitstable and Herne Bay Lions

Category winner: Plants

Title: From little acorns

Location: Lakeside Coastal Village, Hayling Island. Afternoon

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DC-TZ90. No editing

Photographer: Richard Allen. Budleigh Salterton Lions

Category winner: Landscape

Title: A New Dawn

Location: River Otter, Budleigh Salterton. Morning

Camera: iPhone SE. No editing

It looked so incongruous, such a tiny tree emerging from that massive trunk. It was the promise of new life too, in contrast to the shattered remains of the old tree trunk.

It was New Year’s day and it’s a favourite place of mine to walk to from home. Somewhere I can sit and watch birds or just relax and reflect.

Rows and flows of angel hair. And ice cream castles in the air.

Original photography has a way of capturing a moment, as well as our imagination. The four winning entries in the Lions Environmental photography competition do this whilst showing the importance of improving, protecting, and preserving the environment in local communities across the British Isles.

In the evenings during lockdown, me and my partner used to go out for exercise along the beach from Westcliff-on-Sea to Chalkwell, collecting bags of rubbish whilst enjoying the fresh air. One evening I noticed a fascinating cloud formation which I had never seen before, luckily I had my mobile phone with me to capture it.

For further photographs and details of entering the Lions Photography Competition, visit the website: https://lionsclubs. co/Public/photography/. There you will also find a Top Tips sheet on photography and a link to the January episode of the ‘Step Forward and Volunteer’ podcast where photographer, Ian Snell of Paignton Lions, shares his advice on capturing the perfect image.

Photographer: Lorraine Clark. Southend on Sea Lions

Overall winner: Lions Environmental PhotographyCompetition

Category winner: Weather phenomenon

Title: Amazing cloud formation

Location: Westcliff-on-Sea beach. Night

Camera: Samsung Galaxy S9 mobile phone. No editing

Article title: Lyrics of Joni Mitchell, Both Sides

In Ricky Gervais’ smash-hit Netflix series Afterlife, a grieving Tony Johnson finds friendship with a fellow widower Anne. Both visit the cemetery each day and bond over their losses, swapping stories about the departed partners while sitting on a bench.

The storyline has won hearts with its touching portrayal of grief. Netflix has teamed up with CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) to place benches in 25 locations across the UK to encourage people to sit down and gather their own thoughts or share them with others.

Lions clubs have a long-standing history of funding benches to be placed in their local communities. They can be found across the British Isles in a wide range of locations.

Inspired by the Netflix initiative, a map of Lions Friendship Benches is being created for the website. This will help members of the public, as well as Lions, to find a place to sit and potentially make new friends when they visit different places.

Special numbered Lions Friendship Bench plaques will be available. To submit details and a photograph of a bench funded by a Lions club to be included on the map, email benches@lionsclubs.co.uk.

“The only way to have a friend is to be one”

Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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CASE YOU MISSED IT

Audio clips from the LIONS Step Forward and Volunteer podcast can be shared through social media. Helping to spread the word, a QR code has been pinned to the Twitter account: https://twitter.com/lionsclubsbi

In addition to donations to support refugees and humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, Lions are showing solidarity by cooking traditional borsch soup. Ingredients and recipe via:

https://www.facebook.com/Lionsgetinvolved/

Guildford Lions support for Pirbright Nurture farm featured as a story in the international LION magazine and March edition of the Step Forward and Volunteer podcast.

A talking version of the Lion Magazine (British Isles edition) is now available. Click on https://lionsclubs.co/Public/ lion-magazine/ to download an audio wav file to save onto CD or USB.

The digital issue of the LION Magazine Autumn/Winter 2021 is available to read at https://lionsclubs.co/Public/ lion-magazine/

Celebrating young talent

LION magazine celebrates the service and achievements of talented young people from across the British Isles. Here we report news of the winners of Lions youth projects - in case you missed it.

Alongside their success, we acknowledge the thousands of entrants who make a difference in their local communities. Thanks also to every Lions club that encourages young people to #GetInvolved and #JoinUs.

SHARE: READ: LEARN: NOTE:

St Martin’s CoE Primary School

Upton Priory School St Francis Primary School George Dukas. “Whoever we are, we share a connection with others.”

Lord Deramore’s Primary School

St George’s Primary School

Wonersh and Shamley Green School The Prince of Wales School

Martha Gilson. “We are all connected by our similarities underneath everything and peace comes from recognising that.”

Copies of Lions Step Forward local community volunteering report available from Lions National Headquarters on 0121 441 4544.

The winning national peace competition essay at www.lionsclubs.co

More information about Lions Youth Projects at www.lionsclubs.co

Lions Young Leaders in Service award now aligns with other community programmes by no longer requiring a 12 month record of volunteering.

Young Ambassador Young Ambassador winner

Lions Roar Competition winners

Lions National Essay winner

Lions National Peace Poster winner

Lions Shipshape Award winner

Khan Odita. Cameron Cox. Author of two children’s titles and founder of Mulgrave Street Action Group.

Dormers Wells Junior School

Young leader and school ambassador, involved in setting up art workshops reflecting on emotions and learning journeys.

Peace Competition

Wood it work? Welcome to the Lion’s Den

The Lion’s Den in Keighley, West Yorkshire was crafted from a love of woodwork. It is said to be the UK’s only shed with upcycled Japanese themed koi carp tanks. What’s more, the pond was designed and made by Lions members, who even embellished it with the shed’s name in Japanese: ライオンの巣

Keighley Lions has many talented members who have taken the club out into the local community and started a crafting revolution. Initially, they visited a nearby pop-up shed to run sessions on using woodworking machinery and tools. This led to a fortuitous encounter with Andy Ryland, the Men’s Shed development officer from Community First Yorkshire, who suggested the Lions form a shed.

Many Lions clubs across the British Isles support sheds as they provide vital community spaces where individuals come together to talk, create, have fun, and reduce loneliness and isolation. Realising there wasn’t one in Keighley, the Lions discovered an old disused nursery at the back of the museum at Cliffe Castle. This was perfect for the new Lion’s Den.

Open to men and women, the awardwinning venture is run independently, but has lots of links with Keighley Lions. A donation of £300 funded initial equipment, and when the Lions are working on a project, the Den might source materials or make what the club needs.

Many local craftspeople (working and retired) share their skills (such as glassmaking) at the Lion’s Den. It attracts families and individuals. Keighley Lions has gained four new members with several more interested in joining. This helps the club be even more active in the local community.

To learn more about the Lion’s Den, listen to Keighley Lion, Allan Clark, on the April edition of the Step Forward and Get Involved podcast from Wednesday 13 April. See: https://lionsclubs.co/Public/lion-podcast/

Image: menssheds.org.uk

Seat with a View

The Lion’s Den has helped Keighley Town Council with its Seat with a View project to renovate and relocate 15 benches formerly sited in the Town Hall Square. Originally the benches were donated to the Lion’s Den. Once new seats were added, made from 100% recycled materials, the Council bought the benches back to install in new locations. This money has helped maintain and run the Lion’s Den.

The Seat with a View project has had such positive feedback, with local people involved in choosing where to place the benches, now they’ve been given a new lease of life. The Lion’s Den team was given the lucky job to relocate the benches throughout the beautiful Pennines and Yorkshire Dales.

Step Forward and Volunteer is a new monthly podcast from Lions Clubs British Isles featuring stories, information and discussion about local community volunteering.

