Lion President Reg Norton MJF
A retired Personnel Manager, Reg helped to form the Club in 2000 and was its Charter President. He was previously a member of Fareham Lions Club, and this year celebrates 32 years service with Lions International. Other interests include being a Community Governor for Baycroft School, a community care driver, member of the Patients Participation Group at our local surgery and a Presenter for the Fareport Talking News. He has achieved the highest award in Lions International and in our Town having been awarded 'Citizen of Honour' in 2002, and more recently,a Melvin Jones Fellowship. (Melvin Jones was the Founder of Lions International in 1917)
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Lion Peter Holder and Friend "Simba".
Peter is responsible for our spectacles and hearing aid recycling Project . He is also very involved with 'Coast Watch', supporting the local Coast GUard, and 'Club Hampshire' providing lunchtime meals and entertainment for elderly people from our village. Peter also finds time to be our Liaison Officer on the Stubbington Fayre Committee."Simba" helps our P.R. Activities
Lion Charlie Read is the Clubs Health & Safety Officer
A Past President of our Club. Charlie has a range of skills which he puts to good use in the Lions. He worked for many years as a local government officer and his knowledge in that area is extremely valuable to our club. He has also taken part in a parliamentary election as an Independent Candidate. He introduced the club to the work being done by Mental Health Charities. He has also been instrumental in creating one of our top annual fundraising activities, the BIG Quiz!
Lion Nelson Sclater
Our Liaison Officer for the folks at 'Melvin Jones House' (A sheltered housing complex named after the founder of Lions International). Nelson is a major member of our Community Service Team and also works as a volunteer for the Fareport Talking News .
Lion Carol Channing
Until recently she was one of the local Police Officers. She now is a support worker for people in sheltered housing. She was also a Community Governor of Baycroft School. Carol is the Crofton Lions Club Youth Officer currently looking for more young people to take part in the "Lions Young Leaders in Service" Project and also 15 to 19 year old candidates for the annual "Young Ambassadors" Competition.
Lion Dan Brooks
Lion Danny is a Director at Solent Funeral Services,and is one of our past presidents. Dan has been a tremendous benefactor for our Club by offering advertising and sponsorship for whole events. During his term as President he forged a link with the Lions Clubs of Lithuania, the homeland of his ancestors.
Dan is pictured here with his wife, Chris, at one of our Charter Anniversary Dinners.
Lion Mike Shipley
Shortly after joining us Mike took on the role of Treasurer, and is also the mastermind planning most of our Fundraising activities. No sooner had he completed his stirling contribution to the Club's Christmas Activities than he was off organising the Easter Raffles of Giant Eggs and Rabbits! Also during the Easter Weekend Mike will be heavily involved in the fundraising side of the Crofton Lions "Festival of St. George" Use the 'Contact Button' to book a Stall for that event.
Lion Vanessa Horscroft
An accomplished actor, singer and dancer with a local theatrical and pantomime group.
She uses these skills in our club as one of "Santa's Little Helpers"
During the early years of this Club Vanessa served as our Secretary
Lion Frances Bond
Frances was previously a member of Gosport & Lee on Solent Lions Club so brought a wealth of experience to Crofton. She transferred to Crofton Lions Club in February 2010. and shortly after took on the key role as Secretary. Frances is very active in the "Message in a Bottle" Scheme and is currently a Lions District Officer with special responsibility for the Lions/United Nations "Peace poster" Competition, and also for the recently introduced Poetry Competition. Two of the Lions International Youth Projects,
Fran at work and play!
Lions Vicky and Tony Stabler
Tony Stabler and his wife Vicky, are the newest members of the Crofton Lions Club. They were introduced to the Club when they answered an appeal by the Lions for help collecting donations with ‘Santa' during December 2010. They enjoyed themselves so much that they volunteered to help in other projects and are now both actively involved in the organisation of the annual "Festival of St George".
