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Here it is folks. Planned Lions club of St Austell Santa sleigh routes for December 2024.
We aim to start at 5pm each evening.
2nd SANDY starts at the junction of Bownder bean and menear Road.
3rd OLD ROSELYON starts at the junction of old Roselyon road and treesmill close.
4th CHARLESTOWN / GWALLAN KEYS
Starts at entrance to Penrice Park.
5th GOVER
Starts outside 76 Turnavean road (top left of estate)
6th BISCOVEY
Starts at junction of St Mary’s Road and Biscovey Road.
9th MANOR VIEW
Starts junction of Par Lane and Manor View.
10th POLGOOTH / STICKER
Starts at the Hewas Inn car park Sticker.
12th BOSCOPPA
Starts end of Larcombe road.
13th POLKYTH
Starts at Brewery drive (opposite St Austell Brewery) 
16th DUPORTH/PORTHPEAN
Starts at Pellymounter Road.
17th PARKWAY
Starts top of parkway opposite 118.
18th CARCLAZE AREA
Start of century close near roundabout.
19th JUBILEE/RETALLICK MEADOWS
Starts outside of 65 Retallick meadows( top right of Estate)
20th EDGCUMBE GREEN Woodside and Carne Hill pausing briefly near chip shop in Trewoon then Cooperage Gardens
Starts at entrance to Edgcumbe Green.
We aim to cover all the areas mentioned but unfortunately we cannot predict the weather and breakdowns!
Any donations will be very much appreciated so please gather your loose change to support our local charities.
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We will put up the link to glymps so you can track our journey.
 
 

 St Austell Lions will be collecting again for Ukraine on Saturday 7th Noveber between 10.00am and 11.00 at the Car Park of St Mary's Church, St Blazey Gate. Items particularly requested include babies' newborn clothing, nappies, baby food and formula milk, ladies' sanitary products, personal hygiene products, medical and associated items and paracetamol.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Many thanks!
 
We resumed our collections for Ukraine on Saturday 14th September 
Thanks to all those who contributed we took 4 car loads to the Lions collecting point in Callington

 

 
The same weekend we also helped with a litter pick in St Blazey
 

PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER LIONS YEAR 2024-25

 

 

 

 

 

          Lion President Gail Mathers takes over from

                  Past President  David Honey

 

 

 

                                                 Presentation of Melvyn Jones Fellowship to Lion Roger Dovey        President Gail making Vice President presentation to husband PDG James

We collected again forUkraine on Saturday, 6th July, at the St Mary's Church Car Park, St Blazey Gate, from 10.00am to 11.00am. A big "thank you" to all those who went out of their way to contribute, filling one car and one truck. The donations will be on their way to Ukraine in a 10-truck convoy later this month.

Car Boot Sale hosted by Lion Alan Moore and his wife Libby

£97 raised for local Lions Charities

We would like to give a big "thank you" to all those generous people who went out of their way to donate to the Ukraine Project yesterday. You contributions are greatly appreciated. Please note our next collection will be on 6th July.

 
 

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Lions Club of St. Austell Grand Easter Egg Draw 2024 Results

 

Our club has raised a total of £1,467 from their 2024 Grand Easter Egg Draw, and would like to thank the following local businesses for supporting us and, of course, the many generous members of the public who bought tickets!

The Western Inn; The Polgooth Inn; AJ'S, Carlyon Bay; The Carlyon Arms; The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey; The Hewas Inn; The Duke of Cornwall; The Queens Head, St. Stephen; The White Hart Hotel; The Four Lords, St. Blazey Gate; Smorgers; The Rock Inn, Roche; The Crown, St. Ewe; The Commercial Inn, St. Dennis; The White Pyramid, Trewoon; Bugle Inn; Sparkle Domestic Cleaning and our Sponsor St. Austell Printing Company.

 
All proceeds will go to local Lions Charities.

Lions Club of St Austell 55th anniversary

On Saturday 23rd March, The Lions Club of St Austell celebrated the 55th anniversary of the granting of its Charter. Though the previous 54 celebrations took the form of an evening Dinner, this anniversary was marked by a luncheon in the splendid setting of the Oak Dining Room in Trenython Manor. The St Austell Lions and partners were joined by representatives of the Soroptimists, other Cornwall Lions Clubs and Friends.

District Governor James Mathers and Lions President David Honey MBE were recipients of Mervyn Jones Fellowships

 

 

 

         Xmas Sleigh                 

For more news of the Christmas sleigh click here

THE LIONS CLUB OF ST AUSTELL HELPS TRIO OF TALENTED YOUNGSTERS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS IN MEMORY OF FOUNDING MEMBER

The Lions Club of St Austell has partnered with Young & Talented Cornwall, The Lord Lieutenant’s Fund to help gifted youngsters from the area achieve their dreams. The community organisation has donated £4000 to the 2023 programme which supports the next generation of superstars who otherwise lack the means to achieve their potential in memory of Michael Collins.

Michael was a founder member and four times President of the Lions Club in St Austell and sadly passed away in December last year having dedicated 54 years of loyal service to Lions Clubs International and the local community. 

For full report CLICK HERE

We will be holding our next collection for Ukraine on Saturday 25th November between 10.00am and 11am at the Car Park of St Mary's Church, St Blazey Gate. Items particularly requested include warm children's clothing, nappies, ladies' sanitary products, sleeping bags, small tents, and paracetamol. We look forward to seeing you there!

Following our collection for Ukraine on Saturday 28th October St Austell Lions Barbara and Roger on the left, delivering part of last Saturday's collection for Ukraine to Lion Emma of Callington Lions Club, for onward transportation.

 

Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, a group was set up called CORNWALL AND DEVON SENDING LOVE TO UKRAINE.
It was set up by Callington Taxi Driver, Darren Tait, and very soon an ever growing group of volunteers got together to collect, pack and drive aid to the Poland/Ukraine Border on a monthly basis.

19 months on, the group have delivered 147 vans of medical and humanitarian aid and 5 Ambulances, over 16 trips, averaging every 5 weeks including the Christmas period. They also deliver items for a thousand orphans looked after by Warsaw Lions Clubs. On trip 2, Lions Andy and Emma Burnard from Callington Lions, joined the group and are now collecting with the team from 25 district lions clubs from Penzance to North of Bristol ,as well as helping at the collection centre at the Emporium,Tavistock Rd, Callington, and driving the aid to its destination. Each trip takes 5 days, over 6 countries, 2500 miles and the group is all self funding.

After the presentation they were given a van load of supplies to take on their next trip on 25th October, including sanitary items, nappies, sleeping bags and much more.

Lion Eric and Lions Lady Diane delivering goodies for Ukraine generously donated by our own communities of St Austell and Par.

President Barbara's Farewell BBQ

Barbara addresses the guests and thanks Libby & Alan Moore for their generous hospitality with Libby's birthday cake

St Austell Lions will be collecting for Ukraine again this Saturday at St Mary's Church Car Park, St Blazey Gate, from 9.00 to 11.00. This week we are collecting babies' and toddlers' clothing, nappies, wet wipes, ladies' sanitary products, camping equipment and clean sleeping bags (following the dam burst), walking aids, and paracetamol. We hope to see you there.

UPDATE

A very successful morning collecting for Ukraine. Our heartfelt thanks to all those who contributed. We shall be doing it again on 19th August - 10 - 12, same venue. 

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SOS!!     SAVE OUR SANTA

For many years St Austell Lions have taken Santa through our streets bringing cheer at Christmas.

THAT MAY HAVE TO STOP

We aren’t getting any younger and now need help.

If you would like to save our Santa, email us at :

staustelllions@btinternet.com

HELP FOR UKRAINE

St Austell Lions in conjunction with other Lions Clubs in Cornwall and Devon have been collecting essential items for the relief of war-torn Ukrainians remaining in their own country.  Items such as nappies, walking aids, sanitary products and medicines such as paracetamol are then transported using a fleet of vans to Ukraine via Warsaw. 

In the photograph Lion James Mathers (centre right) and his wife Lion Gail are shown handing over items generously donated by the residents of St Austell in what is hoped to me the first of many such shipments.

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Our club's regular cleaning of the start of the trail to Heligan

 

Lions Alan, David, Tony & Geoff

 

PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER  2023

On the 1st June, members of the Lions Club of St Austell and their guests, including two from Australia, met at the Hewas Inn in Sticker for their Annual Handover where the retiring President formally hands over the Presidential Regalia to the incoming President.

After an enjoyable meal, the retiring President, Lion Barbara Trenerry, took to the floor to thank the waiting staff and also to thank fellow Lions and their guests for attending the evening. She then presented the Regalia to the incoming President, Lion David Honey MBE. In turn, Lion David presented his 1st Vice President for the year, Lion Gail Mathers, with the Vice President’s Regalia.

Finally Mrs Barbara Collins, wife of the Late Lion Mike Collins, briefly spoke to thank the Club for her invitation to the event, stressing the fact that a major part of Lionism is Friendship.

 

The Club held a very successful collection for Ukraine yesterday. This will become a regular event so please watch this space.

  

 
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Lions Club of St Austell joins forces with Young & Talented Cornwall

          

The Lions Club of St Austell is collaborating with Young & Talented Cornwall, The Lord Lieutenant’s Fund with a specific award for young talent from the wider St Austell area.  

This award will be in memory of Michael Collins; a founder member of the Lions Club in St Austell who sadly passed away in December last year. ‘Mike’ had been President four times and was an active member who gave 54 years of loyal service to Lions Clubs International and our community. The Membership has chosen to remember Mike by donating a monetary award to a talented young person seeking to achieve their ambitions – Young & Talented Cornwall provides crucial support to help fulfil these dreams.

Young & Talented Cornwall, formerly known as the Lord Lieutenant’s Fund, was created in 2005 and is today headed by the present Lord Lieutenant, Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE. It strives to help those young Cornish individuals, between the ages of 14 and 23, who have demonstrated an outstanding talent in a particular field – be it sport, dance, music, creative writing or musical theatre – but are struggling to achieve their ambition or progress in their chosen career because of hardship or disability.