Through conversations with inspirational guests Step Forward and Volunteer celebrates the positive difference volunteering makes to communities across the British Isles and beyond.

Be uplifted, be inspired.

WHAT IS A PODCAST?

A podcast is an audio programme that you can listen to whenever you like using a smartphone, tablet or computer.

The LION podcast is called Step Forward and Volunteer. A new episode will be available on the second Wednesday each month.

Listening to a podcast is easy. You can subscribe to never miss an episode. Or listen ‘on-demand’ to the latest episode and any earlier programmes.

HOW TO LISTEN:

• Visit www.lionsclubs.co where you’ll see a link to the LION podcast.

• Follow the instructions to play or download an episode. or

• Download an app or visit one of the following audio platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.

• Search for Step Forward and Volunteer - listen and subscribe to every episode.

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Remember to let others know about Step Forward and Volunteer. If they haven’t come across podcasts before, please explain and show them how to find the LION podcast.

LION Magazine wants to hear from you!

LION Magazine welcomes club stories and photographs. The editorial team reviews all contributions when planning each issue, developing the themed features, and writing articles. Stories need to be of interest to most of the magazine’s readers – both Lions and members of the public – to stand a chance of being included.

What makes a good story?

A good story is one that stands out and is memorable. It might involve an original or unusual activity, project, or fundraiser. Or maybe it adds a twist or new approach to an old classic, that will inspire other clubs.

Consider how you’d tell the story to a friend – and not lose their interest. Include a quote – in their own words – from someone who took part in an event. Show how money raised helped people in the local community. Share the effect on real lives. Were problems overcome, tears dried, or funny bones tickled?

Don’t sweat over the wording. Our editorial team will craft the piece if you provide the main facts and relevant supporting details. Please check spelling of names for people and places.

NOTE: The LION doesn’t report club social activities, anniversaries, or charter events.

What makes a good photograph?

A good photograph enhances a story. A great shot is the story. Event, project, and fundraiser photographs should feature people – and their expressions. Help people relax. Be informal, frame tightly and capture those magic moments.

Show the story. That means how donations are used, not a cheque presentation. Photograph people doing interesting things, in interesting places, in interesting ways. Take a variety of images (including portrait and landscape) to offer options to the LION editorial team. Ensure all photos you submit are hi-resolution and sharp (not blurry).

NOTE: You need to get written agreement from everyone visible in a photograph before sending it to the LION.

How to submit your stories and photographs.

Please send your text as an attachment in an email, with accompanying photographs, to: lion.editorial@lionsclubs.co

In the email, include club name and contact details: email address, name, and phone number of the person submitting the story. A member of the editorial team may need to get in touch to obtain further information.

NOTE: Contributions may be sent at any time as they will be held for consideration in the next issue of the LION.

A WORLD IN NEED

Dear Fellow Humanitarian,

As we approach June 30, the end of historic Campaign 100, I invite you to read and reflect on ways in which Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), our global foundation, has magnified your service, my service, and the service of Lions and Leos worldwide.

As a community leader, you know the service of every member of our association, current and future, depends on ongoing financial support of LCIF. Thank you for embracing the notion that service means both doing and giving. Serving with our hands, embracing diversity, and giving to LCIF are what being Lions and Leos is about.

I hope stories of service impact on these pages, made possible by generous support of, and by, LCIF and our campaign, inspire you to participate more fully and to encourage others to join you in supporting Campaign 100. As you know, abundant limited-edition recognition awaits! Even more, I hope you will realise the importance of ongoing support of the foundation to ensure LCIF can continue empowering each of us to do more than would be possible without grant funding.

Sincerely,

Dr. Jung-Yul Choi Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

DID YOU KNOW

• 2.2 billion people have vision impairment or blindness

• Nearly one-third of young teens worldwide have recently experienced bullying

• Weather-related disasters have grown more than 50% over the last 40 years

• Each day, 300 people die from measles

• 1 in 11 people has diabetes

• 300,000 children aged 0-19 are diagnosed with cancer each year

• 1 in 9 people lacks enough food to be healthy and active

• By 2025, half the world's population will live in water-stressed areas

The world needs Lions.

MAGNIFYING YOUR IMPACT

Since the launch of Campaign 100*, LCIF awarded more than 4,100 grants totaling more than US$175.6 million. Grant funding empowered you, and fellow Lions and Leos worldwide, to better your communities and deeply impact those in need.

GRANTS AWARDED BY CONSTITUTIONAL AREA (CA)

US$2,245,560

US$18,802,322

US$31,114,357 East Asia, Southeast Asia

US$21,337,023

US$11,778,210 South America, Central America, Mexico, Islands of the Caribbean Sea

US$31,595,972 Africa

*Grants awarded between 1 July 2017 and 15 October 2021

US$4,457,320 Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Islands of the South Pacific Ocean

Preserving the Precious Gift of Sight

Delivering a Brighter Future to Paraguay

Not long ago, eye care was inaccessible, and often unaffordable, to many in Paraguay’s rural Itapúa community. In 2018, Lions began changing that, helping fund and bring to fruition Lions Club of Coronel Bogado Ophthalmology Clinic (LCCBOC). With US$62,700+ in LCIF grant funding, Lions equipped LCCBOC, making more extensive, permanent care accessible close to home. Today, the clinic has modern equipment for diagnosing refractive errors, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and pediatric eye diseases. The new machines and technology are helping LCCBOC increase patient capacity 30 percent annually over 60 months, to more than 3,400 consultations a year. Patients needing treatment beyond LCCBOC’s capability are referred to a clinic in Asunción, several hours away by car, with Lions funding transportation and care for those unable to pay.

Clear Vision for Years to Come

When a friend mentioned a clinic offering free vision screenings and affordable eyeglasses, 65-yearold François – who couldn’t see clearly beyond 10 inches (25 cm) – hopped aboard his motorbike, travelling 29 miles (45 km) to the clinic. For obvious reasons, the trip was treacherous, but François was desperate and knew the risks would be worth the reward. Bringing that lifechanging clinic to fruition were LCIF and Lions in Burkina Faso, who used nearly US$111,000 in LCIF SightFirst grant funds to work with local partners to build optical clinics in areas of the country where eye care was unavailable or unaffordable. The project, which began in 2018, will screen vision for 124,000 people and distribute 26,400 pairs of eyeglasses. François’ outcome? His first pair of eyeglasses, purchased for 5,000 CFA (just US$10). “I can see everything perfectly,” exclaimed François, whose trip home on his motorbike was a far safer journey.

RESPONDING TO COVID-19

Since March 2020, LCIF has awarded US$6.8 million through 385 grants for COVID-19 relief.

Our decade began like no other, with healthcare systems stressed, economies halted, and more than a billion people worldwide staying home, staying safe. Answering the urgent call was LCIF, funding your efforts to serve your neighbours while also staying safe. Through special COVID-19 grants, as well as District and Club Community Impact grants, LCIF empowered our kindness, compassion, and service as we delivered protection and relief during some of the world’s darkest hours.

COVID-19 Frontline Relief Grants by Constitutional Area (CA)

SAVE THE DATE: Foundation

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Join Lions leaders, fellow humanitarians around the world, and LCIF to hear stories of service and learn how the Foundation empowers your important work through life-changing grants.

Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Future for Youth

Building Better School Environments and Communities

In Merrick, New York, USA, students and teachers feel the positive effects of Lions Quest, LCIF’s social and emotional learning curriculum. Launched district-wide, Lions Quest is helping students develop confidence, self-esteem, and teamwork skills, while fostering a sense of community, through ongoing fun, team-oriented lessons and discussions. Second-graders at Chatterton School enjoyed a lesson that required them to work together toward a common goal and then discussed what worked and what did not. In addition to benefitting students, Lions Quest is also positively affecting the community. Students at Birch School raised close to US$3,200 for childhood cancer research after participating in the programme's service-learning lessons.

Helping Struggling Families Cope with Childhood Cancer

Lions recognise that families affected by childhood cancer bear the weight of long hours spent enduring treatment, and feelings of helplessness and uncertainty about the future. With support from LCIF, compassionate and caring Lions worldwide are helping ease the burden.

Register now!

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LCIF Partnerships: How They Benefit You

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In Utrecht, Netherlands, a US$150,000 Childhood Cancer grant from the Foundation is helping Lions upgrade 87 patient rooms at Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology. An anticipated 4,350 families will benefit annually from the rooms, which enable parents, siblings, and caregivers to stay with children undergoing treatment.

A US$32,000+ LCIF Childhood Cancer grant awarded to Lions in Kerala, India, is delivering joy to children stricken with a disease no youngster should have to bear. Grant funds are helping Lions establish a children’s library, a conference hall for youngsters, and a small theatre to enhance quality of life for more than 60 children each year at Malabar Cancer Centre.

There When Disaster Strikes

Rebuilding the Future in Southeast Africa

Pummeling Southeast Africa’s coast, Cyclone Idai delivered a devastating blow in 2019. Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi all suffered the storm’s wrath and sustained unprecedented damage and devastation. Nearly 1,100 people perished; hundreds of thousands more were left homeless.

With more than three million people in desperate need, LCIF responded swiftly, sending 200 tents providing much needed shelter and 700 water purifiers, vital to stemming the cholera outbreak that had begun. But there was more to be done. With a focus on restoring children’s education and everyday lives, Lions used US$70,000 in LCIF Disaster grants to help rebuild three schools and repair damaged classrooms in so many more. Steadily, once-obliterated schools rose from the ground. Steadily, classrooms rendered uninhabitable became safe once again.

Providing Rapid Relief to Haiti

Last August, a massive earthquake struck the island of Haiti. Two thousand one hundred people lost their lives, more than 12,000 were injured, and 53,000 homes were destroyed. Days later the country was hit hard again, this time by a strong tropical storm affecting relief efforts, which were already difficult due to COVID-19.

Responding quickly, LCIF awarded a US$100,000 Major Catastrophe grant. With the funds, Lions provided immediate support for victims, including more than 1,900 food kits and 11,000 water bottles delivered to families across 33 underserved rural areas in South Haiti, Grand ‘Anse, and Nippes.

A Message from Your Campaign 100 Leadership:

Be Recognised as a Leader Among Leaders

Lions and Leos:

We hope you’re enjoying reading more about the many ways LCIF – our global foundation – empowers our service through grants. To award these grants, LCIF must have funding. That’s why Campaign 100 continues through June. We’re grateful generous humanitarians like you continue supporting LCIF. Because of you, we’re moving closer to Campaign 100’s goal of raising US$300 million. But we need participation from all Lions, Leos – and clubs – worldwide. We also remind you that with just six months left in our historic campaign, time is running out to earn limited-edition Campaign 100 recognition! Read on to learn more about how you can continue helping LCIF magnify your service impact.

With gratitude,

Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada Past International President Chairperson, Campaign 100

III Past International President Vice Chairperson, Campaign 100

Your Club Can Empower Humanitarian Service

Individual Giving

“For those who have already invested in Campaign 100 and your future service, thank you for giving – and for your ongoing financial support. If you have not yet donated, there’s no time like the present! No gift is too small.” These words from a recent address by Campaign Vice Chairperson Past International President Frank Moore hold true today, through the end of our campaign, and beyond.

LCIF is grateful for every gift and also pleased to offer the Lions of Commitment and Empowerment programme, which celebrates humanitarians whose donations to LCIF and Campaign 100 are between US$3,000 - $24,999. Lions of Commitment (US$3,000 - $14,999) and Lions of Empowerment (US$15,000$24,999) receive a special recognition plaque and pin.

Club Giving

Fortunately, there are many ways your club can show their support.

• MODEL CLUB - A Campaign 100 Model Club champions LCIF’s cause areas and broadly promotes Lions, LCIF, and Campaign 100. Deadline extended! Clubs committing to the Model Club effort between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, now have three years from the date of commitment to reach Model Club goals and earn limited-edition recognition. Model Club resources: lionsclubs.org/modelclubs

• 100% MEMBER PARTICIPATION - Invite fellow members to make personal donations. It’s one of the easiest ways you can help raise funds for LCIF and Campaign 100.

• 100 I 100 CLUBS - Earn special recognition by becoming a 100 I 100 Club, a club in which 100% of members give at least US$100 per Lion year.

J. Frank Moore III

J. Frank Moore

Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada

There are many ways you and your club can empower life-changing service through support of LCIF and Campaign 100.

Celebrating Partnerships, Magnifying Impact

Just as the Foundation enhances Lions' service, valued partners and affiliates increase the Foundation’s ability to give, so Lions can serve even more people across the globe. LCIF proudly marks two decades of partnership with two of these world-renowned organisations.

LCIF and Special Olympics

In July 2021, LCIF and Special Olympics launched a 12-month celebration of their 20-year partnership. Alongside the service of more than 22,000 Lions and Leos volunteering their time to Special Olympics, LCIF and Special Olympics have helped hundreds of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities, and their families, benefit from activities delivered through the Opening Eyes programme, Family Health Forums, Healthy Hearing, Special Smiles, and inclusive sports.

Learn more about their stories at: lcifpride.org

LCIF and Johnson & Johnson Vision

In 2022, LCIF and Johnson & Johnson Vision celebrate 20 years of partnership that has resulted in the largest school-based eye health programme known as Sight For Kids. The programme prepares Lions and eye care professionals to provide comprehensive eye health services in low-income schools in four Asian, African, and European countries - most recently expanding the programme to the United States in South Florida. Sight For Kids also provides teachers with training to deliver eye health education, perform visual acuity testing, and screen for common eye conditions. To date, more than 42 million children have been screened. Students identified with potential vision impairment or eye ailments are referred to healthcare providers for evaluation.

Learn more at: lionsclubs.org/SFK

LCIF: Stewarding Donations Responsibly

Financial transparency is one of the most important assurances a charity can provide current and prospective donors. LCIF is committed to you and other donors, integral to making Lions and Leos life-changing, often life-saving, service possible.

LCIF stewards donor funds with a focus on transparency, governance, leadership, and results.

GIVE CONFIDENTLY

Donate directly at lionsclubs.org/donate.

Or visit lionsclubs.org/waystogive for other ways to give.

OUR 100% COMMITMENT TO DONORS

You deserve to invest with confidence in a charitable organisation committed to operational excellence, and LCIF is proud to share how financial contributions are allocated. Our belief is that in building trust, we build relationships yielding long-term benefit for both donors and millions of beneficiaries of your service. Our 100% commitment

LCIF allocates 100% of your financial gift to grants and programme expenses.

Like all charitable organisations, LCIF incurs three categories of expenses: programmmes, administrative, and fundraising expenses. Unlike most charities, LCIF covers 100% of administrative and fundraising expenses over the long term through investment income.

