## Section A ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 07 2024 30 06 2025 **From** **To** ## Reference and administration details **Charity name** Swaffham and District Lions Club (CIO) **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1193924 **Charity's principal address** c/o 4 Roman Cresent |c/o 4 Roman Cresent|c/o 4 Roman Cresent| |---|---| ||| |Swaffham|| |Norfolk|| |**Postcode**|**PE37 7TN**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Peter Young|President/Secretary||| ||Nicola Claxton|Treasurer||| ||David Merchant|||| ||Nicolas Ashford||Julyto January|| ||RodneyGoddard|||| ||AnthonyLakey|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description•of•the•charity’s•trusts** Type of governing document > [CIO Association Constitution] (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted[Trust] (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods[Volunteer Vetting and Voting] - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** The club is part of Lions Clubs International which has in excess of 1.4 You **may choose** to include million members across over 200 countries. Within the structure of our additional information, where CIO we have a branch club known as Swaffham Lioness Lions Branch relevant, about: Club. It has its own officers one of whom is a member of the parent Lions Club and acts as liaison between the branch and the main club. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’•consideration•of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. **Section C Objectives and activities** The objects of the club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales, including in particular: The objects of the club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales, including in particular: 1) The advancement of citizenship 2) Promoting the voluntary sector for the public benefit by associating with local authorities in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of people in local, national and international communities. 3) Promoting volunteering **Summary of the objects of the** 2) Promoting the voluntary sector for the public benefit by associating **charity set out in its** with local authorities in a common effort to advance education and **governing document** provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of people in local, national and international communities. March **2012** **TAR** 2 **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 4) The relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. 5) The advancement of health or the saving of lives by preventing avoidable blindness, assisting disabled people to lead independent lives or helping to prevent or manage health issues. 6) Promoting for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment 7) Promoting community participation in healthy recreation. 1) Citizenship: We have sponsored local student who will be attending World Scout Jamboree during 2024. We have made donations to various schools•and•youth•organisations•through•our•“Lion’s•Den”•event•which•we hope will now be an annual event depending on money raised during the year. 2) We have continued to enjoy good relationship with local authorities, other agencies including the Iceni Partnership and other charitable organisations. 3) Promoting Volunteering: The club has promoted volunteering at fundraising events and also by holding a promotional/information morning on Swaffham Market Place in March 2025. 4) Relief of Poverty: The club continues to be heavily involved with the work of Mid Norfolk Foodbank. Every Monday, members of our club transport donations of food from local supermarkets and churches from Swaffham to Dereham for sorting returning with boxes of food for singles, couple and families for distribution by the staff at the Mid Norfolk Foodbank outlet in Swaffham to those in need in the town and the surrounding villages. We have also been involved with In store collections for the Mid Norfolk Foodbank at our local Tesco Branch. Both our Lions and Lioness Ladies organised fundraising events for the Children In Need Appeal raising £400 between them. Various amounts were raised by quiz nights with the money raised being donated to various good causes. 5) Advancement•of•Health:•Lions•“Message•in•a•Bottle”•has•been promoted at various events and again we have organised events to publicise Diabetes and Sight Issues. We have continued to collect used spectacles from local surgeries and opticians with around 3000 pairs being delivered by us to the Lions Club HQ in Birmingham for grading and sorting for eventual use in Third World Countries. We have also supported Macmillan, with a coffee morning and donation. 6) Environment – We have been involved with litter collections during the year. 7) Promoting Community Participation in healthy recreation: We organised Pancake Day races for the local Primary and Junior Schools in our town on Shrove Tuesday. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Achievements and performance Over 3000 pairs of spectacles collected from local surgeries plus Litcham surgery, opticians and local Tesco forwarded to Birmingham Lions for sorting and transmission to a French company where they are graded and forwarded to Third World Countries. Approximately £950 raised by raffling off Easter Eggs in local pubs and clubs – 25 eggs in all were raffled. This•money•helped•toward•our•Lion’s•Den•event•where•cheques•were•donated•to•various local schools and youth organisations. March **2012** **TAR** 4 We held our annual Xmas Collections at our local Tesco and Waitrose raising £1650 for Lions Charities, part of this went to funding the annual pensioners Christmas lunch - where over 100 individuals were fed a full Christmas dinner with light entertainment of bingo and carol singing in the afternoon – held with the support of our local high school The Nicholas Hammond Academy. The•balance•of•the•money•raised•went•to•our•Lion’s•Den•event•where•cheques•were•awarded•to•various local schools And youth organisations. March **2012** **TAR** 5 Annual Pensioners Christmas Lunch: Playing Bingo! Lions Den: Handing out cheques: March **2012** **TAR** 6 Swaffham And District Llons Club Vkl Swaffham And District Lions Club_ TAR March 2012 Pudsey•Bear•at•Children•in•Need•Event•where•£400•was•raised•for•BBC’s•Children•in•Need in November/December during the appeal. 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