The following donations were recommended by Kenilworth Lions’ Community Service Committee and agreed unanimously by Lions members at the April members meeting:

• A pledge donation of £500 has been made to the Criminon organisation. This will be used to fund the provision of distance learning life skills courses for prisoners in two Warwickshire prisons.
• A grant of £960 has been awarded to the Mercia MS Therapy Centre. This will support the provision of foot health services to MS patients in Kenilworth and Coventry.
• A grant of £700 has been awarded to the Swimming Teachers Association. This will fund the provision of skills training for one swimming teacher in Warwickshire. There is currently a nationwide shortage of swimming teachers.
• A grant of £300 has been awarded to a single Kenilworth mother to provide her with a cooker.
• A grant of £600 has been awarded to the New Futures Nepal charity. This will fund the purchase of one digital smartboard which will be used for classroom teaching in Nepal.
• A grant of £400 has been awarded to a Kenilworth mother to assist with the purchase of a specialist pushchair for her son who has spinal muscular atrophy.
• Kenilworth Lions Club volunteers drove an ambulance loaded with medical supplies and children’s gifts to Ukraine in March for the Belveder organisation. Lion members agreed to fund £565 associated expenses.

A total of £4,025 has been donated this month.

A Furniture Store voucher to the value of £145 was issued against an application received from the Refuge organisation.