Newquay Towan Blystra Lions were delighted to welcome a new member to their club, bringing the club’s total membership to 32. Carol Boyle, is shown receiving her certificate and Lions pin badge from President Heather Stanley and her sponsor, club vice president, Jon...

Members of Newquay Towan Blystra and Newquay Lions joined forces to help marshal this year's highly popular Zombie Crawl through the main streets of Newquay on Saturday 28 October. The parade, organised by Mark Warren and the team at Newquay Business Improvement...

The ever popular Community Christmas Lunch, held at the Marguson Sandy Lodge Hotel in Newquay, is set to return for another year on Friday, December 8, and the tickets are likely to get snapped up quickly. So, if you are a regular attendee, or someone who thinks this...

A Melvin Jones Fellowship is a highly-prized and prestigious award from the Lions Clubs International Foundation which is awarded to members of the community whose work towards humanitarian causes is deemed worthy of special recognition. At the Newquay Towan Blystra...

The results of Towan Blystra Lions Grand Christmas Draw will be revealed at the annual Community Christmas Lunch at The Marguson Sandy Lodge Hotel on Friday 8 December. The list of prizes is being updated all the time and is the result of the generosity of businesses...

Members of the two Lions Clubs in Newquay, Newquay Lions and Towan Blystra, came together to support an important part of the local community recently when they heard that Radio Newquay were seeking funds for some additional equipment to enhance their live outside...

Newquay Band have been a regular feature of Sunday afternoons at Newquay Beer Festival for many years and the 2023 Charity festival run by Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club was no different. All the acts at the festival play free of charge which means more of the funds...

Two former scouts of 1st Newquay were amongst the Lions who attended a recent Explorer’s meeting to present a cheque of £450 to the group and also a video projector, kindly donated by Lions Vice President, Jon Collins. Lion President Heather Stanley was delighted to...

Towan Blystra Lions President Heather Stanley said that despite the weather the revellers had a great time. She also thanked all the volunteers for giving their time, She also thanked Hendra Holiday Park for such great venue & accommodating us also the Acts who...

Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club joined Lion President Heather Stanley at Godolphin Way, Newquay on Saturday 16 September to present a cheque for £350 towards the costs of updating their camping tents. They joined the scouts, cubs and beavers as they were...

Cricketers benefit from different grants Newquay Cricket Club members were delighted to pose for a photo before their match at Newquay Sports Centre on Saturday 9 September, as Towan Blystra Lions Club members attended to present the club with a cheque for £350. The...

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions were amongst the groups that provided the finance to Rialton Community Association for them to buy and have installed a defibrillator on the outside of the Community Hall. Newquay Rotary and the other Lions Club in the town, Newquay Lions,...

Five members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were pleased to be able to lend a hand at Cornwall’s oldest continuous sporting event at Newquay Harbour on Sunday 30 July. After making a donation to the Newquay Harbour Sports Association towards the costs associated...

Our July meeting deferred by a week due to the logistics of holding it, This will be held by zoom a week later. Instead we had a social gathering at VP Jon Collins back garden where he supplied us with a delicious barbeque. Jon & Monique took on the task of...

Thank you from Ukraine   The members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club have been formally thanked for their efforts by a voluntary organisation, based in Poland, which has been established to help people affected by the war in Ukraine. Fundacja Nasza Ukraina (FNU),...

Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions will be volunteering their time at Newquay Harbour on Sunday 30 July as the county's oldest continual annual water sports competition - established well over 100 years ago, takes place again. The event is run by the Harbour...

Flukes pip Penquins to win charity quiz   Just one point made the difference between first and second place at this year’s Brains of Newquay Charity Quiz, run by Towan Blystra Lions, held once again at Newquay Golf Club. The quiz saw nineteen teams from the area...

Lions Bee, Steve & Colin attended the Civic parade on Sunday 2nd July. Mayor Margaret North affirmed that she would "carry out her duties to the best of her ability" It was a small parade but evidently invitations were late being sent out. What was lacking in...

The members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were delighted to receive a plaque showing that the club has been awarded "Model Club" status. A Model Club has shown great leadership & dedication to LCIF Foundation. We become part of an elite group that has worked...

Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were delighted to badge up two new Lions at their monthly meeting in June. Dave and June had expressed an interest in getting to know more about Lions Clubs International after being involved with Monique at DISC. They both...

First Outing for donated money raising wheel   Trenance Cottages held their Fun in the Park event on Sunday 11 June and Towan Blystra Lions were delighted to take the opportunity to raise some funds for the local community by rolling out their latest FUNd raising...

Four members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, joined by volunteers from Truro Lions, helped Children’s Hospice South West with the marshalling of this year’s Rainbow Run which is one of that charity’s main fund raising events. Well over 1,000 runners took part in...

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club have made a £480 donation to Lusty Surf Life Saving Club (LSLSC) to purchase a quantity of essential Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) UK rescue tubes. The tubes are used to support both conscious and unconscious patients who have got...

At our recent business meeting, Danny Baize was presented with his 15 year service certificate. Well done Danny, lets look forward to the next 15 years. Danny said that he hoped to get time off for good behaviour. No chance Danny, good people are hard to find.

ARE YOU BRIGHTER THAN THIS HUDDLE OF PENQUINS?   Becky Miles, Phil Midgley, Colin Martin and Ray Frith, all members of Newquay Road Runners (quiz name ‘Precocious Penquins'), are joined by Towan Blystra Lions president Jill Bunt (centre) at the Brains of Newquay Quiz...

Lions Phil and Jill Bunt took the opportunity, on their holiday travels, to spend some time at Shirley Beer Festival in the Midlands which is run by Shirley Round Table and Ladies Circle clubs. The visit had been arranged with the organisers as a fact-finder for...

The fundraising and social side of being Lions has another dimension too - keeping things tidy! Six members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions turned out on a roasting hot Bank Holiday weekend Saturday to do some much needed housekeeping of their two containers in which...

  On Sunday 21st May Lions Jo Rowland & Colin Wellington helped marshall the annual Trevornick Road Race. Approximately 300 runners from around the County & Plymouth raced the 10K run around the campsite &  Holywell Bay. Lion Phil Bunt was brave...

During the past couple of years, a group of local businesses and individuals were good enough to fund and present 12 local schools a series of children’s books by Ellie Jackson and Liz Oldmeadow in the ‘Wild Tribe Heroes’ series. These books highlight, in a simple and...

Foodbank’s New Premises receives support   It’s always been a busy place since it started but, in the last year, Newquay Foodbank, based at St Michaels Church, identified the benefits which could be derived for customers and volunteers by having a dedicated area from...

“Suits You Louise” - Lions donate Flying Suites to Paramedics Critical care paramedic, Louise (pictured left), of Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) was delighted to show off one of the new flying suits which have been purchased with the aid of a £2,000 grant from...

Giant Easter Eggs make tasty treat for good causes Over £1,100 was generously donated into the collecting tins at ten establishments across the Newquay area as Towan Blystra Lions Clubs ran their Giant Easter Egg Raffles for the first time since the pandemic struck in...

INDIAN Queens Primary School were delighted when Newquay Towan Blystra Lions offered to help fund a new sensory room which is being developed to support students during their primary years education experience. A sensory room is a specially designed room which...

If you fancy risking a quid when you visit any one of ten locations across Newquay as Easter approaches, you could be the winner of a genuine Cornish Giant Easter Egg to share with family and friends, or just keep it all to yourself! Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club...

Members of Newquay’s two Lions Clubs met up together for a social evening with a competitive edge as they competed for the Dennis Arbuthnott Trophy, a prize donated by the Newquay Lions’ late Charter President who passed away recently following well over 50 years of...

Fareshare is a national network of charitable food distributors that take good quality surplus goods from across the food industry to some 9,500 frontline charities and community groups. One of these charities is DISC Newquay. Our club has contributed each month...

There was a lot for the young people of Cornwall Youth Choir to sing about on St Piran’s Day this year as they received a £500 donation which will help them fly the flag for the Duchy on the international stage. Newquay Towan Blystra Lions responded to a request from...

When lions meet alpacas you would imagine the worst - but not when the Lions of Newquay Towan Blystra Cub visited these friendly creatures at C.H.A.T., a not-for-profit project helping others, using Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI), based near St Columb. Chy Lowen...

