Festive News
Hereford Lions Club
SALE OF HOLIDAY HOME
WILL BENEFIT COMMUNITY
The 22nd Annual Edition ~ November 2015
Hereford Lions Club is selling its Holiday Home in Burnham-onSea and investing the proceeds in a new Community Support
Foundation to aid local charities and community led projects which
benefit the well-being of those living in the city and nearby villages.
The seafront property, which
provided free holidays for upwards
of 10,000 people over almost 40
years and closed two years ago is
being sold at auction on November
25. It is expected to fetch in excess
of £250,000.
Terry Williams, chairman of the
Holiday Home trustees said: “Since
it opened in 1977 the Lions Holiday
Home was a tremendous a support
to all those families, the elderly and
the handicapped who might not
otherwise have benefited from the
therapeutic value of a seaside
holiday. Sadly, times have changed
and in recent years applications for
free holidays dwindled, costs of
running and maintaining the large
property soared and an aging
membership of the club resulted in
fewer volunteers to drive the Lions
mini-bus each Sunday on the 150
mile round trip to Burnham.”
He added: “Ending the holiday
service was a sad and difficult
decision but it will allow Lions Club
to use the assets raised by the sale to
support a much wider range of
charities and community projects
here in Hereford. Lions have served
the community for 55 years and the
extra money from the new Trust
Fund will extend and broaden the
range of what we can achieve.”
The ethos of free self -catering
holidays
for those in need
established by members of the club
when they bought the first property,
a chalet at Aberystwyth in 1960
remains
enshrined
in
the
constitution of the new Foundation
and grants will be available from
Lions Club to help pay for them
Club member Denzil Biggs, who
played a key role in buying the
Burnham property for £32,000 in
1977 told Festive News: “It really
was the Jewel in the Crown of all
the activities undertaken by Lions
Club over the past half century and
closing the home was a wrench for
me personally, but it was the right
thing to do and the funds raised can
now be used to help a far greater
number of people in need of our
support.”
For information about the property
and auction contact the agents,
Abbott and Frost 01278 782266
Danni’s Perfect Christmas Present
Danni Clarke, a 32 year old mum of
four paralysed by a rare brain
condition and unable to walk has
had the Christmas present she
wished for - a specially designed
all-terrain wheelchair which will
allow her to go on adventure trips
with her husband and children.
Hereford Lions Club, playing the
role of Santa delivered the £3,300
life-changing wheelchair they
bought for her after hearing of her
plight. It’s a tough superbly
engineered machine capable of
taking her on country rambles or to
the beach on seaside holidays
Said Danni at her home in
Burmarsh neat Bodenham, “This is
the best Christmas present I could
possibly have wished for and I am
grateful to the Lion s Club for such
a generous gift.”
Danni in her special off-road
wheelchair surrounded by her
husband Si and children, Charlie,
Hallie, Phoenix and Summer Raye.
(See page 6 for full report) .
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