BROADSTAIRS INNER WHEEL
2024/25
70th Year - Inaugurated 22nd February 1955
About our Club
Broadstairs Inner Wheel Club meet at North Foreland Golf Club on the 3rd Monday of the month for a dinner and speaker evening starting at 5.30 for 6pm. Membership currently stands at 24.
For more information please use 'Contact Us' page
BROADSTAIRS PRESIDENTS 2024/2025
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PRESIDENTS PERI PERCY & SUSAN ELLIOTT
PRESIDENTS SUSAN PLATT & JENNIFER BRYANT
NEWS UPDATE
THANET FOOD LINK
MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm
SPEAKER Mr Roy Finch on "How to Help the Hedgehogs"
Roy gave us a passionate talk expressing the love he has for hedgehogs. Hedgehogs are small, spiny mammals that first evolved about 15 million years ago. One of the most famous hedgehogs is of course Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, the industrious washerwoman from Beatrix Potter's stories. The character is inspired by Beatrix Potter's own pet hedgehog. Hedgehogs are declining severely in Britain, a third have been lost in urban areas since the millennium. People tend to live in Towns and cities, hedgehogs love suburbia - they can be found in their highest densities here. Small changes in how we manage our gardens can make a big difference to hedgehogs.
NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE HEALING POWER OF TEDDY.
SENDING TEDDY BEARS TO TRAUMATISED AND DISPLACED CHILDREN
The ladies of Broadstairs Inner Wheel attended the District International Rally held at the Ditton Community Centre on Thursday 14th November. The International Charity supported this year is the TEDDY BEAR TRUST. Teddy bears are collected by the IW Clubs all over the South East. Vests are knitted that serve both the Teddy Bears and Premature Babies. Money is also raised to pay transport cost for the Teddies. IW Clubs choose their own way of raising money:
Broadstairs IW are photoed selling £2 boxes, 'everyones a winner'.
BROADSTAIRS PRESIDENTS REPRESENT BROADSTAIRS INNER WHEEL AT THE WAR MEMORIAL
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th 2024
When you go home, tell them of us, and say "For your tomorrow we gave our today"
(Kohima Epitaph - John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958)
YASMIN BAILEY ON 'RAMSDEN THE GORILLA' MONDAY 21ST OCTOBER
PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH FUND
Yasmin Bailey introduced us to Ramsen her Gorilla Mascot and gave a wonderful and amusing talk on his travels and tales whilst fundraising for the Pancreatic Cancer Rearch Fund.
ANNI'S PIMMS AND TRADITIONAL GARDEN TEA PARTY ON WEDNESDAY 21ST AUGUST
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH GARDEN PARTY
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CLUB PROGRAMME 2024-25
| Monday 15th July Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30pm for 6pm |
| PRESENTATION to Karen Kenward Thanet Pilgrims Hospice £2,011.84 |
| SPEAKER Margaret Ovenden on Time at the Tom Thumb Theatre |
| Tuesday 6th August - Coffee at the Captain Digby - catch-up |
| Wednesday 21st August Pimms & Afternoon Tea Anni Bignold's House Open invitation cost £12.50 Charity Thanet Food LINK open to all Clubs |
| No formal meeting in August |
 Monday 16th September Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30pm for 6pm INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER Julie Camburn |
| SPEAKER Mr Ian Carter Chapman on "Broadstairs at the Flicks" |
| Monday 21st October Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30pm for 6pm |
| SPEAKER Yasmin Bailey on "Ramsden the Gorilla" |
| Sunday 10th November Remembrance Sunday - lay wreath at Cenotaph Broadstairs |
| Thursday 14th November International Rally at Ditton 10am Charity Teddy Bears Trust |
| Monday 18th November Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm |
| SPEAKER Mr Roy Finch on "How to Help the Hedgehogs" |
| Monday 16th December Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 7 for 7.30pm |
| JOINT CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THANET ROTARY - Salvation Army Band - Christmas Carols |
| Friday 10th January 2025 INNER WHEEL DAY TO BE ARRANGED BY MARGATE CLUB |