“My support of Campaign 100 and LCIF directly impacts Lions’ ability to serve. I give so children, families, and communities can be stronger, healthier, and safer.”

- Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada / Past International President, Campaign 100 Chairperson

Before choosing to help magnify the impact of 1.4 million Lions serving to address our world in need, LCIF encourages you to learn more about its commitment to donors to operate ethically, responsibly, and prudently.

LCIF Responsibility and Privacy: lionsclubs.org/Responsibility

We know firsthand the great work of LCIF, which provided a grant in 1990 for a low-vision centre we helped launch. Our area benefitted from one of LCIF’s earliest Disaster Relief grants and recently from a US$100,000 grant to help establish a hospice house. Over the years, we have personally worked with many dedicated LCIF staff who make wonderful programmes and projects possible, successful, and worthy of LCIF financial support. Staff partnership, carried out in such a professional manner, assures us funds are utilised effectively and

Director

Swimarathon

success for Jersey boys and girls

Primary school children were among over 2,500 swimmers helping to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Jersey Lions annual swimarathon. Sponsored by investment services group, Ravenscroft, the event attracted 418 teams of six swimmers and raised over £90,000.

The main beneficiary of the 2022 swimarathon is The Community Hub located at Maison des Landes in St Ouen. This is the only hotel in the Channel Islands designed specifically for people with disabilities.

The Community Hub is a new social space and meeting point for local community groups, charities, disability organisations and individuals. Accessible to locals and visitors alike, the unique facility offers modern facilities, treatment rooms and a range of organised activities.

Maison des Landes is a charitable trust set-up by the Lions Club of Jersey in 1967 to provide holidays for people with a disability, along with their family, friends and carers. It will reopen in 2023 following a two-year, £2.5 million refurbishment. For more information, visit: https://maisondeslandes.co.uk/

Holiday home from home

Ilfracombe and District Lions have entered into a new partnership with Verdant Leisure, owners of the Woolacombe Golden Coast Leisure Park, to provide holiday breaks for people living with disability over 16 weeks during the year. The club reinvests proceeds from its luxury villa in supporting good causes. For more information, visit: https://www.ilfracombeanddistrictlionsclub.com/our-holiday-home

#StandWithUkraine

Across the British Isles, Lions and their local communities have crafted, collected, and donated to support the people of Ukraine.

Crochet hearts in the colours of Ukraine’s national flag have boosted fundraising by Ceredigion Invictus Lions at the local Morrisons supermarket.

Trauma teddies for Ukrainian children have been knitted by members of Minehead Lions and a friend.

Patterns for charity crochet and knitting drives can be downloaded from: www.lionsclubs.co

South West UK Virtual Lions donated funds to the Ukraine appeal that were raised at their first ever craftwork stall in Keynsham and from an online shop at: swuklionsclub.org.uk

In partnership with local supermarkets, Upholland Tawd Vale Lions have collected new clothing, nappies, first aid kits, toiletries and other needed items, donated by the local community. The aid has been transported using the club’s van to Polskie Merseyside as it is destined for Poland to support refugees from Ukraine.

Spanning time

Downs Bank Nature Reserve, owned and managed by the National Trust, is a valuable community resource.

Having helped with the original construction of a footbridge on the property, members of Stone Lions came to the rescue when they heard it was in disrepair.

Donating the £400 cost of materials enabled Rangers and National Trust volunteers to construct a new Lions Bridge.

Platinum jubilee trees

The Queen’s Green Canopy is a sustainable tree planting initiative marking Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Lions clubs have been encouraged to get involved with the celebrations. Those ‘Planting a tree for the Jubilee’, can upload a photograph to:

https://queensgreencanopy.org/map-education-hub/

Guided by park ranger, Eleanor Pratt, Oadby and Wigston Lions have added 70 Jubilee trees at Brocks Hill, Oadby. These will grow alongside the 100 trees planted to celebrate Lions Clubs’ 100th birthday in 2017.

For more information on the Platinum jubilee tree planting project, see: www.queensgreencanopy.org/

At Sywell Country Park in East Northamptionshire, members of Wellingborough Lions and friends helped plant 250 trees. Fifty were bought by the club to commemorate its 50th anniversary and contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy.

Spring forward

It’s the gift that keeps on growing. In celebration of Bristol Brunel Lions club’s 50th anniversary, members gave out 50 bags of spring bulbs within the local community. Blooming marvellous!

Count your chickens

Abingdon Lions have shared their cute Easter chick knitting pattern at: www.lionsclubs.co

The club fundraises by pairing chicks with a chocolate egg. Yummy!

Most eggs-cellent!

Cafés, pubs, shops, and schools in Sherburn and surrounding villages are supporting Elmet Lions Easter Egg Appeal. Each location is running a prize to win one of 24 large Belgium Chocolate eggs, bought from John Bull Confectioners. Funds raised will go to the Ukraine Appeal Fund.

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The East Grinstead Lions would like to say a huge thank you to anyone who bought candy floss, popcorn or made a donation at last weekend’s Love EG event. A wonderful £407 was made! This will be added to a £2000 donation from the EG Club and sent to the Lions International Ukraine Appeal. Many Ukrainian refugees will benefit from your kindness.

Thank you.

Dartford Lions Club:

OUR UKRAINE AID UPDATE: Our volunteers have safely arrived at the drop off point in Europe. The horse box full of supplies along with Lion Ellenor Palmer and her team are unloading.

Garforth and District Lions Club:

We are fortunate to live in an amazing community. Massive thanks today goes to the Caroline Atha School of Dance for their blue and yellow week long appeal. They raised £570 to go to the Lions Clubs International Foundation Ukraine appeal. Brilliant, thanks Caroline, dancers and families

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StMary’s CofE (Aided) Primary School

Thank you to Billingshurst Lions for enhancing Red Nose Day with a flamboyance of flamingos. #horshamlions #flamingos @lionsclubs #putsasmileonyourface

GuildfordLionsClub Retweeted:

Really good meeting yesterday helping with the @LionsClubWoking Lions Martian Race, 5k, 10k, 21k around the beautiful @horsell_common 26 June 2022.

Book here to enter http://martianrace.org

@WokingLions

@GuildfordLions

#ukrunchat

MD Convention 2022

‘Lions It’s a Kind of Magic’

At The Holiday Inn Convention Centre in Birmingham City Centre April 29 - May 1, 2022

We have a super purpose built venue with internal links from the Hotel to The Convention Centre. We are less than 2 minutes from New Street Station with Grand Central Railway Station (you will need to book to New Street Station) so you can hop on the train for ease and look after our environment too.

The Holiday Inn has an NCP car park at the rear of the Hotel. There are lots of local car parks and you can book spaces on websites such as: www.yourparkingspace.com

There is so much to do right on the doorstep. Birmingham is an exciting place to be and within walking distance you have many restaurants, theatres and places of interest to visit. HHHHHHHHHHHHH

We are delighted that our International Guest for Convention will be Past International President Lion Jim Ervin of Albany, Georgia, USA

Do come along and support the exciting programme we have for you. In addition to the business sessions, Friday is our Welcome Night hosted by Birmingham Chinatown Lions with a 70th Birthday Celebration Party and lots of fun and entertainment. Saturday will be the Gala Dinner which will have you dancing the night away with friends old and new!