St Austell Lions and Young & Talented Cornwall believe that no budding superstar should have their dreams dashed due to a lack of financial support or expert advice and urge any potential recipients to apply now using the link below:

https://youngandtalentedcornwall.org/how-to-apply/

Applications will close on 31 July 2023.

 

Lions Club of St. Austell Donate £1500 to Merlin - Cornwall's Neuro Therapy Centre

The Lions Club of St. Austell visited the Merlin - Cornwall's Neuro Therapy Centre, and presented a cheque for £1500.  Members were given an interesting and informative tour of the Centre, which is based at Hewaswater.  The photo was taken in the recently opened Sensory Garden.

In photo, left to right: Ellie May, Merlin Communications Manager, David Phyall, Trustee and service user, Lions Club of St. Austell President Barbara Trenerry, Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President David Honey and Lion Barry Merrifield.

Our Lions Club of St. Austell have raised a total of £1,368 from their 2023 Grand Easter Egg Draw, and would like to thank the following local businesses for supporting us and, of course, the many generous members of the public who bought tickets!

2023's Biggest & Best Giant Chocolate Easter Eggs Money Can Buy

Big Thank You to The Western Inn; The Polgooth Inn; AJ'S, Carlyon Bay; The Carlyon Arms; The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey; The Dolphin Inn, Grampound; The Hewas Inn; The White Hart Hotel; The Four Lords, St. Blazey Gate; Smorgers; Griggs Farm Restaurant; The Crown, St. Ewe; Treacle Tea Room; The White Pyramid, Trewoon and our Sponsor St. Austell Printing.

All proceeds will go to the Merlin - Cornwall's Neuro Therapy Centre, and local Lions Charities

 

54th Annual Charter Anniversary Celebration Dinner

Britannia Inn   Saturday 4th March 2023

Lion President Barbara and her top table guests

More pics on this link

 

Available at 

The Western Inn  Polgooth Inn  AJ's Carlyon Bay  The Carlyon Arms  The Queen's Head, St. Stephen  The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey

The Dolphin Inn, Grampound  The Hewas Inn  The White Hart Hotel  The Four Lords  Smorgers  Griggs Farm Restaurant

The Crown, St. Ewe  Treacle's Cafe  The White Pyramid, Trewoon  Kate Voyle

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MAJOR EARTHQUAKE

Our Lions Clubs in Turkey have today received an initial $200,000 Emergency Grant from LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.

All clubs , including ours, contribute to this fund.

We regret to inform you that due to the weather, expected road conditions and the risk to the public and the Lions crew, the Christmas Sleigh to Duporth and Porthpean will again be cancelled tomorrow evening. 

Unfortunately the Xmas Sleigh on Friday to Parkway and Bird Sanctuary will also need to be cancelled for the same reasons as before. We pray for better weather next week.

Lions President Barbara Trenerry leads our Lions group at the Annual Remembrance Parade through the town

Visit to Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre at St. Dennis,

We were impressed by the technology and sheer size of the facility. It can treat up to 240,000 tonnes of waste each year, using the waste as a fuel to generate electricity, exporting 16.6 megawatts to the National Grid - enough to power the equivalent of 21,000 homes. Many thanks to Sarah Cotton and Abigail Bailey, both Education and Community Officers, for their interesting and informative presentation and tour of the facility.

 

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell presented Cornwall Air Ambulance with a cheque for £1000,

from the proceeds of their Grand Easter Easter Egg Draw.

In photo, Left to Right: 

Morwenna Smart, Cornwall Air Ambulance Fund Raising Officer, Steve Garvey, Air Operations Officer, Sherelle Puertas, Fund Raising Officer, Lions Club of St. Austell President Barbara Trenerry, Lion Tony Pickup and Lion Jim Jiwa.

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Barbara Trenerry (pictured left) President of St Austell Lions Club was delighted to welcome District Governor, Lesley Chudley, to their meeting on Wednesday 28th September where they exchanged banners.  The District Governor who leads almost 60 Lions Clubs across the South West said, 'It has been a tremendous pleasure to visit St. Austell Lions and see all the things they are involved with'. 

Also at the same meeting, Lion President Barbara Trenerry congratulated Lion David Honey who had stepped up to become Vice President of St Austell Lions Club.  Lion David had previously been their President throughout lockdown due to Covid in 2020-21 when meeting in person was not possible.  Lion David said, “I became the Club’s first virtual President but now I will have the opportunity to do it for real.”

Members of St Austell Lions play an important role in the local community, whether it be providing support for those in need, protecting the environment with beach cleans and litter picks, guiding Santa around the streets of St Austell and surrounding districts at Christmas, and raising money to support all these projects.  Lion President Barbara said, “As Lions we take great pride in serving our local community and we invite others who also care to join our ranks.”

         

Two of our members helping with the Great British Beach Clean organised by Three Bays Wildlife group. We were joined by some of the residents of Harbour Housing (St Austell) and their coordinator Tom.

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Lions Club of St. Austell President, Barbara Trenerry, presented a Lion's Club Certificate of Appreciation to Miss Caroline Woodward in recognition of her work in our community. Caroline has worked very hard, being one of the main co-ordinators in St Austell , reaching out to the local community and far beyond, collecting items for Ukraine and our own homeless and elderly. She has been instrumental in sending out appeals for soft toys, gifts, clothes, bedding, medical supplies, toiletries, children's treats, nappies, water, bags and suitcases with pens, paper and pencils as well as organising Bandera energy bars for the frontline soldiers, collecting ingredients, and arranging transport from collection points to Ukraine. Well done Caroline

The full story of Caroline's award can be seen here

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Lions Club of St. Austell welcomes new member 

The Lions Club of St. Austell are delighted to welcome Katie Voyle into their club. The membership certificate was presented to Katie by Lion President Barbara Trenerry, and her sponsor Lion Barry Merrifield was there to support her. Katie is looking forward to playing a full role in serving the Community of St. Austell and surrounding districts. Katie's father, the late Norman Cross, had been a member of the Lions Club of St. Austell for many years. 

 St. Austell Lions clearing the way

 

The Club were out in force once again, this time clearing an essential pathway forming part of the Pentewan trail and a section of the National Cycle Route.  Equipped with strimmers, loppers and blowers the team cleared back the vegetation that had built up over recent months.

Lion Geoff Oswald (centre in photo) said “This is an exercise that we have undertaken for more than 20 years much to the delight of pedestrians and cyclists.  There is no pavement on this section the trail and we are proud to help our community to navigate this path in safety.”  Their good work can be seen on the right.

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First Lady President of St Austell Lions

Lion Barbara Trenerry receiving her chain of office from Zone Chairman Lion Tony Pickup

After her induction, Lion President Barbara thanked everyone present, and praised the many achievements of the club over more than 50 years. She pledged to continue this and lead the club to even greater attainments in helping those less fortunate than ourselves. The presentation was followed by a BBQ for members and friends

 

 

 

 Lions Clubs of the South West District celebrate their annual handover  

 

 

 

There are currently 58 Lions Clubs with in excess of 1,000 members throughout the District which stretches from Penzance to Weymouth and as far north of Portishead just short of Bristol. The  new Vice Governor is to be James Mathers of our own club (second from left in photo) and only the second member from our club to hold that office. Vice District Governor, James Mathers, said “Looking after our local communities is becoming increasingly important especially in these difficult economic conditions and we are proud to serve because we care.” 

James, who recently completed his term as the President of his club is encouraging new members to join the organisation which has been in existence for over 100 years and leads the world in many humanitarian projects including giving support to the refugees who have fled Ukraine.

   

                                                                                             

LIONS CLUB of ST. AUSTELL Presentations

  

Lion President James Mathers presented Lion Guy Wardle with his 25 years of service award at a Lions Social event at the Kings Arms in Luxulyan. At the same time Guy, and his wife Margaret, were presented with a farewell gift from St. Austell Lions in the form of a drawing collage as they will soon be leaving Cornwall to be closer to their family.

                                   Lion President James Mathers and Lion Guy Wardle                                     Margaret Wardle and Lion Guy Wardle

The Lions Club of St Austell are donating £2,000 towards helping refugees fleeing from Ukraine.

Our President, James Mathers, said “Whilst much of our work is concentrated in helping those in need locally, we are part of an organisation that has humanitarian objectives across the globe.” 

James who is also Vice District Governor elect for the South West region added “Through our network of local Lions Clubs in those countries receiving refugees we can transfer funds to the front line to provide accommodation, food and essentials to those who have fled Ukraine with little more than what they stood up in and since we have no administration charges every penny counts.”

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      Giant Easter Egg Draw      

Our Annual Easter Egg Draw was held in 15 pubs in our area in aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance and other local charities

The total profit was £1368

With many thanks to the pub and hotel staff listed below, who sold the tickets

 

A big thank you to Western Inn, Polgooth Inn, Ship Inn Pentewan, AJ's Carlyon Bay, Holmbush Inn, Carlyon Arms, Queen's Head St Stephen, Fountain Inn Mevagissey, Dolphin Inn Grampound, Bethel Social Club,

Hewas Inn Sticker, White Hart Hotel, Boathouse Charlestown, Four Lords St Blazey, Penmellyn Vets Holmbush, Harvester Seafood

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ANY OLD IRON?

Lion Alan Moore packing up his trailer with a consignment of scrap metal as his contribution to the challenge to members to increase our fundraising, after the difficult last 2 years. Further unwanted metallic scrap welcome!

THE  LIONS CLUB OF ST AUSTELL SANTA SLEIGH DECEMBER 2021

 

As a result of your help and support, we are happy to report that the collections from the Xmas Sleigh totalled almost £4000. Thank you to everyone who helped in any way, often in wet weather. The money will be spent on our local charities and other deserving causes. We cannot manage to do this annual and often greatly anticipated event without help, as we have only 19 members who are increasingly elderly. We need a lot more helpers to enable us to continue. If anyone would like to volunteer, we will start compiling a list. Please contact us on this page or on FB messenger. 

