HANDOVER – LOBSTER & STEAK
Members of Weymouth & Portland Lions were out in force recently at the Chatsworth Hotel on Weymouth Esplanade to celebrate the handover of the Club’s President and Vice-President positions. After a torrid stop–start 18 months when all club activities including face-to-face meetings were cancelled, members were keen to meet up again in person for this special evening. Although Zoom meetings have offered members some sort of respite and normality, which allowed the club to continue with regular monthly business meetings, it was the dinner meetings and soc...
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR – 105SW
Congratulations to Lion Mark Lockie (MJF) from Weymouth & Portland Lions Club who was voted recently at the digital Convention (via zoom) to become the District Governor for Lions 105SW from 1st July 2021.
Mark has been a member of Weymouth and Portland Lions Club since 1987 and during this time he has taken such roles as as Club President and Treasurer as well as Zone Chairman 105D Zone A.
He and his wife Steve (MJF) are actively involved, and support in all events held by the club such as Swimarathons, Christmas Harbour Swim (with up to 495 swimmers), Beach Motocross, Mar...
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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Our certificate of appreciation for this month goes to Adam Kirby, an employee of Stockley Builders, in Dorchester. Adam, a qualified builder and stone mason, worked on the drystone wall feature on the cliff path between Southwell village and Portland Bill during late 2020. Not only did this attract the attention of local residents and visitors, but the eagle eye of local Lion Roger Sutherland. So impressed was Roger with Adam’s voluntary work that he then recommended Adam for a Lions Certificate of Appreciation.
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Lions President Ryan Hope laid a wreath this morning, 8th November at Weymouth Cenotaph on behalf of
Weymouth & Portland Lions Club in remembrance of all those who who have lost there lives in conflict. Our wreath was from
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh. All the poppies are made from recycled materials and are all hand assembled by a band of about 40 disabled veterans.
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CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Weymouth & Portland Lions Club are once again recognising 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 of others.
Our most recent lock-down heroes are Russ Thompson, landlord of the Wyke Smugglers and Lisa Rushby, Co-director of the Veterans’ hub who teamed up together to supply and deliver meals to vulnerable residents.
The veterans’ Hub provided the food, and the Wyke Smugglers provided the kitchen. To...
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LIONS ANNUAL STREET BUSK
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Help local Lions’ roar past the £20,000 target.
Weymouth & Portland Lions Club’s annual street busk is planned to go ahead on Saturday 24th 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. Many local entertainers and performers have been involved in this fantastic achievement over the years, includin...
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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION & £200 LIONS DONATION
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
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
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
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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