"To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation".

The Lions Club of Winchelsea (Victoria) is a volunteer non-profit organisation working for the benefit of the local community and beyond. This website provides information on the Winchelsea Lions Club's activities and programs along with contact details and media information & resources. We also acknowledge and thank publicly our many benefactors, helpers, donators, and supporters. All comments, suggestions and queries most welcome, please see the Lions Club contacts page.

The aim of this website is to provide useful information and details - if there is anything you would like to see here, please let us know.

• The Winchelsea clock tower (a project undertaken by Winchelsea Lions some years ago) has had its workings renovated - this has now been completed with the repair of the night-light for the clock faces. The time is now right, and you can see it at night!
  
• This is a busy time of year for Lions Clubs around Australia, with the change-over of officers at the end of the year of office (July to June, same as the financial year). Many functions and lots of invites around the region.
• Knuckeys of Winchelsea have offered their phone number to be publicised for recycling paper collections. Recycled paper raises significant funds for Winchelsea Lions. Phone 03 5267 2011 to have a stack of recycling paper collected (bundled with string, newspapers and magazines only, Winchelsea township area).
  
• The Winchelsea Lions agreed to support Darcy Parish, selected to play for Victoria in AFL.
• The Club is to fund in its entirety an electronic piano for the Hesse Rural Health nursing home - Maureen Ludmon (who plays the current old piano for the residents) has recommended a full-stand electronic piano which is light enough to be moved easily, has great sound, and is better than half the price of a classical piano. The piano is to be purchased straight away.
  
• The Winchelsea Lions Club's End of Year dispursements were agreed as follows ;
  • The Australian Lions Foundation
  • The Victorian Lions Foundation
  • The Haemophilia Foundation Australia
  • Teddy for distress
  • Lions Hearing Dogs
  • Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation
  • Lions Spinal Cord Fellowship
  • Lion House
  • Bushfire relief in Coleraine - Avenue of Honour replanting  with flowering gums
  • Winchelsea Senior Citizens
  • Netball shelter sheds at the Winchelsea sports complex
    
• The Walk to Wurdale event has been rescheduled for the 1st November. More details to come in due course.
• This was Winchelsea Lions President Murray Leak's last 'Business Meeting' for his term of office - Secretary Murray Aisbett thanked Murray on behalf of all members for his work and many contributions during the year, and his guidance of the club. The next meeting is the annual officer hand-over, the evening of 1st July at the Winchelsea Tea Rooms (6:30 for 7:00pm).
  

Winchelsea Lions Club's ongoing Paper Recycling Project yielded bumper proceeds recently, with a surprisingly large increase in the payment per tonne. This project is a valuable contribution to the Club's funds, used for a range of community benefits on a local, regional and national basis.

Under the guidance of Lion Hugh McCallum, old newspapers and magazines are collected in the shed next to the Winchelsea Senior Citizens building (in Harding Street) and sorted into bundles. About every other month, all this recyclable paper is loaded into a large truck and sent off to Colac for recycling. The Winchelsea Lions Club receives a payment per tonne collected, the amount of which varies according to market rates.

In spite of the current economic downturn, a large jump in the price for recycling paper resulted in a very welcome boost to the Lions Club bank account. Community support for the Paper Recycling Project has consistently been excellent. All Winchelsea residents are encouraged to save up their newspapers and magazines (if possible tied in bundles using string) and to deposit them in the paper shed for recycling. The shed can be found at the back left corner of the Senior Citizen's Club carpark.

The Council does provide recycling bins, however by giving the paper to the Lions Club, the local community-service organisation is able to raise additional funds for local use. Accordingly, taking recycling paper to the shed is an easy way to make a community contribution.