About District 19
Welcome to District 19 Inner wheel.
There are 15 Clubs in District 19 spread across the Lake District and Cumbria from Penrith IW Club down through North Lancashire to Blackburn IW Club.
District 19 meets four times a year November, March, June, and July, plus we hold an International Rally in October and our District Rally on 10th March 2025.
Clubs meet monthly, some clubs twice a month, organising events including speakers, outings, fundraising initiatives, and plenty of fun activities. We combine friendship and fun to support our local communities and provide aid internationally. We are enormously proud to be part of a worldwide IIW organization, active in 100 countries with over 100,000 members.
District Chairman
District Chairman Jan Winnard
Welcome
My name is Jan Winnard and I am delighted and very proud to be Chairman of District 19. I have been a member of the Inner Wheel Club of Garstang and Over Wyre for 25 years (President 4 times) and we have 3 Past District Chairman still active members of my club, so I have a lot to live up to!
All members enjoyed celebrating the Centenary year along with the International Inner Wheel convention, held in Manchester. Our clubs are at the Heart of their Communities and this links to the GB&I logo and IIW logo – Heartbeat of Humanity – Every Beat Counts, Every Action Matters.
Our Association President Heather’s focus this year is Friendship and Membership. The special friendships we make through Inner Wheel need to be celebrated and publicized so we can encourage more women to join us.
I volunteer for my chosen district charity of Rosemere, a Cancer Foundation based at Royal Preston Hospital where I work in the cafe, serving many cups of tea and coffee.
Thus, my theme for my year is based on a quote by Eleanor Rosevelt – “A women is like a teabag – You never know how strong it is until it is in hot water” and this links with the melting iceberg theme too. I am giving a teabag to all our members I meet, who work so ha. doing so much good, and then they can go home, relax, and enjoy a nice cuppa. Our district competition is to create a tea cosy in any way they wish! Knit, sew, crochet, paint, recycle and embellish with the winning entry announced at the District Rally.
Social Links
Who we support
Rosemere Cancer Foundation, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston PR2 9HT
The aim is to work in partnership with local clinical staff to achieve the best possible care for cancer patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria wherever they are treated. We seek to do this by:
- Funding cutting edge equipment to help clinicians remain at the forefront of the fight against cancer.
- Supporting innovative ways to take the fear out of cancer for patients and their families during their treatment, making it as comfortable and stress free as possible.
- Backing local research projects that help improve our understanding of cancer and how it can be better diagnosed and treated.
- Facilitating top quality training to help clinical staff treating cancer patients be the very best they can be.
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District 19 Officers
DISTRICT CHAIRMAN – Jan Winnard
1st Vice Chairman – Pauline Butler
2nd Vice Chairman – TBA
Immediate Past Chairman – Linda Willets
District Secretary – Linda Willets
District Treasurer – Pamela Defeu
Member of Council – Kath Brown
District Editor – Pauline Butler
International Service Chairman – Elaine Parker
Membership & Development Officer – TBA
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District 19 Events
| Meeting | Date & Time | Place |
|---|---|---|
| District Assembly | 22/07/24 | The Crooklands Hotel |
| International Rally | 07/10/24 | The Crooklands Hotel |
| District Meeting | 04/11/24 | The Crooklands Hotel |
| District Meeting | 03/03/25 | The Crooklands Hotel |
| District Rally | 10/03/25 | The Garstang Country & Golf Hotel. PR3 1YE |
| Annual Conference | 31/03/25 - 02/04/25 | Harrogate |
| District Meeting, AGM & Handover | 16/06/25 | The Crooklands Hotel |
Current Clubs
Bacup
Barrow-in-Furness
Blackburn
Brampton & Longtown
Carnforth
Garstang & Overwyre
Lancaster
North Fylde
Padiham
Penrith
Ribblesdale
St Annes-on-the-Sea
West Lakeland
Workington
Workington Derwent
(1958) BACUP
(1945) BARROW-IN-FURNESS
(1928) BLACKBURN
(1985) BRAMPTON & LONGTOWN
(1972) CARNFORTH
(1970) GARSTANG & OVERWYRE
(1939) LANCASTER
(1988) NORTH FYLDE
(1950) PADIHAM
(1953) PENRITH
(1985) RIBBLESDALE
(1944) ST ANNES-ON-THE-SEA
(1993) WEST LAKELAND
(1945) WORKINGTON
(1980) WORKINGTON DERWENT
District 19 latest news
D19 Celebration
In place of a Rally this year 98 Members of D19 had a great celebration of 100 years of IW at the Midland Hotel Morecambe. We enjoyed a fantastic cake, made by our International officer Elaine, and some amusing poetry from our guest speaker Nigel. ...
Cheque Presentation
D C Linda and D Treasurer Pam at Derian House childrens Hospice after giving a cheque from District 19