Derby Lions Club
WELFARE
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Derby Lions Club |
WELFARE |
As Lions we seek to serve a community both locally and wider afield. In this respect we make donations to worthy causes both individuals and groups. As well as financial help we give help by way of food parcels to some 450 people at Christmas and by providing practical help when the need arises.
We have recently supported the following activities:
| Prader Willi Group | £300 help for a party |
| Diabetes UK (Mickleover Golf Club Captain's charity | £200 |
| Cystic Fibrosis (Joint Golf Day with Long Eaton Lions) | £1050 |
| Whitecross Nursery School | £360 to equip a sensory room |
| Rainbows Hospice | £500 |
| Nottingham City Hospital Fletcher Ward | £500 for 3 TV sets with inbuilt DVD players |
| Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance | £7500 |
| Braille Chess Tournament | £100 for trophies |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society | £500 for Wii equipment and large monitor |
| Mickleover Live at Home Scheme | £200 for entertainment |
| Littleover Live at Home Scheme | £200 |
| Rebecca Court | Replacement goods £170 |
| Young Carer - Flooded home | £400 towards carpets etc. |
| REMAP - special twin buggy (joint with Burton Lions) | £250 |
| Action Housing & Support | £300 for cookery course |
| Asterdale School | £200 towards a special trip |
| Lions International Blood Research Association | £200 |
| Dibetes UK (DG's wife's appeal) | £200 |
| Derby Stroke Club | Gazebo |
We have taken groups of disadvantaged people on outings
| July 2011 | We took a group of Dementia sufferers, a
group of stroke victims and there carers together with a group from
a residential home on the Midland Railway at Butterley.
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| October 2010 | We took a group of Dementia suffers to the
Museum of Childhood at Sudbury.
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| July 2010 | We took a group of Dementia sufferers on
the Midland Railway at Butterley.
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In the past year we supported a number international organisations.
| Water Aid | £300 |
| Lions Sight Savers | £300 |
| Kids Aid Tanzania | £550 for mosquito nets |
| LCIF- Japan Disaster | £1700 to be distributed through local Lions Club to aid disaster relief |
| LCIF-Pakistan Flood Appeal | £1200 |
29/07/2011