Pavilion Gardens fun day raised £1,200

Our annual fun day in the Royal Pavilion Gardens in association with the Pavilion Gardens Cafe was held yesterday. The beneficiary this year is Help for Heroes and all proceeds from the day will be donated to them. We were pleased to raise over £1,200 - money is still being counted so we are not yet able to report the exact sum raised.

The Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Ann Meadows, attended during the afternoon and was welcomed by Doug Taylor, 1st Vice President of Brighton Lions Club (left) and David Sewell, proprietor of the Pavilion Gardens cafe.

Another new bottle outlet

We have now delivered a supply of Message in a Bottle bottles to Age Concern, 29-31 Prestonville Road, Brighton.

The Lions Message In a Bottle scheme is a simple idea designed to encourage people to keep their personal and medical details on a standard form and in a common location - the fridge. Whilst it is focused on the more vulnerable people in our community, anyone can have an accident at home, so this scheme can benefit anyone, including you. As a minimum it will save the Emergency Services valuable time identifying you and your emergency contacts. By telling whether you have special medication or allergies or not, it is a potential lifesaver and provides peace of mind to users and their friends and families.

This scheme is free to the user.

Boost for Downs View

The Friends of Downs View Special School have been raising funds to provide a completely new playground at a total cost of nearly £34,000. Brighton Lions promised to donate £4,000 provided the Friends could raise the other £30,000. The Friends have now reached that target and the Lions are happy to fulfill their promise and donate the other £4,000.

New carriage for Heron's Ghyll

Heron's Ghyll Driving Group is part of the Riding for the Disabled Association but concentrates on carriage driving. They need a new carriage costing about £5,500 and asked Brighton Lions if we could help finance this purchase. The club was happy to agree and is making a donation of £5,000 towards the cost.

Charter Night

We celebrated our Charter Night - our birthday party - at the Old Ship Hotel last Saturday. Here we see the District Governor addressing the assembly.