Book through the live web link on www.md105convention.uk

Phil Nathan An International Lion

The expression ‘a man of many parts’ could have been coined for this dedicated Lion. A family man, he is married to Lion Heidi-Anne, a member of the Helen Keller Internet Lions Club, with daughters Hannah and Lion Francesca, a member of the Centennial 100 Champions Lions Club.

He first became a Lion in 1982, but his name became synonymous with that of South Woodham Ferrers Lions Club where he was Charter President in 1989. In 2016, Phil, with another innovative idea, helped form the Centennial 100 Champions Lions Club and transferred there. He was Club President for 2018-19 and 2019-20 enrolling 6 Special Olympics Athletes into the clubs membership.

He fast-tracked through Club, District and Multiple District and was Chairman of Council in 1996-97 shortly afterwards becoming Chairman of the ‘Lions Clubs International – a Gift for Living Trust’, which has saved the lives of several thousand babies and children. His work with young people has been exceptional, including being MD Leo Chairman and receiving the International President’s Leo Award, and serving as MD Youth Chairman. He has tirelessly served the Multiple District in active ways, too numerous to list here but including: twice Chairman of the Council Advisory Committee, Grant Administrator for the Lions Eye Health Programme and an inspirational advocate of membership extension and retention. He was the prime mover for the creation of the Palace of Westminster Lions Club in 2006 and the Helen Keller Internet Lions Club in 2008. His qualities were recognised by being elected to serve on the International Board in 1999-2001, chairing the Service Activities Committee in his second year. For two years he was Area Impact Team Leader for Europe.

He was appointed back to the International Board as Advisor to the Finance and Headquarters Committee.

Phil has served four International Presidents as Group Leader for DG-Elect Seminars and was an instructor at European Leader Institutes including those at Bern (2010) and Vienna (2013) and Brussels (2020). He chaired the Host Committee and was President of the exceptionally successful 2006 and 2014 Europa Forums in Bournemouth and Birmingham, and for a long period was Chairman of the Working Group on the procedures of the Europa Forum and represented the English speaking countries on the European Long Range Planning Committee. At the Europa Forum, Montreux (2017) he was elected Archivist and Advisor for a 5-Year term and sits as Secretary to the European Long Range Planning Committee.

Prime among the many recognitions for his work, in 1989 he received the Freedom of the City of London and in 2001 Lion Phil was honoured by The Queen with an MBE. He has received innumerable awards and other recognitions from Lions Clubs International. Uniquely in MD105, before serving as an International Director, he was honoured to receive the Ambassador of Goodwill Award, the Association’s highest recognition, from International President Howard Patterson JR 1997/8. He is a Second Century Ambassador, Senior Master Membership Key Holder, Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow and Progressive Bert Mason Humanitarian Award recipient.

In 2011 Lion Phil was presented with the Lion Recognition Award, given only to Lions whose endeavours have been deemed appropriate by the International President, the first Lion in the European Constitutional area to receive this honour, acknowledging his first 15 years work in the former Yugoslavia: work that still continues. He was recognised with the medal of merit from MD118 Turkey in 1997 and from Ireland in 2006.

He was honoured with Fellowship of the Helen Keller Lions Eye Foundation of California, Nevada in 2002 and the Louis Volks Humanitarian Award of South Africa in 2019. Phil was also made an Honorary Tennessean in 2019 by the State Governor of Tennessee.

Lion Phil has stepped back after a distinguished career as a Stockbroker in the City of London.

He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Securities Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. In a highly competitive environment, he remains highly respected for his integrity. He holds a number of significant roles in connection with the London Stock Exchange and throughout his career has proudly lived by its motto of ‘Dictum Meum Pactum’ (My Word is My Bond). In 2018 Phil was

A nomination has been received for endorsement by Lions Clubs Multiple District 105 for the position of Third International Vice President of Lions Clubs International.

PID Lion Phil Nathan MBE has been proposed by the Centennial 100 Champions Lions Club of East Anglia and seconded by the Peterborough Lions Club.

Voting to endorse PID Lion Phil Nathan will take place at the Lions MD105 Convention in Birmingham.

elected as The Chairman of the Stock Exchange Veterans Charity. Lion Phil’s skills as a leader, motivator and communicator have resulted in him taking a major role at Forums, Seminars and Conventions, including International Conventions, over the years. He was the International President’s Representative at the 2000 Europa Forum in Florence, a prestigious post awarded only to Lions of experience and expertise. His skills as a leader and strategic thinker have been recognised by appointment to the Boards of world-leading charities, including MedicAlert both in the British Isles and Ireland and Internationally, where he served on the Board and helped to develop joint programmes between MedicAlert and LCI.

He served for 9 years on the executive committee and board of MedicAlert International stepping down by rotation. He was a Trustee of the 105EA Lions Hearing Trust, now being extended across the MD, and in 2011 was elected to chair the Board of Music and the Deaf, retiring in 2013 having led the transformation of the charity’s fortunes and creating a new strategic direction.

In 2013 Lion Phil was appointed as Chairman of the Lions Central and Eastern European Initiative (CEEI), and in 2021 the International Board appointed Phil to chair the newly formed Central and Eastern European Development (CEED). The objectives of which include actively supporting regional growth and development needs, building a strong member base, and other initiatives to ensure that LCI remains the world’s leader in community and humanitarian service. In February 2017 he was appointed to the New and Emerging Countries Committee as the representative for Europe and in 2019 was appointed to be a European voice on the Data Protection (GDPR) committee. Council appointed Lion Phil as a Director of MD105 Lifeskills Ltd to take over from TACADE, and develop the business, now working closely with Lions Quest. After serving for 9 years Lion Phil stepped down by rotation as a Director of Special Olympics GB with which Lions worldwide have a highly successful relationship. He constantly uses his talents to benefit Lions and partners and has subsequently been appointed to the Advisory Board of Special Olympics GB.

Lion Phil sourced two significant sponsors for the Young Ambassador Competition and in connection with ‘Gift for Living’ has secured anonymous substantial corporate donations to complement LCIF Grants totalling more than £1.5 million.

Phil led a successful tri-partite partnership between MD105, LCIF and the Loomba Foundation, raising in excess of £100,000, helping to empower Widows by providing sewing machines and training, enabling their rightful return to society.

Council appointed Lion Phil as the MD Centennial Committee Chairman for the period 2014-2018 to co-ordinate the MD’s contribution to the Association’s Centennial celebrations and as the Global Service Team Chair for 2017-21 to build on the Centennial successes.

Lion Phil was invited to speak at the Global Lions Leadership Summit and presented on Lions collaboration in delivering service across borders. He also took part in another virtual programme called ‘ROAR’ with Rishi. Phil participated in the 12 hour epic Lions Globally United programme. He was involved with ‘Tell A Thon 1’ and now ‘Tell A Thon 2’ which will become a unique global annual event to support LCIF. He has participated in a series of interviews with Leos talking about his vision of inclusion.

Innovation and relevance are his by-words and in this currently uncertain global environment, Phil and his team, with the full support of LCI, has successfully completed a live zoom-based Regional Lions Leadership Institute (RLLI) utilising break-out rooms and simultaneous translation for the Lions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Republic of Montenegro and Republic of Serbia (ROS), the first such event to be held in the world. He is currently country coordinator for BIH and ROS along with Republic of Iraq.

At Europa Forum 2021, Phil championed ‘A Ball for All’ (a soft soccer ball with bells inside) allowing visually-impaired children to be involved in sports activities.

Lion Heidi-Anne has been an outstanding support to Lion Phil in all his activities and continues to be so.