Our major expense is the maintenance of the vehicle which comes to about £1200 each year. We are looking for sponsorship to help with this. If anyone can help or suggest a possible donor it would be appreciated. We would ensure maximum publicity.
 
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 On 9th February, a roaring wood-burner greeted members of the Lions Club of St Austell and their partners for a social event in Alan and Libby's cowshed with cheese and wine. Centre-stage, singer, guitarist and raconteur Anton Mullan, whose repertoire included songs of the Sixties and Seventies which brought back many memories to us all.

In photo: Anton Mullan, Lions Vice President Barbara Trenerry and immediate Past President David Honey MBE
 

Recent donations from our Charity Account

Helping deserving families with white goods and furniture.

Supplying food parcels.

Providing a donation to the food banks.

Assisting the disabled with a loan of a wheel chair.

Providing a Freezer for Cornwall Diabetes Research Centre in Truro.

Providing all primary schools in St Austell with illustrated environmental books

 Donation and help with the Sticker Memory Cafe.

White Gold Cornwall

St Austell ABC

The Wave Project.

Man Down.

The Gover Community Project.

Treverbyn Community Trust.

St Austell Health Care.

Cornwall Blood Bikes

Daisy Dukes

British Legion Poppy Appeal.

Parkinson’s UK

In addition, we have to maintain our Sleigh which costs £1,250 per year as it’s a commercial vehicle.

This years Easter Egg Draw will benefit the Cornwall Air Ambulance

 

 

LIONS MARK 30 YEARS OF HELPING WITH DIABETES

Three decades of voluntary public health service at Royal Cornwall Show have come to an end due to the Covid virus restrictions

Run by the 18 Lions clubs in Cornwall we have screened tens of thousands of patients with the wonderful assistance of volunteer nurses, paramedics and doctors.

Our efforts will now be concentrated on Education and Awareness in conjunction, working with Diabetes UK.

Picture shows the presentation of a cheque for £720 to the Diabetic Centre at Treliske by Lions District by Lion Barry Merrifield, District Officer SW for Diabetes

 

The Christmas spirit for The Lions Club of St Austell began a few days ago when some of its members descended upon the Wheal Martyn Museum to participate in the Museum's 'Community Christmas' event which is being held throughout the month of December.

 

The photo shows Lion Vice President Barbara (with a 'friend'!) and Lion David Honey alongside their handiwork.

 

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An African Experience for our Lions Club

At their last Fellowship meeting, members and their partners of the Lions Club of St. Austell enjoyed a talk from one of their own members - Lion Peter Mosyznski..Peter gave a fascinating illustrated account of his many years working in Sudan and other conflict-affected countries in Africa

l to r Lion President James Mathers, Peter and committee chair Barbara Trenerry

 For further details and more pictures click here

 

Lions Club of St. Austell Charter Dinner

Although it had not been possible for our Club to hold a Charter Dinner during the pandemic, we celebrated our combined 51st, 52nd and 53rd annual events on Thursday 14th October at Carlyon Bay Golf Club.  Current Lion President James Mathers said “It is a social highlight of our year and it was only fair to share this event with my predecessors who were deprived of their own evening due to Covid -19.  Fortunately, we have all been double jabbed and looking forward to the booster".

In photo, left to right: Immediate Past President David Honey, current President James Mathers, and Past President Tony Pickup. 

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We are sad to report the passing of PDG Lion Dr. Ravindranath Bhonsle, known as ‘Robbie’, at the age of 93

Click here for further details

May be an image of 2 people, including Gail Mathers

Lion Gail helping out at the Merlin Centre for MS and in charge of the Teddy Tombola. A successful afternoon.

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Our first non-Zoom meeting for 18 months 

In one of our member's converted cowshed, we sat down face to face and had a 'proper' meeting. The highlight was the induction of our newest member Peter Moszinski who is pictured below left with Lion President James Mathers and his sponsor Lion Alan Moore

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Presidential Handover

Our Annual Handover and BBQ took place on July 24th. We were catching up on the Covid gap 'holiday'

Newly elected Lion President James Mathers told members “Whilst the last 12 months have been very difficult we are now seeing great improvements and a return to some form of normality.  As members of Lions Club International we are always eager to serve those in need within our community but it is equally important to share fellowship and fun along the way.”

Pictured below are Immediate Past President David handing over the over the reins to James Mathers for this current Lions year. Past President Tony Pickup is also pictured as he didn't get the chance to hand over at the end of his year 2019-20. The new Vice President Barbara Trenerry is also featured.

 

   

Busy morning for our Lions

Sunday 25th July was a double header for the St Austell Lions. Our team doing the Car Boot Sale at Biscovey raised a fantastic £236.85 and on the other side of Par Moor our environmental gang (pictured below with the spoils) were helping 'PL24' with a clean up at Spit Beach.

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Members busy cleaning Pentewan Trail and Cycle Path

 

Lions hard at work cleaning our designated section of the trail leading up to Heligan, which we have been doing for more than 20 years. 

Pictured are Lion Guy with the strimmer, with his wife Margaret sweeping up, and Immediate Past President David Honey hard at work just 5 days after his retirement from office, and ably assisted by Lion Geoff Oswald who doubled as photographer! 

 

A welcome social break from the action in Martyn and Fiona's garden for an afternoon tea-party.

 

St. Austell Lions Club doing their bit to clean up our countryside

The motto of Lions organisations is “We Serve” so in in order to provide a community service, Saturday 12th June saw members of the Lions Club of St. Austell carrying out a litter pick along the A390 from St. Mary’s Church, Biscovey, to the Britannia Inn. Armed with their trusty litter pickers and black sacks, members of the club worked their way down the pavement side of the very busy road accumulating sacks full of rubbish (which were duly deposited in the town’s Recycling Centre!).

In the Lions’ calendar, Saturday 12th June is designated as ‘Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) Day’ so by choosing that day, the St. Austell Lions were not only able to do something for the community but also recognise LCIF Day. The purpose of the LCIF is to support the efforts of Lions clubs in serving communities locally and globally through humanitarian service projects and grants.

If you would like to help your community by becoming a Lion, please contact Lion President David Honey on 07802 611841

In photos: Lions Club Members on duty!

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CAR BOOT SALES

A hot Sunday morning at Biscovey raising £90

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First Biscovey Sunday morning taking an amazing £257.50.

 

Early 7 am starts for the Lions to set up our Thursday morning Car boot sales at Par Market

The first sale, pictured here, raised £130 for our charity fund

ONLINE CHARITY AUCTION MARCH/APRIL 2021

ST AUSTELL

This event managed to raise money for Food Larders in St Austell.  With the present Covid scenario and subsequent economic hardship for families, these local organisations are operated by volunteers on a shoe-string, and rely on local traders who generously supply them with unwanted items. Our contribution, to be announced shortly,  should benefit families who are finding it difficult at this time.

 

Two years ago we provided every primary school in our area with a book by Ellie Jackson, environmental scientist and author, illustrating the dangers of ocean plastic. This month we are supplying all 16 schools with the latest book ( pictured here) about Climate Change. Their website is below.

https://wildtribeheroes.com/

Every Christmas our Lions Club supply and deliver  Xmas presents to the former residents of Tregarne Hostel, originally sponsored by us some 48 years ago, who are now lliving in the community. With the situation this year, personal visits were impossible, so money and gift cards were distributed by post;

The Lions Club of St. Austell donate Christmas goodies to Family Hub

The Lions Club of St Austell has donated over £600 of Christmas goodies to the local Family Hub to make up boxes for some of their families. The Hub thanked the Lions for their donation and also for all of the other help given to families during the year. 
 
In photo, Left to Right: St. Austell Lions President David Honey MBE, Lion Ray Payne, Chairman of Lions Charity Committee, Zoe Woods, Senior Family Worker and Val Tucker, Business Support Assistant for Restormel Family Hubs. 
 

Who are we?

 

Our Lions Club helps the local local community in a number of  ways and all monies collected go directly to good causes. Not one penny is spent on administration.

We focus on good deeds and to help those who are less fortunate.

Just ask to join in the fun as a volunteer or as a member

Click here to contact us

 

Please note that the stamp and spectacle collections are suspended until further notice due the Virus.

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Coordination of service clubs

The Soroptimist Club were offered furniture for the women’s refuge. The Lions stepped in to help with the transport.

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Lions in action again this week.

Litter picking in St Austell near Coop for 90 minutes. Ten bags full made quite a haul and a tidier footpath!

 

LITTER PICKING EVENING

As part of our community service, we cleaned the path in St Austell from Sandy up to Boscoppa. Three bags full - or nearly!

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Update on Giant Easter Egg Draw

The lockdown came at the wrong time for this event, but thanks to the pubs and businesses that sold the tickets, we did manage a small profit of £200.70 (updated 15/07/20). Grateful thanks are due to The Polgooth Inn - The Ship Inn, Pentewan - The White Hart Hotel - The Holmbush Inn - TAJs Carlyon Bay - The Queens Head, St. Stephen -The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey - The Hewas Inn, Sticker - Penmellyn Vets, St. Austell - Four Lords St Blazey - The Boathouse Charlestown - Bethel Social Club - Dolphin Inn Grampound - Carlyon Arms

Each location had a winner of a giant egg.

Charity organisations like ourselves are going to find it difficult to raise funds this year but, hopefully, watch this space!

 

CHANGE IN THE PRIDE AT ST. AUSTELL LIONS CLUB

St. Austell Lions Club recently welcomed their new president during the last meeting, held virtually on Zoom!

Lion David Honey MBE has taken over the presidency for this coming Lions year and will carry on the good work carried out by the previous club president Lion Tony Pickup. Lion President David said “It is an honour to take over the presidency of the Club, albeit in these unusual times.” He then went on to say that having enjoyed the camaraderie experienced through a career in Education and service in the Special Constabulary, he was delighted to find such camaraderie in the Lions and that he was looking forward to resuming with colleagues the Club’s normal service activities and social events when circumstances allow.