After studying Modern Languages at Portsmouth University, Tony worked in a variety of roles, most notably building a successful Stock Broking and Financial Advice business in Portchester in 2009 and he is currently employed by leading Wealth Advisers Towry. He has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, will break two hours for a half-marathon in 2011 and makes his own wine. Tony hopes that his positive attitude, drive and strong communication skills will be of great value to the club.'
Lion Vicky Stabler Lion Tony Stabler
Vicky is a full time Mother raising three young boys and is a Youth Worker at the Crofton Youth Project, plus a Committee Member and Trustee for the organisation. She sits on the fundraising committee for Crofton Hammond Infant School, is a keen photographer and launched her own range of ‘Victorianna' jewellery in 2010. Before becoming a full time mum, Vicky graduated with a BA Hons Degree in Cultural and Media Studies, organised the Graduation Day Ceremonies for the University of Portsmouth and was the Membership Manager for IHEEM, a Healthcare Engineering Institute, and also helped to arrange their annual conferences. Her strong organisation and people skills, plus a passion for helping others will be of huge benefit to the club'
Lion Sheila Allen
Sheila joined us in February 2010 as an ex member of the Gosport and Lee on the Solent Lions Club and , after nearly two years of really useful support, she will leave us early in the New Year to go with her husband to join his extended family living in Canada. We will miss her but wish her well in her new country.
NEWCOMERS TO OUR CLUB
Lion Edwina Howell
Edwina joins the Lions with an already impressive record of voluntary work. She is a great fundraiser and in her previous hometown she was once asked by the Royal British Legion to help them with street collections. Edwina, who had been a professional dancer, got dressed up in stage makeup, etc.. and took to the streets with her fellow collectors. She immediatly attracted large crowds and collected large amounts of money. Other charities asked for her help and she came to the attention of local press reporters. When questioned about the 'larger than life' make-up and costume she struck a pose and said "I'm just a Tart with a Heart!" That headline in local papers caused a vast increase in her collection totals. As well as being an active Lion she works as a volunteer in two other charity shops.
Lion Alison Sales
Alison Sales burst onto the Lions scene at Christmas 2010 as a result of a chance comment from our Club President. Learning that we were short on helpers for the Santa Sleigh collections and might not get to visit all the children she retorted "I'm not going to let that happen!" She then "recruited" 16 supporters which changed what could have been a failure into a resounding success! After many requests during the past year she finally accepted our offer of membership. Alison was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland and moved with her job to the South Coast in 1998. Although she is very proud of her Scottish roots, she has become accustomed to the climate, loves living in Stubbington and has no plans to return to Scotland. She is a Police Officer with the Ministry of Defence Police and works locally in Gosport. She is married to Adrian and has one daughter, Lily, who is seven years old. The family is completed by "Poppy", the friendliest dog in the world!
Lion Marc Eland
Marc was introduced to Crofton Lions by Lion Tony while they were both attending a Stubbington "Dad's" parenting group. Marc has lived in the local area most of his life and in 2001 married Joanna in Stubbington Holy Rood Church. They have two children, Amy and James, who both attend local schools. Marc is very keen on keeping fit and as well as numerous local distance running races, completed the London Marathon in 2003. Despite his advancing years he regularly plays five-a-side Football and assists in instructing in a local Kempo JuJitsu club where he has obtained black belt level. Marc currently works for a large Portsmouth based filtration engineering company and in 1998 graduated from Portsmouth University with a Hons. degree in Business Information Technology. He has been an active member of Crofton Lions since joining and particularly enjoys the social side of club events and being a part of the local community.
Like all of our newer members Marc is very enthusiastic and tries to get involved in every project .
Lion Donna Chant
Donna originally joined the Crofton Lions in 2004 but later moved out of the area and was unable to take an active part in our club. A change in her circumstances has made it possible for her to return to Stubbington. She immediatly got in touch and it was our good fortune that she wanted to rejoin. She was warmly welcomed and in her first month has already been involved in two major activities, World Sight Day and the Bulb Planting Project. (Take a look at the relevent pages on this site).
