“Welcome to Alnwick Lions Club. We are part of an international family of Lions clubs. Essentially we are a group of volunteers, giving our time, effort and occasionally, financial support, to help those in our local community. We also take part in wider programmes and projects in the UK and worldwide, responding to crises through local Lions groups ‘on the ground’ who are often the first responders in an emergency.
As President of Alnwick Lions for 2024 to 2025 I invite you to explore the menus above to find out more about what we do and how you might become involved, or how you might request our help.”
Tom Deedigan
Alnwick Lion President 2024 – 2025
Alnwick Lions support book reward scheme for local children
A donation of £1000 from Alnwick Lions Club will be used to support local charity BOOST to provide a book reward scheme at the Duchess’s Community High School.
Every half term all members of staff are given a token to reward a pupil of their choice – not just for academic achievement but also to acknowledge good attitude and endeavour.
Katherine Williams, BOOST Chair, explains, “This project is part of our commitment to encourage reading for pleasure – exposing children to a wide range of opportunities to read supports literacy and benefits learning in every subject. The books provided through the vending machine are just one way that we are supporting students to love reading at DCHS.”
BOOST purchases the books, which are mostly selected by the students, from the Accidental Bookshop in Alnwick which also supports the scheme with a discounted rate. Students then spend their tokens at a book vending machine which is seen pictured with Lions Linden Dodds, Dave Knowles and Club President Tom Deedigan, BOOST trustee Rosie Bush and students Lucie, Imogen and Max. The scheme gives students the opportunity to choose and own a brand new book, something that not all children have.
Alnwick Lions provide new defibrillator cabinet at Low Newton
Newton by the Sea Parish Council are very grateful to Alnwick Lions for paying for and installing a new defibrillator cabinet at Low Newton. The new cabinet was unveiled by Alnwick Lions President Tom Deedigan pictured with County Councillor Wendy Pattison, PC Chairman John Roper, and local people.
Those present from left to right were;- Alnwick Lions Club President Tom Deedigan , Clare Shiel, County Councillor Wendy Pattison, John Roper, Gillian Simpson and Linda Broughton
Dogs left to right;- Floyd, Berry and Casper
These are our main activities at present. Please click on the links to find out more information.
ALNWICK LIONS BOOKSHOP
Our Alnwick Lions Bookshop offers a huge range of fiction, non-fiction and special interest books. We have both hardback and paperback books, including fiction, non-fiction and special interest books. Fiction is sorted into alphabetical order of author to help you search easily. We also sells DVDs, CDs and jigsaw puzzles.
All the stock is generously donated by the local community and the money generated is used by Alnwick Lions in their charitable endeavours.
CAR BOOT SALES
Car Boot Sales run on the last Saturday of every month from March until October. Click below for details of the next one.
RECYCLING
We can recycle your used spectacles, mobile phones and printer ink cartridges for you – click below for how to do this.
