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 2025 to 2026
| Christine Davies (L) Mary Ranson (R) |
Joint Presidents |  |
| Philippa Bernstein |
Secretary |
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| Christine Baker | Treasurer |
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| Thushara Kastutiratne | International Officer |
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| Jenny Saadat | Club Correspondent |  |
| Pam Atkinson | Membership Officer |  |
| Shauna King | IT & Minutes Secretary | |
| Trish Bowden and Beatrice Wisdom |
Committee Members | |
| Christine Davies, Mary Ranson, Rosa Apps, Trish Bowden | Speakers Committee |
Programme for 2025 - 2026
Club meetings and events. District meetings. Joint Rotary and Inner Wheel events
15th July. Presidents' Party at Tile Hatch
16th July. Club Officers' Assembly, Ditton
24th July. District New Presidents' Lunch at the home of Pat Wakeham
12th August. Summer Outing to Borde Hill Gardens
16th September Jacquie Grace - Covert Forensic Officer
24th/25th Sept European Conference, Aarhus, Denmark
21st October. District Chairman's Visit and Charity Talk, 'Tree of Hope'
6th November. Charity Coffee Morning at home of Helen Richardson
18th November Simon Sutcliffe - Preparing for Chelsea
19th November. International Rally, Ditton - Mercy Ships
25th Nov/10th Dec Orange the World
25th November Orange the World litter pick on the Common
28th November. Orange the World Coffee Morning at Tile Hatch.
9th December. Peter Allen - Lights, Camera, Ho! Ho! Ho!
10th December. Christmas tree decoration for festival at King Charles the Martyr Church.
15th December Joint Christmas Dinner
24th January. Inner Wheel Day lunch at Eridge village hall with Rotary guests
20th January. Bob Ogley - The Spirit of Invicta.
17th February. Ian King - Bees
22nd February Marshalling Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
17th March. Canine Partners.
18th March District Meeting, Ditton.
19th March Charity Inter-Club Lunch at the Masonic Hall.
24th-26th March Association Conference in Llandudno
27th/28th March. Kings Spring Clean
21st April Gilly Halcrow - Shopping through the ages.
22nd April. District Quiz, Ditton.
10th-15th May. Walking holiday, Worcester
19th May Bebe Barrett - Behind the scenes on a film set
10th June District Rally
16th June. Club AGM and Handover
24th June District AGM and Handover.
Enjoying a picnic in the shade on our summer outing to Borde Hill Gardens.
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 Jurassic coast in Dorset and enjoyed a bit of messing about on the river and sandcastle building on the beach 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.
