Lions in the graveyard

What a way to spend a half term holiday! Over two days and the course of a Saturday morning Castle Bromwich Lions helped with the Community Project’s half term challenge to clear the mass of brambles at the far end of the graveyard and create a shrub bed and to restore the water supply to the graveyard.

Joining with young people from Castle Bromwich Youth Centre, the environmental champions and employees of local business ISS we took up the gauntlet and successfully completed what a first glance appeared an impossible task. Best of all – despite the hard work, I enjoyed the challenge.

Lions are ordinary people doing amazing things.

Lions Go Wild

We’re very lucky in England to have many things organised and provided for us. But, what happens when something is neglected and in desparate need of a little TLC?

More and more communities are tackling things for themselves and Castle Bromwich had just such a situation. The closed graveyard had become overgrown and prone to anti-social behaviour. Graves were covered in brambles and self sown Sycamores and the whole area had an unkept and uncared for feeling. Local community group, the Castle Bromwich Community Project, undertook to tidy it up and with the help of local residents including many young people are starting to transform the area.

As a club, Castle Bromwich Lions felt that this was a project we would like to support. We were blessed with some beautiful sunny days when we joined the Castle Bromwich Community Project to help with the clearing and tidying the closed graveyard. This is a much needed & valuable community project which I have enjoyed supporting.

Lions, ordinary people doing extrordinary things.