Ordinary local people doing extraordinary things for Bodmin
We're your local Lions Club, here since 1970. We run the Ten Tors walk on Bodmin Moor, take Father Christmas round the town every December, help put on the Priory Park fireworks — and every penny we raise from the public goes to good causes.
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Fore Street, Bodmin, under the Lions' summer bunting
Father Christmas is coming back to Bodmin — and we need new elves! Could you spare a few hours over a couple of evenings in December? Find out how to help
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Father Christmas sleigh
Every December Bodmin Lions take Father Christmas and his sleigh around the streets of Bodmin, collecting for local charities.
St Piran's Day parade
Bodmin Lions marshal the Bodmin St Piran's Day schools' parade down Fore Street every 5 March.
Bodmin Moor Ten Tors walk
A 13-mile sponsored team walk over Bodmin Moor, organised by Bodmin Lions every May. Teams raise money for a charity of their choice.
Got old glasses in a drawer?
Drop them in the Lions collection boxes at Specsavers or Boots Opticians in Bodmin. We send them to people overseas who can't afford a pair. How to recycle your glasses
What your support did this year
- £20,000+ raised by 83 teams on the 2026 Ten Tors walk
- £5,183 collected by the Father Christmas sleigh, December 2025
- 30 years of fireworks in Priory Park — profits go to local youth groups
Latest news
Fireworks, Remembrance and the sleigh is coming
What a busy few days. Fireworks on the 5th then remembrance day on the 8th. We are now starting to set up our Father Christmas Sleigh for …
Fireworks night is nearly here
Firework night is just around the corner Lions as part of the joint committee will be out in force both setting up and marshalling on the …
Helping at Gorsedh Kernow 2026
Lions were out on Saturday helping with Gorsedh Kernow. Gorsedh Kernow celebrates all things Cornish and Celtic. Watch a video of the …
Who we are
The Lions Club of Bodmin was chartered on 28 April 1970 and is part of Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest volunteer service organisation. Our motto is “We Serve”.
We are a mixed club with members from their 20s to their 90s. Members give their time for free and pay their own subscriptions, so money raised from the public goes to charitable causes — locally, nationally and internationally.
Every year we hand out cheques to groups such as Castle Canyke Scouts, St Mabyn Scouts, Bodmin Age Concern and East Cornwall Search & Rescue, and we award the Sean Whitmore Trophy to an inspiring young sportsperson.