| Monday 20th January Dinner at North Foreland Golf club 5.30 for 6pm |
| SPEAKER Mrs Freda Bean "Tracking in the Himalayas" |
| Thursday 27th February 2025 |
| Broadstairs IW 70th Birthday Lunch at the YARROW Hotel, Broadstairs. 12.noon |
| Speaker Ian Carter Chapman on "Canterbury's Lost Theatres" |
| Also Inner Wheel District Chairman Rosemary Barnes (Gillingham) - local clubs invited, numbers by 16th December. |
| Monday 17th March Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm |
| SPEAKER on Ramsgate Tunnels - approach to be confirmed |
| Friday 4th April QUIZ NIGHT - St Peter's Church Hall, 6.30pm for 7pm Tables of 8 - Fish & Chip Supper £12.50 |
| Tuesday 22nd April Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm |
| SPEAKER District Chairman's visit. |
| Tuesday 20th May - Broadstairs Inter-club Lunch at North Foreland Golf Club 2.30 for 1pm |
| SPEAKER The Dickens Disclaimers, Suffragettes. |
| Monday 9th June Dinner at North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm |
| Broadstairs AGM & HANDOVER |
Generally speaking Inner Wheel operates below the radar. Before the event of "Women in Rotary" there had not been any need to highlight the workings behind the Wheel. Unlike the men who have boosted their number with the help of the Rotary Ladies, Inner Wheel has had to re-invent itself, drawing away from Rotary and opening up to all ladies with a desire to work for the community and to join together in friendship.
Fund raising and social gatherings go hand in hand, with money raised from Quiz nights, which currently seem to be an excellent way of raising funds whilst providing a challenging and competitive social experience. Bowls evenings, which may involve learning a new skill for many of us, involves having fun whilst at the same time raising money for charity. Coffee mornings, raffles, afternoon tea parties, are all part of the mix.
International Charities also benefit from the continuing support of the Broadstairs Club, Polio, Water Aid, Book Bus, to name but a few.
In this 70th year since it's inauguration, Broadstairs Inner Wheel has four new Presidents, Jennifer Bryant, Sue Elliott, Sue Platt and Peri Percy, all four working together for the good of the Club and the Community. Their chosen charity for the coming Inner Wheel year, 2024/25 is "Thanet Food Link, a Registered Charity, originally established in April 2013 by Harvest New Anglican and St. Paul's Church".
Broadstairs Inner Wheel meet at North Foreland Golf Club on the 3rd Monday of the month. Every month we have a meal followed by a speaker from the local area. Talks which have included "Oberammergau", the "Goodwin Sands" the history of Sandwich Cinema". Time at the Tom Thumb Theatre, Broadstairs at the Flicks, and how to "Help Hedgehogs, all go towards making Broadstairs Inner Wheel a Club that works well, a ladies club that is diverse, interesting and energised.
Membership officer: dorothy.reid7@btinternet.com
PILGRIMS HOSPICE THANET
Past President Dorothy Reid is seen presenting a cheque to Karen Kenward from Thanet Hospice for £2, 011.84
Entering its 70th year of continuous service to the community, Broadstairs Inner Wheel thrives in this modern age.
Our meeting in July saw the culmination of the Club's fundraising effort over the past year resulting in a cheque for the sum of £2,011.84, seen here being presented to Karen Kenward, Regional Fundraising Manager for Thanet Hospice, by outgoing Inner Wheel President Dorothy Reid.
"According to new data from Hospice UK, England's adults' hospices have faced a real- terms cut in their Government funding of £47m in the past two years. Insufficient NHS funding means many hospices are struggling to keep up with inflation and rising costs". Here in Thanet with an aging population the Hospice is an important service to the community and one that needs our constant support.
AWARDS 2024
THE ASSOCIATION OF INNER WHEEL CELEBRATED 100 YEARS ON 10th JANUARY 2024
OVER THE YEARS
1995
2013
2018
2022
AND MUCH MORE, IT IS WHAT WE DO.
Broadstairs Inner Wheel welcomes 3 new members.
TUESDAY 10th JANUARY 2023 - International Inner Wheel Day
Twenty Ladies from the Inner Wheel Clubs of Thanet came together to celebrate Inner Wheel Day.