Immediate Past President Lion Tony Pickup said "This has been an interesting year for the Lions Club of St Austell.  Sadly, the best part of four months has been lost due to the coronavirus outbreak, and because of the advancing years of the majority of our members, and their need to shield, we have not been able to help in the community as much as we would have liked.  Fortunately, our two main fund-raising events, Duck Racing and Santa’s Sleigh, were held before the virus took over, enabling us to top up our reserves prior to the lockdown. It is always sad to have to let go of the reins, but in handing over the Presidency to Lion David Honey I do so knowing it will be in good hands, and I wish him and the Club best wishes for a very successful year".

During the past 12 months the club has been actively raising funds in the following ways:

Our popular Duck races were held in the summer and required a real team effort to ensure a successful outcome. As always, fellow Lions and ladies turned out with their usual enthusiasm to sell tickets and to ensure that it was a safe and successful fundraising event.  Unfortunately, the number of races was down on previous years due to some rather inclement weather. The traditional outing with the Santa Sleigh took place in December, and delivered a generous dose of Christmas Cheer to children of all ages. 

In addition to our usual activities, in October an Indoor Horse Racing event was held at Mount Charles Social Club which was well attended. A great idea enjoyed by all. 

Successful Christmas Store collections at TESCO and ASDA took place again this year.  Unfortunately, the annual Easter Egg Raffle was affected by the Coronavirus lockdown.

Throughout the year work has been undertaken in the community supplying food, white goods and beds for deserving families. In September a family was funded to attend the Newquay Lions Caravan Holiday at Hendra Newquay.

Approximately 2000 pairs of spectacles have been collected and forwarded on to Eye Programmes in other parts of the world.

Members have undertaken painting and planting in Thorn Park and Tregrehan Park, which has brought in donations to the club. In addition did our usual trail cleaning Pentewan valley leisure path. 

We have been also able to help a number of individuals and families, mainly through the St. Austell Children's Centre.  The Centre is a 'last stop' before Social Services become involved and it is a help to us to know that the families' circumstances have been determined before any request for assistance is made. It is good that we have also been able to help local organisations such as the Sticker Memory Cafe.

On a global scale the Lions Club of St. Austell provides donations to the Lions Clubs International Foundation who provides grants for humanitarian projects and other support such as disaster relief.

The Lions Club of St. Austell are always looking for more volunteers to help serve in their community, if it’s something you think you’d like to get involved with you can find details on our club website at: www.staustelllions.co.uk, the club’s Facebook page, or telephone 0845 8339814 (all calls at local rates) for more information.

CLUB IN ACTION FOR NEEDY FAMILY

We received a message from a Family Support worker that a family of 4 with two young children aged 2 and 4 yrs  had been rehoused suddenly in our area and were starting from scratch. They were in need of carpets and storage. Knowing all the usual sources were closed we sought help from our  members, who responded with 3 chests of drawers,  two carpets, carpet grips and a rug. Delivery in the Lions truck.

 

 

Lions Clubs’ £160k boost for local air ambulances

Air ambulances across the British Isles will receive vital equipment in the battle against COVID-19 – thanks to generous £160,000 grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation.President of the Lions Club of St. Austell Tony Pickup says: “We know that air ambulance charities have been busier than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. They’ve faced considerable extra – unbudgeted – day to day costs – at the same time as lockdown has affected fund-raising. Now, thanks to an emergency COVID-19 relief grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation in the US, we can provide immediate support for this emergency service that touches lives in all our local communities.”

See this link for further details

 

 

TRAIL SPRING CLEAN

For the last 20 years the club has cleaned a section of the Pentewan trail which leads up to Heligan, as a service to the community. This week, working while observing the required social distance, we carried out the annual Spring Clean much to the delight of passing cyclists, walkers and, yes, horses. The picture below shows Lion Vice President David Honey hard at work.The minute plaque awarded to us by Cornwall CC spends most of it's time enshrouded in ivy !

 

 

LIONS TRUCK IN COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

Lion Alan Moore   ( Chairman Carlyon Parish Council ) using the Lions vehicle to deliver, groceries  from AJ’s to those in his Parish in isolation.
They are all very appreciative of the services offered by the Carlyon community group, collecting prescriptions, taking samples to the vets, collecting pet food etc.

 

 

TRELISKE NURSES PAMPER BOXES

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Club were pleased to donate £300 to this worthy cause, an idea started by some of the residents of Sticker. Our contribution was raised by the sale of plants grown by one of our members

who is a keen gardener.

Organiser Beccy Constant said she was delighted with our generous donation and the total raised was over £800. She and her helpers assembled  and delivered over 130 boxes.

We would like to thank all those who bought plants on 'Click & Collect'

 

 

 

Grand Easter Egg Draw - in aid of Parkinsons UK and other Lions Charities 

Unfortunately the Covid 19 virus before Easter halted sales. All the eggs were won, and we are hoping to at least break even.

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LIONS CLUB of ST. AUSTELL welcome leading wildlife photographer Rowenna Castillo

The Club welcomed well known local wildlife photographer Rowenna Castillo-Nicholls, who gave a most interesting and informative illustrated talk on her top 20 rarity sightings of the decade.

Lions Club members were amazed at the high quality of her photographs, and at the patience needed to obtain them!  Cornwall is one of the best locations for wildlife photography in the UK, and more of Rowenna's work may be seen at www.ilovecornwall8.com 

Photo, left to right: Rowenna Castillo-Nichols being thanked by Lions Club of St. Austell President Tony Pickup

 

CLUB VISIT TO BODMIN RECYCLING CENTRE 

A very interesting visit to learn what happens to all our recycling materials. After an excellent presentation of the processes involved, we saw at first hand how it is sorted and handled. It was interesting and reassuring to find that none of our waste from Cornwall is shipped abroad and we no  longer have any landfill sites in the county. The amounts of plastic were staggering.

A future visit to the Cornwall Energy and Recovery Centre at St. Dennis has been planned in May.

BEACH CLEANS are also part of our service to the community. In February, we signed up for two, both at Par Beach, although the weather not surprisingly caused cancellation of one of them.                                  More to do when the weather improves!!

 

 

At their last meeting the Lions Club of St. Austell the guest speaker was Helen Pierce, Dispensing Optician with Boots, St. Austell, who gave an interesting and informative talk on the importance of early diagnosis of sight problems in children. Helen said: 'There are an estimated 1-1.6 million UK children currently living with undiagnosed eye/vision problems. This needs addressing as soon as possible, so that our children can achieve their full potential. Some eye conditions have symptoms that parents/carers can look out for, and others are harder to discover without a test. For more information please visit https://www.abdo.org.uk/eyecarefaq/childrens-eyecare-basics/ or speak to your local optician team.'

                 In photo, left to right:  Helen Pierce, Dispensing Optician, and Tony Pickup, President of the Lions Club of St. Austell

 

 

To the people of St. Austell for their generosity this Christmas

This year you helped us raise nearly £5,000 from our Santa Sleigh and store collections, and these funds will be put towards local charities and helping needy folk. This is a record, and your generosity is applauded.

 

OUR CLUB WELCOME NEW MEMBER

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell has enrolled a new member, David Hooper.  David is a solicitor who specialised in local government, and was appointed Deputy Town Clerk of St. Austell With Fowey Borough Council in 1971.  His later posts in a career spanning over 40 years included 10 years as Town Clerk and Chief Executive of Gosport Borough Council. A keen sportsman he played cricket for St. Austell CC and football for Mevagissey.David with his wife Joan, has 3 children and 5 grandchildren, and has come back to retire and live in St. Austell.

 

In photo, left to right:  Sponsor Lion Geoff Oswald, Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President David Honey and Lion David Hooper

 

LIONS CLUB of ST. AUSTELL plant trees and hedging at Tregrehan

Members of St Austell Lions Club planted trees and hedging plants at Tregrehan Jubilee Playing Field on behalf of Carlyon Parish Council. Councillor Alan Moore, Chairman of Carlyon Parish Council thanked the Lions and said that “this planting is one of a number of projects within the parish to enhance the environment and combat global warming.“

In photo, left to right: Lion Barry Merrifield, Lion Ray George, Libby Moore, Lion James Mathers, Lion Alan Moore, Lion Martyn Robinson, Matthew Smith and Lion Gail Mathers.

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The Lions Club of St. Austell were thrilled to use their sleigh to take Father Christmas to Par Garden Centre, where he will delight children of all ages in his Christmas Grotto.

In picture, left to right: Lion Ray George, Lion Jim Jiwa, Elf, Santa, and Simon Malley, Integration Manager, Dave Champion, Duty Manager, both of Par Garden Centre.

Another award for Lion Robbie 

                                                                          

At the November business meeting of the Lions Club of St. Austell, fellow member and Past District Governor, Robbie Bhonsle, was presented with an award acknowledging his contribution in recruiting new members into Lions Club InternationalThe Membership Key Awards, as they are known, is a new programme which has been introduced this year and reflects the number of new members a Lion has sponsored.

 

                          LIONS CLUB of ST. AUSTELL welcome Bee Keeper

There was a bit of a buzz at the last Lions Club of St. Austell meeting, as members were pleased to welcome Henry Kendall, a bee keeper.  Henry gave a most interesting and informative talk on the threat posed by Asian Hornets, which are a highly aggressive predator of our native insects, and are a significant threat to our Honey Bees and other pollinators.

The Asian Hornet is recognised by being smaller than the European Hornet, and having a dark brown or black body and abdomen with a characteristic single forth segment being yellow/orange, whereas the European Hornet has an abdomen mostly yellow/orange. The Asian Hornet also has brown legs with yellow ends.

