Tel: 0845 8337893
Harrogate Lions Club is one of over 700 clubs in the UK dedicated to providing a service to their local community. The Club was formed in 1954 , and chartered on 1 st Nov 1956. We have been serving our community for 53 yrs.
We are affiliated to Lions Clubs International , a world wide organisation of Lions Clubs, whose mission is “to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions Clubs”
Harrogate Lions Club are very active within the community. Some of the things we do :
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Hospital newspapers |
Deliver newspapers at week ends to patients in Harrogate District Hospital
Provide toiletry packs to patients admitted as emergencies
Provide stress toys to calm children admitted to hospital
Provide Christmas cakes to elderly residents
Sponsor a local youth football team to take part in a National Competition
Sponsor local students to take part in the National Peace Poster Competition
Provide holidays for the disabled
Collect used spectacles to send to the third world
Visit the children’s ward at Harrogate Hospital on Christmas morning
Organise street collections for victims of floods / earthquakes
Carry out diabetes screening
Respond to requests for help from individuals, charitable organisations and other voluntary groups
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Great Yorkshire show [Helping Fair Mobility] |
Cakes to WRVS to give to elderly |
In order to finance our projects we need to raise funds. Harrogate Lions Club raises funds in the following ways ;
| Coffee mornings | Street collections | Race night | Cake stalls |
| Hospital tombolas | Asda Raffle | Stalls at local fetes and galas |
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Our Gala |
Stationary bike ride |
In the 2 / 3 weeks leading up to Christmas, Harrogate Lions Club take Santa and his Sleigh around the streets of the town , meeting the children and collecting funds.
Harrogate Lions Club has a current membership of 27 members, men and women, and are always on the lookout for new people to join us.
We meet on the 1st
Monday of each month at Claremont House, Victoria Avenue Harrogate at 8pm.
In addition we hold a second meeting each month, which is of a more social
nature.Please contact us to check the arrangements If you would like to know more or would like to come along to one of our meetings, please contact us on:
0845 833 7893
Alternatively please contact ;
Lion Dawn Ramshaw 01423 879535 e-mail: d.ramshaw1@ntlworld.com
Lion Ian Wood 01423 522170 e-mail: lionian.wood@virgin.net
We would be very pleased to see you. A warm welcome is assured
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Our team of Midnight Walkers |
Throughout the year we organise several socials for Club members, their families and friends. Recent events have included;
Various speakers at meetings On occasions we visit other local Lions Clubs
Treasure hunt
Irish Night
We took part in The Midnight Walk for St Michael’s Hospice
Pub quiz
Fish and chip supper
Message in a Bottle is a voluntary scheme for anyone living at home who would feel better knowing that essential information about them will be readily available to the Emergency Services should they suffer an accident or a sudden illness.
If you are vulnerable, you can fill in a simple form listing your medical needs and place it in a small plastic bottle, which is then stored in your fridge.
This will enable Emergency Services, if called to your house, to have instant access to information regarding medication you may be taking, where it is kept, allergies, contacts and any other information you may feel the need to pass on. Two small Green Cross labels - one inside the house door, one on the fridge door - will show the Emergency Services that you are in the scheme and where to find your bottle. It is all free, and is already giving peace of mind to many thousands of people in other parts of the country, often thanks to their local Lions Club.
All relevant authorities - Police, Fire, Ambulance Services, Doctors and Social Services etc - have been contacted and they fully support this scheme.
Bottles and forms are available from all Chemists and Doctors Surgeries in the Harrogate area. Anyone who is unable to obtain one of these bottles/forms can do so so by e-mailing Harrogate Lions, or calling:
Lion Ray Annakin: 01423 871060