Lions and St Dunstan's

St.Dunstan’s currently provides lifelong support to nearly 3000 St.Dunstaners at their two centres near Brighton and Sheffield. Both of these have come under increasing pressure to respond to increasing demand with a further 650 expected in 2010/11, arising from current military conflicts around the world and the increasing number of ex-Servicemen.

The recently purchased North Wales Medical Centre is currently being refurbished to provide a 30 bedroom unit offering world class recovery, rehabilitation, training and respite facilities, together with a gym, workshop and other facilities by the autumn of 2011.

Lions Clubs across the British Isles will be raising funds by organising a range of special local events to provide funding initially for one of two day rooms in the new centre, but with their sight set on the second day room.

Work has already started on the £11.9 million project, including the provision of 10 high dependency nursing beds, which are not available in the main building. These are essential to ensure the necessary support for ex-Service men and women with damaged sight, regardless of other injuries.

The project was recently launched at a special dinner at Buckingham Palace, hosted by HRH The Princess Royal and attended by His Majesty King Constantine and Her Majesty Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes; Lion Jacquie Prebble, the Lions Clubs Chair of Council; Lions District Governor Tony Gadsby; General Sir Richard Dannatt, a Patron of St.Dunstan's; Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder of Specsavers; John Farmer, President of the British Legion; Robert Leader, Chief Executive Officer of St.Dunstan's; and others.

Diabetes Awareness

A new page on our web site tells of Lions Clubs' efforts to increase awareness of this dangerous and frequently undiagnosed condition.

Go to www.lions105se.org.uk > Our Projects > Health > Diabetes

Youth Football Competition

All the preliminary round matches have been played and congratulations are due to the following teams who will play in Round 1:

Corinthians, sponsored by Darent Valley Lions Club,
Crowborough Athletic, sponsored by Crowborough Lions Club,
Highdown Saints, sponsored by Littlehampton Lions Club, and
Meadow Sports, sponsored by Guildford Lions Club.

Full results and the draw for Round 1 can be found on our web site: www.lions105se.org.uk > Our Projects > Youth > MD Football Competition.

Essay Competition rules amended

The submission date in the essay competition has been changed to 31st January 2011. See our web site - Our Projects - Youth.

Music Competition success

Our District Music Competition winner - Laura, sponsored by Caterham, Oxted and Godstone Lions Club - won the Multiple District competition and went on to the European competition held at the Europa Forum last weekend where she won second place.