 

For more information, please visit: www.nonnativespecies.org or www.nationalbeeunit.com

In picture, left to right: HENRY KENDALL, Lions Club of St. Austell President TONY PICKUP

 

ST AUSTELL LIONS INDOOR HORSE RACING EVENING

We recently held an Indoor Horse Racing evening at the Mount Charles Social Club. Thanks goes to members of the Grampound Bowling Club for operating the projection equipment and for running the ‘Tote’. This well attended event raised £401.50 for the local charities supported by the Lions Club.  The Club would like to thank everyone who participated in the event, not only the Race Sponsors – Mevagissey’s ‘Tea on the Quay’, the Chacewater Garden Centre and fellow Lions – but also all those who ‘bought’ horses and those who attended the evening.

 

At our last meeting, we were joined by Emily Stevenson of Beach Guardian, who gave an excellent and informative talk on her environmental organisation. 

Emily said: “It was an absolute pleasure to join the St. Austell Lions Club meeting to give a presentation about the work I have been doing with my social enterprise, Beach Guardian, to engage, educate and empower against plastic pollution. The Lions were all incredibly passionate and proud to tell me all the wonderful initiatives and steps they were already taking to become less reliant on unnecessary plastics and work with their community to remove litter from the environment. It is crucial for us to work together in this movement, for everybody has their part to play and everybody can do something. I look forward to future collaborations with the group and wish them all the very best.”

 

 

ST. AUSTELL LIONS CLUB RE-PAINT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

The Lions Club of St. Austell, as part of our ongoing local community help projects, have re-painted the children's playgroundSt Austell Lionsequipment at Thornpark Road Play Area, St. Austell.

In photo, left to right: Friend of St. Austell Lions Club Stephen Nott, Lion David Honey and Lion Guy Wardle.

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DUCK RACE SEASON    

The Annual Duck Race season, despite the dreadful weather and the cancellation of 2 races, raised a grand total of £1570 for the Cornwall Air Ambulance and local Lions charitable work. The Club would like to thank, not just the members and partners who helped selling tickets and manned the actual races, but also the many members of the public for buying tickets! Many thanks also to the camp site owners who allowed us to sell our tickets before each race.

 

CHANGE IN THE PRIDE AT ST. AUSTELL LIONS CLUB

St. Austell Lions Club recently welcomed in their new president during their annual handover celebration. Lion Tony Pickup has taken over the presidency for this coming Lions year and as an experienced Lion will carry on the good work carried out the by the previous club president Lion Michael Collins. He seen here receiving the Lions International Club Half Century Award, from long standing member Geoff Oswald for being a member of the club for over 50 years.  

The evening event was held at Knightor Winery, with a surprise South African themed meal – Incoming President Tony Pickup worked in South Africa for 20 years and is pictured on the left, below, receiving his chain of office from retiring president Mike together with their respective wives Di and Barbara, .

Another feature of the evening was the presentation of a Melvin Jones award, the highest award in Lionism, to Lion John Howe

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell give £1000 to Cornwall Hospice Care, from Easter Egg Raffle 2019

Jane Appleton, Community Fundraiser of Cornwall Hospice Care, said: "We are so grateful for the generous donation of £1000.00 from the Lions Club of St Austell, following their very successful Giant Easter Egg Raffle this year.  Their continued support is truly appreciated by everyone at Cornwall Hospice Care.  This donation will fund over 50 hours of nursing care, which shows why support from groups like the Lions is so important.  It costs over £5.12m to run our services each year and with very limited funding from the NHS we really do rely on the support and generosity of our local community."

The Lions would also like to thank the many businesses in the St. Austell area who had one of our Easter Eggs and Raffle Boards: The Western Inn, the Polgooth Inn, the Ship Inn, Pentewan, the White Pyramid, Trewoon, the Holmbush Inn, the Carlyon Arms, the Queens Head, St. Stephen, the Fountain Inn, Mevagissey, the Taj Restaurant, the Hewas Inn, Sticker, Trewoon Village Store, Polgooth Post Office and Store, Penmellyn Vets, and also the New Inn, Goonhavern. 

In photo, left to right:  Jane Appleton, Community Fundraiser of Cornwall Hospice Care, Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President Tony Pickup and Healthcare Assistant at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, Sharon Godden.

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Sample Beer Tasting of St Austell Ales at a Prospective new members evening held in Alan and Libby's Cowshed.

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Lions Club of St Austell give £1000 to Alzheimer's Society in memory of two of their members.

Vice President Tony Pickup presents the cheque to Claire Frost, Community Fundraiser for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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The Lions Club of St. Austell has given a £250 donation to Cornwall Food Action. Cornwall Food Action (CFA) is a registered charity that supplies food to organisations that feed the needy, such as hostels for abused women and men,

the homeless, recovering addicts, day centres for the elderly or people with learning disabilities, foodbanks, and groups such as village halls that help those living in isolated communities to get together. It supplies food to over 60

organisations from Saltash to Penzance and as far north as Camelford. CFA have no employed staff and for every £1 they receive, they are able to supply around £7 worth of food to the needy across Cornwall. 

In photo; left to right:  Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President Tony Pickup, Trustee of Cornwall Food Action Anthony Weight and Lion Geoff Oswald

 

 

 

       

       

St. Austell Lions have recently supplied all 19 Primary schools in the St. Austell area with the latest book by the children's author Ellie Jackson, highlighting the dangers of plastic in our environment.

The book "Nelson's Dangerous Dive" concentrates on the effect of plastic pollution in our oceans and on its inhabitants. Over 4,000 local children will have access to the book.

Pictured from one of these schools are some pupils from St. Mewan together with, left to right at back, Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President Tony Pickup, Headteacher Mrs. Elaine Badger and Environmental Officer Lion Geoff Oswald.

                                                                                      

50th Anniversary Dinner 

For more pictures of the celebration dinner click here

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GIANT EASTER EGG  DRAW

The Club is running a number of draws for LARGE Easter Eggs, all proceed in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care and Lions' local charities. Entry Forms can be found at the following locations:

The Western Inn - The Polgooth Inn - The Ship Inn, Pentewan - The White Pyramid, Trewoon - The Holmbush Inn - The Carlyon Arms
The Queens Head, St. Stephen -The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey - The Taj Restaurant, St. Austell - The New Inn, Goonhavern - The Hewas Inn
Trewoon Village Store - Polgooth Post Office and Stores - Penmellyn Vets, St. Austell

Tickets are only £2 each and your support for this worthy cause will be greatly appreciated. Look out for the draw sheet.

STOP PRESS - Over  £1400 raised. Thank you to the organisations named above.

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Lions Club of St. Austell President, Michael Collins, welcomed new members, James and Gail Mathers, at the Club's last meeting.

  James and Gail, who are both retired solicitors originally from the West Midlands, have made St. Austell their home over the last five years.

They are now keen to help and support their local community through St. Austell Lions Club. 

In photo, left to right: Lion James Mathers, President of St. Austell Lion's Club Michael Collins and Lion Gail Mathers

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President  Michael Collins presents Lion Bill Roberts and Lion John Howe with commemorative badges,

for introducing new members to the club during the Lions 100 Centenary Awards Project Year.

 

 

 

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At their last meeting, the Lions welcomed Lion Lynn Goold, from the Lions Club of Fowey, who gave a most enjoyable and informative talk on 'The Way of St. James'. 

The Way of St James or Camino de Santiago de Compostela comprises a series of routes from all over Europe which all finish at the Cathedral in the Spanish town of Santiago de Compostela.  Lynn’s talk discussed the origins of these routes, the legends surrounding it and their significance. She talked about the commitment of being a pilgrim, the preparations for the walk which were practical and physical  as well as mental and what it was like to be a pilgrim.  We were informed about the different routes from all over Europe and the Middle East and learnt about the importance of this movement of people through the ages. Today the route has important cultural implications and in 1987 became the 1st European Cultural route and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. 

After a good question and answer session, Lion Lynn was thanked by Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President Tony Pickup 

  Lions Club of St. Austell Vice President Tony Pickup, speaker Lion Lynn Goold from the Lions Club of Fowey.

The Lions Club of St. Austell would like to thank all the local residents who generously contributed to our Christmas Sleigh and store collections this year. As well as bringing a little magic to approximately 2,000 children, the total raised was over £4400 which will be donated to local charities.

Xmas Sleigh Wednesday 5th December

Boscoppa 6th December

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Lions Club of St. Austell visited by Samaritans volunteers on Wednesday 10thOctober

For details and picture click here

 

The members of the Lions Club of St. Austell welcomed a visit by District Governor Lion Peter Rowe and his wife, Past District Governor Lion Christine Rowe. After an interesting talk, D.G. Lion Peter presented Milestone Chevron Awards to several members, including a 50 year service Chevron to St. Austell Lions President Michael Collins, an original founder member of the club.

The Club welcomes new members and anyone interested in becoming a member should contact us through our website at: www.staustelllions.co.uk , or our Facebook page, or phoning us on our contact number  0845 833 9814 (calls only charged at local rates).  

In photo, left to right: St. Austell Lions President Michael Collins exchanging Lions banners with District Governor Lion Peter Rowe

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Lions Club of St. Austell welcomes new lady member.

The Lions Club of St. Austell has enrolled new member Barbara Trenerry.
Lion President Michael Collins said: "It is a pleasure to welcome Barbara to our club as our first lady member, and we look forward to many more".
Barbara said: "As this is the Centennial year of Lions Clubs International, the fiftieth year of the St Austell Club and one hundred years since women received the right to vote, I thought it would be fitting to become the First Lady to join the St Austell Lions Club.

My late husband Roger was a member and the St Austell lions have been very supportive and included me in their social activities since his death nineteen years ago. Now  I have an opportunity to repay their kindness and serve the worldwide community with them." 

The Club welcomes new members and anyone interested in becoming a member should contact us through our website at: www.staustelllions.co.uk , or our Facebook page.    
 

 

Past District Governor Lion Robbie Bhonsle, Lion Barbara Trenerry, Lion President Michael Collins and Lion Jim Jiwa.

