{"id":170,"date":"2017-04-25T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2023-01-14T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:05:26","slug":"supported-causes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/?page_id=170","title":{"rendered":"Supported Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Supported Causes:<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt;\">Ongoing Projects<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Support for the vaccination centre in Stafford &#8211; over 4,700 hours volunteered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Support of Ukrainian families escaping the Russian invasion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Loan of mobility aids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Recycling of used spectacles, hearing aids and blister packs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Annual Carers Party<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Twice a year food c<\/span><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ollections<\/span><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Support for 2 local foodbanks\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Christmas Food parcels for care leavers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Gleaning pumkins and potatoes <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We recycle used spectacles and hearing aids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We supply free Message in a Bottle bottles and plugster<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We take our turn cleaning the Lions Shelter at the National Memorial Arboretum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/>Update in progress<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt;\">Some individual cases where we have helped:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Loaned a wheelchair to an elderly patient<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A grant for a 14 year old skier from Stafford so that she can compete for England<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Helped several individual care leavers as they set up home<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Donated children&#8217;s environmental books to 34 local primary schools <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bought a bed for a young carer whose bed was destroyed in a fire at home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">An elderly lady with mobility problems we supplied with a 3 wheeled walker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Supported a Ukrainian family escaping the Russian invasion to move house<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A grant to a lady referred to us by Stafford Women\u2019s Aid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Loaned a wheelchair to an elderly patients<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A grant for 2 students to help them undertake charity work abroad<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt;\">Some local events we have supported<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Worked as stewards at the St.Mary&#8217;s Christmas Tree Festival which raised money for the church and Mayor&#8217;s charities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Taken part in the annual Mayor&#8217;s Parade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Taken part in the annual Remembrance Day Parade<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/>Some local charities we have supported:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"style22\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">MASE\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Katharine House Hospice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Stafford Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Some of the local charities we have supported:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Donna Louise Children\u2019s Hospice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Shropshire and Staffordshire Blood Bikes<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Marie Curie Nurses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">House of Bread, Stafford<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Oak Tree Farm Rural Project for people with special needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Stafford Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Air Ambulance<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Staffordshire Association for the Blind<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Donna Louise Treetops Children\u2019s Hospice<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Groups and projects where we have given support:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sponsored kit Stafford Rugby Clubs Under 13s Team<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Social Services with young persons leaving foster care<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Various local Scout\/Guides Groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">South Staffordshire Young Carers<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"style22\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Marie Curie Nurses \u2013 we collect each year as part of their Daffodil Appeal<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"style20\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 57px) 100vw, 57px\" \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Projects we run or support:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We collect recycled spectacles and hearing aids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"style20\" style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-265\" src=\"http:\/\/trustworthyreviews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2008-LionLogo2c_thumb1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>International Projects we have supported:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lions Clubs International react to disasters throughout the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">LEBU, the special Lions Eye Bus in Uganda Project.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u00a9 Stafford Lions Club 2023<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Web design Lion Dave Lewis with much help and tuition from his eldest son, Simon<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supported Causes: Ongoing Projects Support for the vaccination centre in Stafford &#8211; over 4,700 hours volunteered Support of Ukrainian families escaping the Russian invasion Loan of mobility aids Recycling of used spectacles, hearing aids and blister packs Annual Carers Party &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffordlions.co.uk\/?page_id=170\">Continue reading <span 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