Accrington Lions, a local branch of the global organisation Lions International has received a £500 donation from the Pavers Foundation. The Foundation made the donation on behalf of Sarah Entwistle, a Pavers colleague from Oswaldtwistle Mills.
With over 1.4 million members around the world, the Lions are an international organisation of volunteers dedicated to serving their community. The Accrington Lions have been involved in several local causes from assisting a family after the loss of their house in a fire, planning and hosting community events to collecting surplus and used glasses and hearing aids and repurposing or redistributing them to those in need.
The successful applicant, Sarah, felt compelled to help Accrington Lions and said: “I am deeply impressed by the dedication of the small team who run the local branch of the International Lions Charity here in Accrington”. She told us of the free events she’s attended with her family as well as Accrington’s new initiative to fund and install defibrillators in critical locations. Of which the importance became extremely clear in December last year when Richard Gibson, President of Accrington Lions, suffered a near fatal collapse during the Lions Annual Christmas Party and was only revived due to the proximity and availability of a local defibrillator.
Barbara Banks, Volunteer and previous President of the organisation said: "We're extremely grateful for this kind donation to our much-loved charity and would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Pavers Foundation, in particular to the team at Pavers Oswaldtwistle Mills for nominating us! The money will go towards sourcing and installing another defibrillator in our community"