 

St Austell Lions President Handover for its 50th year

 

New President Lion Mike Collins is congratulated by the outgoing President Roger Dovey and (right) pictured with their wives Sue and Barbara

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OUR LIONS NEED HELP!!!!

iN ORDER TO CONTINUE CARRYING OUT THE ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH WE ARE WELL KNOW IN OUR AREA SUCH AS FATHER CHRISTMAS SLEIGH FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, OUR DUCK RACES DOWN THE ST AUSTELL RIVER IN  JULY AND AUGUST,  OUR GIANT EASTER EGG DRAW AND OUR MANY ACTIVITIES HELPING THE DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE IN NEED OF HELPERS AND MORE MEMBERSMANY OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THESE ACTIVITIES FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND ...YES...WE ARE GETTING OLDER!!

OUR MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN, ROGER DOVEY, WILL BE PLEASED TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP. YOU CAN SPEAK TO HIM ON 01726 63574 OR EMAIL AT ROGERFDOVEY@GMAIL.COM

There is an excellent video about Lions by Penelope Keith

if you follow this link

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Don't forget our Duck Races every Friday evening at 7 pm  until the first week in September. Look for the Yellow sign on the Mevagissey Road. Great fun for children and adults alike

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell have donated £1000 to Cornwall Hospice Care at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice.

‘The support that Cornwall Hospice Care receives from our community is vital to ensuring that we can provide our specialist care and support to those with a terminal illness in Cornwall. With only a small portion of our care funded by the NHS we rely on the generosity of our community and we are extremely grateful to the St Austell Lions Club for their support, we cannot thank them enough for helping to fund the care’ - Oliver Hoare, Head of Fundraising, Cornwall Hospice Care.

In picture, left to right: Staff Nurse JULIE COLLINGS, Lions Club of St. Austell President ROGER DOVEY, Community Fundraiser JANE APPLETON, and  Staff Nurse SHEILA SOLOMON.

 
 

TWINNING VISIT TO PORNICHET, MAY 4 - 7, 2018

CLICK HERE,AND SCROLL DOWN, FOR REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHS

 

 

Lions Club of St. Austell Easter Egg Draw raises £963 for Charity

The Lions Club of St. Austell would like to thank the following pubs, clubs and staff for their kind help in running the Club’s 2018 Easter Egg Draw:

The Dolphin Inn, Fountain Inn, Ship Inn (Pentewan), Polgooth Inn, Polgooth Post Office & Store, Queens Head (St. Stephen), Western Inn, Seven Stars Inn, Holmbush Inn, the Harbourside Inn,    the Carlyon Inn,  the White Pyramid Pyramid, Tregonissey War Memorial Club, Penmellyn Veterinary Group and Churchend Veterinary Centre.  
The total raised for Lions Charities was £963 and the Club would also like to congratulate the lucky winners of the 15 large Eggs and thank the many other members of the public who bought tickets!

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From the 1st July 2018 the Lions Club of St Austell will become a CIO registered with the Charities Commission with the number 1177541.

Individuals and groups my apply to our Charity Committee Chairman Lion Ray Payne whose contact details are madlizzie@hotmail.co.uk in accordance with our Grant Making Policy.

For Grant Making Policy click here

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CHRISTMAS SLEIGH

The Lions' Santa Sleigh visited many areas of St Austell just before Christmas, giving great pleasure to children and parents alike. We are delighted to say that, thanks to the generosity of the good people of St Austell, over £3000 was raised in support of local charities. Thank you all very much, and we shall look forward to seeing you all again next December. 

 

 

 

St Austell Lions News and Events

  • Meetings. We meet every 2nd (social) and 4th (business) Wednesday at the Britannia Inn, Tregrehan, at 7 for 7.30 pm. 

 

  • Next major fund raising event is our Giant Easter Egg raffle. Mid February until Easter in number of local pubs

 

  • Duck Races every Friday from mid July - early September on the White River just below London Apprentice.

 

  • Donations in 2016 to  Sea Cadets, Headway, and Penhaligon's Friends​ as well as many other local charities totalling more than £8,000.                    Click here for pictures and detail 

 

  • 2017 donations included St Austell area Scouts, Sea Cadets, Childrens Hospice SW, Mt. Edgcumbe Hospice, and many other local and international charities amounting to more than £9000.

 

  • Twinning. We have been twinned with Pornichet Lions in Brittany for more than 25 years. Our next Annual Visit will be 4th - 7th May 2018 when a group  members and wives will visit Pornichet

 

  • On-going activities include Used stamp Collection, Used Spectacle Collection, Message in Bottle distribution,& Medic Alert bracelets

 

  • Diabetes Awareness at Royal Cornwall Show at the beginning of June

 

  • Christmas Sleigh . Weekdays from early December for 3 weeks doing door to door collections.with our very own Santa.

 

  • Frequent Store collections .

 

  • Many Social Events including walks, visits to places of interest (including pubs) and restaurant meals.

 

  • Trail cleaning of section of Cycle and walking paths

 

  • 2017 was Lions Centennial.   Lions Clubs International has become the world's largest service club organization through 100 years of service.

                                                                                                 

 

 

SILENT AUCTION A GREAT SUCCESS

A grand total of £1,350 was raised which we will split 50/50 between our two chosen charities:   Cornwall Blood Bikes and Young Carers.  Lions  guests were certainly very generous and we should thank them for coming and supporting us. Everyone enjoyed a great evening of bidding which  was superbly complimented by a fantastic Supper of Cassie Flanaghan’s Hog Roast and super Desserts made by our Ladies
 
The Lions Club of St. Austell’s 48th Presidential Handover
 
The 49th Presidential Handover evening took place at the Chinese Wok Resta urant, Tywardreath Highway, where Lion President Roger Dovey took over from Immediate Past President Bill Roberts.   
In photo, left to right: Wendy Roberts, Immediate Past President Bill Roberts, Lion President Roger Dovey and Sue Dovey.

 

(courtesy of Carolyn Productions)

2017 season now complete. The weather was not exactly in our favour, but neverless the sum of £1550 was raised for our charity fund. Thanks are due to everyone who helped and the site owners and Meva Harbour Commissioners who allowed us to sell tickets. A big thank you to the punters who braved weather more suitable for the ducks themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Social events to create team spirit for our work in the community

TEA PARTY chez Martyn and Fiona on Sunday 6th August 

 

 

 

BBQ in the Cowshed at Hunter's Moon

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TWINNING MAY 2017 

Our 31st  Annual Twinning with Pornichet Lions in Southern Brittany took place here in St Austell. A very busy weekend, including a trip to the Maritime Museum in Falmouth,  Dinner at the Kingswood Restaurant, visit to the St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre, Safari round the houses supper, a visit to Lanhydrock, culminated in a Grand BBQ, at which some games of target bowls raised E250 for the Pornichet Charity Funds. Click here for a selection of pictures of the weekend activities

 

 

At the Atlantic Hotel Newquay on Saturday 25th March our Lions Club celebrated the 48th Anniversary of the Charter of our club.

President Bill Roberts was presented with a Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest award in Lionism.  

 Presentation of £2000 to Cornwall County Scouts

The Lions Club of St. Austell have presented Cornwall County Scouts with a cheque for £2000, money raised by the holding of a special Duck Race held in memory of Lion Robbie Bhonsle's wife Dorothy who sadly passed away last year. She had a lifelong interest in the Cub Scout movement and held the position of County Commissioner for many years.

The cheque was accepted by a Trustee of Cornwall Scout Council, Brian Sheen, who gave the Club a witty and most interesting talk on his many exploits, leading expeditions all around the world, with many reminiscences involving the Scout and Cub movement.

The Lions would like to thank the many members of the public, who by buying Duck Race tickets, enabled the Club to raise such a large amount.

In photo, left to right:  Past District Governor Lion Robbie Bhonsle, St. Austell President Bill Roberts and Trustee of Cornwall Scout Council Brian Sheen

Dorothy's Duck Race September 9th

Left to Right  -  Lion Eric Scorse, Lions Club of St. Austell President Bill Roberts, Lion Guy Wardle, Brett Camborne-Paynter, Lion Martyn Robinson, Lion Bob Moore, Lion Robbie Bhonsle, Lion Barry Merrifield, Pat Pettit, Lion John Howe, Lion Stephen Nott, Lion Alan Moore and Lion Jim Jiwa

DOROTHY'S DUCK RACE recently held by the Lions' Club of St Austell raised over £2000 for Cornwall Cub Scouts and Lions' charities. Lion Robbie Bhonsle presented cheques for £500 and £250 respectively to the winner, Brett Camborne-Paynter and second placed Pat Pettit at the Britannia Inn. The third prize was won by Suzanne Waide-Bull.

The event raised over £2000 for Cornwall Cub Scouts and Lions' charities. Lion Robbie Bhonsle presented cheques for £500 and £250 respectively to the winner, Brett Camborne-Paynter and second placed Pat Pettit at the Britannia Inn. The third prize was won by Suzanne Waide-Bull.

This race was a special event held in memory of Lion Robbie's wife Dorothy who sadly passed away last year. She had a lifelong interest in the Cub Scout movement and held the position of County Commissioner for many years.
The Lions' Club of St Austell would like to thank the many members of the public, who by buying tickets made this such a successful event.

 

Our new President for 2016/17 Bill Roberts is congratulated by retiring president Guy Wardle watched by wives Wendy and Margaret

 

Lions Club of St. Austell Easter Egg Draw raises £816 for Charity

The Lions Club of St. Austell would like to thank the following pubs, clubs and staff for their kind help in running the Club’s Easter Egg Draw:  The Harbourside Inn, Charlestown – Simon, the Polgooth Inn – Alex, the Ship Inn at Pentewan – Kim and Andy, the Rashleigh Arms, Charlestown – Lucy, the Western Inn – Rob, the Holmbush Inn – Barry, the Carlyon Arms – Glynn, the Seven Stars – Sara, Tregonissey Club – Heather and Pentewan Sands Club – Laura-Jayne.
The total raised for Lions Charities was £816 and the Club would also like to thank the lucky winners of the 10 large Easter Eggs and the many other members of the public who bought tickets!

The Lions Club of St. Austell raised a total of £4550 for good local causes from their Christmas Sleigh, and collections at the town’s Asda, Aldi and Tesco stores, and also at local Pubs and Clubs.

