50 years of Lions in Tavistock!!
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Time for us to find our next group of Youg Ambassadors!!
Here’s an exciting opportunity for you to be involved with the Lions in the Carnival and other events during the year!
We are looking for young people in Year 6 to become Young Ambassadors for us! This will be our fourth year of running the scheme and it has proved very successful!
What will you do?
You will be involved throughout Carnival Week especially on Fun Day and in the Carnival Procession and in lots of other activities in the Autumn Term. The scheme runs from May to December.
· What would your special T-shirt to look like as an Ambassador?
· Would you like to help with activities on Fun Day?
· What do you want to do in the Carnival Procession?
· And it is not just about the Carnival. We do lots of other things in the run-up to Christmas. Would you like to be an elf in the Christmas Grotto?
· Would you like to be Mickey or Minnie Mouse – or a reindeer when we are fund raising in the Square?
· Would you like to help with our Fireworks Display?
· Would you like to work towards a special Youth Service Award?
· What other ideas do you have for fundraising that we could support you with?
You can see we want you to be fully involved as we know what great ideas and imagination young people have! We hope you will find out a lot about what we do as Lions!
Who can be a Young Ambassador?
We want boys and girls to be involved. We have found Year 6 to be the best year as you are about to move on to Secondary School and it is before you have too many other things to take your time.
You need to live in PL19 or PL20 post codes.
We will be looking for young people who have personality and care about the community they live in.
What do I have to do to apply?
All you have to do is ask a parent to email ambassador@tavistocklions.org.uk and give your name, your address, your school and your date of birth.
If we have lots of interest we may ask you to fill in a form. Otherwise we will just ask you to come and have a chat with us to decide on our Ambassadors – but don’t worry it will be very informal!
The deadline is Friday April 24th so that we can have our ambassadors in place in plenty of time for the Carnival.
We know that you will have a great time and learn so much from it. So please have a think about it and ask a parent to put your name forward!
Here are some photos of what our Young Ambassadors got up to in 2025!
Always good to pass on the money we have raised to Charities. Here are pictures of our presentations to the local branches of Marie Curie and Children's Hospice South West. Presentation cheques will be given to MND and Derriford Children's Cancer Services at a later date but great to see £12.000 from the Trees of Light going to this year's four Charities! Pictured are Annabell Roberts from CHSW and Caroline Greep from Maria Curie.
The Christmas Grotto also raised £1,500 for Young Lives vs Cancer; Here is Young Lives versus Cancer Local Representative, Katherine Sawyer receiving her cheque.
Our Young Ambassadors have been wonderful this year. They all achieved Young Lions in Service awards and have supported us brilliantly at many of our events. Six of them were awarded gold awards, showing just how much service they have given over the last year. Well done everyone!!
We are always in need of new members with new ideas!
Here are our newest members -Franco Moller and Dianne Gettinby. We are sure that they are going to be great assets to the Club!
Christmas 2025
Funds Available now for Local Causes
Your money makes a difference!!! We have recently made donations of around £4,000 to local good causes and charities following the hugely successful Carnival and associated fundraising activities.
We don’t make donations to individuals, but If you belong to an organisation that is a Charity or a deserving cause, it is always worth asking if we can make a donation, especially if you have a special event or project. Contact us via email here: enquiries@tavistocklions.org.uk