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We have a new home! The new Lions Den is the Windermere Hotel - and what impressive facilities they are. We are trialing this new location for our monthly business meeting for the next three months. The Windermere Hotel has had a recent makeover and our initial impressions are fantastic. We have an oval table with free pens and paper - it feels very professional - im going to call it the oval office! The December Business Meeting started today with a short presentation from the inspirational Adele Bayman from the 5th Windermere Girl Guides Senior Section - plus her parents Heather & Gary. Heather was nominated by the Windermere & Ambleside Lions Club for the Lions Young Ambassadors Award - for her charitable efforts to successfully raise £1,000 for…

The Windermere & Ambleside Lions Club is as busy as ever this Christmas involved in the local festive events and celebrations. We have lots of events that we are involved in at this very special time of year, including: Assisting with marshaling duties at the Windermere & Ambleside Christmas Lights switch on events - which were absolutely fantastic Delivering Logs to the elderly residents of Windermere, Staveley and Ambleside - to make sure they can keep warm this winter We are arranging a 'Spirit of Christmas' Event for the elderly at the Low Wood Resort and Spa on 14th December 2017 We have a stall at the upcoming Windermere Christmas Celebration on 9th and 10th December - which was a fantastic and entertaining fundraising event for us last year, and…

The Windermere & Ambleside Lions Club made a couple more local donations this month - including £500.00 to Alices Escapes to help pay for another holiday for a disadvantaged child and their family, and £40 donated to Lakes School Year 11 Boxing Club! We love to support local worthwhile and charitable causes - so please do get in touch with us!

We are looking forward once again to taking part in the Windermere Christmas Celebration on the 9th and 10th December 2017 - and raising lots of money for local charitable causes. Come and visit our stall to take part in games and win some great prizes that have been donated to us by some amazing local organisations including The Windermere Hotel, Blackwell, Abbott Hall, Windermere Lake Cruises, Brantwood, Sizergh Castle, Friars of Keswick, Hawkshead Relish, Bath House, Lamplighter, Watermill Inn, Low Sizergh Barn, English Lakes Hotels, Hawkshead Brewery and Pure Lakes Skin Care ! and thats just the prizes so far! The Windermere Christmas celebration is taking place in Windermere (would you believe it!) on the 9th and 10th December! We look forward to seeing you there!

The 2017 Jingle Bell Jog is taking place on 17th December 2017 - and is now open for entries www.lakeslions.co.uk Let’s paint the town red, green and white and kick off the festive season by getting the whole family dressed up as Santa’s, Elves, Reindeer, Christmas Puddings, Snowmen, Fairies – or anything Christmassy – and Stumble, Walk, Jog or Run around a flat and scenic course in Bowness on the shores of Lake Windermere! It’s the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit and a fun event for all the family to enjoy, and to raise money for worthwhile local charities. This event is open to all ages and abilities and you can run, jog, walk, jingle, push prams, or wheel wheelchairs. The course is a flat and wheelchair /…

Windermere and Ambleside Lions Club have recently been distributing some of the funds raised over the summer months. A donation of £250.00 was made to the Birchall Trust and a similar amount to the Tarn Hill Trust that looks after the children’s playground at Sawrey. Freedom Wizard, a charity running special all terrain mobility scooters benefitted with £500.00 as did Alice’s Escapes who provide holidays for terminally ill children. The main donations were from the proceeds of the Lakes Classic Vehicle Show held at Grasmere in June. On a visit to the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team base by Lion President Philip Fell and other Lion members cheques for £4000.00 each were presented to Nick Owen, leader of the LAMRT and to Michael Lafferty the chairman of Blood Bikes Cumbria.…

This month i have started writing the Blog with Lion Baby Quinn on my lap - he is dictating the content of this Blog into my ear - therefore i think this will be the most intelligently written and eloquent Blog posting yet! It is amazing how opinionated he is - i wonder where he gets that from...ahem (Laura "Sponsorship" Courty) Our new Lions Club President Philip Fell opened the meeting promptly and welcomed us all - he is clutching his new Gavel tightly and I think he intends to use and abuse it! Here is a picture of our new president:   I (Chris Burstow) am The Vice President ("The Veep") this year - so will be be trying to prize the gavel out of Philip's fingers this time next year! In…

  Current Highest Bid: £250 (Chris Burstow) ______________________________________________ This Charity Silent Auction is for a fantastic Dinner Bed and Breakfast package at one of the most prestigious hotel venues in the Lake District - the Gilpin Hotel and Lake House. You are bidding for a voucher for 1 night dinner bed and breakfast for two people at the Gilpin Hotel, including  the tasting menu in Hrishi's Michelin Star restaurant, including apertifs and matched wines. This prize will be awarded to the highest bidder at the Lions Charity Classic Vehicle Show on Grasmere Sportsfield on Sunday 18th June 2017. Proceeds from this charity auction will be used by the Windermere & Ambleside Lions Club to support local charitable causes. Bids can be submitted via email, and in person at the Classic…

Trevor from Essex joined us this month. Trevor is up staying at the New Dungeon Ghyll and has been a Lion for many years. Under apologies we had Maggie, Elsie, Chris Amos, Chris Burstow, Andrew and Laura. But then we decided that Chris Burstow should not be apologised for because he didn't give it to anyone. We moved on to the minutes of the last meeting and Chris Burstow walked in. He had very tight clothing on and special gloves. Very sweaty too. I can only assume that he has been out fighting crime before coming. Under correspondence we only had one piece which was an invite to an open day at Alice Escapes caravans which the club have been a big supporter of. Income wise we got some money…

The Club opened with a welcome to Ivan our District man. Apologies were received for Chris Amos and Elsie. Several members gave apologies for Young Chris. The minutes of the past meeting were amended by Peter. Something about trailers but I didn't quite catch it. Under correspondence we had a letter from Chris Amos, which was strange but nice. He was updating the club on where we can have future meetings. Whilst he hadn't managed to get in contact with the right person at the Hydro he had contacted Windermere Hotel and found a potential solution with the Windermere Town Council Chamber. A brief discussion ensued about our plaque that we have outside the Hydro and how we should really get a nice new one. It was resolved that Anthony…