Fifty one years completed as Bradford-on-Avon and Devizes Lions Club’s joined us at Evie’s Café to celebrate our Charter. A yummy high tea was served with a little glass of bubbly..
51st Charter
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Melksham Lions are proud to support the Community Larder
How do you know a Lion’s been in your Larder? Paws prints in the bread!!
“Melksham Lions are proud to support the Community Larder by providing new hi-viz vests for the volunteers.
Hopefully it will boost awareness whilst they are out & about collecting and distributing the surplus comestibles from the local supermarkets.
You can find them at the Roundhouse in Church Street from 2pm on Mondays and Fridays and from 11 am Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, with additional distribution at Forest Community Centre on Fridays 11 am – noon.
First come first served!”
Easter Hamper Sponsorship 2025
The Melksham Lions would like to send some massive “thank-yous” to the businesses below:
- Mark Hussey Plant & Engineering
- T J Builders
- Tile & Bathroom Centre
- Silver Street Solutions (Kingstons)
- Bowerhill Trade Centre
- Ken’s Cars Ltd
- A L King Roofing
- Remington Flooring
- The Clobbers Bench
- Meads Motors
- Light Fantastic
- J H Jones & Son
- Evie’s Kitchen
- Alan Joy Windows
- Mid West Racing
- Colin Bush Machinery
- CS Properties
- The Garage on the Hill
- G & S Patios
- Tops Hairdressers
- DJ Brewley
- Mike Sparkes Decorators
- Colin Harrison Design
- ATK Garden Services
- Andrew Roan
- Roc & Floss
- Melksham Car Sales
- The Body Shop
- Shurnhold Storage
- Melksham Car Care Centre
- PJ Dyke
- JJ Lee
- Auto Tech
- Gompels
- Lock & Key
- Devizes Wood Products
- LPS Garden Buildings
- Andrew Clarke
- Alex Goodhind
- GRS Cars
- Absolute Tool Hire
- Mr Sparkles
- Melksham Tyres
- Avon Printing Services
These lovely businesses are supporting our ongoing Easter Hamper Raffle throughout Melksham and the Easter Trail set for Saturday 19th April from the Market Place. For further details check out the events & activities page.
We look forward to seeing you there……
The Lions Easter Egg Hamper Raffle 2025
Yes, you read that right… Lions DO have eggs. Easter eggs. They don’t lay them of course (that would be daft). The bunny brought them…
This Easter, Melksham Lions Club are delighted to be working with several local pubs and other businesses to raise money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and the various community causes that we support.
We’ve arranged for raffles to be held at each of the locations listed below, with prizes of some fabulous chocolate eggs. Dates of each draw will be set by each venue at their discretion, and tickets are £1 each.
- Bear (Weatherspoon)
- Grapes
- Hair Tech
- Harmony
- Pilot
- Buds
- Conservative Club
- Gonjo’s
- Liberal Club
- Market Tavern
- The Bell Broughton Gifford
- The Fox & Hounds Broughton Gifford
- Lowden Garden Centre – Bath Road, Shaw, SN12 8EZ
- Peddles Coffee Shop
- The White Hart – Bath Road, Atworth, SN12 8JR
- Forester’s Arms
- The Pig & Whistle – Forest Road, Melksham, SN12 7AE
- The Somerset Arms – High Street, Semington, BA14 6JR
- Glow
- Meads of Melksham – 122 Forest Road, Melksham, SN12 7AE
- Build Base
- Clobbers Bench
- Evie’s Cafe
- Garage on the Hill
- The Kings Arms – Market Square, Melksham, SN12 6EX
- Leekes
- Melksham Motor Spares
- Melksham Tyre Supplies – Station Approach, Bath Road, Melksham, SN12 8BN
- Newmans (Butcher shop)
- Pig & Whistle
- Topps Hairdressers
- Total Carpets
We hope you’ll drop in to any of the above and pick up your tickets, so thank you very much for taking part and GOOD LUCK!
Lions in the Sky
Proudly Donating to Wiltshire Air Ambulance
As we have done for many years, Melksham Lions Club are again very proud to have been able to make a donation to Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The air ambulance provides crucial support to the main emergency services, yet – as a charity and without direct government funding – relies entirely upon donations and sponsors in order to stay in operation. With this in mind we will, with your continued support, carry on providing funds as best we can.
The latest donation to Wiltshire Air Ambulance by Melksham Lions Club was an amount of £400; raised through the sale of Easter egg raffle tickets earlier in the year. Some of our members were recently invited to tour the new air ambulance base and took the opportunity to have a look the the aircraft while presenting the cheque. Our thanks go to the team at the base for the time we spent there, and to you, the Melksham community, for your continuing support.
If you would like to learn more about how we work within the community, please get in touch or come and see us at any of the events we attend. We are always pleased to welcome interest in new membership and would be delighted to see you at our meetings.
For more information about Wiltshire Air Ambulance, visit their website: https://www.wiltshireairambulance.co.uk/.
Out And About In March
Melksham Lions members are constantly out and about; often behind the scenes but always working for our community in one way or another. Among other things this month, we’ve been pleased to present another cheque; this time to Wiltshire Mind who have been a great help to us in dealing with unwanted items through their local charity shop.
Wiltshire Mind are themselves an extremely valuable and busy organisation within the area, providing vital support to those suffering with mental health issues. More information can be found on their website http://www.wiltshiremind.co.uk/ .
We’ve also been rather busy in a more ‘manual labour’ fashion; joining forces with other local folk to have a bit of a tidy up. Our esteemed president and secretary – husband and wife team Jim & Sue Whyborn – recently donned the fluoros, grabbed the grabbers, and set off on a litter picking adventure around the neighbourhood.
Our thanks go to all those who participated, especially the organisers; it’s such a shame that such an activity becomes necessary but alas it does, and the difference after cleaning is always a pleasure to see.
If you’d like to get involved in the local litter picks, get in touch and we’ll point you in the right direction. And if you’re that way inclined to want to support the community you live in… have a think about popping along to a Lions meeting sometime too 🙂