Swindon Lions Club has two Mobility Scooters which can be passed on to needy individuals who could make use of them. If you know of anyone who could benefit please write to us at contact@swindonlions.org giving some information about the potential recipients and saying why they would be suitable recipients – we will then assess […]
NEWS AND MEDIA
Up-to-date information on the club and its activities
Should you wish to see more then please please click the button below to follow us on Facebook.
£1,000 Swindon Food Collective donation
Swindon Lions Club has continued to meet, by means of virtual meetings, during lockdown and thereafter while we are unable to have our normal club meetings. The club has continued to receive request for assistance from various Swindon based organisations and individuals. In June the club made a £1,000 donation to Swindon Food Collective.
Swindon Lions Support Prospect Hospice
Swindon Lions Club members were shocked to learn that our local Prospect Hospice was desperately short of PPE. The Prospect serves a population of 300,000 in the North Wiltshire and Swindon area in a 16-bed in-patient facility and also provides nurses to administer care to individuals in the last stages of their lives in their […]
Bob Cook Games 2019
Swindon Lions joined other Lions colleagues to help at the Bob Cook Games. The games are held in Swindon for disabled people from across Wales and South West England.
Santa – Collecting for Brighter Futures Special Care Baby Unit Incubator appeal
The Christmas season has started! We were outside Waitrose at the weekend. Thank you to everyone who made a donation. The club has agreed that all the money raised by our Santa collections will be donated to the Brighter Futures Special Care Baby Unit Incubator appeal.
A great day out at Kew gardens
Our French guests really enjoyed the opportunity to see the fabulous gardens and the newly opened Temperate House. There was also the pigeon who seemed to like it in the cab of the “Train”
Guests from Normandy
Some members and families from our “twin” Club in Les Andelys in Normandy arrive to stay in Swindon for a few days. Whilst here they will stay with Swindon Lions Club Members.
Dressability
On Monday we were able to make a donation to that excellent local charity “Dressability” Never hear of it? Look it up! A really great organisation help to adapt clothes for children and adults with disabilities. The photo shows Helen Marson, President of Swindon Lions Club presenting the cheque to Sharon Tombs, Manager of Dressability. […]