You can do it
To help others
- Your old spectacles could help people in need around the world. We have been working with Robert Frith opticians in Sidmouth for some years to recycle old spectacles. If you have old spectacles, please contact us on the number shown below so that we can arrange collection - or please contact us via the Contact us page. Customers of Robert Frith opticians in Vicarage Road, Sidmouth will find that they can simply deposit their old spectacles with that company and they will automatically be passed on to the Sidmouth Lions for recycling.
Your old hearing aids can be used to help those with hearing difficulties around the world. Please just contact us and we will arrange collection. We send the hearing aids via the Lions Clubs network - where refurbishment is needed, they go to Frankland Prison for checking and any necessary work - and then they go for eventual re-use in third world countries, under a Lions Club International programme. There is a pressing need for hearing aids in the countries concerned.
To help the environment
- Our Sidmouth Green Bag was designed and commissioned by Sidmouth Lions to encourage use of bio-degradable bags in the Sid Valley and thereby reduce the use of the ubiquitous plastic bags which add so much to our environmental pollution problems.
To help yourself (or someone else)
- Our Message in a Bottle scheme allows you to keep basic personal and medical details (such as details of medical conditions, name of emergency contact, details of any pets living in the house) in a place where the Emergency services will be able to find it. Please see further details here
- MedicAlert provides a potentially life-saving identification service for those with hidden medical conditions or allergies. Please see further details here.
