Lions hope to give MYMY late Christmas present at pub quiz.

On  Friday  20th February at  9.00pm in the  Harbour  Inn, the  Lions  will host a pub  quiz in  aid  of  MYMY.  Lion  President Beth is  appealing  for good  support  for the  quiz as  MYMY  do a fantastic  job. The  mission  statement of  MYMY is  "to value and  accept everyone by providing supportive services and  opportunities to build positive  mental  health and  wellbeing in our  community " 

Last  week  the Newcastle  Lions made of, £500.00 to helping  homeless.  Some of this  donation went to helping those  who use  the services of  the  Welcome  Centre  for  Homeless in  Belfast. Staff  from the  Welcome  Centre are part of  an Assertive  Outreach  Team who are out  20 hours each  day from  7.00am until 3am next  day in  Belfast and  Derry /Londonderry. helping  homeless  people distributing ,tea, coffee, clothing and  sleeping  bags to help service  users stay  warm. Accommodation is also provided, in an Female Crisis centre and for a second group a two-year  supportive living in  Katherine  House.  The  group also  provides floating  support to homeless  people who now  have  long  term accommodation. 

The public donation at Christmas to  the Lions has  help provide sleeping  bags ,of  which  fifty  are distributed each  week to help homeless  people. The same  donation also helped provide a Mobile Health Unit (medical  van) which is staffed by  NHS nurses from  8am-5pm offering  medical treatment to those  who need it. Lion  President  Beth would like to thank the public for their  support at Christmas in making  it possible to help to provide  a wonderful  service to help people 

Deborah  Boden  CEO of  MYMY meets with Newcastle  Lion  President Beth  Cairnduff to discuss  the  forthcoming  pub  quiz.

UTV's Gerry Kelly --- This event is POSTPONED!

Newcastle Lions Club are pleased to confirm that UTV celebrity Gerry Kelly would like to help Newcastle Lions Club with their fund raising.

The Lions will host a talk show with Gerry as their guest, interviewed by BBC's Rigsy on Friday 13th February 2026 at 7.30pm in the Newcastle Bowling Club.

The Kelly Show began in 1989 following Gerry's years as a primary schoolteacher in Downpatrick. Over a sixteen year period Gerry hosted 600 episodes, with one of his first guest's being the Beriut Hostage  Brian Keenan. 

Supporting Gerry is a young magician Calain who recently appeared on the BBC's John Toal show.  The maximum number in the hall is eighty nine so tickets are limited. Tickets for the event are £15.00 or two for £25.00 and can obtained from Newcastle Lions Club members, ringing 07885 075207 or go to the Lions webpage https://www.lionsnewcastlecodown.org/  and click ‘Donate’ button. Please include your email address as the payment reference.

Lion president Beth Cairnduff hopes the event will be well supported and looks forward to everyone having an entertaining evening.

Newcastle Lions help homeless appeal with Christmas donation.

Lions Clubs International District 133 is launching a Homeless Appeal and is seeking the generous support of Club Members and of the public.

Newcastle Lions Beth Cairnduff was pleased to support a donation of £500.00 for the Lions homeless appeal.. The donation was made possible by the generosity of local people who donated to the Lions at Christmas. 

DG Marian presented the cheque to Paddy Cahill who is the Lions District officer for the homeless project. Paddy partners with other relevant agencies to support the work in helping homeless people. The support links with the Belfast based Welcome Centre for homeless. This includes people from South Down who use the centre.