Being a Lions Club means we are quite unique in who we can offer support or help to – which is anyone. We help individuals, families, organisations, clubs, societies and other charities.

We usually raise and spend £30,000 to £35,000 a year supporting those in need right across oue area – from Yalding to Lamberhurst , Five Oak Green to Staplehurst and everwhere between.

For data protection reasons, we cannot list all of the individual donations and amounts made but to give a sample of just some the causes or type of help we are able to offer, some examples are listed below:

Over the past few years Paddock Wood & District Lions Club has:

• Pledged over £7,000 to support the fuel poverty work of the Paddock Wood Community Advice Centre.
• Donated cash to support the Paddock Wood Community Storehouse food bank and the Marden Food Bank.
• Donated seveal thousand pounds in the form of £50 vouchers to deserving families to help with the cost of school uniforms, notably when pupils are transferring to secondary school.
• Donated over a thousand pounds to support deserving children with the cost of participating in character-forming school trips.
• Supported a family to benefit from Dandelion Time family therapy and emotional support.
• Purchased carpets, furniture, white goods and household items to a number of deserving families and individuals.
• Donated over £1,300 to enable deserving children to benefit from attending pre-school for more time.
• Donated £1,000 to Dementia groups and to enable the elderly to go on trips and outings.
• Supported social meetings for those hard of hearing arranged by Hi Kent in Staplehurst.