Food for the Thanet Food Link was collected amounting to 160 items, later taken to The Baptist Church in St Peter's, for distribution.
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FRIDAY 16th DECEMBER 2022 at 6pm
The Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs of Thanet
Joint Carol Service 2022
St Thomas' Church, Minnis Bay
Lesson read by Jill Barber President of Broadstairs Inner Wheel
MONDAY 21ST NOVEMBER North Foreland Golf Club 5.30 for 6pm
Speaker Karen Kenward from Thanet Hospice.
FUND RAISING EVENT is in aid of PILGRIMS HOSPICE THANET
SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2022 6.30pm for 7pm - Wine and Wisdom
MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER 5.30PM FOR 6PM
Speaker District 12 Chairman Elizabeth Weaver photographed with joint Broadstairs Presidents Jill Barber & Sue Platt.
After the meal DC Elizabeth Weaver spoke, explaining how she had joined Dover Inner Wheel Club in 1964, at which time the Club met for two afternoons a month. Ladies were expected to wear hats and gloves when they attended meetings in those days.
Elizabeth went on to explain that in 2024 IW is to celebrate it's centenary by holding the International Convention in Manchester.
A brief history of Inner Wheel explains the significance of Manchester.
Margarette Owen, later Mrs. Oliver Golding the wife of a Manchester Rotarian, the founder member of Inner Wheel was born of Welsh parentage at Hey Brecon in 1881. She was trained as a nurse and served as such during the First World War. This triggered a deep desire to help all ailing, deprived humanity. She was an extremely capable business woman and a great philanthropist. Margarette's chief social interest being the Manchester Girls' Orphanage, and Ancoats Hospital, for which the Inner Wheel Club of Manchester provided and furnished a mortuary chapel. She also did a great deal for the Girl Guide movement, in which she held the office of commissioner.
Women had been involved informally in the Rotary Club's work but discrimination prevented them from becoming members in their own right. Margarette Golding persuaded 26 other wives to meet her at a room she had reserved at Herriott's Turkish Baths in Deansgate in Manchester. They met on 15 November 1923 where it was agreed to create a partner organisation to the Rotary Club which would assist the club in their role and provide a social benefit to its members. The first official meeting was on 10 January 1924 at their regular meeting place, the Social Club in Lower Mosley Street, Manchester.
Subs in 1924 were £1.1.0 (one guinea) a year.
From its very beginning Friendship and Service has always been at the heart of Inner Wheel.
Broadstairs Ladies carry on the tradition, responding to a request for food via the Thanet Churches for the THANET FOOD LINK. One hundred years on and the projects remain the same.
MONDAY 19th SEPTEMBER -
MEETING CANCELLED FOR THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL
PAST PRESIDENT ANNI BIGNOLD - 2019 / 2022
LOCK DOWN & EVENTS.
Remembrance Day - Sunday 14th November 2021
BROADSTAIRS CENOTAPH
Broadstairs Inner Wheel President Mrs Anni Bignold is shown laying a wreath on behalf of Broadstairs Inner Wheel at the Cenotaph in Broadstairs.
The service was taken by the Rev'd Jan Durrans and Paul Moore the Mayor of Broadstairs and St Peters.
International Rally at Ditton - Thursday 11th November
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Our stall at the International Rally held at Ditton was the sale of £1 boxes. Everyone a winner. It was a great day out. Arriving at 9.30am we set up our stall and by lunch time we had sold out, allowing us free to enjoy a superb lunch knowing that our part of the fund raising process had been a success. The Theme for the day was 'Butterflies' Money raised was donated to the Butterfly Tree Charity, founded in 2006, which supports orphans and rural communities in Zambia, providing clean water & sanitation, feeding programmes, improved health and education facilities and malaria prevention. All funds go directly to the cause, no administration fees are deducted - all members are volunteers. |
Speaker Meeting Monday September 20th
District Chairman Pat Sanford was our speaker for our first get-together meeting after lockdown, a lunch time meeting held at North Foreland Golf Club on Monday 20th September.
