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Local charities such as Children’s Hospice Southwest, St. Luke’s Hospice, British Heart Foundation, TAMEDS and the Dartmoor Rescue Group have also benefited with donations from the Club. Lions Clubs do tend to concentrate on fund raising for their local community but donations are often made to the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), which is involved with relief effort all over the world especially where there has been a major disaster such as an earthquake or flooding.

Much work has also been done over the years with the blind such as establishing glaucoma screening clinics in third world countries and providing spectacles made up from recycled lenses that are no longer required by the original wearer. The Lions introduced the familiar white sticks carried by some blind people and the Tavistock Lions Club have also financed 4 guide dogs for use in the local community.

The Lions Club of Tavistock was formed in 1976 by a nucleus of around 12 people most of whom were employed by the then West Devon District Council. Membership, which is now running at around 40 people both male and female from all walks of life, is by invitation only. The lower age limit is 18 with no upper limit and in fact there is one club member who has just passed his 82nd birthday.

The principal activity of the club is to raise money within the local community for distribution to needy causes locally, nationally and internationally.

It is estimated that over £250,000 has been raised since the formation of the club in 1976 with donations being made to organisations such as the local colleges, schools and pre-school groups and youth organisations such as the Scouts, Guides and junior football and cricket clubs.
 

New Members
The club is always keen to welcome new members by invitation so if you would like to know more about the club’s activities and feel that you have some spare time to give to an interesting and extremely worthwhile organisation, please make contact on either of the telephone numbers listed below.

For more information please contact:
Membership Chairman
Telephone: 01822 612564

Press Officer – Steve Grummitt
Telephone: 01822 615526 or 07802 600282
E-mail: stevegrummitt@hotmail.com

Issue 2 – Feb 2006


For more information about the Tavistock Lions see www.tavistocklions.org.uk