Charities
Each year the Lions nominate 3 charities to be the main beneficiaries of the Fun Run. For 2012 they are:
Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society provides information, education, support and care to help people with dementia live their lives to the full. There are currently 2240 people with dementia in the Solihull area and this will rise to 2956 people by 2021. Dementia is caused by diseases of the brain and can affect anyone, there is currently no cure
At Solihull service we provide advice, dementia support service, dementia cafes and day respite. Our services are free to everybody who needs help with all aspects of dementia care. Dementia is more than just memory loss; it robs people of their lives and has a devastating impact on families and loved ones
Crossroads Care (Birmingham and Solihull) 
Crossroads Care is Britain’s leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for. We help carers make a life of their own outside caring. Our trained staff provide flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities and health conditions, whilst the family carer takes a well-earned break from caring
As a charity, we care for people, not for profit. If you would like to find out if Crossroads Care can help you, please get in touch
Knowle and Dorridge Scouts will share the third nomination
Dorridge Scout Group
Dorridge Scout Group provides Scouting for children and young people within the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council area of Knowle, Solihull and Hampton-in-Arden. We have over 300 young people pass through the centre every week supported by 62 adult and young adults. This makes us, by far, the largest Scouting centre in Solihull Scout County and one of the largest in the Country
The Scout Association has the following clear purpose: To help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities
We are currently raising funds to refurbish our meeting place and replace equipment so Scouting is assured in the area for the next generation
First Knowle Scout Group
1st Knowle Scout Group has 130 beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers meeting in the hut just off St John’s Close
The existing premises were built in the 1960s and are in desperate need of updating and refitting the interior to meet 21st century standards
We have used our own resources and funds raised from the local community to start the work and ensure the building can continue to be used. These are now exhausted but there is still work to do
The Group has been providing Scouting in Knowle for over 100 years and we are keen that continue to do so for the next 100 !
http://www.1stknowlescouts.com/
Local and Lions causes
We shall also retain upto 30% of the proceeds from this year’s event for other local and Lions causes. If you know of such a worthy cause, please let us know. More information on Where the Money Goes
Got our own favourite cause?
We encourage all runners to raise money for our nominated charities above, however, if you prefer you may raise sponsorship for charities other than those we have nominated
It is important you:
- Use the Knowle Fun Run sponsorship form, suitably amended
- Pay your sponsorship into the Fun Run bank account
- Send us your paying in slip and sponsorship form together with contact details for the charity
- And we will do the rest – claim Gift Aid on your behalf and forward the total raised giving your details to the charity
