Tunbridge Wells Inner Wheel Club
About our Club
Our meetings are held every third Tuesday of the month at The Royal Wells Hotel, 59 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8BE at 7:00 pm.
The Club was formed in 1934, and we currently have 44 members. As well as our monthly meetings (where we usually have a speaker), we also have Fit and Friendly walks, Knit and Natter, Small coffee mornings and Games afternoons most months, as well as a summer outing and occasional bowling and theatre trips. If you would like to find out more about us, please use the 'Contact Us' button at the bottom of the page, or email us on twinnerwheel@btinternet.com. We look forward to meeting you.
Committee for 2026 to 2027
| Christine Davies (L) Mary Ranson (R) |
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Charity Dandelion Time |
| Philippa Bernstein |
Secretary |
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| Jill Scott | Treasurer |
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| Thushara Kastutiratne | International Officer |
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| Jenny Saadat | Club Correspondent |  |
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| Pam Atkinson | Membership Officer |  |
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| Shauna King | IT & Minutes Secretary | ||
| Trish Bowden and Beatrice Wisdom |
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| Christine Davies, Mary Ranson, Rosa Apps, Trish Bowden | Speakers Committee |
We have just contributed a large amount of items to 'Baby Basics' charity which we get so much satisfaction in supporting. In November we will have a big charity coffee morning at one of our members houses. Many of our members are busy knitting items to decorate a Christmas tree for a Christmas tree event at one of our local churches. This will then be sold and proceeds will add to our charity funds. We will also take part in making awareness for Orange the World day - plans to be finalised. Probably another charity lunch early next year.
Programme for 2026 - 2027
Club meetings and events. District meetings. Joint Rotary and Inner Wheel events
15th July. Club Officers Assembly at Ditton
21st July. Presidents' Supper at Tile Hatch
28th July. Visit to Winchelsea
5th August. Summer Outing to Chartwell
15th September. District Chairman Pat Brockman and Wendy McMahon from Baby Basics
23rd September - District Chairman's Charity Lunch - Murder Mystery in Maidstone
20th October. 'History of Apples' - Chris Levett
21st October. District Meeting, Ditton
17th November. 'Covert Forensics' Part 2 - Jacqui Grace and Dandelion Time
18th November. International Rally, Ditton - Hamlin Fistula
25th Nov/10th Dec Orange the World
8th December. Christmas Flowers
10th December. Christmas tree decoration for festival at King Charles the Martyr Church.
14th December Joint Christmas Dinner
9th January. Inner Wheel Day lunch
19th January. 'Hever Castle Gardens' - Neil Miller.
16th February 'Blood Runners' -
21st February Marshalling Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
16th March. 'Open the box' - Jean Surrey.
17th March District Meeting, Ditton.
27th/28th March. Kings Spring Clean
12th/14th April - Association Conference, Cheltenham
20th April 'Inspiring women of Tunbridge Wells' - Heather Stracey
21st April. District Quiz, Ditton.
???May. Walking holiday, ???
17th May TBC
10th June District Rally
15th June. Club AGM and Handover
23rd June District AGM and Handover.
Enjoying a walk around the parched, but still beautiful, gardens at Chartwell on our summer outing.
Every summer we are invited to a holiday home on Winchelsea beach for a picnic and a walk. This year we also had a paddle in the sunshine and the gale.
We are still trying to get a score of over 100 to enter the D12 bowling competition.
3 members went to the European Rally in Aarhus in Denmark - here they are proudly showing off their red, white and blue at the gala dinner.
Our table was the best dressed at the International Rally as we had presented a lot of information about the charity Mercy Ships. We were serving the refreshments for the day in our new Club aprons.
To raise awareness of the Orange the World campaign (which highlights violence against women and girls), we handed out leaflets while we were litter picking on the common, and enjoyed an orange coffee morning and quiz.
Our blue and yellow Christmas tree was much admired in the Christmas tree festival at King Charles the Martyr Church. This was then auctioned off to raise funds for the Church and for Tree of Hope. We shared a joint Christmas dinner with the Rotary Club, and enjoyed the local Rock Choir, at the Royal Wells hotel.
Our aprons were in use again at our Inner Wheel Day meal when the drinks were served by members of Rotary, and the food by Inner Wheel. Money raised at the lunch was given to Tree of Hope.
Our Fit and Friendly Walks
Each month we organise a "Fit and Friendly" walk. This is a joint venture with our Rotary Club. We meet at a member's home , or cafe, and walk for approximately an hour (the "Fit" part) and then return for the "Friendly" part, coffee and a chat joined by non-walkers.
Sometimes the walk is wetter than others!
Tea parties
During lockdown we started having tea parties with 6 people in a member's garden. This proved so popular that is has now become a permanent part of our diary.
Walking Holiday
Every year we go on a walking holiday in May with our Rotary partners, with plenty of walking, eating, socialising and enjoying spectacular views. Last year we went to the Worcester and enjoyed a bit of messing about on the river for relaxation.
Knit and Natter
Our monthly knit and natter meetings produce blankets that are given to a number of local care homes, and baby clothes and blankets that go to Baby Basics, a charity which provides essentials for mums of newborns who are refugees or fleeing domestic violence.
Fundraising
Every Christmas we join with our Rotary partners to collect money for The Hospice in the Weald at the Tree of Light in the Pantiles.
