Our Lions Club is proud of its service to the community in Farnham and the surrounding area.
All of the money raised from the public is spent on charitable ventures; none disappears into "administration". About 85 % is used for local needs and the other 15% for well focused National and International causes.
Wherever the
money is spent, we like the results of our donations to be tangible;
we avoid
"black holes".
Apart from our regular support to organisations such as The Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Bells Piece Cheshire Home, CHASE, Disability Challengers and Woodlarks, help also goes directly to Individuals and Families in the area, covering needs which cannot be met from "official" sources, e.g, specialised wheelchairs, or moving expenses for needy families being re-housed.
Each year the Club provides a very popular Party for up to about 120 elderly local people. This year's party was held on Sunday 21st March at Farnham Memorial Hall and was proclaimed, by guests, organisers and helpers, to be the best for many years. The caterers, Home from Home, are relatively new to Farnham and, for the second year in succession, put on a splendid repast of high quality.
All Hallows RC School Entertains our Guests
In early December last year we supplied 220 grocery parcels to local families in need, made up from donations of food by people living in the Upper Way, Weydon Hill Road, Green Lane, Broomleaf Road and Folly Hill areas of Farnham.
We are very interested in helping young people
to develop their potential and will provide practical or financial help
especially if, in keeping with our motto, their ventures involve an element of
service to others.
In late February every year we organise a 5-a -side Football Tournament
for 16
local schools, which is always fully booked.
The Peace Poster Competition, backed by the U.N. and Lions Clubs International,
offers a gentler challenge for those youngsters with imagination and a bit of
artistic flair.
Slightly wider afield we help to keep the Surrey Air Ambulance flying by means
of a dedicated fund raising event (see "Easter Eggstravaganza" on the
Past Events page).
Nationally, we support Lions initiatives such as the Special Olympics and the Lions International Blood Research Association (LIBRA) laboratories at King’s College Hospital in London.
Internationally, help is given through the
Lions Club’s International Fund (LCIF) for disaster relief and the
Lions Eye Health
Programme for eye camps in the Third World.
As an example of
"focus", we have helped a village school in Sri Lanka recover from the
ravages of the tsunami, via the good offices of a Farnham lady who has taken a
personal interest in the school.
Another local service facility,
used by, but not part of, Farnham Lions Club is The Lions
Community Store. This is operated by a team of unpaid volunteers whose aim is to
help needy families and individuals to acquire basic domestic items necessary
for everyday living. The Store is a mine of furniture, white goods children's
clothing, carpets and other such items.
Clients
are all referred by other organisations, Including ourselves, which help the underprivileged, the
elderly and disabled,
Since 1995 they have helped 6000 families - redistributed 3500 beds, 1000 tables
and chest-drawers, 3000 chairs, 3000 bales of bedding and 3000 bags of clothing.
They always need more furniture, bedding and clothes and white goods. If you have any
suitable items and live in the Fleet / Farnham area , they will
collect them from you at a time to suit you.
Opening Hours:
Closed Mondays
Tuesday - Thursday 10:15 to 15:30
Friday 10:15 to 13:00
Lions Community Store, Basingbourne Road, Fleet
Tel. 01252 616998
They are always busy, so you may need to call more than once!