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The Story Bus

Swindon Humanitarian Aid Partnership (SHAP) wanted to send a children’s story bus to the west of Ukraine to enable the children there to enjoy some colour and fun. The Go-Ahead Group donated a bus, SHAP volunteers removed the seats and repaired damage and local artist, Billy Beaumont painted an enchanted forest inside including Ukrainian figures […]

The Swindon Humanitarian Aid Partnership

The Swindon Humanitarian Aid Partnership (SHAP ) was formed within weeks of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. In the subsequent 18 months SHAP have collected sorted boxed and transported over 1100 tonnes of aid into Ukraine -primarily to the east of the county where the war is at its most ferocious. Mike Bowden […]

Humanitarian aid for Ukrainians

On Sunday 13 March Swindon Lions collected over £850 outside Morrisons at Dorcan to help with humanitarian aid for the people from Ukraine. Thank you to all those generous Morrisons customers who supported us. The club has added £400 to this so we have sent over £1,250 to help with the Ukraine crisis.

Helping at the foodbank

Five members of the club recently spent a morning helping at the Swindon Food Collective We helped sorting goods donated from the local supermarkets. These items were checked to make sure they were “in date” and were then sorted into date expiry order. We helped making up bags of basic foods for distribution to single […]

£1,000 donated to the Swindon Food Collective

Thanks to our Swindon Lions Supporters’ Club we have been able to donate £1,000 to the Swindon Food Collective. Lion Richard High (pictured here with Cher from the Food Collective) said “It’s great to be able to support the Swindon Food Collective – especially at this time of year. It’s an organisation that we in […]

Easter Bubby at work

Easter Bunny Raises Funds

On Good Friday Morrissons hosted Swindon Lions’ Easter Bunny. While Swindon Lions were accepting donations and collecting used spectacles to recycle to poorer parts of the world the Easter Bunny was handing out Easter Eggs to youngsters.

Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest

“Peace through Service” Swindon student, Eva Freeland, of Abbey Park School has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognised artist by winning a local competition sponsored by Swindon Lions Club. Over 50 contestants, aged between 11 and 13 years of age on 15th November, submitted posters with the title “Peace through Service”. The […]