Basingstoke
All of the fund raising activities of the club are undertaken in order that we can support good causes at all levels form local to international and to help with decisions about where our help should be targetted we have a Welfare Committee.
The Welfare committee meet monthly to consider requests for help from both groups and on behalf of individuals, they then make recommendations to the club for agreement, the club also consider grants to help with local initiatives and major disasters.
Over the last year the club has made over 80 awards ranging from £40 to £2,000, many of the smaller awards are in response to requests for help from housing associations or social workers for domestic appliances food vouchers in emergency situations. To ensure that funds are used for the purpose intended most awards are made by voucher or by cheque direct to a supplier or charity.
Some of the major awards have been to:-
Hampshire Air Ambulance
Saxonwood School for their new sensory garden
Naomi House Children's Hospice. During the building phase the 66 Lions Clubs in our District banded together and raised £75,000. The Lions Clubs International Fund donated a like amount making the Lions contribution to the project £150,000.
SightFirst program against preventable blindness
North Hampshire Hospital liver department Mayors Charity
Haiti Earthquake appeal
Pen House for young homeless people
We have also helped a number of young people who are travelling abroad to help disadvantaged children