 

The winning ticket, No. 612, for the Christmas Hamper Draw at the Stores was Mr. Dunn of Charlestown.

Photo shows, left to right: Stuart Bourn - Tesco Store Manager, who drew out the winning ticket and St. Austell Lions Immediate Past President Geoff Kaye.

The Club would like to give many thanks to Lions Club members, wives, friends and helpers, including local Sea Scouts, Scouts, Round Table and River Valley Garage, the three stores, pubs, and of course most of all, the many members of the public who generously gave donations.

The Lions Ladies collecting with the Christmas Sleigh.

St. Austell Lions President Guy Wardle said: “Each year and particularly at Christmas, the people of St Austell are most generous in the support that they give to the Lions. I should like to express our gratitude to them. The joy that Santa's Sleigh brings to families, even on a foul night is wonderful to witness".

 

The Silent Auction 2015 held at St Austell Cricket Club on Saturday October 3rd, was again a resounding success, attracting over 70 eager bidders.  A total of £1,177 was raised for Headway, the brain injury association, and Penhaligon’s Friends, helping bereaved children and young people in Cornwall.

St. Austell Town Mayor, Councillor Brian Palmer, officially declared the start of bidding, and during the evening the bidders enjoyed a delicious Paella by Peter Quinn Event Caterer, followed by scrumptious desserts made by the Lion’s Ladies.

Thanks to the generosity of local businesses and individuals, and  those who attended the auction, the evening turned out to be another ‘roaring’ success for the Lions Club of St. Austell. Pictured below left to right:  Naomi Kennedy, Penhaligon’s Friends, Silent Auction Organiser Lion Geoff Kaye, Lions Club of St. Austell President Guy Wardle and Frances Colliver, Headway.

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DONATION TO SCOUT GROUP

The Lions Club of St. Austell showed their appreciation for the help given to the club at their first Lions Charity Duck Race of the summer season by members of local Scout Groups, by presenting a cheque for £300.
In photo, left to right, back row: Peter Volkner - Groups Scout Leader, Mandy Hammond - Cub Leader, Alister Hiscock - Cub Leader, Lions Club of St. Austell President Guy Wardle, Jen Burnett - Guide Leader and Trish Singleton - Cub Leader. The children are from 1st St Stephen Scout Group, Treviscoe Rainbows and Brownies and Treviscoe/St Stephen Guides and Rangers.
 
The Scout Group are in the process of raising funds to build a new hut, and have raised the money to pay for the plans to be drawn up and the planning permission secured. The next stage is gaining the interest and support of local businesses and groups who may wish to use a community building in the heart of the clay area. The Scouts will be offering a range of facilities to people who wish to come to a quiet location for their meetings and get-togethers.  If anyone is interested please email  mandyhiscock2010@hotmail.co.uk, and  please follow us on facebook and twitter.

Presidential Handover

The Lions Club of St. Austell’s 47th Presidential Handover

The 47th Presidential Handover took place at ‘Austells’ Restaurant, Carlyon Bay, where Lion President Guy Wardle took over from Immediate Past President Geoff Kaye. New President Guy said ‘For my second term as President, being now retired will enable me to devote myself fully to the role and the activities of the Club’.

In photo, left to right: Norma Kaye, Immediate Past President Geoff Kaye, Lion President Guy Wardle and Margaret Wardle.

The Lions Club of St Austell had its Charter in 1968 and has as its motto "We Serve". Members give their time freely to help the local community and support projects that cover the globe. Throughout the world there are over 1.3 million members.
Fundraising includes "Duck Races" near London Apprentice every Friday evening at 7pm throughout the summer until 4th September. More information can be found on our web site: www.staustelllions.co.uk or by contacting Lion President Guy on (01726) 338121

Many thanks

 

Donation of £1000 to Cornwall Bloodbikes

After an informative and entertaining talk by Mark Holroyd of Cornwall Bloodbikes at a recent Lions Club of St. Austell meeting, the Club decided to donate £1000 to this good cause. They are a group of self-funding volunteers operating as a registered charity to provide a free ‘out of hours’ delivery service to the NHS throughout Cornwall

A BIG THANK YOU

To the people of St Austell for their generous response to our Nepal Earthquake Appeal. The total was a staggering £2,650. 

The following items have already been airfreighted to Nepal :

56 cartons each containing 16,000 tablets capable of purifying 9 million litres of water

 280 Lifesaver water filtration units capable of treating 4.2 million litres of contaminated water.

If you would like to donate you can do so by clicking here

 

To complete a very busy month for the club we had our 30th Annual Twinning here in St Austell with Pornichet Lions Club in Brittany. More on our twinning page.

See our Club Projects page for more Lions Activities.

Click here for pictures and report of our Boxing Evening on May 23rd at Polkyth Recreation Centre

Last week 3 of our members cleaned part of a leisure trail as part of our service to the community. See here for project details

Also last week we presented a cheque for £2,000 to the Sensory Trust, a  registered charity based in St Austell, which make places accessible, attractive and meaningful for everyone, regardless of age, disability or background.

Pictured, left to right:  Front Row: Lion Jim Jiwa, Victoria Hutchinson (Sensory Trust Development Manager), Lions Club of St. Austell President Geoff Kaye, Lynsey Robinson (Sensory Trust Inclusive Designer), Norma Kaye and Lion Geoff Oswald.  Back Row: Sue Dovey, Jean Oswald, Claire Francis (Sensory Trust), Lion Bob Moore, and Lion Tom Hotton.

Lions Club of St. Austell Easter Egg Draw raises £730 for Charity

We would like to thank the following pubs and staff for their kind help in running the Club’s Easter Egg Draw: The Britannia Inn – Phil, the Polgooth Inn – Alex, the Ship Inn at Pentewan – Kim and Andy, the Rashleigh Arms, Charlestown – Lucy, the Harbourside, Charlestown – Simon, the Western Inn – Rob, the Holmbush Inn – Barry, the Carlyon Arms – Glynn, Tregonissey Club – Heather, and the Seven Stars – Sara.
The total raised for the Sensory Trust and other local good causes was £730 and the Club would also like to thank the lucky winners of the 10 large Easter Eggs and the many other members of the public who bought tickets!
Many thanks


Our 46th Anniversary Charter Night at the Cliff Head hotel on Saturday Night March 21st

 The celebration was attended by over 90 people which included Lions and friends, and danced until late to the resident Hotel Disco “Wazza’s”

A Raffle and other Fund Raising during the evening raised a total of £328.00 for the Sensory Trust and other local Causes.

Lions at your service

Lion President Geoff Kaye, his wife Norma, Mayor of St Austell Derek Collins, District Governor 105SW Alan Good with his wife Sandra


Lions Club President Geoff Kaye presented the Lions Swimathon Junior Cup for largest number of Sponsors, to Mount Charles Primary School. Pictured with Lion President Geoff are Dave Behennah, Teacher in charge of Swimming, Rachel Nile, Teacher, and 3 members of the winning team.


We also presented a cheque for £500 to the Sea Cadets of St. Austell, and Lions President Geoff Kaye warmly thanked them for their help in manning the Club’s Christmas Sleigh last December.

Pictured left to right, at Back: PO Hocking (Staff), OC Dalton, Cdt Childs, Cdt Isted, LC Winnett, CPO Greet (Staff), Lions Club of St. Austell President Geoff Kaye, Mr. Karl Stephen (Chairman), LC Truscott, Cdt Winnett, NEC Halliday-Miranda, Lt. Walker (Staff), PO Hoyles (Staff)

Front Row: NEC Byrne, JC Adams, Cdt Trembath, JC Wilton

 

 

Our January activity was Bullseye Quiz Evening at Porthpean Golf Club. Everyone enjoyed themselves . Competition was won by " Ropehaven Rockets" , the final containing some exceptional arrows! Thanks to all who took part in the quiz and the raffle which raised £185 for the Sensory Trust , to Mike and Ann Tregaskes from Roche Lions for their splendid running of the event and to Gary Tucker from the Golf Club for allowing us to host the event !

 Bingo Night on February 27th raised £180 for the same good cause

Our Lions Club were out every night of December until Christmas Day with our Xmas Float and store and pub collections, and hundreds of children were able to see and talk to our Santa on the sleigh.   We raised a total of over £4800 from the collections at the town’s Asda, Coop and Tesco stores, and also at local Pubs - all for our charitable donations in the coming months.

The winner of the Hamper in the free raffle draw was Alison Battleday with ticket number 856.

The Club would like to give many thanks to Lions Club members, wives, friends and helpers, the three supermarkets, pubs, and of course most of all, the many members of the public who generously gave donations. Lion President Geoff said “It never to ceases to amaze me in these continuing difficult times the wonderful generosity of the public in supporting the Lions both at Christmas and throughout the Year”

For pictures click here

The Victorian Afternoon Tea at Cuddra Village Hall on Thursday November 13th between 2.00 and 4.30 pm raised £400 for the Sensory Trust... and other local charitable causes. For pictures of this new and very successful event visit the link to Victorian afternoon tea or click here

We made a Splash with the Lions!
 The annual Swimathon at Polkyth took place on Saturday 8th November starting at 11.30am. More details of money raised to follow.

 

Photo: Roger Dovey

In foreground, a new team from Pondhu Primary School, which were the first team to swim, and behind, left: Mayor of St. Austell Derek Collins, centre: Adam Vine from Pondhu Primary School and right: Lions Club of St. Austell President Geoff Kaye

LIONS CLUB of ST. AUSTELL CHARITY DUCK RACE SEASON SUCCESS
The Lions Club of St Austell annual Duck Race season started on 11th July.  Races were held every Friday evening until September 5th.  A grand total of £3700 was raised for local charities and the Club would like to thank not just the Club members and partners who helped selling tickets, and at the actual races, but also the many members of the public for buying tickets!  Many thanks also to the many camp site owners who allowed us to sell our tickets before each race.

