Hayling Island Lions
Hayling Lions Christmas Tree Festival 2026
Christmas, made by Hayling
Join us at St Mary’s Church on 28–29 November 2026 for a festive celebration of creativity, imagination and community.
The Hayling Lions Christmas Tree Festival brings together trees created by local businesses, schools, community groups, families and individuals. Each display tells its own story, reflecting the people who made it and their ideas about Christmas.
Last year, a local garage created a tree from tyres and car parts—a wonderful example of the imagination that makes this event special. What stories will this year’s trees tell?
Come along with family and friends, take your time exploring the displays and enjoy the start of the festive season with your local community. Entry is free, and everyone is welcome.
Father Christmas will also be joining us on Sunday afternoon.
Plan your visit
Saturday 28 November 2026
10am–4pm
Sunday 29 November 2026
12 noon–4pm
St Mary’s Church
Church Road, Hayling Island
PO11 0NT
Free visitor entry
Would you like to display a tree?
We’d love to hear from local businesses, schools, groups, families and individuals who would like to contribute a Christmas tree.
Your display could celebrate your organisation, reflect a favourite interest or bring an imaginative idea to life. Whether your approach is traditional or unusual, it’s a chance to share your creativity with the community.
Whether you’re coming to enjoy the trees or planning to create one, we look forward to welcoming you.
Things We Do At Hayling Lions
New President
Hayling Lions are delighted to announce that Nicola Farr is our new President and is leading and all new female leadership team, for the first time in Hayling Lions' history!
Nicola is a driving instructor on the island, She used to work for the NHS, She is also a member of the WI. She is a Grandma of 1, that will soon be 2 in September. IShe's looking forward to being the president for the year 2026-2027.
The role that Hayling Lions play in island life is likely to become more demanding as we enter rapidly changing times.
Our mission as ever is to serve.
We are a unique and special island community!
Our Amazing Charity Shop
Many Islanders will be aware our charity shop in Elm Grove is now open following a ‘sparkle’ and improvement works. Please call in and meet our incredible volunteers whilst browsing our wide range of pre-loved clothing, household items and bric-a-brac. Perhaps finding that unique ‘quirky’ gift for somebody special.
Our shop on Elm Grove is our hub in the community. It is staffed by our amazing volunteers who run the shop.
The opening times are
- Monday 10 to 4
- Tuesday 10 to 4
- Wednesday 10 to 4
- Thursday 10 to 4
- Friday 10 to 4
- Saturday 10 to 1
If you have spectacles you no longer need
Please bring them to the shop on Elm Grove.
We will take them to our partners who will clean your glasses and grade them so that they can be shared with needy people in the developing parts of the world, so that your eyeglasses can continue to provide benefit to others.
Prostate Cancer Screening
Many of you will know that we used to hold screening days at the community centre to help many men on the Island have a simple blood test to see if they were at risk from prostate cancer, which develops silently but can will develop in 1 in 8 men.
You can now get a PSA test from your GP if you are over 50 and ask for a test and just ask for the test.
We are not planning to run those sessions again.
Message in a bottle
The Lions fund these bottles in which you can place important medical information and your current prescription list, so that if an ambulance calls to help you in an emergency, they know to look in your fridge for this bottle, which can help them and the hospital doctors look after you more appropriately.
You can pick them up from our shop on Elm Grove, at the GPs and at the pharmacies.
We Serve
We are the largest service based organisation in the world with with over 1 million members in almost 50,000 clubs worldwide and a history over 100 years.
On Hayling Island, we raise funds to help people on the island who need us.
Where there's a need - there's a Lion and we have Lions on Hayling Island.
What We Do
We're behind the various annual events on the island, such as:
We also help individuals in need on the Island, such as:
How You Can Help
We always need help and there's lots that you can do to help us help those on the Hayling Island live life a little more easily - for instance you could
🎄 Calling all local community groups, schools, businesses, clubs, individuals & families! 🎄
Registration is officially OPEN to enter a tree into our annual Lions Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church! 🌟
Whether you're a local business, charity, youth group, club, individual or family, we'd love for you to decorate a tree and show off your creative spirit this Christmas.
📅 Key Dates & Details:
🛠️ Tree Setup: Friday 27th November 2026
🎄 Open for Public Viewing: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2026
📍 Location: St Mary’s Church
How to enter:
Simply tap the link below to fill out our quick 1-minute registration form to reserve your tree spot!
👇 Register your tree here:
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📍 Space is limited, so please register early! Drop us a message if you have any questions. 🦁✨ ...
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A Wedding ring was found in Lidl today by one of our members, it was handed into a cashier for safe keeping. If you have lost a wedding ring, please go to Lidl and enquire. ...
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A lovely🩶Silver Sunday🩶celebration everyone seemed to enjoy themselves
Apologies for the delay in serving your roast dinner RBC had a technical issue.
Elvis was in the building again and did us proud. Well done team for another great day and especially to Julie Rodriguez for organising it all. ...
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🙏🙏🙏WE NEED YOUR HELP🙏🙏🙏
Sadly, our lovely PAT tester volunteer John, can no longer assist us. So we URGENTLY need a qualified PAT tester with their own equipment, who will be able to help us test all the donated Electrical items in our shop, before they go for sale. There’s space for the testing to be carried out in the shop and we will be very generous with the Teas/coffees and biscuits 😃
Our Lions shop is at 6A Elm Grove open between 10-4pm Mon-Fri and 10-1pm on Saturday.
Hope to hear from you soon 🙏 ...
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A big thank you to Zoe and Hayling Rounders for their donation.
See their meeting times ...
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Now open to book for those who have previously attended. Call Julie to see if there are spaces available ...
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What can you look forward to at Silver Sunday?
☕ Tea on arrival
🍽️ A two-course Sunday roast dinner and dessert
🎵 Live entertainment from Kev Wright, Elvis Tribute Artist
🚌 Transport can be arranged if required
Vegetarian options will be available—please tell Julie about any allergies when booking.
It is completely free, but places are limited. Currently only open to those who have never attended before
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💙 SAVE THE DATE — SILVER SUNDAY 2026 💛
Silver Sunday, the national day for people over 60, returns to Hayling Island on:
📅 Sunday 4th October 2026
🕛 12 noon–3.15 pm
📍 Royal British Legion
This is a free event sponsored by Hayling Lions, with good food, live entertainment and great company.
Please share with relatives, friends and neighbours who may enjoy joining us. ...
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Keep watch for the announcement - follow the Hayling Lions to be notified first ...
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