Brighton Lions Club has been serving the local, national and international communities for more than sixty years and we would like to share with you some of our achievements.

25 March 2012

Lilac Lark

This annual event is to be held in Withdean Park, London Road, Brighton, on Sunday 13th May from 1.00 till 5.00pm.

Stalls and sideshows will include bowling for a pig, a coconut shy, books, sweets, tombola, jewellery, handicrafts of all sorts, plants and - of course - refreshments.

There will be Punch & Judy shows at 2.30 and 4.00pm.

The dog show will be taking entries from 12.30pm. See www.rescuedogshows.co.uk for full information.

24 March 2012

PAUL

Lions Clubs across south-east England are raising funds to buy PAUL machines. Portable Aqua Units for Lifesaving waterpacks, each one capable of producing a daily constant supply of up to 1200 litres of clean drinking water from contaminated water, will be available to be sent to areas suffering from natural disasters.

In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, rivers and wells are frequently contaminated by pathogenic bacteria causing diarrhea, cholera and other diseases, or the piped supply, if it previously existed, is destroyed, resulting in many victims, especially children.

No energy – no chemicals – no frequent maintenance - no skilled operator is needed for these lifesaving units which, weighing 20 kgs, are entirely portable by one person and can be dropped by parachute if necessary. Polluted water is simply poured in at the top and the unit, by filtering out 99% of germs, provides a ready supply of clean water in a few minutes.

Brighton Lions Club has just agreed to donate £1,000 to buy one of these units.