Here they share their story of joining Lions.

Isleworth Lions

Joined Lions in 2002

“I was involved initially with the Scouts and helped the Lions with their Gala Fete. I joined after going along to a couple of events and liking the people and what they did.”

Letchworth Garden City & Baldock Lions

Joined Lions in 2000

“I was introduced to Lions by a colleague and invited to help at a fundraising event. Looking at the projects Lions supported, I decided to join because it was a way to give back to the community.”

Fleetwood and Cleveleys Lions

Joined Lions in 2013

“Bletchley Lions took my son and myself for a day at the seaside at a difficult time in my life. Years later, following my husband’s death, I thought about Lions, and got in touch. Helping the community and the friendship of Lions helped me restart my life.”

East Anglia New Century Lions

Joined Lions in 2001

“I joined Lions to help charter the first New Century club in the British Isles.”

Nuneaton Lions

Joined Lions in 2013

“I joined Lions to serve humanity.”

On 1 July, Lions Clubs British Isles will have a new team of District Governors and Chair of Council.

Alastair Joel Chair of Council 2022/23

Mary Ann Woodman District 105CN

Ravinder Sandhu District 105CW

Kavaljit (Kav) Dev District 105A

Chris Hibbert District 105CE

Easingwold Lions

Joined Lions in 2015

“Deciding upon retiring I wanted to put something back into the community, I was attracted to the work and service undertaken by my local club. I cannot think of a bigger family to join that is so proactive, non-political and fun.”

Reading Lions

Joined Lions in 2008

“During my time as a police officer, I had enjoyed raising money for various charities. When I retired, I wanted to carry on helping and supporting people, so a friend who was a Lion introduced me.”

Rizvi

Gillingham Lions

Joined Lions in 1989

“I joined Lions to help the needy, those who are visually impaired, that are homeless and to raise awareness of diabetes.”

Crewkerne Lions

Joined Lions in 1993

“I became aware of Lions in my late teens as my father was a member. After emigrating to Hong Kong and the deaths of close family members, I returned to the UK in 1992. I was befriended by Crewkerne Lions who helped me rebuild my life and invited me to join.”

Dave Ebsworth District 105SC

Lesley Chudley District 105SW

Kevin Hunter District 105N

Rawoof District 105SE

Official publication of Lions Clubs International by authority of the board of directors:

Executive officers 2021-2022

President Douglas X. Alexander, United States; Immediate Past President Dr. Jung-Yul Choi, Korea; First Vice President Brian E. Sheehan, United States; Second Vice President Dr. Patti Hill, Canada; Third Vice President Fabrício Oliveira, Brazil.

Directors

Second year directors

Michael D. Banks, United States; Robert Block, United States; Kyu-Dong Choi, Korea; Larry L. Edwards, United States; Justin K. Faber, United States; Allan J. Hunt, Canada; Daniel Isenrich, Germany; Bent Jespersen, Denmark; Masayuki Kawashima, Japan; Dr. Jose A. Marrero, Puerto Rico; Nicole Miquel-Belaud, France; VP Nandakumar, India; Justice Christopher Shea Nickell, United States; Sampath Ranganathan, India; Marciano Silvestre, Brazil; Masafumi Watanabe, Japan; Guo-jun Zhang, China.

First year directors

Elena Appiani, Italy; K. Vamsidhar Babu, India; Teresa Dineen, Ireland; Pai-Hsiang Fang, China Taiwan; Jeffrey R. Gans, United States; Efren Ginard, Paraguay; Je-Gil Goo, Korea; Mats Granath, Sweden; Ken Ibarra, United States; Daisuke Kura, Japan; Dr. Vinod Kumar Ladia, India; Kenji Nagata, Japan; Dr. Dianne J. Pitts, United States; Allen Snider, Canada; Ernesto Tijerina, United States; Deb Weaverling, United States; John W. Youney, United States.

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MISSION STATEMENT OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL:

To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.

Patron of the Lions Clubs of the British Isles Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex

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MD105 Management committee 2021/22

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Welcome new Lions members and new clubs

All members of Lions Clubs of the British Isles share a commitment to serve their local communities.

Over the following pages we welcome 337 new members joining 185 Lions clubs serving their local communities. These include two new clubs:

Greenford Willow Tree Virtual Lions Club Branch

London St Johns Wood Lions Club

Abingdon Lions Club

Cameron Dowsing

Accrington Lions Club

Liz Johnston

Adur East Lions Club

Maggie Hoppe

Julia Boxall

Alton Lions Club

John Ogden

Ampthill District Lions Club

Gary Foster

Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville Lions Club

Robert Holroyd

Aylesbury Lions Club

Rachel Walls

Balsall Common Lions Club

Gary Hall

Gary Hover

Basingstoke Lions Club

Gareth Dixon

Bedford Lions Club

Randhawa Singh

Bexhill on Sea Lions Club

Julie Rhatigan

Billericay Lions Club

Lisa Hull

Billingshurst and District Lions Club

Graeme Crickmer

Birkenhead Lions Club

James Parsons

Birmingham Chinatown Lions Club

Jaspal Mann

Black Mountains Lions Club

Deborah Landymore

Bodmin Lions Club

Andrew Richards

Boroughbridge 98 Lions Club

Jan Mitchinson

Andrea Thompson

Graeme Jackson

Karen Cooper

Paul McDowell

Bradford Central Lions Club

Carole Boldero

Michael Boldero

Bradford on Avon Lions Club

Peter Wragg

Sally Scott

Braintree Lions Club

Roger Winchester

Brecon Lions Club

Haydn Evans

Bridgnorth Lions Club

Nick Crowe

Bridlington Lions Club

Jeffery Keeton

Bristol Brunel Lions Club

Mark Farrell

Bromley Lions Club

Peter Li

Bungay Area Lions Club

Paul Willer

Bury Lions Club

Emily Isherwood

Judith Anderson

Caistor and District Lions Club

Ian Bateman

Calne Lions Club

Judy Letts

Leanne Hames

Caterham Oxted and Godstone Lions Club

Sarah Brindle

Central West British Isles

2020 Virtual Lions Club

Clare Lally

Ceredigion Invictus

Lions Club

Dominik Galuszka

Chelmsford Lions Club

Reece Andrew

Chipping Sodbury Lions Club

Sharon Hearle

Clevedon Lions Club

Nick Legge

Coningsby and Tattershall Lions Club

Jeffrey Pitcock

Lynda Pitcock

Corby and District Lions Club

Bhanuka Weerakoon

Coventry Godiva Lions Club

Hitesh Mehta

Coventry Mercia Lions Club

Bhavesh Shukla

Ebru Gokberg

Gad Turuthi

Kalsoom Aslam

Kobir Ali

Njehu Nganga

Nutan Desai

Surinder Singh

Darlington Lions Club

David Simmons

Dartford Lions Club

Bidur Ghimire

Denby Dale District Lions Club

Rebecca Fowler

Derwent Lions Club

Helen Granger

Devizes Lions Club

Dora Kan

Gwendolen Gray

Sandra Arnold

Doncaster Went Valley

Lions Club

Paul Bishop

Dorchester and District Lions Club

Rory Major

Dudley Lions Club

Anita Ware

Dumfries Lions Club

Christina Silby

East Anglia New Century Lions Club

Ellie-Mae Banks

East Grinstead Lions Club

Gilly Foley

Rex Whittaker

Sean McDonnell

Timothy Green

Eastleigh Lions Club

Tina Campbell

Edgware Lions Club

Harshad Makwana

Exeter West Lions Club

Gemma Thomas

Farnham Lions Club

John Prevost

William Whittenbury

Felixstowe Lions Club

Lorraine Cole

Stephen Westley

Vanda Orris

Fishguard and Goodwick

Lions Club

Lynda Thompson

Fleet Lions Club

Shelagh Desouza

Stephen Ginns

Aldershot Lions Club

Branch (Fleet Lions Club)

