Our Fundraising Projects

The following pages will give you an insight to our work and projects that we get involved in and around our area.
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Store Collections

Glantawe Lions by the presentation of a 'thank you' certificate. The picture above shows John Garlick, Manager of Morrison's in the Morfa Shopping Centre, being presented with a certificate by Lion Christine Sweeney.

Our local supermarkets very kindly allow us to (very quietly!) shake our collecting tins on their premises very regularly. The photo shows our tame Lion at a recent collection in the Llansamlet Tesco store. You can always recognise us by our tabards and Club shirts. A big thank you if you’ve passed us at one of these collections and given some money. The Club likes to recognise the invaluable help that local supermarkets give to

St David’s Church, Abercrave, Vicars abseil.

Glantawe Lions Club were invited to hold a fundraising stall at St David’s Church, Abercrave on Saturday 9th July, where Rev Alun Brookfield & his parishioners were holding an event to further increase their savings towards the £250,000 required for both renovation & restoration work, together with new builds at St David’s Church, Abercrave, as it approaches its Centenary in 2012. Glantawe Lions were pleased to hear St David’s Church parishioners have risen over half the sum required.

The highlight of the day was Rev Alun Brookfield’s abseil down the St David’s Church 56ft tower. Children were invited to fetch their Teddies, which after first registering, were taken to the top of the tower by the event organisers & they then bungee jumped from the top

First aid was available to check the Teddies over after their huge jump, before they received a certificated for their effort, whilst their owners received a badge.

Rev Edward bear, the same height as the Glantawe Lion, together with the numerous teddies on the day, made the Glantawe Lion feel it had prowled too far from its den & found itself amongst a sleuth of bears.
An enjoyable day was had by the Glantawe Lions members, John, David, Brendan & Christine, despite the often wet weather. Fortunately the rain held off for the period that the abseil took place. Lion David explained that in Abercrave they say, if you can’t see the top of the mountain in front you, it’s raining, whilst if you can see the top of the mountain, it’ll be raining shortly.

Ystradgynlais Communities First, Family fun day.

a) Cor Meibion Ystradgylais which has been the heart & sole of the Upper Swansea Valley for over 60 years.
b) Ystradgylais Public Band.

Glantawe Lions Club was invited to hold its regular fundraising stall, at the Ystradgynlais Communities First family fun day, at Penrhos Youth Club, Ystradgynlais. The Swansea City football club mascot, Cyril the swan, made an appearance at the start of the event & the Glantawe Lion, couldn’t resist a kick about with the Cyril.
Together with the many stalls spread over three rooms, there was entertainment provided by both:-

Winterfest, Pontardawe

During the christmas period we raise funds and awareness for our projects whislt attending some of the local events.

One of our favourates is the Winterfest, held at Pontardawe.

This event always brings a smile to our faces on the run up to christmas.

Owain Glyndwr Festival

Glantawe Lions Club held a fundraising stall at the 6th Owain Glyndwr Festival, within the grounds of the Ancient Briton pub, Ynyswen, Swansea Valley. Glantawe Lions Club is one of the sponsors of this event, run by The Sleeping Giant Foundation, which shows off the talent of the people living in the Swansea Valley.

Owain Glyndwr ruled during the medieval years so the festival organisers like to encourage many to wear medieval dress

The Glantawe Lion, alias Lion Christine Sweeney, having taken a break from the fundraising stall, roared away to watch one of the displays by the Knights and found herself being caught at the end of several swords. After luckily escaping the swords, the Lion enjoyed playtime with some of the visiting Children.

The Glantawe Lions' Grand Summer Raffle 2010

Glantawe Lions Club held their Grand Summer Draw on 22nd September, at the Ynystawe Cricket Club. The sales of the tickets were sold over a period of months, both at events and by some of the Club members going out to licensed venues about their area, at weekends. Glantawe Lions Club thank the Landlords and Managers of these venues for allowing us to sell our tickets and help us with our fundraising work.

Mr Derek Hubschmid, the Bar Manager of the Ynystawe Cricket Club, kindly offered his services and assisted Lions Wendy Demaid and Peter Evans, by drawing the 19 winning tickets. The first prize was £150 worth of High Street vouchers which was won by Mr D Taylor of Port Talbot. All prizes have been now been claimed.

Various Fetes and Fairs.

Every year the Glantawe Lions visits and attend the numerous fetes and fairs that can be found in and around the swansea valley. These fetes supply the backbone to our fundraising attempts and projects.

Hopefull we will see you there. . . . .

Mond Fireworks Nights

Every year the Glantawe Lions help out the with local fireworks display at the Mond Clydach. Whilst we help with the marshalling, the fun happens when we have a stall selling various items of glow sticks, whistles, bracelets and fun games.

Keep an eye on the site closer to the time for updates. See you at the display.

Ghost Night at the Mond 2009

For Halloween Glantawe Lions in association with Phoenix Society of Paranormal Investigation held an ‘Evening of Paranormal Investigation’ at the Inco Social Hall, Clydach. The evening started around 7.30pm and finished around midnight.

By the end of the night, everyone had a great night and enjoyed this spooky experience.

Christmas Shopper Bus Trip

During the run up to christmas Glantawe Lions have organised a set of shopping trips to Bath and Bristol. This allowed us to raise moneys whilst enjoying a shopaholics dream day trip.

The normal trip consists of meeting around 7.30-8.00am at one of our pick up points, reaching the shopping venue and then returning at 18.00 to 18.30.

Normal a great day out.

' Letters From Santa ' 2010

Imagine what it would be like to receive your very own letter from Father Christmas! For a donation of £2.00 per letter, you can order a personalized letter from Father Christmas to be sent to the child or children of your choice Or you can even send a fun seasonal letter to your family, friend or colleagues!

This is a great way to spread the joy at christmas whislt helping your local community. Keep an eye on this page. An update for the 2010 totals....

' Meet Santa at Heavenly, Clydach 2010 '

In 2010, Glantawe Lions held a "Santa's Grotto" at Heavenly, Clydach.
This gave children and parents in the area a chance to meet Father Christmas himself, whislt raising money for our projects.

During the visit to Father Christmas, the children was presented a small gift, & a was taken photo with santa so they can remember to visit. Hopefully the Glantawe Lions Santa will return next Christmas.

Neath Community Festival

Glantawe Lions Club is being seen at more and more events in the Neath area. Pictured is our stall at this years Neath Festival.

The local Vicar tries his luck by choosing a square on our ‘Treasure Hunt’ board. Will he be the winner of 'Loads a money' when the board fills up?

Pontardawe Festival

A very enjoyable event again, which seen our Lion, alias Lion Christine, join the parade at the start of the day & then assist Lions John, Brendan & David with the running of our regular fundraising stall, which seen two of our small dogs & a large dog won on the lucky dip with even more squares were sold on this seasons Treasure Hunt board.

Many thanks to all who spend on our stall & help us raise funds for the local Community.

We would like to point out that the Glantawe Lions Club incorporates the Glantawe Lions Club Charitable Trust Fund
(Registered Charity No. 1079936); a significant proportion of the above donations were made through the Charitable Trust Fund.