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What's On
uk holidays 
Lions District 105SC December |
2021 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Wed 8th |
Business Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Sat 25th |
Christmas Day |
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Sun 26th |
Boxing Day |
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Mon 27th |
Bank holiday in lieu of Christmas Day |
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Tue 28th |
Bank holiday in lieu of Boxing Day |
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January |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sat 1st |
New Year's Day |
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Mon 3rd |
Bank holiday in lieu of New Year's Day |
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Wed 5th |
Trustees Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Wed 12th |
Business Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Sat 15th |
Skittles Challenge v Hart Lions |
TBA |
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Sat 29th |
Fleet Lions Charter Anniversary |
7:30 for 8:00pm |
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February |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Wed 2nd |
Trustees Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Wed 9th |
Business Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Mon 14th |
Valentine's Day |
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March |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Tue 1st |
St David's Day |
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Wed 2nd |
Trustees Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Wed 9th |
Business Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Thu 17th |
St Patrick's Day |
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Sun 27th |
Mothering Sunday |
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April |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Wed 6th |
Trustees Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Wed 13th |
Business Meeting |
8:00pm |
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Fri 15th |
Good Friday |
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Mon 18th |
Easter Monday |
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Sat 23rd |
St George's Day |
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May |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Mon 2nd |
Early May bank holiday |
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June |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Thu 2nd |
Spring bank holiday |
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Fri 3rd |
Platinum Jubilee bank holiday |
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Sun 19th |
Father's Day |
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July |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
August |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Mon 29th |
Summer bank holiday |
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October |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Mon 31st |
Halloween |
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November |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sun 13th |
Remembrance Sunday |
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Wed 30th |
St Andrew's Day |
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The above dates may change without warning | |||
Santa will be coming to town from 9 December!
We're planning to do our Santa runs and statics this year and in a Covid-safe, socially distanced way. More details here. Donations will be very welcome. For the basic when and where of float routes click here. More details of the routes and a live tracker can be found by clicking here. The members of Fleet Lions would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas.
Fuel and Utilities Project
Do you know of anyone struggling with Fuel or Utility Bills? Please let us know by emailing us at fuel@fleetlions.org.uk.
Are your financial circumstances such that you could forego your annual Winter Fuel Allowance, knowing that by doing so you could help a local family that is suffering from fuel poverty or problems paying their water bill? Full or part Winter Fuel Allowance donations are held in a fund to pay charges for local families that are in debt to their energy suppliers or water utility. More details here.
Home Prostate screening tests - find the missing men
There has been a massive fall in the number of men being referred by GPs for diagnostic tests during the pandemic. So we are sponsoring home testing kits for prostate cancer. Fleet Lions, working with the Graham Fulford Trust are offering Fleet men aged 40 to 70 a simple finger prick test that can be done at home. It'll take 5 mins to follow the simple instructions. Said Lion Brian Proctor, "with one man dying every hour from prostate cancer and 40,000 new cases every year, a home testing kit could be the best gift for life ever. Early detection and treatment may vastly increase chances of survival." To register for a test and Find out more...
Appeal for laptops
or for monetary donations towards hardware then please click here
Your local Lions clubs have now provided 1800 laptops/desktops to enable students to continue their education since start of lockdowns. But we are still in urgent need of equipment! We are running out of stock so do you have a spare laptop running Windows 7 or above that we could have to refurbish? We also need to buy quite a bit of hardware to make sure the machines are a good standard. Here's A GREAT CLIP that describes our project.
Please contact it@fleetlions.org.uk where we can have a chat.
Fireworks Fiesta 6 November
Thank you to everyone who supported us on this evening. We hope you enjoyed the great display. Thank you for coming along! We would have liked to have had a bigger crowd but sadly that's a consequence of these Covid times. We look forward to seeing you again next year when hopefully things will be back to normal. We are so sorry that a poor signal gave scanner issues at Merrivale and contactless payments fell over due to poor comms from our provider. We did put a lot of effort into trying to minimise the problems that might occur. And contactless payments were forced on us when our friends at HSBC closed their branch in Fleet.