Ilse Taylor

Stewart Taylor

Folkstone Lions Club

Daniel Hallett

Nicola Keen

Forest of Dean Lions Club

Bianca Bertalot-Farr

Kevin Dunn

Sharon Goucher

Tom Farr

Friern Barnett Centennial Lions Club

Paul Gabriel

Frome Lions Club

Nicola Stoate

Garforth and District Lions Club

Sophie Archer

Gillingham Mere and Shaftesbury Lions Club

Andrew Snell

NEW - Greenford Willow Tree Virtual Lions Club

Branch (Greenford Willow Tree Lions Club)

Adiyta Dhawan

Ajay Patel

Auram Patankar

Dhilan Patel

Dilip Modi

Hiren Panchal

Kushweet Bharij

Sreedharan Sreejith

Vaibhavi Parekh

Grimsby Cleethorpes Lions Club

Peter Wheatley

Hailsham Lions Club

Christine Wickens

Halesworth Lions Club

David Grimmer

Harrogate Lions Club

John Fallon

Hatch End Centennial Lions Club

John De Silva

Havant Lions Club

Gordon Rhodes

Hayle Lions Club

Amy James-Collins

Michael Hayward

Hayling Island Lions Club

Anne Keen

Beryl Blacklin

Fiona Branwhite

Rachel Monks

Rodney Davis

Hednesford Centennial Lions Club

Sue Phillips

Henley on Thames Lions Club

David Freear

Neelam Rutti

Heston Lions Club

Vanessa Biringo

Heywood Lions Club

Mary Hilton

Highworth and District Lions Club

Alison Cross-Jones

Melanie Davenport

Sean Forde

Stephen Johnston

Susan Bodman

Holsworthy Lions Club

Sandra Preston

Horley Lions Club

Sam Warden

Horncastle and District Lions Club

Darren Vinters

Hornsea District Lions Club

Ann Speak

Christine Coggrave

Karen Harper

Horsham Lions Club

Graham Arthur

Jane Wicks

Karl Rosenberg

Huddersfield Lions Club

Jacqueline Bowater

Joyce Moorhouse

Ilfracombe Devon Lions Club

June Williams

Ironbridge-Severn Gorge Lions Club

David Pritchard

Isle of Wight Sandown

Shanklin Lions Club

Helen Spencer

Mark Patterson

Michael Spencer

Keighley Lions Club

Roy Hallahan

Kenilworth Lions Club

Elisabeth Stevens

Joan Hardy

Robert Hardy

Keswick Lions Club

Ashia Cannon

Stewart Blayney

Kettering and District Lions Club

Mandy Aston

Natalie Gibson

Knaresborough Lions Club

Neil Taylor

Lancing and Sompting Lions Club

Sharon Fellingham

Launceston Lions Club

Rosemary Phillips

Leatherhead and District Lions Club

Andrew Ford

Charlie Bridges

Michael Green

Leigh Lions Club

Alistair Hall

Littleborough and District Lions Club

Carrie Clews

Littlehampton District Lions Club

Christine Broomfield

Michael Broomfield

Rosemary Probert

Roy Probert

London Belmont Lions Club

Pervaiz Rana

London Hendon Lions Club

Nitin Shah

NEW - London St Johns

Wood Lions Club

Virendra Adhikari

Sudipto Bose

Praveen Challa

Sherneur Coutinho

Ruchir Dave

Gurprit Dhaliwal

Deepu Francis

Akshad Guru

Deepak Jain

Keyur Kanabar

Prashant Kapur

Prashik Mamtora

Harish Marwah

Mukesh Mishra

Pavan Nagori

Gurjeet Oberoi

Bimal Sabarwal

Ashit Samani

Sudhir Sethi

Rita Shah

Bijal Shah

Meesha Shah

Sudhir Sharma

Amanjit Singh

Ajay Vyas

London Westminster Lions Club

Karla Boban

Long Stratton Lions Club

Allison Coles

Looe Lions Club

Michael Foulkes

Susan Devey

Susan Pengelly

Louth District Lions Club

Peter Barker

Lowestoft Lions Club

John Pitts

Pasquale Orsino

Lutterworth Lions Club

Reg Linford

Lyn Lions Club

Geoff Eccleshall

Richard Leaworthy

Macclesfield and District

Lions Club

Martin Biss

Maidenhead Lions Club

Mary Sanerkin

Maidstone Lions Club

Peter Stonely

Melksham Lions Club

Michelle Paisey

Melton Mowbray Lions Club

Georgina Halliday

Robert Newell

Roy Spreckley

Susan Spreckley

Mersea Island Lions Club

Debbie Ambrose

Milton Keynes Central Lions Club

Jayesh Morjaria

Pritesh Patel

Raghav Hathwar

Minehead and District Lions Club

Dee Semmens

Morpeth Lions Club

Eddie Mulqueen

Rhys Kidd-Scannell

Sheila Short

Nantwich Lions Club

James Price

Margaret Sutton

Newhaven Peacehaven and Seaford Lions Club

Alan Clifford

Newquay Lions Club

Anne-Marie White

Janet Monk

Joey Cope

Julian Wilson

Mary Barritt

Newquay Towan Blystra

Lions Club

Dave Brooks

Nottingham West Lions Club

Ramesh Mistry

Shaila Haque-Brand

Nuneaton Lions Club

Charanjit Soomal

Dhaminder Mandair

Gurjinder Mann

Jaswinder Singh

Josh Sandhu

Kulwant Sandhu

Kulwinder Gill

Sahab Dhillion

Oadby and Wigston

Lions Club

Richard Baverstock

Okehampton Lions Club

Luis Martins

Paddock Wood and District

Lions Club

Stephanie Difford

Paignton Torbay Lions Club

Stephanie Hayden

Penrith Lions Club

Simon Woodrow

Pocklington District

Lions Club

Richard Knill

Porthcawl Lions Club

Caroline Limbert

Portishead Lions Club

Adrian Workman

Rayleigh Lions Club

Jeff Lagden

Redbridge Centennial

Lions Club

Sukhwinder Jassal

Reepham Lions Club

Michael Savage

Retford Lions Club

Dilan Patel

Karen Shooter

Maureen Lilley

Romsey and Waterside

Lions Club

Nicola Williams

Ross on Wye Lions Club

Jacqui Capaldi

Louise Hamilton

Rosemary Cross

Rugby Rokeby Lions Club

Tina Newman

Rushden and District

Lions Club

Albino Serra Lopes

Leora Pacheco

Ryedale Lions Club

Geoff Strangwood

Scarborough Lions Club

David Hamilton

Philip Kershaw

Scunthorpe Lions Club

Gareth Powell

Sevenoaks Lions Club

David Fletcher

Diana Fletcher

Jessica Prestage

Rachael Fletcher

Severn Dean Lions Club

David Kendrick

Gillian Kendrick

Vikki Reid

Shakespeare Lions Club

Diane Mason

Shirley Lions Club

Steven Graham

Sidmouth Lions Club

Aaron Patch

Simon Blyth

Sleaford and District

Lions Club

Peter Bowman

Southborough Lions Club

David Elliott

Southwell and District

Lions Club

Ian Wallis

Mark Foxwell

Spalding Lions Club

Julie Grant

Stanmore Lions Club

Hasmita Solanki

Sujata Jolly

