SLOUGH LIONS CLUB

Slough Lions Club are a Charity Organisation - the Local branch of the International Association of Lions Clubs.

The Club was formed in 1970 to serve the Local Community of Slough. We are a small group of men and women whose aim is to raise money for a variety of needs and to carry out community service. Every Penny we raise from the Public is used in welfare projects. None of it is taken up in Club Administration costs.

Usually our main meeting is arranged for the last Thursday evening of the month at the Manor Hotel, Datchet and an additional meeting for fund-raising/activity planning is held on the 2nd Wednesday at Sara Lee Sports and Social Club, Bath Road, Slough, or The Toby Inn, Langley.  We also have occasional Social outings or Dinner Evenings.

We are looking to expand our membership and Visitors are always made more that welcome at our meetings. Please contact the Secretary Lynden McIntyre (01753-543903) for precise meeting venue/date & details.

What do the Slough Lions Do?

Our Welfare and Community events range from organising parties or theatre trips for the elderly and the lonely; sending needy families on holiday; helping the disabled and the blind and deaf.

We assist with Meals on Wheels during Christmas/New Year period and carry out a Christmas Collection in order to make Xmas Parcels. We run Trivia Quizzes, Swimarathons, Golf Tournaments, Sponsored Walks, Tombolas, Raffles, Fundays, Combined Charities Fayres and Fetes, Line Dancing Evenings and Barbeques in order to raise funds.

Our main project has been raising funds for equipment for Wexham Park Hospital Prostate Cancer Research, but we have also supported Wexham Park Hospital Children's Ward / Heart Unit / Prostate Cancer/Kidney Unit. Helen House, Douglas House, Naiomi House Hospices and Thames Valley Hospice.

We have also supported the Royal Berkshire Hospital Kidney Dialysis Machine Appeal, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, Thames Valley Adventure Playground, Single Parent Families, the Elderly & Disabled, the Blind and partially sighted, Slough Shopmobility, MS Berkshire Therapy Centre.

We have obtained & plumbed in a washing machine and also obtained a special bath chair for a needy cause. Worldwide, we have sponsored two Foreign Eye Camps, Water Wells, and have participated in equipment delivery for refurbishment for a Dentaid project.

We also collect Spectacles for the third world. Recently we worked with Red Cross and collected over £5,000 for the Tsunami Appeal.

Pictures above show Slough Lions members collecting for the Tsunami and working on Thames Valley Adventure Playground Sandpit Refurbishment with other local Lions Clubs. (click on the photos to see a larger one which will take time to download )

If you know of any individual family in need of our assistance we would welcome you getting in touch with us.

Wednesday 7^th November 2007 – Skittles Night with Buffet Supper  - £3 – Sara Lee Sports & Social Club, Bath Rd, Slough

Monday 19^th November 2007 – Open Evening/Cheese & Wine  to “Meet the Lions”, St Francis Church Hall, London Road/Upton Court Road, Langley  - 8:30 p.m.

 How much is membership ?

We are all volunteers but the annual membership charge is currently £50 a year
which includes membership to the Sara Lee Sports & Social Club.

Please call Lynden or Thea McIntyre on 01753-543903 or Shiv Ohri  on 01753-523257 for further details
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