Consett Lions Club
Serving Our Community
Since its inception Consett Lions Club has been engaged in many FUNdraising events and in many activities directly connected with service to the community in our locality and this continues to be our major object.
Consett Lions Club is active and proactive in the community. We have a busy fundraising and social programme.
Lions' aid - First-Aiders
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Consett Lions' President (2002-03) George Dawson, presents a special purpose stretcher to Consett St. John Ambulance Division Superintendent Clive Pratt. Consett Lions have worked closely with the St. John Ambulance in the past on various activities including Diabetes screening. This gift is the latest example of the Club's practical help towards the First-Aiders' care of the community in N.W. Durham.
Other activities by Consett Lions over the past 40 years include:
- Coffee Mornings
- Sponsored Swim
- 200 Club
- Mile of Pennies
- Braille Writers for the blind
- Caravan for Diabetes Clinic
- Sponsored Walks & Dance
- Flag Days and Pub Collections
- Golf Club Captain's Day
- Mannequin Parades
- Pantomime for children and elderly
- Christmas Parcels
- Cutting and delivering Logs
- Visiting the sick and aged
- Bus Trips for the elderly
- Teas for the elderly
- Refreshments at RAC Rally and Marathon Races
- Christmas Lotteries at Local Supermarkets
For further information about our activities or should you wish to help with any of our projects,
please contact our Club Secretary:Lion Vin Leadbitter
Alternatively, drop in on any meeting night for a chat on the first or third Monday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Consett Steel Club
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Page last updated: 24th Jun 2007
