Braintree Real Ale Festival
Each year Braintree Lions, in partnership with North-West Essex CAMRA, organise a Real Ale & Cider Festival
Father Christmas To Once Again Visit The Children Of Braintree
It is once again that time of the year when Father Christmas needs to find out who has been naughty or nice. He will be visit Braintree and the surrounding areas during December. This year he is bring lots of different helpers with him, so that he can give something back to local Braintree organisations.
Braintree Real Ale Festival 2018
Our 2018 Festival is just 25 hours away from opening. So we are fully setup and ready to go. We will be open from 11am to 11pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Entry £2 + £2 deposit for the glass. Free entry to CAMRA and Lion members at all times. See you there.
8 weeks until the 14th Braintree Real Ale Festival
With 8 weeks to go until the start of our 14th Real Ale Festival we are very pleased to announce that the PumpHouse Community Brewery has offered to provide the 2018 Festival Beer. This brewery is owned and run by the community of Toppersfield. Following a competition within their community we are able to announce
Marie Curie Collection 2018
On 23rd and 24th February Braintree Lions were collecting, at Tesco Great Notley, for the annual Marie Curie appeal. We are very please to announce that the total amount collected by Braintree Lions amounted to a fantastic £1108.81 . This is an amazing amount and we would like to thank all of you who so
Braintree Lions Club celebrate at the Palace for Lions Clubs International Centenary
The Lions Clubs of the British Isles are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lions Clubs International: 100 years of proud service to our communities.
We are delighted that our Patron, HRH, The Countess of Wessex G.C.V.O. will be hosting a Reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, 28th February to help Lions Clubs mark this milestone.
Lion President Peter Morgan will be representing Braintree Lions Club and will be joining with members from across the British Isles at the Centenary Reception together with the organisations’ charity partners.
The Lions Way of Working
Braintree Lions are members of Lions Clubs International. We are part of a global network of 1.4 million volunteers. When a humanitarian crisis strikes, Lions Clubs International Foundation work with and are guided by their own Lions members who are ordinary people present on the ground. As the World’s largest voluntary, non-governmental organisation, our volunteers
Braintree Lions Christmas Raffle – The Winners
Over the last few weeks the Braintree Lions, with the help of Fowlers Farm have been selling tickets for their Christmas Meat Raffle. The winning tickets were drawn on Sunday evening. The winner are: 1st Prize – £200 Meat Voucher – Ticket No. 0617 – Alan Edgeler 2nd Prize – £100 Meat Voucher – Ticket
An Apology From Braintree Lions
We are very sorry to have disappointed so many children this year. But the weather prevented us safely going out for 4 nights and then once we were able to go out we were hit by an unexpected technical issue.
Father Christmas in Rayne – Rescheduled
As we were not able to bring Father Christmas to Rayne this week we have looked at rescheduling. The good news is that Macmillan Cancer Care (the charity for this collection) have been able to get a group of collectors together. As a result we are planning to visit Rayne next Thursday 21st December. As
Father Christmas Collections Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th
Our Elf and Safety Officer has been out assessing the state of the roads around Braintree. Whilst he now feels that the roads are safe for Santa and his Reindeer, he is concerned for the safety of Santa’s little helpers. So it is with regret that we having to cancel our collections on Wednesday 13th