Photo: Roger Dovey

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Donation to CRUSE

Following The Highly Successful Annual Plant Sale held in May by Lion Geoff Oswald and his Wife Jean, The Lions Club of St. Austell President Geoff Kaye presented a Cheque for £800 to Penny Spencer, Chair of Organisation CRUSE Bereavement Care ,Cornwall. 

 

Cruse Bereavement Care based at the Penrice Community Hospital in St .Austell is there to support people  after the death of someone close. Face-to-face and group support is delivered by trained bereavement support volunteers.

Help for Girl Guides unique project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The picture, by Roger Dovey, shows Lion President Geoff Kaye (right) presenting the cheque to Cheryl Smith (centre) and Tom Powlesland (left), Group Leader              

For 35 years Girl Guiding Cornwall has been running a week long service camp - the only camp of its kind in the UK - giving disadvantaged children recommended by Cornwall Social Care the chance to have a much needed holiday. At the camp each child has an older 'buddy' on a one to one basis. These buddies are volunteers usually working towards a service project in Guiding or Scouting or a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and they act as mentors, companions and positive role models for the children. This year 24 children aged 7-11 and 24 buddies aged 15-21 attended the camp.

Last year the Lions made a donation of £300 to enable two tents to be replaced. This year a larger number of children than usual was recommended and rather than disappoint any of them all were taken to the camp. This resulted in a deficit in the budget allocated and following a request from Cheryl Smith, the Camp Coordinator, the Lions were pleased to donate a further £200 to cover the deficit.

 

 St. Austell Lions Donate £1000 to Action for Children – Kernow Young Carers

 Yet again the Lions Club of St Austell entered a team in the Bodmin Lions Ten Tors Walk. This year, as in the past, sponsorship monies were raised, mostly by John Fitzgerald,  to support Action for Children – Kernow Young Carers who provide assistance to over 500 young people in Cornwall. From as young as 4 up to 18 years of age, these youngsters care for their siblings or parents. 

 

In photo  is Lion President Geoff Kaye presenting a cheque for £1000 to Family Support Practitioners Dawn Maddern and Liz Digweed.  Last years donation enabled 35 young people to go, many for the first time, to a pantomime at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth and it is hoped that a similar trip can be arranged this year.

 Photo: Norma Kaye 

 

 

DUCK RACES 2014

Every Friday evening at 7 pm on the St Austell River until Sept 5th. Race is over 5 furlongs, and lasts 20 to 35 minutes according to the river level and weather.Cash prizes for winning ducks. Photos courtesy of Lion Tim Lean & Charlotte.

£500 donation to CHICKS
 
Lions Club of St. Austell members and partners enjoyed a warm welcome and a very informative visit to the CHICKS charity at Tywardreath. CHICKS is a national children’s charity that provides free respite breaks for disadvantaged children aged between 8 and 15 from across the UK.  Last year alone they helped almost 100 children from across Cornwall, including 11 from St Austell.
As one of The Lions Club of St Austell's chosen charities, President Martyn Robinson is pictured presenting a cheque for £500 to Mick Ryan, local Community Fund Raiser for CHICKS, together with other Lions and children. For more details of the CHICKS organization, please visit www.chicks.org.uk

 

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell’s 46th Presidential Handover

The 46th Presidential  Handover  took place at St. Austell Golf Club, where Lion President  Geoff Kaye took over from Immediate Past President  Martyn Robinson. Geoff, from Leeds, Yorkshire, originally re-located to Cornwall with his Company J.I. Case as a key worker in 1981, where he met his wife Norma . When Case closed the Redruth Factory in 1990, Geoff and Norma moved firstly to France with the Company for 10 years, followed by 7 years in Turin Italy and finally 2 years in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. In 2009 Geoff, who was a Director of Global Supply Chain, and Norma retired, after 42 Years with Case and CNH Companies and returned to Cornwall to be near their family, who had stayed in Cornwall all the time Geoff and Norma were living abroad.

 Norma Kaye, Lion President Geoff Kaye, Immediate Past President  Martyn Robinson and Fiona Robinson.

The Lions Club of St Austell had its Charter in 1968 and has as its motto "We Serve".  Members give their time freely to help the local community and support projects that cover the globe. Throughout the world there are over 1.3 million members. Fundraising includes "Duck Races" near London Apprentice every Friday evening at 7pm throughout the summer until 5th September.

 

ROYAL CORNWALL JUNE 2014

The 18 clubs in Cornwall combined for the Annual Diabetes Awareness Project for the 3 days.  1454 persons were checked of which 112 were referred to their GP's for further tests, and the displays helped to raise public awareness of the condition. Grateful thanks to the local nurses, Lloyds pharmacy and FAC financial services for their help.

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TWINNING 2014

Annual Twinning with Pornichet Lions took place in early May and they treated us to a Baronial Evening in Fancy Dress

Both Club Presidents in Medieval costume for the Saturday evening Banquet in Baronial style with dancing. On Sunday afternoon games were played to raise money for our joint charity, followed by traditional dances performed by Pornichet wives in costumes which they made themselves, Speeches, Galettes and Crepes finished off an enjoyable day.

PLANT SALE

This event was held over the weekend of 10/11 May at the home of Lion Geoff Oswald and, despite rain and gales, raised £1851, one third of which goes to our Lions Club and the rest shared between Restormel Concert Band, our local community wind band, and the St Austell Soroptimist Club who are raising money this year for the Merlin Centre. Thanks to all who supported this venture.

 

 

 Lions Club of St. Austell make further Donations to Local Charities

In December the we donated to the St Austell Foodbank and to STAK to help them meet the additional need over the Christmas period. There has been an increasing demand for the services provided by these charities, so the Lions decided to make further donations bringing the totals to £1000 to the Food Bank and £500 to STAK. The photo shows Lion Vice President Geoff Kaye presenting the cheques to Kim Mathews from STAK and Steve Williamson from St Austell Foodbank. 
 
£1000 donations to each of 3 main charities sponsored this Presidential Year
 
The Lions Club has made donations of £1000 each to the Club’s three main charities chosen this Presidential Year: Cornwall Hospice Care, the Cornwall Blind Association and the R.N.L.I. Lions Club of St Austell President Martyn Robinson is pictured presenting the cheques to Vic Coop from the Cornwall Blind Association, Clare Bray from Cornwall Hospice Care and Richard Denham the Chairman of the St. Austell Branch of the R.N.L.I.
 
 
Christmas activities 2013

 

The Lions Club of St. Austell Annual Christmas Sleigh, with Father Christmas on board, celebrated 4 decades of service visiting the children of St. Austell and area. It has progressed over the years from a simple trailer, an old taxi, and now a purpose built float mounted on a dedicated pick-up truck.This year the Lions Club tried to cover a greater area of St. Austell, with an earlier start at 4.30pm, in an effort to be able to be seen by more children. Unfortunately it is impossible in 16 nights to visit every house in our ever expanding town and surrounding area.

Sleigh collections totalled over £3,000. Donations have already been made to the Food Bank and STAK.

 STORE COLLECTIONS  

A total of over £1700 was raised during the Christmas Collections at the town’s Asda, Coop and Tesco stores.

Charities supported by the Club this year are the R.N.L.I., the Cornwall Sight Centre, Cornwall Hospice Care, The Food Bank and S.T.A.K. The winner of the Hamper in the free raffle draw was Lisa Banks with ticket number 0296 and Tesco Manager, James Sanders, is pictured below making the Raffle draw.
St. Austell Lions Club would like to give many thanks to all three supporting stores, and, of course, the many members of the public who generously gave donations.
 
Photo: Left to Right:  Lion Bill Roberts, Lion Alan Moore, Father Christmas and Tesco Manager James Sanders

 

PUB COLLECTION

£450 was collected in one evening. Many thanks to the pubs for allowing us to collect and their customers for their generosity.          

 

 

SWIMATHON 2013

The annual Swimathon on Saturday 9th November was started by the Mayor Mr Steve Double . Thanks go to the staff of Polkyth Leisure Centre for their help with Life Saving and Setup, Volunteers from the Red Cross and St John Ambulance who provided First Aid Cover, and to everyone who helped to make this event successful.
 
31 teams entered the event, that was organised and administrated by Lion Geoff Kaye.  The teams raised sponsorship per lap for their own causes of approximately £2500.
 
St Austell Swimming Club completed the most laps, 105, and will receive the Darren Eastmond Shield and in doing so  beat their rivals St. Austell Polo club and Polzeath Surf Life Savers who completed 99 and 87 laps respectively, with Penrice Academy producing a creditable 91 laps.
 
Trophies for the Junior and Senior schools who raised the most sponsorship will be presented once the final totals have been confirmed.
 
We look forward to any local group who wish to raise money for good causes to contact us via our web site http://www.staustelllionsclub.co.uk/ or on our Facebook Page for more information if they wish to take part next year.  

Our Newest Member  

Tom Hotton, a G.P in Mevagissey, became the newest member of the club recently. He is looking forward to sharing in our twice monthly meetings at the Britannia Inn and participating in all our social and fund-raising events throughout the year. We now have 29 members.

If, like Tom, you are interested in helping your community and living up to the Lions Motto 'We Serve', please contact one of the officers on the menu to the left of this column. A video of Lions at work can be watched near the bottom of this page or click here

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St Austell Lions Club was chartered in 1969 and has 25 members. As you will see, we serve the community by our service and fund-raising activities, as well as a range of social acitivities within the club.

 Current Members: Lions Bryan Arthur,  PDG Robbie Bhonsle,  Mike Clemo, Mike Collins, Norman Cross, Roger Dovey,   John Goodenough, David Honey,  John Howe, Jim Jiwa, Geoff Kaye,  Barry Merrifield, Alan Moore, Bob Moore, Geoff Oswald, Ray Payne, Tony Pickup, Bill Roberts, Martyn Robinson,  Eric Scorse, Gerald Sleeman, Barry Smeath, Philip Snell, Barbara Trenerry, Guy Wardle,  

100% of the proceeds from public events are returned to the community through our projects and donations.

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