Stoke on Trent Lions Club

Dave Johnson

Stone Lions Club

Jennie Edwards

Stour Valley Lions Club

Suzanne Jeffries

Tadge Sabatowski

Swindon Lions Club

Chris Stubbings

Peter Stroud

Taverham and District

Lions Club

Hazel Hawker

Tavistock Lions Club

Sue Uglow

Tetbury Lions Club

James Morley

Phillip Howe

Theodora Houlis

Thanet Lions Club

Heather Carter

Thirsk and Northallerton

Lions Club

Andrea Brazil

Tickhill and District

Lions Club

John Kelly

Malcolm Miles

Margaret Count

Michael Childs

Tonbridge Lions Club

Clare Underwood

Lee (Liesje) Athwal

Sandra Campopiano

Wayne Sleck

Torpoint and Rame

Peninsula Lions Club

Robin Willoughby

Trowbridge Wiltshire

Lions Club

Ruth Vine

Susan Oliver

Truro Lions Club

Julian Collinson

Uckfield District Lions Club

Patricia Slater

Wallasey Lions Club

Nanette Billeau

Wellesbourne Lions Club

Christine Davies

Howard Davies

Wembley Lions Club

Chinten Pandya

Shirley Ramnarine

Westbury Lions Club

Chris Curtis

Debbie Eardley

Nigel Legood

Theresa Mason

Weston Super Mare

Lions Club

Liam Metcalfe

Wetherby District

Lions Club

Ruth Holt

Wimborne and Ferndown

Lions Club

Philip Leach

Steve Gallocker

Windermere and Ambleside

Lions Club

Richard Dunlop

Winslow Lions Club

Ivo Haest

Winterton-No Lincolnshire Lions Club

Darren Hawley

Diane Metters

Wisbech Lions Club

Gregory Heath

Louis De Mark Spinks

Simon Crowson

Withernsea Lions Club

Brian Watkinson

Woodhall Spa Lions Club

Rob Sumner

Woolwich and Greenwich Lions Club

Ian Christie

Susan Flagful

Worthing Lions Club

Chris Dunkley

Peter Starling

Wotton Under Edge Lions Club

Steve Donnelly

Yateley and District

Lions Club

Cindy Yarranton

Graham Price

Timothy Clark

A LIONS TALE: Alfie Hewett British Wheelchair Tennis Champion

Grand Slam wheelchair tennis champion, Alfie Hewett, has won five singles and fourteen doubles titles.

Lions played a part in this inspirational story. Born with a congenital heart defect, Alfie was diagnosed with Perthes disease at the age of six.

Growing up in Norfolk, he started playing wheelchair tennis as a youngster thanks to financial support from Acle and Brundall Lions.

This helped Alfie follow his dream of competing in the Paralympics. He is now a threetime Paralympic silver medal winner.

To hear Alfie’s interview on the LION Podcast ‘Step Forward and Volunteer’, click on the link https://lionsclubs.co/Public/lion-podcast/

In Memoriam

Lions Clubs of the British Isles remember the Lions members who made a commitment to serve their local communities, we honour their memory.

Obituaries: A Celebration of Life

BANKS: Lion John Tiverton Lions Club

BAKSHI: Lion Rajiv Dover District Lions Club

BAYNE: Lion John Burgess Bridlington Lions Club

BUBB: Lion Ron Canterbury Lions Club

BRADFORD: Lion David Lowestoft Lions Club

BRAY: Lion Neil Walter Yateley and District Lions Club

BRUCE: Lion George Adur East Lions Club

CARR: Lion Chris Thanet Lions Club

CAWTE: Lion Eric Peter Berry Bridlington Lions Club

CULLEN: Lion Dave Humberston North Sea Lions Club

CRAY: Lion Donald Billingshurst and District Lions Club

DARMINDER: Lion Singh Chadha Southall Lions Club

DAVISON: Lion Brian Tonbridge Lions Club

DAVIES: Lion Jeffrey Fishguard and Goodwick Lions Club

DOUGLAS: Lion Mike (Rev) Wirral Lions Club

ELLIOTT: Lion Joan Thirsk and Northallerton Lions Club

FORD: Lion Russell Andrew Radstock and Midsomer Norton Lions Club

FOSTER: Lion Eric Wallasey Lions Club

FRASER: Lion Robert Chipping Sodbury Lions Club

GIDVANI: Lion Hiru London Belmont Lions Club

GOLDING: Lion Colin Weston super Mare Lions Club

GRAY: Lion Colin Peter Ormskirk and District Lions Club

HALL: Lion Sue Witham and District Lions Club

HARRIS: Lion Douglas Stour Valley Lions Club

HAWKINS: Lion Peter Filey Lions Club

HAYDEN: Lion Michael John Tonbridge Lions Club

HEATHERSHAW: Lion Marie Plymouth Lions Club

HERBERT: Lion Keith Cotswold Fosseway Lions Club

HOLDEN: Lion Mike Warrington Lions Club

HUMPHREYS: Lion Reg Bletchley Milton Keynes Lions Club

JACKSON: Lion Peter Harold Alfred Billericay Lions Club

JONES: Lion Alan J Farnham Lions Club

JONES: Lion John Norwich City of Norwich Lions Club

LOWE: Lion Peter Llandudno Lions Club

MAKIN: Lion Gillian Huddersfield Lions Club

MASLEN: Lion Christine (Chris) Adur East Lions Club

MATHEWS: Lion Michael Caerffili Lions Club

MCNEILL: Lion Roderic Nailsea Lions Club

MCQUAID: Lion Neil Southport Lions Club

MEARS: Lion John Frederick Tonbridge Lions Club

MOXEY: Lion Anthony (Tony) Westbury Lions Club

MUCKERSIE: Lion Alison Dumfries Lions Club

NIXON: Lion Eric Fareham Lions Club

PARSONS: Lion Ernie West Norwich Lions Club

Lions

PIKE: Lion Mike Tonbridge Lions Club

POMROY: Lion Pauline Lichfield Lions Club

SCALES: Lion David Northwood Lions Club

SHAW: Lion Allen Tynedale Lions Club

SMITH: Lion Colin Jersey Lions Club

SMITH: Lion Eileen Holderness Lions Club

SMITH: Lion Tom Wokingham Lions Club

STOTT: Lion Peter Lowestoft Lions Club

TATTERSALL: Lion Keith Keswick Lions Club

TAYLOR: Lion Jackie Woking Lions Club

THOMAS: Lion Ray Easingwold Lions Club

TONGE: Lion Ian Isle of Axholme Lions Club

VIRDI: Lion Ajit Singh Nottingham West Lions Club

WARNER: Lion Brian Gillingham Lions Club

WEAVIL: Lion Colin Burgess Hill District Lions Club

WELSH: Lion Margaret Exeter Lions Club

WEST: Lion James Leeds and Skyrack Lions Club

WILKINSON: Lion Brian Canterbury Lions Club

WILKINSON: Lion Sonia Porthcawl Lions Club

WILSON: Lion Marian Darlington Lions Club

WOOD: Lion Maureen Stoke On Trent Lions Club