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WELFARE

 

We have recently supported the following local activities:

 

Whitaker Road Day Centre where we took a group of clients out for the day on the Midland Railway at Butterley.

 

          

 

 

We are currently collecting for the following project:

Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance

 

www.dlraa.co.uk

 

 

 

 

In the past we have supported a number of groups and individuals both locally and internationally.

 

Donated 2 laptops to young lads via When You Wish Upon a Star

Donated to Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre

Sponsored children to attend Derby Kids Camp

Donated to The Padley Centre for the Homeless

Donated to Derby Soup Run

Helped a local Women's refuge

Donated to Hilary Lister's Round Britain Dream Trust

Donated to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

Donated to Friends of Kenya's Children (A Derby charity supporting an orphanage)

Donated to Treetops Hospice Light Up a Life Appeal

Donated to Maisha Bora Foundation

Funded a residential adventure holiday for a Derby boy in need

Hired a mini bus to enable a group needing psychiatric rehabilitation have a holiday

Donated to Lions SightFirst project

Funded a holiday for a Derby boy with cerebral palsy

Provided books for a local school library

Provided medals for all participants in the Midland Games - an athletics event at Moorways for adults with learning difficulties

Provide Food parcels for the needy at Christmas (see projects page)

 

 

Derby Alzheimer's Society

Funded publication of two issues of their newsletter

 

When You Wish Upon a Star

Funded laptop computers for two seriously ill youngsters

 

Cardio Monitors donated to Derby Royal Infirmary

On Tuesday 21st October Derby Lions presented six cardio recorder units to the clinical measurement unit at the DRI.

                       

The Cardio monitors are small but very powerful. They are issued to patients who wear them for 6 days and press a button to start recording when their symptoms start. This ensures that their heart anomalies are recorded for later analysis rather than just recording 6 days of activity most of which is normal.
The presentation of 6 new monitors by Derby Lions DOUBLES the number available in the Clinical Measurement Department and will reduce waiting lists and enable them to treat many more patients

 

 

Back on the Road to Jericho 

Thanks to a generous donation of a mini bus by Derby Lions the Jericho House, drug rehabilitation project, is back on the road. The Lion’s share, £5000, of the cost of the mini bus came from Derby Lions topped up by a donation of £1000 from the Rolls Royce Charity Fund.

“Following the recent MOT failure of our current transport we did not know how we were going to be able to continue our work” said Brian Stevens  manager of Jericho House. “We desperately needed transport to enable our young men to attend daily  Narcotics Anonymous sessions and other events that are a vital part of teaching them to build new lives without the support of addictive drugs.. Our founders the Benedictine monks have a philosophy “God will provide” but I really did not know how we were going to make ends meet towards the end of the year. I was really “gob smacked” when  I got the phone call from Derby Lions offering to help“.  

We first contacted Jericho House three months ago and were very impressed with the success they have had in helping young men to live their life without drugs. This was an ideal opportunity to contribute to their very valuable work.

 Jericho House have been in Derby for 2 years and have helped 19 young men to find a ”life beyond drugs”