Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club

Working together

I am sure many of us are wondering which changes to the way we do things now will remain after the covid pandemic is over. Ashgrove/The Gap Lions club, like most other clubs and organisations, has had to be creative and innovative in regards to how we were able to maintain contact with members during lockdown and also our ability to raise funds and assist in our local community whilst at the same time keeping ourselves and others safe.

We were very successful in maintaining contact with our members thanks to our willingness to embrace technology but trying to keep relevant in our community and maintain our fundraising activities proved to be more of a challenge. The ever changing covid restrictions and lockdowns made arranging any event difficult, especially as there was always the chance it would have to be cancelled at the last minute. The solution lay with working with other groups and organisations collaboratively. This has turned out to be advantageous for all.

One example is our partnership with organisations such as ‘Trek2Health’. This is a local group that supports those who work in the frontline, such as defence workers, police, ambulance personnel or firefighters, by offering exercise plus companionship. At the end of each trek they needed to organise refreshments and Ashgrove /The Gap Lions club members were more than happy to oblige, with the help of our very transportable barbeque.

Another successful collaboration was with Payne Road State School and together we were able to raise money by way of an on-line raffle. This proved to be very well supported and the money raised was shared equally between the school and our club.

By networking and open communication Ashgrove/ The Gap Lions club has also been able to support other organisations in their fundraising efforts. At the end of July members of our club happily donned some ‘Hear and Say’ t-shirts and sold raffle tickets at a ladies’ fund raising lunch to raise money to assist the organisation to continue its amazing work in helping those, and especially children, whose lives are impacted by hearing loss. More recently you many have also seen some of our members selling daffodils in aid of the Cancer Council to help them raise much needed funds enable them to assist people whose lives have been affected by cancer.

Although we have always supported many organisations and groups in our area, the covid pandemic and its on-going restrictions has forced us to hone in our networking skills within our local community. Although it is expected that we will, once again, be able to run our own activities once this dreadful virus is under control, this strengthening of partnerships and collaborations with other organisations and groups will no doubt endure well into the future.

If you would like more information regarding our any of our activities please email: lionatg19@gmail.com or check us out on our Facebook page.

ATG Lions helping out at the recent Hear and Say Fundraiser

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