Glasgow Climate Change Conference explained
Lions care about the environment, and the biggest issue that faces us all is climate change. On 1 to 12 November 2021, Britain will host a meeting of global leaders, called COP26. They'll talk about what ALL countries need to do to reduce the risks of climate change for us and future generations. So we’ve attached a document from WWF that explains the issues they’ll be talking about and what actions governments – AND YOU - can take to help. Download the presentation here.
Fleet Lions Volunteer Team
We organise some of the biggest events for the people of Fleet and neighbouring towns to enjoy. And quite a few of them need numbers on the day beyond the members of our Club e.g. it takes 120 people to put on the fireworks event. We have a group of people we can call upon to help us - and join in the fun too. So we call them the Fleet Lions Volunteer Team and we'll give people any training that they need. We'd also like to make sure everyone also has a bit of play - not just work. So let us know if you're interested by using our contact us facility. Our Branch Club in Aldershot are also keen to find people who'd like to help them at their events. So please contact them too if you'd like to do that: Aldershot Lions' website.
Covid-19 support: helping Hart residents
The Coronavirus Hampshire Helpline is 0333 370 4000
A helpline is now available to provide information and advice, as well as practical support, to frail or vulnerable. All calls to this local call rate number will be handled by staff in the Hart District.
Help us boost our fundraising
You may feel you'd like to continue supporting us in the work we do and make a donation. You can do so by using JustGiving which may allow us to claim Gift Aid.
Due to the rules/concerns over Covid-19 all our major fundraising events for 2020 and up to Autumn 2021 had to be cancelled. The Fireworks Fiesta was our first major fundraiser for 18 months. Our reserves have allowed us to continue helping our local community especially where Covid has increased their needs. We've been particularly careful to make sure the funds we've spent have given really good benefits to local people and organisations. We have continued this with our Christmas food parcels but the existing funds won't last for ever.
Wearing a face mask making your ears sore?
Are you a carer, healthcare provider or essential business? Do you know someone who is? We have been busy making face-mask ear reliever straps. Let us know if you need some. Email info@fleetlions.org.uk.
Young People's Bursaries
Fleet Lions have bursaries to help young people fund their trips abroad to help the less fortunate. Apply to bursaries@fleetlions.org.uk
Message in a Bottle
The Lions Message In a Bottle scheme is a simple idea designed to encourage people to keep their personal and medical details on a standard form and in a common location - the Fridge. See a good descriptive video here. Whilst it is focused on the more vulnerable people in our community, anyone can have an accident at home, so this scheme can benefit anyone, including you. More details here. Contact miab@fleetlions.org.uk if you need one/some.
Who are the Lions?
Lions are the largest community service organisation in the world. We raised over $21 million to help protect tens of millions of children in the world's poorest countries from measles. The men and women of Fleet Lions help local people and organisations where there is need. We organise some of the biggest events in the town to keep you entertained - and we have fun doing so!
Do you have some time to spare?
Please join Fleet Lions Volunteer Team and help us with some of our other projects:
Community Service
Fundraising
or maybe join us for a social evening.
All the help is gratefully received - and hopefully you will enjoy the activity!
Latest News
Read all the latest news about Fleet Lions...
Equipment hire
We hire out equipment for use at fetes etc.
More information...
A year in the life of Fleet Lions Club
Our thanks to John Sutton of Clearwater Photography who followed us around for a whole year and then turned what he saw into this fantastic film. You the public voted us into THE SHORTLIST of the documentary section the Charity Film Awards. Many thanks to those of you who voted for us. Did the judges put us into the finals? Sadly they didn't but here's a comment from them: "The video told clearly the surprising different work done by Lions and the charities which benefited not just financially but in practical ways". It was an honour to take part along with many other incredible organisations who serve their community too. Ordinary people doing amazing things!
Meetings
The club normally meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00pm at:
The Grange, Coxheath Road, Fleet GU52 6QR
Why not visit Hart Lions, our sister club in fleet?
If you live in Aldershot, see Aldershot Lions' website.
Our thanks to our main website sponsors:
SERENDIPITY Antiques & Gifts with Tearoom www.serendipityonline.co.uk
HART SHOPPING CENTRE Fleet's premier shopping centre www.hartshopping.co.uk
