Shakespeare Lions
Charity Number: 1177788
Charities receiving cheques from our Santa Sleigh collections
​This year the club raised just over £3k during 13 outings and were delighted to see so many people clearly following our Santa tracker app to find us during the weeks before Christmas.
Santa has now gone home for a well earned rest although I'm sure we'll get a call later this year asking if we can help him again next year!
Lifespace
Shakespeare Lions were delighted to welcome along Andrea and Susanna from Lifespace in Stratford to their February meeting to present a cheque thanking them for their help with our Santa Sleigh collections.
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Rubbish Friends
Dave Beese, past President, presenting the cheque to Claudine from Rubbish Friends, who helped with the collections on our Santa Sleigh.
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Rubbish Friends will be spending these funds on the Keep Britain Tidy's Great British Spring Clean which takes place from 22 March - 6 April, 2025 and is the nation's biggest mass action environmental campaign. Litter picking is a simple low cost activity that anybody can take to show you #lovewhereyoulive and that the environment belongs to everyone​
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Rubbish Friends is inviting primary schools in Stratford-upon-Avon to take part in the Great British Spring Clean 2025 and create an innovative, costed campaign up to the value of £250 to reduce litter in your local area. This is your chance to help end litter, reduce waste, and improve public spaces in Stratford-upon-Avon!
Shakespeare Lions will be helping them choose the winning entry as part of a panel of supporting organisations. Judging will take place in May
Tiddington Scouts
Recently our President enjoyed a visit to Tiddington Scouts, who also helped us during our Santa Sleigh outings in December. As well as handing over a cheque, she was able to talk to the pack about Lions Young Leaders in Service and the Young Ambassador programme. Hopefully, that, and the leaflets left explaining everything in more detail, will lead to more young people contributing community service over the coming year.
President 2024/25
Anne Turner
Shakespeare Lions Club has a membership of 30; we all share the passion of service to the community and raising funds for deserving causes in the area of Stratford-upon-Avon. We hold our meetings at the White Swan Hotel every 2nd Thursday of the month commencing at 7.00pm. We welcome potential new members. So anyone reading this post who wishes to find out what we do are most welcome to join us at a meeting and
listen to the varied projects that we support.