Newcastle Lions pleased with success of Environment information afternoon.

Newcastle Lions Club were pleased to have hosted a  fun Environment information afternoon at the Newcastle Centre on Wednesday. The goal of  the  afternoon  was to make the  audience aware of how in a small way we can help our environment by reducing carbon emissions . This is made possible by reducing  the amount of rubbish we dump and instead  recycle, reuse and restoring some of the 80% of peatlands in Ireland that are in a degraded state and  are  a source of  carbon emissions. The afternoon was made successful through the great help of Cinema manger Giles Conlon, with his  technical help of putting short films on the big screen and help with microphones. Thank  you also  for  the light  refreshments.

Presentations were make by Newcastle Lions on recycling  spectacles and showing a short  film on the work of Tullamore Lions Club, who restored part of Clonbeale More Bog. In helping to promote the story of  Tullamore  Lions, the audience  were invited to purchase a children's book, The  Lions, The  Bees and  The  Bogs. Declan Walsh then spoke  about the work of the Repair Cafe. The  next presentation was by Stephen  Woods of Tools For Solidarity, who had been  assisted in setting up his display stands by French Volunteer with TFS, Laure Dolisi. In trying to introduce humour  to the event, the spectacle talk was interrupted by a Panda who needed glasses, while  the  TFS presentation on providing restored tools and sewing machines to Tanzania and Malawi had to deal with a hungry Lion, who  wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine. This  was  enjoyed by the audience who also saw the importance of the message of all the groups .Following a short film about how Newcastle Lions recycle, and information about Ireland's Discovery  centre, the audience took part in a quiz. Prizes  were  awarded and  tea was then served. Lion President Beth Cairnduff, ended  the  afternoon by thanking our sponsors for the afternoon, the Northern Ireland Resource Network and the Lion team for their  help.

Participants  and audience  promote  Lion  Publication  at  Environment Information  Day ( in  photo Lion  President Beth Cairnduff, TFS staff, Laure  Dolisi and  Stephen  Woods Elizabeth McCann, Dan  O'Reilly, Edwina Parmar, Bill Patterson, Martha Murray & Angela Murray.