caterham, oxted and godstone Lions Club
C.O.G. LIONS

Welcome to our page

Since the Club was formed in 1978 it has focussed its efforts on raising funds by holding events such as musical evenings, running refreshment tents at local fetes and collections at Christmas time.

From the outset the Club agreed that it must spend the majority of its funds on local projects and with this in mind, COGs helped launch and initially funded the Tandridge Lions Talking Newspaper in October 1981.  The newspaper, which is now autonomous, is recorded on to memory sticks weekly and provided free of charge to visually impaired readers and has been a great success in keeping listeners up to date with local news. This project was followed by the launch of the COGs Minibus a few years later.  The original minibus has now been replaced with a newer model, but the minibus is regularly used by a wide variety of people and organisations in the local area.   In September 2008 COGs launched an annual maths bursary in memory of one its members, Arthur Sambles, with the second recipient receiving her award in September 2009. As well as all this COGs have made donations to a myriad of beneficiaries in the area and every year since its launch.  

There is such a lot of information about the way we raise money, spend it and have fun on the way that you are invited to visit our web site for the whole picture. www.cogslions.co.uk

If you wish to send us an e-mail please use coglions@lineone.net or if you prefer to speak with someone please contact Lion Peter Drysdale on 0845 833 7852
Pictured below is a group of Lions and partners who supported a young musician, Laura Snowden, at the Lions European Music Competition UK final held in Birmingham. Laura, playing classical guitar, beat 8 other candidates and will now represent the UK at the European finals in Bologna, Italy, in November 2010.