SERVICE ACTIVITIES - GENERAL
Just some of the of the regular and 'one off' events that we stage to benefit the LOCAL COMMUNITY.
Disabled 'Its a Special Knockout'
A very popular annual event the Zone Disabled 'Its a Special Knockout' involves Lions clubs from our 'Zone' eg. Battle & Villages, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Hastings, Rye and Uckfield. The event is put on as a 'fun day' and closely follows the format of the popular TV show 'Its a Knockout'. People with different disabilities enter as teams and come from various parts of the south east. The Community Centre at Heathfield is a popular venue where the games are played with great enthusiasm and are concluded with a snack lunch followed by presentation of the trophy and medals.
Our picture shows one of the entrants 'The Special Olympics Team Eastbourne' with 2010 - 2011 President Lion Lynne Flanagan and The Mayor of Eastbourne Cllr Carolyn Heaps.
Senior Citizens Tea, Outing and Entertainment
Generally, once or twice a year, our club acts as hosts to Senior Citizens by providing a car or minibus drive into the surrounding countryside. We start in the early part of the afternoon and finish up at a local church hall where our guests are provided with a high tea and entrance to a free raffle. During and after tea musical entertainment is provided by a suitable entertainer and with the option of joining in a 'sing - along'.
Disabled Swimming Gala
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The Sovereign Disabled Swimming Club, in conjunction with Eastbourne Lions Club, hold their Annual Swimming Gala at the Motcombe Pool in Eastbourne. This fun filled event with a variety of games is enjoyed by a record number of participants and visitors, thanks to the organising by Bob and Rowena Gausden of The Sovereign Swimming Club for Disabled People.
After the event the swimmers enjoy a picnic lunch provided by The Lions. Medals are then presented to all swimmers taking part by the club's President. The 'winning' team are then presented with the Anne Gray Memorial Cup by Anne's niece Mrs Kate Smith who travels down from London every year to attend the gala.
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Help to The Chaseley Home for the Severely Disabled
The club's long standing support of The Chaseley Home includes the provision of a kitchen to allow residents and their families to cater for themselves. This was followed by our help in the installation of complex lighting equipment in the Art Recreation Centre and more recently, as part of an appeal of £500,000 by His Grace The Duke of Devonshire, an oven and hob for the Activities Department Kitchen.
The Duke formally opened the new state of the art facilities and is pictured below with Eastbourne Lions President Phil and a small number of club members and partners.
Here are just some of the of our ongoing LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL projects.
Used Spectacles and Hearing Aids Collections
Lions collecting bins can be seen at many local Opticians, Chemists, Medical Centres etc. The bins are regularly emptied and sent, courtesy of Parcel Force, to The Chichester Lions Club. There they are sorted and forwarded on to Medico France where they are graded and sent on to third world countries to be gratefully received by their new owners.
On average our club sends between 10,000 and 12,000 pairs of spectacles away each year.
Message in a Bottle
A simple yet effective scheme, where a bottle containing important medical and personal information is stored in ones fridge.
A distinctive green cross sticker is displayed on the door of the fridge to show that this valuable and potentially life saving information is instantly available to the emergenct services.
