Gloucester Lions Club

 "We Serve”

Fund Raising

Currently our fund raising relies primarily upon collections at local supermarkets. We also enjoy the privilege of being the only charity permitted to collect at the annual Gloucester City Carnival.

However, the present members - 13 men and 2 ladies - are convinced that with even one or two more members we could once again begin to raise money by organising a range of more challenging, interesting and productive events.

In recognition of the particular problems arising from the floods in recent months the City Council requested that our collection at this years re: arranged City Carnival should be allocated to the City Flood Appeal. This boosted their fund by some £815.

On Children in Need Day we worked with the staff at Tescos store in St Oswalds Road and together we raised £3668.

We have now completed our round of traditional Christmas collections at local supermarkets. Just two days collecting at each of Morrisons, Sainsburys and Tesco( St Oswalds Road) stores raised more than £3500.   You may rest assured that every penny we collect goes to deserving causes, most of them local. None goes on administration.

 Race Nights

The Club is noted for its “Race Night” team that has developed a very professional edge to their presentation. Whilst the club does run its own annual  “Race Night” the team is mainly used to run events for other groups, enabling those organisations to raise money for their own favourite causes.

School Projects.

After two successful years of running our Healthy Eating campaign in local schools we switched our attention to an inter-schools quiz for junior schools.  Having completed our third year it is proving to be a very popular event. For details of our quiz click the link Schools Quiz

Family Haven

Club members continue to support the Family Haven, a local charity providing day time respite aimed at improving the life of vulnerable families. We are proud to be associated with this charity