Q/A with Lynn Lawson

Pride of Nottingham recently asked Lynn Lawson some questions in hope to further raise awareness to such a worthy scheme - Lifeline. This as been a privilege for us, as ideally we would like to help the club. Yesterday we featured an article based on the membership side, this gave a brief insight to how Lifeline started. We hope the questions are interesting and of use to promotional members. Hopefully this will be a gentle push in the right direction, as it would be nice to fill the allocated spaces and reach a PROUD 2,500.

Q; How important is it too for the club and fans to have the Lifeline scheme?

A: September 15th 1986 the Club held a crisis meeting that drew 1500 supporters to the Astoria night club, funds needed to be found and Lifeline was formed.

Now nearly 27 years on, Lifeline continues to plough money into the Club’s coffers and helps the Clubs finances.

In 2009 we donated £80,000 to the Club

In 2010 we donated £93,000 to the Club

In 2011 we donated £110,000 to the Club

In 2012 we donated £120,000 to the Club

So you can see, the donations are increasing each year, so Lifeline is very important to us.

We also pay out weekly to members £1520 in prize money and annually £10,000, a Car and Holiday vouchers.

You Have to be ‘in it to Win it’ .

Q; Can you tell us how the money raised is spent?

A: Generally it helps the Club with running costs, bills, improvements, wages, and equipment.

We also make regular donations to local charities, most recently The British Heart Foundation in memory of Joy Sharpe of Hillside Medical.

Q; How long have you been handling Lifeline?

A: I have been administering Lifeline since 2001, so 12 years now.

Q; How is Lifeline comparing member wise in recent years to when it was most popular?

A: We currently have 2025 members, the only other time the membership has been higher and to nearly full capacity was in 1986 when it was set up and then it reached nearly 2200. As a members scheme, our maximum membership allows us for 2500. In 2001 when I took over, we had just short of 1200 members.

Q; What would be the ultimate achievement for Lifeline?

A: To one day reach the maximum membership allowed at 2500 and to one day reach it's 50th Anniversary which of course will be in September 2026!!

Fans have a better chance of winning than with the National Lottery and are supporting The World's Oldest Football League Club at the same time, so don't delay join today! It couldn't be easier!

This is a follow up to "You Have to be 'in it to Win it"

Pride of Nottingham would like to Thank Mrs Lawson for taking the time out to answer our questions. Please be sure to visit the official site to find out more about Lifeline and also to enter your chance of winning Kiwomya’s Lifeline Tickets.