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LIONS ANNUAL STREET BUSK

Posted on by Kevin Brookes
Help local Lions’ roar past the £20,000 target. Weymouth & Portland Lions Club’s annual street busk is planned to go ahead on Saturday 23rd July in Weymouth Town Centre and they would like to invite up-and-coming local musicians and entertainers to join them in making this a very special fundraising year. They are hoping to beat the £20,000 barrier for monies raised since the original busk began in 1994. We didn't quite make it last year so please help us reach that goal this year. Many local entertainers and performers have been involved in this fantastic achievement over the years, in...
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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION & £200 LIONS DONATION

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Weymouth & Portland Lions Club Vice President, Lion Kevin Brookes awarded a Lions Certificate of Appreciation and also made a £200 Lions Club donation to LCAG. (Littlemoor Community Action Group). A local support group who operate from the Littlemoor Community Centre and who set up a food bank and distribution service at the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic back in March 2020. They have served approx 500 food parcels to date to residents who are self isolating and shielding in the local community. The group have regular donation from Morrisons supermarket weekly and also receive donat...
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LIONS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION

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President Ryan Hope & Littlemoor resident Sasha Fancy
Weymouth & Portland Lions Club are on the look-out for lock-down heroes, knights in shining armour and local volunteers who, when most of the population were told to stay at home, stay safe and protect our NHS, decided that they wanted to do something more for the benefit others. Stories started to emerge locally of people who with little or no previous volunteering experience, decided that they wanted to help the most vulnerable in our society. Food banks in Littlemoor and Lanehouse sprang up using donated food from individuals and contributions from the major supermarkets to help the ...
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LOCK-DOWN VOLUNTEERS – HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE

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Weymouth & Portland Lions club are on the look-out for lock-down heroes, knights in shining armour and those who stood up to be counted during the last few months of lock-down. We would like to honour and award a Lions Certificate of Appreciation to those who have stood out in the local community and went beyond what would normally have been expected of them. Here are just a few examples. Volunteers who distributed food parcels, helped in food banks, got to know their next door neighbour and ran errands for them. Made things, scrubs for the NHS, face masks when there was a shortage. Collec...
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A ROARSOME DONATION TO PORTLAND FOOD BANK

Posted on by Kevin Brookes
Portland residents relying on their local food bank during the coronavirus pandemic are to benefit from a generous £200.00 donation by Weymouth & Portland Lions Club. Although all UK based Lions Clubs are in lock down and are not able to meet on a regular basis or carry out their normal fundraising activities. They were still able to keep Portland food bank topped up with essential supplies with this generous donation.
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LIONS DONATE £500 TO M.V.FREEDOM

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Lions President Ryan Hope and Kevin the Lion were out and about mingling with volunteers and supporters of M.V. Freedom at the Pavilion Theatre in Weymouth recently, presenting them with a bumper cheque for £500 together with a Lions certificate of appreciation. Ryan Hope said,   “It’s a pleasure to donate this cheque and this certificate to you all today, not just for the help and assistance you provide for us on our Christmas Day swim, but for all the valuable hard work that you do throughout the year as well”.   M.V. Freedom provides Weymouth & Portland Lions Club ...
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TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE CLUB

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Our March dinner meeting saw Weymouth and Portland Lions welcome two new members to the club.  Hilary Maxwell was introduced to the club by Lion Kevin Brookes and Dave Taylor was introduced by Lion Trevor Stratton. Hilary, a gynae-oncology clinical nurse specialist at Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust, and Dave, a local guest house owner, were both welcomed into the club by President Ryan Hope who conducted the official formalities for the evening and said he was “delighted that Hilary and Dave have joined our Lions Club and they will no doubt make a great contribution with their wealth and bre...
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LIONS DONATION IS A GREAT LIFT

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With help from the Weymouth and Portland Lions Club, the Osprey Leisure Centre on Portland has now been able to replace the swimming pool hoist.  The hoist allows the disabled swimmers to access the pool safely .  In the picture Lions Dave Woolford and Trevor Stratton are seen presenting a cheque for £1000 to John Jennison a member of the Leisure centre staff.
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WEYMOUTH BEACH MOTOCROSS – SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER 2022

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Weymouth & Portland  Lions Club and Purbeck Motocross Club will be teaming up again later this year to bring you this high-flying motocross extravaganza on Sunday October 9th, 2022 . Right here in Weymouth, right on the beach. The event will once again see the award winning pristine sands of Weymouth Beach transformed into a motocross course, complete with bumps and jumps and all the thrills and spills of the race. This event attracts thousands of spectators and some of the best riders in the world. Together with riders of all abilities, a superb location and setting, combine to make th...
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WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND LIONS CLUB DONATE £200 TOWARDS THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE CRISIS APPEAL.

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As the world is gripped by the devastating series of massive bushfires across Australia, Weymouth & Portland Lions Club is doing its bit. All Lions Clubs in the UK are launching an appeal to support the victims of the tragedy and have already donated in excess of A$250,000 in advance. The money will go directly to local Lions Clubs in the affected area in Australia and they can make the decision what is needed, as this may vary in different areas. 100 per cent of the money goes to victims of the disaster. At least 28 people have been killed in the tragedy so far, which has affe...
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