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
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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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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Lots of lovely photos from last Sundays Wokingham Winter Carnival – thanks Wokingham.Today!
wokingham.today/wokingham-winter-carnival-leaps-to-new-heights
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The Wokingham Lions Christmas Food Collection, known locally as ‘The Can Can’, returns this December. 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.
A spokesperson from the Wokingham Lions Club told us, “We get amazing support from our local supermarkets. Their customers have become accustomed to seeing us outside the stores in December Most are happy to engage with us as they walk into the store and want to know which items we are most in need of. When they donate their purchases to us as they leave the store there is a definite feelgood factor. We’re so grateful for all the donations we receive.“
Collection dates this year are….
Friday 5th December – Tesco and Morrisons Wokingham
Saturday 6th December – Waitrose, Wokingham
Saturday 13th December – Waitrose, Wokingham
Wokingham Lions will be outside each store between 9am – 4pm.
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Great aerial shots of today’s Winter Carnival – thanks Wokinghamaerialphotography!
We’re open til 5:30pm!
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The Wokingham Town Council Mayor has visited the Wokingham Lions Club stall next to the town hall at today’s Wokingham Winter Carnival – along with Father Christmas and Leo the Lion 🎅🦁
If you need any info while at the Carnival pop along and see us – from information about stalls and what’s on, or to hear how to join us, pop by and say hello!
The Wokingham Winter Carnival & May Fayre are two of the largest events organised by Wokingham Lions, alongside #Woky Comedy Nights, The Wokingham Walk, Lions Share food collections, Wokingham Music Club and much more!
Would you like to join us? We are always on the look out for new Lions and helpers!
Details here: wokinghamlions.org.uk/about
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⛄️ It’s Wokingham Winter Carnival day!!
We’ve been working all morning to get ready to open from 10:30 through to 17:30.
The Winter Carnival is a great way to start celebrating Christmas and the Festive Season – this is a free to enter fun day out!
There are lots of options for transport to the event:
If travelling from within Wokingham Borough you can ride the bus for free on Carnival day – and all weekends before Christmas in December. Details here: www.wokingham.gov.uk/news/2025/bus-travel-will-be-free-across-borough-2025-festive-season
Details on all Wokingham Town Centre car parks run by Wokingham Borough Council are here: www.wokingham.gov.uk/parking-and-transport/parking-and-permits/find-car-park. All car parks are open – but note that Denmark St car park can only be reached from the Dukes Head end.
Wokingham Station is 5 minutes walk from the Winter Carnival. Details on their car park is here: www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/wokingham/ Note that there is a replacement bus service running on Sunday.
There will be several road closures and diversions around the town for the Carnival – Peach Street, Denmark Street and Broad Street in Wokingham will be closed from 6am – 8pm. You can see details of diversions here wokinghamlions.org.uk/wctraffic
Don't forget – you can download our full programme, including map, here: wokinghamlions.org.uk/wc25
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😴 While you sleep we’ve already started setting up for Sunday’s Wokingham Winter Carnival – it’s gonna be a great day out!
Download your programme of the days events here wokinghamlions.org.uk/wc25 with transport options here wintercarnival.co.uk/join-the-fun/
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Don’t forget – there will be road closures and parking suspensions in Wokingham Town Centre for the Wokingham Winter Carnival tomorrow, Sunday 30th Nov.
This is to make way for over 150 stalls, entertainment, music, fairground rides, food, drink and lots more across Peach St, Peach Place, Broad St, Denmark St and through to Elms Field! The Carnival is one of Wokingham’s biggest events – don’t miss it!
The fun starts at 10:30am and runs all day through to our grand finale with carols, tree switch on and lasers before the event ends at 5:30pm. Details in our programme which you can download now!
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Aerial Photos by Wokingham Aerial Photography