Worthing Lions go Christmas shopping to support five nominated charities in the town

Members emptied shelves at ASDA in Ferring, all with the support of the store's community champion, Gary Baines.

As the Worthing Lions Club team filled their trollies, Gary got busy replenishing the shelves from the stockroom.

He even came to the rescue when the volunteers ran out of cardboard boxes to put the food in.

Jean Irving said: "I’m not sure any of us realised what thousands of pounds worth of food looked like and how many trolleys we would need!

"Our sincere thanks go to Gary and to ASDA for their support. The checkout staff looked bemused as we loaded the conveyer belt with large numbers of the same items, e.g. tins of ham, stuffing, gravy granules, pickles, not forgetting tins of Heroes and Celebrations -just some of the items requested by the charities to help make their service users' lives more enjoyable this Christmas.

"Everybody worked hard for two days, buying and delivering the food to Worthing Food Foundation, Broadwater Community Hub, Worthing Homes Community House, Worthing Soup Kitchen and Tarring Warm Hub.

"The staff at these support centres are amazing, so passionate and friendly. They were all very grateful to receive our deliveries and were happy to pose for photographs."

On December 1, Lions and other helpers got together to wrap up toys before delivering them to the Community House, in Dominion Road.

In the past 35 years, Worthing Lions Club has made grants of more than £828,000 to worthy causes and individuals in need, an average of £23,658 per year.

Jean said: "These figures are all the more amazing, as they include the figures for two years to June 2025 total over £100,000."

November was a busy month for the club Worthing Lions Club, starting with the annual November 5 fireworks display.

The Lions attended the Remembrance Day service and march past on November 9, with Lion Adrian Tincknell laying a wreath on behalf of the club and several Lions acting as marshals.