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Lions Club of New Milton & District provides free books to the area's primary schools

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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Lions supports the Annual District Fun Day for Disadvantaged Children and Adults.

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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Lions Club Supports the Milford on Sea Music Festival in 2025

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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Marie Curie is the UK's leading end of Life Charity

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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Lions Club of New Milton & District support Pudsey Bear and BBC Children in Need

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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The Club supports the work of the Oakhaven Hospice

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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Do you have any items that you could donate to the People of Ukraine?

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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Lions send Much Needed Generators to Ukraine

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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