ALWF NEWS

The Australian Lions Wellbeing Foundation is proud to introduce the Leo Wellbeing Award, an initiative that recognises the dedication and passion of Leos…

Join us this October and help create strength through awareness and action. We have a range of social media posts to help generate discussion and awareness plus a range of ideas on how Lions Clubs can get involved.

We are thrilled to announce that through our ALWF Community Grants program, and in partnership with the Lions Club of Canberra Valley, we have sponsored a new Story Dog team.

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Lion Sue Jenkinson-Thompson about how music has become a powerful tool for boosting her wellbeing—and, as it turns out, the wellbeing of others.

In June 2023, ALWF bid a fond farewell to Bronte Cameron, a dedicated member of the ALWF Board who had served on the board since 1996 and also played an instrumental role in the operations of Lions Quest.

ALWF Ambassador Andrew Fuller discusses how we can help improve our motivation levels.

Self Care is not an indulgence it is essential to ensure we can manage the ups and downs of life, and enjoy it as much as we can. This post has a few ideas to inspire you.

Meet some of our recent ALWF Foundation Awards recipients.

Recently, the seven-strong King Island Leos Club got behind our Freedom to Feel Fantastic campaign, to promote being body and self positive for the 180 students at the school from grades kinder to grade 12, and what a fantastic day they held.

Leo Molly is training to undertake a gruelling 8km swim to raise funds for our youth projects. Read about how you can support Molly.

We are often asked by Clubs how can they can get involved & how they learn more about the foundation’s work so we have compiled our top ten suggestions.

Why not discuss this list at your next meeting and select one or two your club can do…

Our Ambassador Andrew Fuller has recently released this paper discussing the importance of wellbeing and steps schools can take. 

Music can soothe a troubled mind. We reveal the mastermind behind an award-winning youth program exploiting the power of music. Whether Queen’s thumping ‘We Are The Champions’ or ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ by artists too numerous to mention, music is a powerful mood influencer.

Our Ambassador, Andrew, takes us on a journey to consider how pain is impacting our lives and how we can best manage this.

The Australian Lions Wellbeing Foundation has now been in existence for nearly twelve months and there is still a tremendous amount of work going on in the background to finalise this change of name for the Foundation