WEMBLEY (BRENT) LIONS CLUB

(District A - Zone E)

SERVING THE LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1969

Next function is our Annual Bhajan Bhojan programme on

Saturday 5th April 2009

Details to follow soon.

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We successfully celebrated the 40th Charter Anniversary Celebrations on

Saturday 29th November 2009

at

Moore Spice (1966)

We want thank all those who attended had a very enjoyable evening, Nitu and her friends were just marvelous and our heartiest gratitude for everyones generosity.

Bhajan-Flyer

Past Events

It was 33 years ago in 1969; the late Jack Fields achieved his ambition of forming a Lions club in Wembley sponsored by Harrow Lions Club. The club formed with nineteen charter members inducted on 6th June 1969 and Charter presentation was made on 7th October 1969. Twenty-One members today carry on serving the community, nationally and internationally. We take this opportunity to mention a few of our high points below.

A donation of £3,500 was made towards the purchase of a bungalow at Kings Holiday Camp, Eastbourne to which was attached a portacabin housing a dialysis machine supplied by the Royal Free Hospital.

The club donated £500 to wards the purchase of a cassette recorder for the Brent Visually Handicapped Group for Talking Newspaper.

Financed the provision of special playground equipment for the mentally handicapped at the Kingsbury Hospital.

Eleven sets of Speech Training equipment donated to the Neasden Clinic at a cost of £1,350 to combat deafness amongst the babies and young children.

£1,000 donated towards the purchase of a tail lift mini-bus for the Dollis Hill School for the mentally handicapped children.

Supplied a kerb climbing electric wheelchair to Jyoti Raja and shared the cost of a Batricar provide to an elderly ex-seaman.

Donated £1,500 to Brent Community Transport for a special tail-lift.

Contributed £1,200 towards the cost of "once in a lifetime" holiday for terminally ill children when two children from Brent were sent on a trip to Disney World in Florida organised by Les Evans Fund.

Linda Brooks was presented with a computer/word processor, which was supplied by PRIVATbanken Limited.

Won £3,000 for our charity account when three members participated in The Sunday Times National Business Finance Game.

In addition to the above, the club aided other worthwhile causes like Eye camps in India, Water Wells in Africa, Christmas parcels to the needy in Brent and Collecting of spectacle frames that were donated to Lions clubs in Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Club donated to Brent PHAB club, Brent Alcohol Counselling Service, Sudbury Neighbourhood Centre and London Borough of Brent Mayor's Appeals. The club also carried out numerous Diabetic screenings.

On an annul basis, the club has always supported many international projects through LCIF, Medic Alert, Sight First Campaign, Youth Awards and Youth Camps. The club has also participated in various zone and region projects like Orissa Cyclone Appeal, Turkish Earthquake Appeal, Gujarat Drought Appeal and Street Children Programme. Recently, one of our members, Lion Pravin Patel and his business colleagues raised in excess of £40,000 for the Gujarat Earthquake Appeal.

On more recent note, Wembley (Brent) Lions Club was a founder partner with the London Borough of Brent in organising the Diwali procession and Fireworks display in Brent.

Over the years, we have made some very good friends and enjoyed the fellowship. We take this opportunity to thank all our generous supporters past and present.