Have you got Just3words on your phone or a green bottle in the fridge?

The great fact is paramedics know where to look (in the fridge) if you were unconscious and lived alone like I do

I agree the green container is a good idea, but would the emergency services know to look in the fridge?
I have never heard of it. Is it an English initiative?

I'm in the Scottish Borders and have never heard of the Lions. Maybe it's an English thing.

No Lions around here that I’m aware of either. Also Scotland. I have the app but hadn’t heard of the fridge thing, which sounds like a good idea.

There are some in Scotland, they’re worldwide, my Dad was a Lion.

I have found What3words really handy for deliveries to relatives in the middle of countryside - no house numbers.

I read about the Green Bottle scheme just yesterday. Looks like a really good idea and will be doing it both at home and for my mum.

Marydoll

I agree the green container is a good idea, but would the emergency services know to look in the fridge?
I have never heard of it. Is it an English initiative?

That's the point really, Mary. If you have the Sticker on your door they look in the fridge.

The point about fridges is that they often withstand fires etc.

Kitty, that is a brilliant idea!

I can only find three Lions groups in Scotland and none near me.
I'm sure there are more.

Marydoll yes they do know it’s not just a individual thing to put it in the fridge it’s where you are told to keep it and also you have a sticker to put on the inside of your entrance door to remind them they see it as they shut the front door so two reminders

When it was first started they were giving the tubs away in all sort of places I think you would probably have to apply for one now

Thanks folks for explaining it. I had genuinely never heard of it.

I was joking about the #smug gran. It's a serious business, as I well know, having had quite a few emergency trips to hospital. DH was initially so flustered, he couldn't think straight.
I now have a script for when he needs to get help for me.

On the face of it the green container seems a good idea, but wouldn’t the green sticker on the front door just highlight to burglars that an elderly person lives there, thereby making them a target?

Claretjan

I'm in the Scottish Borders and have never heard of the Lions. Maybe it's an English thing.

The Lions:
Lions are ordinary people who do extraordinary things to help others and support good causes throughout the British Isles. Globally we have more volunteers in more places than any other service club organisation, and love to step forward to volunteer, help others and make things happen.

Wherever you live, work or travel across the British Isles, you are likely to come across members of Lions clubs and the projects we support.
lionsclubs.co/Public/

We don't belong but have been to some of their fundraising events.

Blondiescot

I have What3Words, but no idea what the green bottle thing is - who are the Lions?

I took the GC to the park last week. Volunteers were working in the flower beds and there was a sign saying "Please support the Lions". GS said "Why should we support lions? They're wild ferocious creatures!"

GrandmaKT

Blondiescot

I have What3Words, but no idea what the green bottle thing is - who are the Lions?

I took the GC to the park last week. Volunteers were working in the flower beds and there was a sign saying "Please support the Lions". GS said "Why should we support lions? They're wild ferocious creatures!"

Cue for a chat about vulnerable species.
However, he could get confused about keeping a green box in the fridge and wonder if there's a lion in it
🦁

No.

I’ve never heard of The Lions either.
Or the bottle / fridge thing.

Well, I’ve just googled ‘the lions’ and the British and Irish Lions (rugby supporters) came up and a strange Christian group

Here they are, ‘Lions Clubs’https://www.lionsclubs.org/en

I’ll try again
www.lionsclubs.org/en

No jennifereccles the sticker dies not encourage burglars unless they are already inside your house 😂
It’s stuck on the INSIDE of the front door so as the paramedics close your door after entering they will see it loud and clear

I m surprised so few of you know of The Lions it’s an international charity I ve known of it since a child they do a lot of charitable events and are often behind big town charity happenings
I suppose they are stronger in some towns than others but
we ve certainly had a strong group here for as long as I remember

I have what3words but the only time I've tried using it with a delivery driver from a well known company, he said he had no idea what I was talking about!

BlueBelle yes, it is most odd.
There are several groups where I am (Derby) and also where I grew up (West Midlands) and yet I had not heard of them until now