To celebrate 50 years of service, Brunel Lions, the parent club of Bradley Stoke Lions, walked the Clifton Suspension Bridge 50 times recently. One of our members was dressed as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the designer of the bridge and this fascinated many of the children…
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President Michael and Lion Ailsa visited the Great Western Air Ambulance’s new operational base at Almondsbury recently to present them with a cheque for £1,030.35. This amount included £780.35 raised at past president Robin Young’s funeral and a further cheque for £250 donated by Bradley Stoke Lions in remembrance of Robin. Thank you to all who donated money in lieu
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By Ailsa Young of Bradley Stoke Lions Club. You may have seen some of our Lions Club members at the Willow Brook Centre this Easter handing out our Lions’ ‘Message in a Bottle’. This is a small white and green plastic bottle which contains a form which someone on constant medication for any reason can fill in with their personal details,
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By Ailsa Young of Bradley Stoke Lions Club. One of our commitments in Lions is to support youth and we were recently delighted to be able to host five youngsters from Avon Youth Club on a fishing trip to Clevedon Pier. Past president Robin supplied all of the fishing gear and the bait with support from Oliver’s Angling in Clevedon,
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Lions from Bradley Stoke have played their part in keeping the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) helicopter flying. The club raised £500 through a variety of fundraising events, and visited the GWAAC base at Filton Airfield to present the cheque. It costs £2.3million a year to keep the helicopter operational, and the charity receives no day-to-day funding from the
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A student at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been recognised by the local Lions Club for volunteering to help people less fortunate than himself in the local community. A Young Leader in Service Gold Award was presented to Louis Cox by Bradley Stoke Lions President Robin Young and Lion Dr Harmandar Gupta during a Year 11 assembly at the
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