Fragrant begonias

Lions Clubs in the UK have teamed up with Thompson & Morgan to sell a new, fragrant begonia called "Sweet Charity". This is the first known fragrant begonia and, during 2010, will be available only through Lions Clubs. Full details are on our web site here.

Jungle Jottings

The January 2010 issue of Jungle Jottings, the club newsletter, has been posted to our website and can be viewed in pdf format by clicking here.

Help for the blind continues

For the past two years, members of Brighton Lions Club have provided transport for blind people from Brighton to attend the social meetings of the Tuesday Club, a club linked to the East Sussex Association for the Blind. In addition, this year we have donated £500 to the Tuesday Club to assist with transport costs and a further £500 towards the cost of the Club's Christmas festivities. The transport provision will continue during 2010, and we have decided to put aside £1,000 so that we can make the same donations during the next year.

Fireworks bonanza

We now have what we hope are the final figures from our fireworks display last month. These show record ticket sales of over £58,000 and a net profit to us of more than £23,000. The previous highest ticket sales were two years ago at £48,000, and 2007 also saw the previous record profit of £17,000.

Annual accounts

The trustees' report and annual accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009 have now been signed off by our accountants, acting as independent examiners. The report and accounts have been uploaded to our web site in pdf format and can be read here.

Travelling Lions

We were still in first place in the District competition at the end of November, but have now been joined by the Whitstable & Herne Bay club. The third-placed club is now 21 points behind.

Book fair

Our monthly book fair is coming up - next Saturday, 5th December, 10.00am till 12 noon at Lions Dene, The Deneway, Brighton. Click here for a map.

We have hundreds of second-hand books, many as new, both hard cover and paperback, priced at just 50p. Videos, CDs and DVDs are also 50p each. Free admission, naturally.