DISTRICT 105SC

Strength in Unity

The Award was given in memory of Peter Allen, a member of Fleet Lions Club who had recently passed to higher service when Jim Storey was Environmental Projects Officer in 2005-6.

Jim thought it was appropriate that the environmental photo competition should have a trophy as did Marion, Peter's wife.

Fleet agreed to name it after Peter Allen, who despite his age, was always keen to get out with Lions when they did jobs at our local nature reserve. 

This is initially a District Competition. The winner of the competition goes forward to the MD Competition.  There will be a District winner in each category and it is from these winners that the outright District winner will be selected. The winning category winners will be sent to HQ for final judging.

The photos will need the name of the photographer, their club and the category that is being entered. This can be written on the back of the photo.

The competition is open to Lions and Leos.

THE MD LIONS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPETITION provides a way for Lions and Leos to portray, through an original photo, their appreciation of the natural world. Every Lion or Leo, from a club in good standing, can enter a photograph, which must be taken in the geographical area of The British Isles.

The categories have been changed to encourage Lions and Leos to concentrate their efforts on the natural world, as well as on the, under-threat, micro world which provides most of our biodiversity

Entry Guidelines

The MD competition invites photos depicting a natural theme. You might consider the following :-

1. Native Trees            2. Native, non-flowering plants

3. Native wild flowers  4. Vertebrates  5. Invertebrates  6. Weather and Landscapes

Clubs will submit photos to the District and Districts will judge the photos at their District Convention or other events. The overall District winner will be sent onto National Headquarters where winning photos will be collated and prepared for judging by the Council of Governors at the MD National Convention. Winning Photos need to be at HQ by April 20th 2026

The photos must measure 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) if hardcopy but digital photos will be accepted. If sending Digital photos then acceptable file types for digital submissions would be JPEG, PNG and resolution minimums 300 dpi or1920x1080 pixels) to ensure print/display quality.

If sending a digital image the file name can be as follows eg."District 105CN_FirstnameLastname_Category" As this is a celebration of our natural world, the photos must not include people or have man-made objects as anything other than incidental to the main theme

Districts may only submit one photo per category

Permissions and Usage of the Photos

Once submitting the photo then that allows MD105 permission to use submitted images for promotional purposes, including print, digital, and social media, with appropriate credit given to the photographer. Garden plants and domesticated animals are also not suitable subjects.

Remember the contest begins at club level and winning photographs will then advance to District and then to Multiple District Competition. If you are not sure who your District Coordinator is, then please check with the DG Team, District Secretary or National HQ.

At MD level judging will be done by our District Governors plus one Convention guest, the Council Chair will have any casting vote if required.

For more information contact 

Lions Clubs National Headquarters

0121 441 4544

Email:- enquiries@lionsclubs.co.uk

Lions Clubs International

BRITISH ISLES

www.lionsclubs.co.uk

Entries must reach PDG Judith Goodchild by Saturday 28th February 2026 so that the winner can be judged for our Convention

In 2024 Clive Midson was again the winner

In 2023 Clive Midson of Petersfield Lions Club was the winner

In 2025 Roly Dumont of Crofton Lions was the winner