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In the year since the 2010 bonfire programme was published, Cranleigh Lions Club has given away a whopping £42,039.
Ninety per cent of that money has gone directly to local individuals, families and groups, with eight percent being distributed to national causes and two percent to international appeals.
46% of the local payments pie has gone to support young children. A large number of relatively small payments have been made to families in need of equipment and treatment for children and to assist with child care. But some big cheques have also been sent. The CHASE Children’s Hospice in Guildford received £6,000 from the profits of the Classic Car Show last summer, £1,500 was provided to buy equipment for The Jigsaw School at Dunsfold and Blossoms Nursery in Cranleigh received £750 towards its bursary scheme.
People of all ages benefited from Lions Club fundraising when £2,597 was spent on Christmas Hampers for local vulnerable people. The Cedar Diabetic Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital also received £2,000, raised mostly at the Lions Carnival and Fun Day in June. £1,500 was presented to the Surrey Air Ambulance as Cranleigh Lions’ contribution towards the ‘Easter Eggstravaganza,’ run by all of the Lions Clubs in West Surrey working together and totalling £18,271.
Cranleigh’s Senior Citizens have received a number of small amounts to pay for mobility equipment, special chairs and Christmas lunches. Rowley’s Day Centre got a £5,000 cheque from the profits of the Classic Car Show.
Payments to the youth of Cranleigh included a grant of £500 towards the refurbishment costs of The Guide Headquarters loos.
Contributions to national causes have included £1,000 to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court and £1,000 to St Dunstan’s Rehabilitation Centre for blind and visually impaired ex-servicemen and women.
Most of our support is provided by the Lions action alone. But we continue to work alongside other Cranleigh charities where a combined effort is needed to raise larger sums of money for particular local cases.
If you have supported the Cranleigh Lions in any way, we thank you, and as you can see we have put your donation of time, effort or money to good use and will continue to do so.
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