Pat spoke on Inner Wheel as an organization, how it was important to understand what goes on, the 'closer you get to the heart of the organisation the sweeter things are'. Last year, in spite of lockdown people rose to the IW 88 Challenge. Pat spoke about the positive impact of volunteering how it can stimulate health and wellbeing. To 'give up time' is not 'giving it up' actually. Anni Bignold in her President's end of year report mentioned how 'proud she was of us all in 'Broadstairs Inner Wheel'.
Pat went on to tell us about her chosen charity for the year, Dandelion Time: Transforming the lives of vulnerably children, who are struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse or neglect. Children can spend time on the Dandelion farm with animals and crafts to overcome emotional difficulties, to help them grow in confidence and begin to love and trust again. Dandelion Time was started in 2003 by Dr Caroline Jessel. Vulnerable children are referred to the Cottage, also known as the Maidstone HQ which sits within picturesque West Farleigh. Occupying 22 acres of fields, gardens and woodland, this location provides families with opportunities to experiment, play and connect whilst relaxing into the healing embrace of natural world. Resident chickens, sheep, donkeys, guinea pigs and two cats ensure there is no shortage of jobs for families to become involved in.
Children are referred for 3 hours a week for between 10 and 15 weeks.
Time – sell 'time' or buy 'time'. 60 minutes of time will buy 3 hours of therapy to help the children to find 'a sense of hope for the future'.
Inner Wheel District Chairman Pat Sanford (right), presents Anni Bignold President of Broadstairs Inner Wheel with a selection of plants representing the work done by Dandelion Time, helping traumatised children understand the world around them and how plants when tended, grow into beautiful flowers.
President Anni gave Pat a donation for her charity and a small personal gift.
Jill Barber gave the ' Vote of Thanks' saying how important it was the include the families as well as the children in the healing process and praised the wonderful work achieved by Dandelion Time.
Our Summer Tea Party was a great success, we were so lucky with the weather. This was our first event after lockdown so everybody was really happy to be FREE to meet, catchup and enjoy each others company, as well as enjoying a most amazing tea in the most amazing garden.
Our thanks go to our local Inner Wheel Clubs, Dover, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Canterbury, Westgate and Birchington and now the Lost forever Club - Herne Bay, for supporting our event.
Well done everybody it is hard work but well worth it, and we have made money for our charity MIND.
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PIMMS OR PROSECCO
Wednesday 25th August @ 2.30pm
4, Green Road, Birchington CT7 9JY
Cost £10
Raffle, cakes, sweet count and lots more.
Come and enjoy the end of lockdown
Charity supported
MIND
Please reply by 1st August, numbers & cheques to
Broadstairs Secretary Dorothy Reid
65th Anniversary of Broadstairs Inner Wheel
Anni is pictured holding the 'cake' surrounded by Past Presidents of the Club.
Our speaker on Monday 20th January was Janis Buckley chairman of the Margate, Cheerful Sparrows. Janis is pictured above left, next to our President for the evening, Jill Barber.
After nearly a hundred years of helping Thanet people Janis explained that unless the Charity can continue to raise much-needed funds, they will be facing the prospect of closure. The Charity is proud to have helped the QEQM hospital wards and to have supported our local community by working with caring professionals such as social workers and teachers. With 50% of children living in poverty in some areas of Thanet, the replacement of a broken washing machine, child's bed or school uniform can be a turning point for the whole family.
Friday 10th January
WORLD INNER WHEEL DAY
JOINT MEETING ALL THANET INNER WHEEL CLUBS
Funds raised will go to Porchlight
Our Wine & Wisdom held on Saturday November 16th at St Peter's Church Hall was a great success. Charities benefiting from this event include the National Deaf Children's Society, Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer Research.
Remembrance Day
BROADSTAIRS CENOTAPH Sunday 10th November
President of Broadstairs Inner Wheel, Anni Bignold & Alan Emby of Broadstairs Rotary, together lay a wreath in Remembrance of those who died for us during both World Wars.
"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today"
INTERNATIONAL RALLY HELD @ DITTON
Thursday 7th November 2019 in aid of Footsteps International.
International Chairman Sheila Dicks is pictured with Anni Bignold President of Broadstairs Inner Wheel supported by other members of the Club, raising funds for the District Charity, Footsteps. The aim is to provide a brighter future for former street boys and orphans, in Kenya. The colour theme this year was bright blue. The day raised just over £3,000 helping to make the future look as bright as the colour suggests. Well done everybody!!
