St Albans Woodcraft Folk - 2025
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The children of St Albans District Woodcraft Folk chose to send a donation of £300 in their name to Centre 33 St Albans awarded by the St Albans Lions Club following their amazing volunteering with the Santa Float in December 2024. Well done to The Woodcraft Folk.
Here is a photo of John Scott, Treasurer of Centre 33 recieving the cheque this week.
About Centre 33
Centre 33 was founded in 1977 and takes its name from it early premises at 33 Hatfield Road, St Albans. It moved to its current premises in 1991. It is manned and managed almost entirely by over 150 volunteers. The charity does not employ anyone, although since late 2011 it has paid for part time help in running the volunteer rota, a crucial and time consuming task.
Centre 33 provides practical support for people who are in need, homeless or otherwise socially deprived. Despite St Albans' affluent image, some people rough sleep in the area, others are living in temporary accommodation or relying on friends’ sofas.
Heathlands School Minibus - 2024
The Lions Clubs that operate the Lions Bookshop in the Marlowes Centre got together to purchase a new minibus, to replace the very old one owned by Heathlands School for deaf children, at a cost in excess of £35,000.
A formal presentation will be made in Hemel Hempstead on a Saturday in August, yet to be agreed.
At the presentation of the New minibus, St Albans Lions Club & Harpenden Lions Club were present.
Also attending were the Headteacher of Heathlands School, Lesley Reeves Costi, Carol Bush the school administrator & a teacher Thomas McWhinney.
Prostate Cancer UK - LLHM 2023
Prostate Cancer UK
Prostate Cancer UK's top priority is funding research to stop prostate cancer killing men. We’re investing millions to find better treatments and better tests that can spot fast-growing cancers early, and could be used in a screening programme to save thousands of lives.
St Albans Lions Contribution
We donated £200 to help Steven Harrison raise money for Prostate Cancer UK
Steven completed The London Landmark Half Marathon 2023, he ran 13.1 Miles in 1 hr 58 mins 20 Seconds.
WATLING VIEW SCHOOL - 2021
St Albans Lions Contribution
We donated money to Watling View School to help them transform their courtyard environment over the summer, this environment will now enable all learners throughout the school an opportunity to learn core concepts in a new learning environment and an opportunity to integrate and socialise with their peers.
Watling View is a 2-19 maintained special school in St Albans, in the county of Hertfordshire. The school caters for up to 92 pupils, with a wide range of complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay. We are passionate about our vision, which guides us in all that we do for our pupils. “Watling View - Be kind, Be responsible, Be the Best You Can”.
STEVE HARRISON - LONDON MARATHON 2021
SeeAbility specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss or complex support needs, to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible. Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 220 years.
St Albans Lions Contribution
We donated £250 to help Steven Harrison reach his £1500 Target
Steven completed The London Marathon 2021, he ran 26.2 Miles in 5 hrs 15 mins.
THE HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS, BERKHAMPSTED
The Hospice help you if you are managing, or recovering from, serious illness. They help you to live your life well by improving symptoms, working with you to achieve personal goals - helping you to feel safe - and anything from getting back to work, enjoying family time to walking the dogs again.
St Albans Lions Contribution
We have donated £4000 to The Hospice of St Francis, Berkhampsted to help them with home visits.
The donation is to fund the purchase of laptops that they require due to Covid changes.
Julie Broadbent - Race For Life
Race for Life is a series of fundraising events, organised by charity Cancer Research UK. They involve running, jogging or walking a 5-kilometre, 10-kilometre or 'Pretty Muddy' course and raising sponsorship for doing so. The money raises funds for cancer research in all 200 types of cancer.
Julie's Story 2023
Julie Broadbent first joined the Leo's in 1992 and then moved to the St Albans Lions Club in 1999.
Julie had been doing the Race For Life 5k Runs each year since 2005.
St Albans Lions Club is pleased to sponsor Julie Broadbent
st albans parkrun
£250 DEFIBRILLATOR DONATION
What is St Albans parkrun?
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
When is it?
Every Saturday at 9:00am.
Where is it?
The event takes place at Verulamium Park, St. Albans. See Course page for more details.
What does it cost to join in?
Nothing - it's free! but please register before you first come along.
swim for alex
St Albans Lions Club is proud to support “Swim for Alex” to help raise £50000 for two charities, Bowel Cancer & Team Verrico.
Roz's Story
Alex was just 34 years old when he died of Bowel Cancer leaving behind a distraught wife, 2 young sons and a loving family. Alex’s wife Roz and 3 close friends are committed to raising awareness of bowel cancer in young people and will be embarking on a relay swim across the English Channel in Summer 2021.
They have set themselves a target of raising £50,000 that will be split evenly between two charities that are close to Roz's heart:
Bowel Cancer UK- the leading bowel cancer charity, they are running a number of campaigns including their Never Too Young Campaign
Team Verrico - a small, wonderful charity who came to Roz’s rescue after she was diagnosed with breast cancer a week after losing Alex. Roz underwent 9 months of treatment to include lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy all while struggling with grief and she owes so much thanks to this wonderful charity for their help and support. They are a no-salary charity kept afloat solely through donations. They provide funding for research, counselling, practical help like childcare and transport and second opinions following a cancer diagnosis.
They need your help to spread the word and help them achieve their goal
Please contact us to donate and help Roz to meet her goal
Sponsorship
COMPLETED
The Lions Club of St Albans Virtual Challenge 2021
Hear our Radio Verulam interview on our Virtual Challenge:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=174570027801667&id=1664758157111848
How would you like to get your hands on our very special bespoke wooden medal? The Lions Club of St Albans challenge distance is set, how you complete it is up to you! In the process, you will be raising money to help local communities & people in Hertfordshire.
Whether you run, walk, cycle, swim or complete it in your wheelchair, take part at your own pace and in your own time. 5k in one go!
Record your distance using your wearable gadgets, Strava, map my walk, mobile, laptop etc and then all you have to do is email us on stalbanslionsclubcio@gmail.com your evidence and we will send you one of our beautiful medals.
If you would like to take pictures of you doing the event you can email them to us or post them on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/stalbanslionsclub).
So pull on those running shoes, or walking boots, get together with friends and start recording your distances.
Location: Anywhere you like.
Date: Register before 15 April 2021. Complete the challenge and register your evidence by email before 5 May 2021.
·Entry Types: 5K Run, Walk, Cycle or even Swim
·Open to: Everyone. No minimum age but please see Terms & Conditions for guidance.
·Entry Fees: £12 per entry. All profits from your entry to the Lions Club of St Albans Virtual Challenge 2021 will be sent to St Albans Lions Club CIO.
Additional Fees: A 6% admin fee will be added to your payment.
Official Event Website: www.stalbanslionsclub.com
For the complete event information, please see the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stalbanslionsclub/
Event Organiser: St Albans Lions Club CIO
Booking Powered by: Active Training World
Link to site: https://stalbanslions.activetrainingworld.com/tc-events/the-lions-club-of-st-albans-virtual-challenge-2021/
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