Welcome to our news update page detailing recent and upcoming projects and activities in Farnborough & Aldershot Lions Club.
This news roundup page contains details in brief with links to the bigger stories as a quickly accessible summary of Lions activities in Rushmoor and further afield.
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June 2025 - Aldershot Victoria Day
Despite the forecast of heavy thundery showers the people of Aldershot turned out in force for the annual Victoria Day. The Lions held a Sweetie Tombola in Princes Gardens alongside many other charity and voluntary organisations spread along Union St and Wellington Avenue.
The Lions are pictured in the carnival procession dressed in Victorian Swimwear as part of the theme 'Wonderful Water'.
This event is an ideal example of how the Lions are helping others in the community by raising money for good causes while really enjoying themselves.
If you would like to find out more about your local Lions Club email secretary@fa-lions.uk or call 0345 833 4345
June 2025 - Rushmoor Volunteer Fair - Aldershot
These include life saving prostate cancer screening blood tests, the Lions Community Store, Fighting Diabetes, Message in a Bottle, the Primary Schools ROAR Competition, helping in local food banks and many fund raising activities to support these projects. The Lions have fun helping others. If you would like to find out more about these and many more Lions activities visit www.fa-lions.uk email secretary@fa-lions.uk or phone 0345 833 4345.
March 2025 - Farnborough Quiz Night
Farnborough & Aldershot Lions run 2 Quiz Nights annually in each town to raise funds for their ongoing community work in Rushmoor. The first of these in 2025 raised £835.85 in aid of the free prostate cancer blood tests organised by the Lions every year. In the last 2 years 444 men in Farnborough have been tested tat these sessions resulting in 25 men receiving an early diagnosis enabling life saving treatment to commence.
Click Here for more about the March 2025 Quiz Night
Further details on the 2024 Lions Prostate Cancer Screening session can be found here...
January 2025 - 3 Generations together in the Lions.
Pictured at our January meeting is our new recruit Tallie Meager receiving her membership certificate by Zone Chairman Mark Cooper. Tallie is the 3rd member of her family to join Farnborough & Aldershot Lions Club. Her Mum - Hannah (2nd from the right) joined Aldershot Lions Club in August 2022 and was inducted into the Lions family by Mark Cooper when he was President of Fleet Lions Club. Carol Cross (pictured far right) joined Aldershot Lions when it first formed 12 years ago. We welcome Tallie into the family of Lions and celebrate the fact we have 3 generations of her family working with us to help others in our community.
If you would like to know more about joining the Lions email secretary@farnboroughandaldershotlions.org.uk
December 2024
For the second year running the staff at Loma Systems in Southwood have made a generous donation by collecting a large amount of non perishable food and giving a substantial financial donation through the Lions to help those in need at Christmas. Read more....
October/November 2024
Members of Farnborough & Aldershot Lions Club joined the team of volunteers for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal collection at Morrisons Supermarket in Southwood for the annual Poppy Appeal. During the 2 week collection period they raised a phenominal £6,646.85. Our thanks go out the the customers of Morrisons for their outstanding generosity.
September 2024
Members of Farnborough & Aldershot Lions Club held an information stand at Farnborough Rugby Club's Careers Event in September, organised by Rushmoor Borough Council as an opportunity for local organisations to introduce and promote themselves to the local community. There were roughly another six organisations present including suicide prevention , mother & toddler groups etc. however just before the event start the heavens opened (torrential rain / thunder and lightning) and as a consequence nobody turned up. We were, however, able to provide the other groups with some idea of what we were all about. Most were very interested in the Lions Community Store.
