March Lions Club CIO

31/10/2026

31/10/2026

Good Morning from the Halloween Craft Fayre at the March Con Club! We will be outside with the 5s and 0s tombola and Santa on Tour information until 1pm!

There are also 22 craft stalls to visit inside and Memories of March here to have a look around - a chance to get in some Christmas Shopping!!

25/10/2026

With March Con Club – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

25/10/2026

With East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

25/10/2026

🌧️💨 We're already on our 2nd named storm and with the clocks having gone back, the darker nights are definitely here. So, grab a blanket, pour yourself a hot chocolate, get cosy, and make sure you've got these dates in your diary because.......

SANTA IS COMING! 🎅🎄

March Summer Festival is proud to have a strong partnership with March Lions Club CIO, and we're delighted to help spread the word about their annual Santa Sleigh Tour.

Once again, March Lions Club, with the help of the March Rotary Club, are working together to take Santa on a tour of the streets of March.

All the money raised this year will support Magpas Air Ambulance. Every use of the Magpas helicopter to an emergency incident costs between £3,000 and £4,000. Magpas receives no Government funding and relies entirely on fundraising and donations to continue operating.

They will also be collecting unopened tins and packets of food with long best-before dates for March Foodbank. If you would like to donate, please have these ready in a bag for our volunteers to collect.

📍 Santa's Route Around March

🗓 Thursday 3rd – Elliot Road, Yarrow Close, Truman Avenue, Hazelnut Close and Pond View

🗓 Monday 7th – Cavalry Park, Worsley Chase, Fleetwood Close, Fairfax Way, Suffolk Way, Bretton Avenue, Hunters Chase and Cavalry Drive (finishing near the mini-roundabout)

🗓 Wednesday 9th – Berryfield and Daglass Way

🗓 Thursday 10th – Burrowmoor Road, Birchwood Avenue, Brewin Avenue, Cherrywood Avenue, Cherryholt Avenue and Ellingham Avenue, finishing at City Road Lorry Park

🗓 Monday 14th – Creek Road (from Shaftsbury Avenue), Foxglove Way, The Parks, Riverdown and Creek Road (to Shaftsbury Avenue)

🗓 Tuesday 15th – Gaul Road, Turnbull Road, Hornbeam Close, H**e Road, Acacia Avenue, Bluebell Way, Riverbank Close and Oxbow Crescent, finishing at City Road Lorry Park

🗓 Thursday 17th – Russell Avenue, Peyton Avenue, Gresley Way, Southwell Close, Norwood Road and Maple Grove (to Laburnum Grove)

🗓 Monday 21st – Elwyn Road (from Orchard Road), Eastwood Avenue, Green Street, Asplin Avenue, Papworth Avenue, Mallard Way and Badgeney Road (finishing outside the Co-op)

🎄 Christmas Eve Special Stop
Santa will also be at Broad Street, near the War Memorial on 24th December between 9.30am and 12 noon.

📱 This year you can once again track Santa's live location and donate online. Detailed routes and a link to the tracker will be posted on the March Lions Club CIO page, or visit march-lions.org.uk/santa for more information.

⏰ We aim to start each evening at around 6pm and finish no later than 7.30pm

If you miss them, they will also be collecting with the sleigh for their Charitable Fund at:
🛒 Sainsbury's on Saturday 12th December (9am to 3pm)
🛒 Tesco on Saturday 19th December (9am to 3pm)
🛒 Tesco on Tuesday 22nd December (9am to 12pm)

So why not come out, give Santa a wave, support some fantastic causes and help spread a little Christmas magic around our wonderful town.

PS The sleigh will not be flying over town it is for artistist purposes only 😉

25/10/2026

Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus Lane!

Once again March Lions Club with the help of the Rotary Club of March are working together to take Santa on a tour of the streets of March.

All the money raised this year will support Magpas Air Ambulance. Every use of the Magpas helicopter to an emergency incident costs between £3,000 and £4,000. Magpas receives no Government funding, so rely entirely on Fundraising and Donations to allow them to continue to operate. Nobody knows if or when they, or someone they know, might need that rapid airborne response, but when they do it is often the difference between life and death. Alternatively, or indeed as well, we will be collecting unopened tins or packets of food with long best before dates for donation to March Foodbank. If you could please have these donations ready in a bag for volunteers to collect, it would be appreciated.

The dates we are going to be out and about March are:
• Thursday 3rd – Elliot Road, Yarrow Close, Truman Avenue, Hazelnut Close and Pond View
• Monday 7th – Cavalry Park, Worsley Chase, Fleetwood Close, Fairfax Way, Suffolk Way, Bretton Avenue, Hunters Chase, Cavalry Drive (finishing near the mini-roundabout)
• Wednesday 9th – Berryfield and Daglass Way
• Thursday 10th – Burrowmoor Road, Birchwood Avenue, Brewin Avenue, Cherrywood Avenue, Cherryholt Avenue, Ellingham Avenue, finishing at City Road Lorry Park
• Monday 14th – Creek Road (from Shaftsbury Avenue), Foxglove Way, The Parks, Riverdown, Creek Road (to Shaftsbury Avenue)
• Tuesday 15th – Gaul Road, Turnbull Road, Hornbeam Close, H**e Road, Acacia Avenue, Bluebell Way, Riverbank Close, Oxbow Crescent, finishing at City Road Lorry Park
• Thursday 17th – Russell Avenue, Peyton Avenue, Gresley Way, Southwell Close, Norwood Road, Maple Grove (to Laburnum Grove)
• Monday 21st – Elwyn Road (from Orchard Road), Eastwood Avenue, Green Street, Asplin Avenue, Papworth Avenue, Mallard Way, Badgeney Road (finishing outside the CoOp)

We will also be stopping by Broad Street, near to the War Memorial, on December 24th between 9:30am and 12pm!

This year you can again track Santa’s live location and donate online! Detailed routes and a link to the tracker will be posted on our page – March Lions Club CIO, or you can visit march-lions.org.uk/santa for more information.

Each night we aim to be starting at about 6 pm and to finish no later than 7:30 pm.

If you miss us on our travels, March Lions will also be collecting with the sleigh for our Charitable Fund at Sainsbury’s on Saturday 12th December and Tesco on Saturday 19th December between 9am and 3pm. We will also be collecting this year at Tesco on Tuesday 22nd of December between 9am and 12pm.

So why not come out and give Santa a wave.

We hope we will see you somewhere on our routes.

24/10/2026

Next Saturday we will be at the Halloween Craft Fayre with a stall outside the March Con Club. The event is in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity.

Come and have a go on our Tombola, and find out about our upcoming Santa on Tour dates (more to be revealed this week!!)

16/10/2026

With Belle's GF Bakes – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

09/10/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it onto my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Sylvia Keane, Amanda Carlin

08/10/2026

A few weeks back we had a Pig Racing night to raise funds for the Lions Clubs International Foundation’s Winter is Coming to Ukraine appeal. After a delicious Sausage and Mash supper we had some very exciting racing and raised over £425. This will go towards funding Generators for healthcare, education, public service and utility facilities in Ukraine, ensuring reliable backup power options for when their electricity grid is impacted by the ongoing conflict. The project has already supported the Chernihiv region, with the aim to extend this to the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions before the cold winter hits.