WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
What Do Wokingham Lions Do?
We run numerous fund-raising events throughout the year, including:
#Woky Comedy Nights at the Wokingham Theatre
The Wokingham Classic Motor Show
Last year we raised over £70,000, while the events we organised helped charities raise at least another £55,000 for themselves. We donate most of the money we raise to support local charities, partly through our Golden Awards scheme, but we also support families and individuals facing hardship.
We also donate around 10% to worldwide disaster relief and global causes via Lions Club International Foundation.
We provide services to the local community through projects like Message in a Bottle, ReTec, Spectrek, Lions Share, Can-Can and we support other charities, fellow Lions Clubs and fund-raisers whenever we can.
Finally, we have fun doing it and organise great social activities for our members.
Learn more about our club here.
Latest News
🎉 Happy New Year from Wokingham Lions Club!
Looking to do something new in 2026? Want to get involved with local events, support your community and make new friends?
Join Wokingham Lions Club – either as a full member, or as one of our Friends of Lions who help out at larger events such as the Wokingham Lions May Fayre 2026, Wokingham Classic Motor Show 2026 or Wokingham Winter Carnival 2026.
Go to wokinghamlions.org.uk/getinvolved for more details!
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One month until Wokingham Music Club presents Tom Robinson with Adam Phillips – The Then & Now Tour on Thursday January 29th 2026 – and there are still a few tickets left!
Available from our #wokinghammusicclub website!
Organised by Wokingham Lions Club, raising funds for our local community.
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Wokingham Lions Club 100 Club Lottery!
At our festive party last week we made the Christmas Draw for our 100 Club Lottery- and one lucky winner netted £500! There is a draw every three months, half the proceeds are awarded as prizes- the other half is added to our charity account to support good causes and those in need.
Want to join in? Go to wokinghamlions.org.uk/support-us/ for
🎄 Merry Christmas from Wokingham Lions Club!
Last week we had our annual Christmas Party – with a gangsters and molls theme! Thanks to Bearwood Lakes Golf Club for hosting us.
Social events are part of being a Lion – we enjoy lots of get togethers and trips across the year alongside our community and fundraising events. Interested in joining us? Drop us a message!
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A great Christmas event organised by SHARE Wokingham which we were happy to support!
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More lovely video from Wokingham360 of the Wokingham Winter Carnival 2025!
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Wokingham Lions Club were out yesterday helping to staff the Thames Hospice Carol Concert at Wellington College.
🐘 While there they met one of the elephants that will form part of next years “Trunks across the Thames” art trail – read all about it here trunksacrossthethames.co.uk
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Thanks for all the contributions to our can-can collection!
📸 Paul King
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WOKINGHAM’S LION’S CLUB DOING THE CAN -CAN!
Kind-hearted shoppers at Waitrose in Wokingham have been donating canned food and other essential items in support of the Wokingham Lions’ annual Can-Can Appeal.
Volunteers were in high spirits—quite literally doing the Can-Can, as shown in our picture—as they thanked shoppers for their generosity.
The Wokingham Lions would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated, helping to support local people in need this Christmas.
Image Paul King
Here’s some lovely memories of the Winter Carnival – thanks Wokingham360!
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Wokingham Lions Club is one of the four local service groups that organise Wokingham Fireworks which this year has raised £31,000 for local charities!
The Presentation Evening for the proceeds took place on Tuesday 2nd December at Wokingham Town Hall. Members of the four service clubs that make up the Wokingham Charitable Fireworks Trust, Windsor Forest Unicorn Club, the Rotary Club of Wokingham, Easthampstead Rotary Club, and Wokingham Lions Club attended, as well as representatives from the charities receiving donations and other supporters of the 2025 Fireworks Event.
Each service club picks a charity to support and Wokingham Lions choose BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support) – here you can see Gareth May, President of Wokingham Lions, and representing BIBS, Liz Josef and Sam Harris.
Thanks again to our event sponsors: The Wokingham Society, Wokingham Town Council and Prospect Estate Agents.
Finally, a date for your diary. The Wokingham Charity Fireworks Spectacular 2026 will be on Saturday November 7th 2026.
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Play the Wokingham Borough Community Lottery to support Wokingham Lions Club
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We’ve done the first three of our Wokingham Lions Club Christmas Food Collections, known locally as ‘The Can Can’, – you can see two of our volunteers doing the can-can here!
Launched over 30 years ago to support Wokingham’s elderly residents in need, the project now also supports local families, and through partnerships with local children’s charities Lions know that the parcels are reaching the right people.
Wokingham Lions work closely with The Wokingham Foodbank who will also receive a substantial donation of non-perishable food, cleaning and personal hygiene products from the collection.
Supported by Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, and their customers, the collection averages more than 3,000 food items each year. These are distributed to individuals, families, and organizations across Wokingham. Wokingham Lions Club expresses gratitude for the community’s ongoing generosity.
The final collection date is Saturday 13th December at Waitrose, Wokingham
Wokingham Lions will be outside between 9am – 4pm.
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Another fantastic, sold out, night at Wokingham Music Club! Thanks to Who's Next – Europe's #1 Tribute to The Who for a great gig!
We've just added FOUR new gigs for 2026:
3/4 – Beyond the ‘STREETS of LONDON’
29/5 – STINGchronicity: The Story of Sting & The Police
12/6 – City Funk Orchestra
19/6 – China Crisis – Warped 2026 Tour
Tickets & details at ticketsource.co.uk/wokinghammusicclub
Wokingham Music Club is brought to you by Wokingham Lions Club
📷 Andrew Merritt Photography
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Wokingham Lions Club recently made a £1000 donation to Autism Berkshire to support a new initiative for autism-friendly climbing sessions at Dinton Pastures Country Park activity centre. We've just received this wonderful report on how the sessions went:
We received excellent feedback from parents about the chance for their children to try climbing in an autism-friendly setting and as a result ran four after-school climbing sessions at the activity centre in October and November.
Each session was attended by five children of primary school age, who came from seven different families. Six of the families live in the Wokingham Borough area, while the other lives just over the boundary in Reading.
The atmosphere during the sessions was very relaxed, which was ideal for autistic children.The centre’s staff, who were already trained to support people with additional needs at their own SEND climbing sessions, were calm and clear with their instructions. They adapted activities to suit each child, depending on their ability and experience, with optional challenges available to those who wanted to try them.
Here are some examples of the feedback we received from the families:
“This was really brilliant! Thank you so much. It was a real joy to see my boy grow in confidence over the course of the session – and he wants to go back!”
“We attended three of the sessions and D loved it. He tried climbing somewhere else before, but it was more challenging at Dinton and he did it! Most important, he was very tired afterwards and slept better than usual.”
“My daughter really enjoyed these sessions. The environment is just right for an autistic child – quiet and understanding. She liked ‘rescuing’ the teddy bears that were hidden on the climbing wall."
We are delighted that the sessions got such a positive response and that we had the chance to find out whether there was an interest in climbing among families we support. Many of the potential benefits for children’s health, motor skills and co-ordination are similar to those we see in the children who attend trampolining.
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Aerial Photos by Wokingham Aerial Photography