Newcastle Lions Club – Supporting Northern Ireland Children's Hospice

Newcastle Lions Club is inviting local artists to help raise vital funds for the Northern Ireland Children’s and Adult Hospice.

Club President, Beth is appealing to artists across the community to consider donating a piece of artwork in support of this very worthwhile cause.

For over 40 years, Northern Ireland Hospice has provided specialist palliative care to people across Northern Ireland. The Hospice offers compassionate support to infants, children and adults living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as providing ongoing bereavement support to families.

The donated artwork will be exhibited in the conference room at Newcastle Library from 9th May to Saturday 16th May. To encourage public participation and sales, all artwork will be priced at under £100, making it accessible while supporting a truly meaningful cause.

Following the exhibition, any unsold pieces will be auctioned at a special event attended by representatives from Northern Ireland Hospice.

If you are an artist and would like to donate a piece of your work, please contact Newcastle Lions Club on 07725 725932 or email lionsnewcastlecodown@yahoo.co.uk.

Your talent could make a real difference in the lives of local families.

Lions Club President Beth, Lion Patricia, Lion Liz, and Tony Mullan of Northern Ireland Children's Hospice with donated artwork.

Congratulations to Jack Mooney of Shimna College, Newcastle

Congratulations to Jack Mooney of Shimna College on being named a Lions International Peace Poster Merit Award Winner - one of only 23 worldwide.

This is an outstanding achievement and a wonderful honour for Jack, his family, Lions Clubs family and the entire Shimna College Community.

The Lions Peace Poster Competition encourages young people across the globe to creatively express their vision of peace, and to be recognized at international level is truly remarkable.

Well done Jack - your talent and message of peace have reached the world!

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.