Lion Peter Bousfield, the Chair of Our Welfare Committee has been making contact with schools in our area, with an offer to provide Wild Tribe Hero Books at no cost, a very welcome offer with ever increasing demands on school funds.
The Wild Tribe Hero books are the best-selling children's books on plastic polution, climate change and habitat loss. A collection of gently and engaging true stories about animals that find themselves in trouble when their lives are affected by these environmental problems.
The Head of Brockenhurst Primary School said "Our Children have really enjoyed reading the Wild Tribe Hero books. The illustrations and environmental messages make for great discussions. They are a favourite now in our Library".
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The Club will once again be supporting the Annual District Fun Day that the Lions District runs for disadvantaged children and adults at Marwell Zoo on Sunday 22nd June, 2025. The New Milton & District Lions Club has supported this special event for many years now, bringing joy to all those that we have been able to invite.
The New Milton & Brockehurst Gateway Clubs (Now New Forest Mencap); Honeypot and SCARF (supporting Children with Additional Needs, Relatives and Friends) are amongst those that have benefited from the tickets that we have provided for this annual fun event in previous years.
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With a few of our members living in the Milford on Sea Area, the Lions Club of New Milton & District are pleased to be supporting the Milford on Sea Music Festival, a free community event created for the village and organised entirely by local volunteers.
Last held in 2023, the Festival is back for 2025 on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July on the Milford on Sea Village Green and it is sure to be an event not to be missed.
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As they have now done for a number of years, the Lions Club of New Milton & District, will be found outside of Morrisons in Station Road, New Milton on Saturday 1st March 2025, collecting funds for the Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal.
Supporting the Great Daffodil Appeal helps bring expert care to more people and ensures that Marie Curie is able to provide care at home and in their hospices and even over the phone. Marie Curie raises public awareness and shares their research to influence decision-makers across the UK on the issues affecting dying people and those close to them, so more people can have a better end of life.
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BBC’s Children in Need mascot – Pudsey Bear, made a flying visit to New
Milton’s Fawcetts Field, to support The Lions Club of New Milton &
District’s Car Boot Sale.
The last Car Boot Sale of the 2024 Season held on Sunday 1st
September, is organised annually by the Club especially to raise funds
for BBC Children in Need.
The event raised some £296 and after the Council charges for the use of
the field of £100 have been paid, the Club will be donating a minimum of
£196 to the BBC Children in Need Appeal which this year is held on the
third Friday of November.
Alan Watson, President of The Lions Club of New Milton & District
commented that “the Club will be back with their Programme of Car Boot
Sales on Sunday 6th April 2025, from when it is hoped that
the Club will stage their Sales on the first and third Sunday of each
month through to September. Apart from this Special Event for the BBC
Appeal, the rest of our Car Boot Sales help us to build our Welfare
Funds, which last year enabled us to donate more than £10,000 to local
and national good causes”.
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At a recent Club Meeting, Alan Watson, the President of The Lions Club of New Milton and
District, accompanied by Lion John Evans, presented Jill West of the
Oakhaven Hospice, a cheque for £1,300.
These monies were raised as a result of a Raffle which was held during the Charity Golf Day at Barton on Sea Golf Club back in June, which was masterminded by Lion John Evans. This Annual Event was again this year a roaring success, despite some early very blustery weather which taxed some of the participants golfing prowess.
This Presentation was the first since the ‘&
District’ was added to the Club’s name, to more accurately reflect the
newly enhanced geographic area that the Club now covers, including
Milford on Sea, Lymington, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst and all the villages
in between.
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50%
of the Funds raised at a recent event, will be donated to the people of
Ukraine via New Forest for Ukraine. The Group will also have a
collection point for goods to be donated to Ukraine. Please see the list
of urgent requirements to be shipped to the refugees in Poland and
directly into Ukraine (https://www.newforestforukraine.co.uk/requireddonations
). If you have any goods you would like to donate to the people of
Ukraine, either bring them along to the Collection Point Stall on the
New Milton Recreation Ground on Saturday 8th April - or alternatively
send your telephone number to
alan.watson@newmiltonlions.org.uk
or call him on 07771 754025 and he will arrange with you a suitable time
to collect the items from you and deliver them to the Collection Point
for you.
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Recently, the Lions Club of New Milton donated £1,000 to New Forest for Ukraine to enable them to puchase 2 Generators to be sent to the people of Ukraine. To date the New Forest Group has donated some 150 Generators to the Ukraine.
The picture shows a very happy Ukrainian Lady who has received a Generator from this programme, to provide electricity to her house as all the infrastructure has been destroyed.
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