Registered
Public benefits
There is a recognition that Newry Lions Club (NLC) cares and serves our community. The direct benefits flowing from purpose 1. the advancement of citizenship or community development and welfare is we encourage service - minded people in the community to serve their community without personal financial reward, we create and foster a spirit of
understanding among the People of our community, we advance the welfare of the community including the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health or disability. The local community has worked with Newry Lions Club (NLC) since 1965. After whenever possible. Also smaller charitable organisations in the area know that they can come to us for financial assistance when needed. Those in need of financial support, food or our service and time know they can rely on BLC to support them, whenever possible. The direct benefits arising from Purpose 2-the prevention or relief of poverty is the provision of Christmas dinners, helping individuals/groups in need by mutual fundraising community based projects and food collections from local supermarkets. The recipients feel loved and cared for by their community, they are given food, entertained in the local care home and are given the time of the members of BLC to serve and guide them in collectively raising funds to support their Needs. Our Christmas day dinner delivery is well known to the people of Newry Mourne and Down Council area and surroundings. The distribution of over 100 meals annually despite Covid, demonstrated the Clubs commitment to this talk. We have raised funds from various sources including providing marshalling services at a local vintage car rally and have distributed the funds through out the community. We have supplied toiletries on a regular basis to those in Daisy Hill Hospital who are in need of the same, we run a weekly talking newspaper service for the blind or visually impaired. We give financial support to local persons who may be travelling abroad to become engaged in poverty relieving programmes in foreign countries. We run programs to empower youth including Young Ambassador of the Year, Youth camps and exchanges. There is no harm arising from our purposes. Our Beneficiaries are the community of the Peoples of Newry Mourne and Down District Council and surrounding areas including the various nursing homes and hospitals in the area, local charity groups and the Gateway community. No
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We listen to our community needs and we serve by responding to those needs. We take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. We encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward. We work with our community to raise awareness of Poverty, Homelessness and Hunger.
We engage in raising funds by street collections and undertaking fund raising events with the community and those groups/ individuals in need of funds, assistance, food, clothing or any need brought to our attention. We offer programs to empower youth including Young Ambassador of the year, youth camps and exchanges. We distribute a weekly “talking newspaper” to those blind or visually impaired in the community. On Christmas day we serve over 100 dinners to those in the community who are on their own and have no other access to a Christmas dinner.
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- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Homelessness
- Older people
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Community development
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- General charitable purposes
- Relief of poverty