Club History

Bexley and Sidcup Lions Club was formed in 1963 by our Charter members to serve the needy locally in the district and globally.

The Club has been fortunate to serve a community that gives tremendous support to the fund raising activities which have been jumble sales, fetes, quiz nights, bollywood nights, sponsored walks, Christmas Street Collections, stalls at various fairs, race nights and line dances, boot sales. We were part of the team organising the Marafun which ran for several years. We were instrumental in setting up the Bexley Carnival and ran successful Swimmarathons for several years.

Welfare

• We provided transport to the local Polio Club.
• Arranged Christmas parties for the elderly in the Borough
• Donated Christmas hampers for single parents
• Organised fundraising for local special needs schools.
• Help set up Pop in Parlours
• Electricity vouchers for the elderly
• Various donations to our local hospital
• Supported youth clubs in the Borough
• Erith Scouts Group
• Helped a local lad, who is quadraplegic to upgrade his specially designed computer
• Ellenor Lions Hospice in Gravesend
• Donation to Hounds for Heroes
• Collection for Mari Curie Cancer Care
• Sponsred a girl guide for a trip to Namimbia for a project working with children with Aids and HIV.
• LIBRA ( Lions Blood Research Appeal in King College Hospital, London)
• RNLI ( river Lifeguards )