Melvin Jones Fellowships, (MJF), named after the Lions international founder, were awarded to Past President, Lion Mark Lockie and his wife Steve at the Weymouth and Portland Lions club's 48th charter anniversary celebration at the Rembrandt Hotel. L-R, Roger Hogbin, Steve Lockie, Mark Lockie, Peter Burnett Mark has been a Lion for 40 years, firstly in Papua New Guinea, and then with the Weymouth club. Both Mark and his wife have been very closely involved with the work of the club in supporting those less fortunate then ourselves and with organising Lions events, in particular the Chris...

Weymouth & Portland Lions Club celebrates a ‘Century of Service’ at Buckingham Palace The Countess of Wessex G.C.V.O. as Patron of Lions Clubs of the British Isles held a Royal Reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, 28th February to celebrate a ‘Century of Service’.  HRH has been its Patron since 2004. Roger Hogbin, President of Weymouth & Portland Lions Club, joined in the 100th Birthday celebrations with hundreds of volunteers who came together with the organisations’ partners for this special occasion. Lion President Roger Hogbin "Roger said he was honoured to be r...

In the light of recent media attention given to aid agencies, Lions Clubs of the British Isles have issued the following statement: Weymouth & Portland Lions Club are members of Lions Clubs International.  We are part of a global network of 1.4 million volunteers.  When a humanitarian crisis strikes, Lions Clubs International Foundation work with and are guided by their own Lions members who are ordinary people present on the ground.  As the World's largest voluntary, non-governmental organisation, our volunteers fundraise in their own local communities with every penny raised being u...

Lions around the world are united by a great spirit of giving and dedication to helping others. As the official charitable organization of Lions Clubs International, a leading humanitarian organization, Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) supports Lions’ compassionate works by providing grant funding for their local and global humanitarian efforts. LCIF Awards Disaster Grants, January 2018 We help Lions serve LCIF helps Lions improve peoples’ lives around the world, from combating vision problems to responding to major catastrophes to providing valuable life skills to youth. Bec...

Weymouth & Portland Lions club member, Ryan Hope, who already chairs the club's very busy Activities Committee, has put himself forward to become the next President of the club. He received his chain of office from the current President, Roger Hogbin, at the clubs monthly dinner meeting. Ryan (on the right) said "I'm absolutely delighted to be made 1st Vice President of the club and I'm looking forward to continuing on also as activities chairman and planning is already well underway for the clubs two annual events (Beach Motocross and the Christmas Day Harbour Swim) we will also be...

4,000 Message in a Bottle (MIB) have been given out over the last two years, increasing year on year, to improve the safety of citizens in the borough of Weymouth and Portland. Basically, a sticker by your front door will alert emergency services that there will be one of these containers in the refrigerator which gives details of the patient, ailments, medication etc. This information can be a 'life saver' in an emergency, particularly for people who live alone.   Lion President Roger Hogbin along with Lion Ray Banham paid a visit to Safewise, at the Fire Station in Radipo...