Inner Wheel News
D12 – Riviera Travel Winner
At the Inner Wheel conference, held in Harrogate 31st March – 2nd April, along with other contributors, Riviera Travel kindly donated a raffle prize of £500.00 towards a cruise. The very lucky winner was Pat Wakeham D12 (pictured) who will be able to choose a...
D12 – Canterbury celebrate 100 years
The Inner Wheel Club of Canterbury (with 45 members) is currently the second oldest Club IN THE WORLD and so it was a cause for great celebration when in April it had its 100th birthday. Club President Pauline Pybus welcomed guests to a Celebratory Luncheon at...
Anthea & Melanie at The House of Lords
Anthea (Past Association President) and Melanie (GB&I administrator) were privileged to represent Inner Wheel GB&I at this prestigious venue and special occasion. It was hosted by Baroness Parminter on behalf of the charity BEAT Our attire was...
President Heather receiving her chain of office
At the recent Council meeting, we were delighted to watch Association Immediate Past President Anthea hand over the Chain of Office to President Heather. We all wish President Heather a wonderful year ahead.
D10 Ann Kelly – Riviera Travel Cruise Winner
In May, at the International Inner Wheel Convention, Manchester, I won the prize draw for a Riviera Cruise, I chose the cruise on the Douro River in Portugal. The prize was for 2 and as 1 am a widow I chose my best friend to accompany me. We flew from Bristol...
Cheque Presentation to Beat
During her Presidential year, Immediate Past Association President Anthea chose Beat as her charity. She was delighted to welcome Chloe, the representative from Beat, to join the Association Executive at Warwick Square to present her with the final cheque. Chloe...
International Inner Wheel Cervical Cancer Initiative
The International Inner Wheel President for 2024-2025, Mamta Gupta, is on a humanitarian mission to Uganda to promote the initiative for the year. The challenge is to vaccinate one million girls, between the ages of 7 and 14, against Cervical Cancer. The video...
Home Service Reporting and International Service Reporting
The date of the Home Service Report should run from January through to December. This issue crops up every couple of years despite having been unanimously voted on at Council several times. We would like to clarify the reason that the reports run from January...
District News
D19 – Penrith’s Recruitment Drive on May Day 2025
Members handed out over 80 leaflets whilst having a gazebo in Penrith Town Centre on the occasion of the town's May Day celebrations that attracted thousands of people from the...
D.20 Taunton Club’s 95th Celebratory Lunch
Congratulations to The Inner Wheel Club of Taunton who celebrated their 95th anniversary in the Paddock Room at Taunton Racecourse. The Club was formed in 1930 and was one of the original 79 clubs founded in the country before Inner Wheel was given its Charter in...
D12 District Quiz
Great Afternoon, learnt a few things, had some fun, lots of chatting and laughter. Great Friendship and the Winners were "GRAVESEND"...
Celebrating District 21 in the sunshine
The sun came out to celebrate with us at the District 21 Rally when 75 members gathered to enjoy a wonderful afternoon of friendship. We were delighted to welcome Association Treasurer Gloria Humphreys as our special guest. Ten past District Chairs were present...
D5 Hazel Grove Pudding Club
A sunny Friday afternoon was the setting, for a delightful celebration of members favourite cakes and puddings. Many with recipe cards and instructions provided, to replicate the chosen desserts at home. We were able to sample a little of each, which was a real...
Laughter at The Founder Club of Manchester
President Joan Johnstone of the Founder Club of Manchester with Rotarian Robin Graham - a Laughter Consultant. Rotarian Robin Graham - a Laughter Consultant, was our speaker at a recent meeting. He gave a fascinating account of all the different kinds of laughter...
D14 Farnborough Club’s Ever Popular Beetle Drive
Farnborough Club's Beetle Drive to raise funds for International charities has become an annual event, much looked forward to by the friends and families who come along to enjoy an evening of fun and gentle rivalry. Once the games began, the evening went on with a...
D14 Kingston Clubs Celebrate International Women’s Day
Two Inner Wheel Clubs in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston Club and New Malden, were delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day with so many local women. As an all women organisation it seemed entirely appropriate that this was something...
D5 Hazel Grove Speaker from St John Ambulance.
The speaker for our May meeting was Eleanor Wright from St John Ambulance. Eleanor has led a very interesting life with the St John Ambulance service. I was particularly interested in her talk, about the historical aspect of the military Order of St John of...
D5 Buxton Tools for Self Reliance Collection
IW Buxton held a very successful tool collection recently for the charity Tools for Self Reliance. Over a period of a couple of hours a large amount of tools and haberdashery items were brought to the stall by members of the public. The items were...
D5 Hazel Grove Heritage Walk in Stockport
A group of 8 ladies and 2 guest husbands, enjoyed a 90 minute morning walk around some of the notable historic buildings in Stockport town centre. Gareth from Stockport Heritage, was a very enthusiastic and knowledgable guide. He highlighted some of the listed...