You can read a Digital Version of the latest edition of 'LION' the magazine of the United Kingdom part of Lions Club International.
Almost 1,000 Lions Clubs in the United Kingdom.
18,000 men and women members.
Four out of ten members are females.
Average age of membership is calculated as 53 years young.
Wherever you live, work or travel, you are likely to come across members
of Lions Clubs and the projects we support. Lions are ordinary people
who do extraordinary things to help others and support good causes.
Globally
we have more volunteers in more places than any other service club
organisation. We love to help others and make things happen.
Every Lions Club supports a range of good causes and
projects in its geographic area. Every day Lions are having fun by
organising remarkable and memorable fundraising activities.
Every year in Europe alone, Lions Club members
volunteer around 6 million hours of service and raise
£88 million to support local communities.
The most memorable fact about Lions Clubs is that
every penny we collect through fund-raising goes direct to
support good causes. Our administration costs are paid for by
members’ subscriptions.
Lions are able to react quickly to support local communities whenever natural disaster strikes. Our humanitarian help is provided by local Lions who volunteer their support on the ground – backed by grants from the Lions Clubs International Foundation and fund-raising by Lions Clubs across the world. For example, in 2023, Lions Clubs throughout the British Isles and Ireland pledged huge sums of monies to various relief efforts in Turkey and Syria after the recent earthquake, and to war torn Ukraine.
The Lions Club of New Milton specifically
funded two Power Generators to New Forest for Ukraine, which
are now on the ground in Southern Ukraine, to make life bearable for
people without any other form of power as a direct result of the war.
Lions respond to local needs – and changing
circumstances. Helping to support those experiencing financial hardship
in recent years, Lions Clubs have organised job fairs, set up food banks
and managed charity shops and stalls.