Club meeting Monday 21st October
Our speaker for the evening was Jenny Matterface who gave a fascinating talk on the work of the CT10 Charities and the Gap Project.
History
The CT10 history began with a bequest to the Vicar of St. Peter's Church from Richard Culmer in 1485.
In his will he left 6 acres of farmland in the centre of what we now know as Broadstairs town centre. This includes the land between Vere Road, Alexandra Road and the Pathway.
This was farmland and the income used to relieve poverty and help the poor and needy. This land was to produce an income for the charity and the trustees have a duty to obtain the best result under Charity Commission regulations.
In 1726 Hannah Taddy left 4 acres in St. Peter's also to the church with similar aims. This is the land between Grafton Road and Reading Street Road.
Both parcels of land are now non-statutory allotments and bring in a regular income from rents.
Five other small charities were placed under the umbrella of what is known now as CT10 Parochial Charities but the main endowment is from the estate of Richard Culmer.
The Gap Project in Broadstairs is a vibrant and innovative charity serving the local community in an area of deprivation, using the fantastic facilities of Queens Road Baptist Church. Drop-in sessions provide a hot meal, laundry and shower facilities.
Voluntary Sector Partners, *Porchlight and Turning Point are on-site to offer resettlement support.
*DISTRICT12 Charity for 2019/20
Broadstairs President Anni Bignold gave Jenny a small donation from the Club and Rita Rowlett gave the vote of thanks.
Knitted Blankets
Broadstairs Inner Wheel spins into 2019/20
2019/20 Programme
Cost £6 each. Tables of 8. Bring a picnic. Wine & Water glasses etc.
Fish & Chip supper available for an additional £5.50 a head.
Numbers to dorothy.reid7@btinternet.com by 1st November
Speaker: Sheila Burke
The Real Story of Cinderella
Partners & Friends invited
The Baptist Church Broadstairs
2020
Joint Thanet Clubs - Coffee Morning
Jan 20th Club Meeting Venue TBASpeaker: Janice Buckley on "Cheerful Sparrows" Charity
Feb 22nd Broadstairs Club BIRTHDAY - Birthday Fun Evening 'Take a Plate'
Feb 24th Club Meeting venue TBA Speaker: Abbi from Nat West on "Scan Awareness"
March 17th DISTRICT MEETING @ DITTON Community Hall 10 for 10.30am
March 16th. JOINT LOCAL CLUBS MEETING Speaker: Anna Forman on "Life in Japan"
March 18th FASHION SHOW - Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Holy Trinity Church Hall
April 14th Committee Meeting @ Anni's 2.10pm
April 15th DISTRICT 12 QUIZ Evening
April 20 Club Meeting venue TBA
April 27-29th IW ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE Waterfront Belfast
May 18th BROADSTAIRS INTERCLUB LUNCH
ENTERTAINMENT - "THE SUFFRAGETTS" Venue TBA
June 2nd DISTRICT RALLY - Chart Hill Golf Club
June 9th Club Meeting venue TBA
June 24th DISTRICT AGM & HANDOVER @ DITTON
uk holidays
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Wed 25th |
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Boxing Day |
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January |
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New Year's Day |
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Fri 10th |
International Inner Wheel Day |
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March |
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Wed 26th |
D12 Meeting |
Ditton Community Centre, Kiln Barn Rd, Ditton, Aylesford ME20 6AH |
10:00am - 12.30pm |
April |
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Good Friday |
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Wed 23rd |
District 12 Quiz |
Ditton Community Centre, Kiln Barn Rd, Ditton, Aylesford ME20 6AH |
1:30 - 4.30pm |
May |
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Early May bank holiday |
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June |
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Wed 11th |
Pre Rally Supper |
tbc |
6pm - 9pm |
Thu 12th |
District 12 Rally |
Mercure Hotel |
11:00am - 3.00pm |
Wed 25th |
District Meeting & AGM |
Ditton Community Centre, Kiln Barn Rd, Ditton, Aylesford ME20 6AH |
10:00am - 12.30pm |
August |
2025 |
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