Newquay Surf Life Saving Club (NSLSC) youth members will be able to undertake important training prior to the summer season thanks to a donation from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club. Lion President Jill Bunt visited the club at one of their regular meetings at...

Local Sight Loss Initiatives Receive Lions Funding PEOPLE with sight loss in the Newquay area are set to benefit following a £500 donation by the Towan Blystra Lions to Cornwall’s sight loss charity, iSightCornwall. iSightCornwall, which is one of the oldest charities...

Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were delighted to badge up two new Lions at their monthly meeting in February. Wendy Bonfield and Stephen Williams had expressed an interest in getting to know more about Lions Clubs International after last year’s Newquay...

Lions Heather Stanley (Vice President & Treasurer) B & Colin Wellington attended the presentation of a £300 cheque to 5th Newquay Scout Group to help purchase some light weight cooking equipment which will be used for exdpedition ncamping by the Scouts. Images...

Towan Blystra President Jill Bunt along with Lions Phil Bunt, Jo Rowland & Colin Wellington helped Young Lives V Cancer (Clic Seargent)marshall the New Year's Day swim at Newquay Harbour. The swim was in aid of Cancer helping young & old lives with tjhis...

Santa's final meeting in the town culminated with a visit to hand out presents for the Friday Friendship Club run by Lorraine Harrison. Santa now has a mega marathon ahead of him tomorrow evening visiting all the children around the World. He told me that he has...

Towan Blystra Lions were delighted to take Santa along to the Sandy Lodge Hotel where he handed out presents to young people which had been collected and donated to DISC. Amongst those who turned up to add a special Christmas feel to the event were Oll an Gwella who...

Santa is hoping to rest up a little before his next marathon on Christmas Eve. He has asked me to pass on a message of thanks to all his Elves who have helped him in carrying collection boxes, the contents of which will help out in the community. He also thanked  Elf...

Newquay Youth Football Club coaches were delighted to receive a donation which means they will be able continue their voluntary training of the youngest members of the future England football team, throughout the winter, in garments which will keep them warm and dry....

Over 80 local residents enjoyed the annual Community Christmas Lunch at Newquay’s Sandy Lodge Hotel, organised by Towan Blystra Lions Club - but this year, in addition to the appearance of Santa, there was a special surprise.   Tickets for the event went on sale...

Santa help turn on 2 sets of lights at Nansleden last night. He was helped by his band of Elves. The event was well attended & Sasnta was very pleased at the amount of children he met. Some photos of the evening....

Photo caption: Santa popped in to get the meerkats Xmas present list at Newquay Zoo recently! SANTA’S TOUR ROUTES CONFIRMED  Here’s where Santa will be touring during December – come on out and support him AND if you have a car with a tow hitch and some time to spare,...

Santa kicked off his massive tour around Newquay over the next few nights by visiting St. Newlyn East. He was well received by lots of exited children...and parents. His next visit is to Nansleden for their Christmas Lights switch on this Friday 2nd December at...

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were delighted to welcome a new member at their meeting in the Griffin Inn on Thursday 24 November. Jay Anson, was presented with his certificate of membership by Lion President Jill Bunt who added her congratulations to Jay who had...

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions President Jill Bunt was accompanied by fellow Lions husband Phil, and Colin Wellington at Indian Queens School Primary School to be shown the three benches their club agreed to fund after they were approached earlier in the year to support...

Newquay Towan Blystra Lions send our congratulations to President Jill Bunt and Secretary Phil Bunt. Lions Phil & Jill are founder members of this club. They got married 43 blissful years ago at St. Columb Minor Church. They have been celebrating at the Penmorvah...

SANTA’S TOUR ROUTES CONFIRMED  Here’s where Santa will be touring during December - come on out and support him AND if you have a car with a tow hitch and some time to spare, how would you (and your kids if you like) fancy towing him for a night? SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY...

Picture. President Jill Bunt helping to serve the festive lunch at a previous Community Christmas Lunch Returning after a two year break because of COVID, Friday 9 December will be the date for the Community Xmas Lunch, organised by Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club...

It won’t be long now until the big day and Santa has once again decided to get out and about around Newquay and the surrounding area to share a bit of festive cheer before Christmas Eve.   With the assistance of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club, who will be providing...