Convention Reports
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Zone Chairs Reports Project Portfolios
District Almoner - Marilyn Skennerton
District 105SC Lions/partners/ex-Lions passing to Higher Service since our last Convention in April 2025
As at 14-01-2026
Lion David Brider - Romsey and Waterside Lions Club
Lion Gareth Lewis - Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions Club
Lion Malcolm Harding - IOW Newport Lions Club
Lion Judith Goodchild MJF PDG - Hook, Odiham & Hartley Wintney Lions Club
Lion John Edwards - Windsor Lions Club
Lion Ian Robins - Jersey Lions Club
Lion Byron Hughes - Chippenham Lions Club
Lion Pete Ingamells - Hook, Odiham & Hartley Wintney Lions Club
Lion Graham Blake - Romsey and Waterside Lions Club
Lion Harold Brown - Poole Lions Club
Lion Frank Fortey - Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club
Lion John Drago - Westbury Lions Club
Lion Ken Munson - Marlborough and District Lions Club
Lion Ian Gilbert - Chippenham Lions Club
We'd also like to remember at this time:
Julian Behmber - ex Fleet Lions Club
PDG Mike Hendy - ex Bracknell Forest Lions Club
Jenny Foan - partner Loddon Valley Lions Club
DG Team
District Governor report for Convention 2026 - DG Di Hopkins
1VDG Tim Hanton
2VDG Mark Cooper
It has been a fruitful and fun year. I have attended 15 club and 3 zone meetings and met so many fantastic members. This has enabled me to see the breadth of service the clubs provide across the district. It never fails to astonish me at the quality and quantity of service the clubs provide. I am excited to meet more clubs in the coming years.
I have been active on the district's strategic planning team, meeting regularly in person. I have attended all the zone chair, GAT, and the district finance committee meetings.
Training for the role, as with all officer responsibilities, is important to preparation for the future DG role. I attended the SVDG training, held on Zoom, along with the other SVDGs in MD105, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Greece.
I have been privileged to be a member of the MD Strategic Development Team, a small group tasked with researching and advising the MD 105 Council on matters requiring attention.
IPDG Sandra Manktelow
After two years at the helm, it is good to be 'in the background' supporting Di, our District Governor. It seems strange not going off to visit clubs but it's lovely that so many Lions keep in touch with me.
I have been active in working as part of the strategic planning team – meeting face to face every couple of months.
Dave Ebsworth, Brian Donovan, Jarvis and I had a fruitful zoom meeting planning our Winter Forum. Due to ill health Brian was unable to attend but Dave, Jarvis and I managed to deliver the programme despite some last-minute hitches – it's good to be flexible!
Life has been full of ups and downs this year. Sadly, I represented District in Jersey when I attended Ian Robins memorial service – he was such a proactive Lion, and I miss our WhatsApp calls.
Next year I will have a new challenge that I am looking forward to – watch this space.
District Admin Team
Constitution, Nominations and Resolutions Advisor - PCC John Goodchild
Data Protection Compliance Officer - Steve Spencer
Objectives for the Year:
To advise clubs as necessary, in co-ordination with the MD officer – continuing my successful working relationship with her.
To continue to encourage clubs to register with the Information Commissioners Office, as is required by law.
Progress against Objectives:
This has been another quiet year in terms of queries from clubs. I have one potential issue to follow up on, but details are sketchy as I write this report.
Following on from my last Convention report, I have now managed to get 2 more clubs to register with the ICO so that we only have one club left to register, and I will continue to work to get them to do so. We will then have 100% registration. I believe we are the only District to have anywhere near that level, or even the current 95% of clubs who are required to register having done so (the clubs in Guernsey and Jersey are under different rules, but have complied with those).
District Secretary - PCC Peter Burnett
Sergeant at Arms - PDG Jarvis Macdonald
District Treasurer - Dora Kan
Health & Safety - PDG Brian Donovan
Finance Team - IPDG Sandra Manktelow
We made the decision to follow on our Finance meetings directly after our Global Action Team meetings – sometimes there can be too many meetings so it seemed logical to do this especially as it is difficult to coordinate days when we are all available.
My thanks go to all the finance team but especially Dora, our District Treasurer, who has been extremely diligent and has been keeping me informed about all financial issues.
Despite a shaky start I got to grips with our HSBC business account and can now authorise payments rapidly.
My thanks to all who rose to the challenge of finding someone to check our accounts and to the person who stepped up.
Insurance Adviser - Steve Spencer
Objectives for the Year:
To advise clubs as necessary, in co-ordination with the National HQ team.
Progress against Objectives:
A fairly busy year with 21 queries to the writing this report, of these 11 were for the "TWIMC" insurance cover letter. It appears my earlier optimism that clubs are aware that this is in the MD website Members Area was a little misplaced. However, perhaps not entirely, as I only had one query about insurance for a sleigh, so members may have found the details online at https://lionsclubs.co/MembersNews/ under "Documents and Policies" - where the TWIMC letter can also be found.
As usual, I also had a couple of queries from clubs in other Districts, who seem to just Google Lions insurance! I politely refer them to the MD website/MDHQ.
Clauses in contracts which impose excessive restrictions continue to give problems, with those previously raised by one club last year now hopefully resolved. However, another 2 clubs raised this as an issue, fortunately I was able to offer solutions.
Please note that clubs (or District) should not sign or in any other way agree to such contracts, as they will have no insurance cover for any liability assumed beyond that already existing under Common Law.
I have been working with the Sight Camera lead, Lion Mark Cooper, with regard to insurance for the newly purchased cameras, as these are not covered by our existing policies.
My pre-Christmas update of 1 October 2025 generated one query not on insurance, but about obtaining permits for House to House collections, where I was able to help based on prior experience.
Going forward, clubs still need to ensure that they are covered for all events, the starting point being the insurance guide, not just assume that they are covered. I am of course happy to assist in determining what is covered by Lions insurance, where necessary.