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Wheel Roborough |
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December 2021,members of Roborough Inner Wheel were busy preparing
Xmas boxes with goodies baked and supplied to our members. Boxes
were packed with all sorts of goodies ready for Christmas celebrations.
Past members of both Inner Wheel Roborough and Rotary were included.
We wish them and all members of Inner Wheel A Very merry Christmas. |
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| Inner
Wheel Roborough |
| Lovely
Christmas lunch at Yelverton Golf club for Roborough Inner Wheel.
Merry Christmas to all our Inner Wheel friends |
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| Inner
Wheel of Liskeard and Looe |
Due to the pandemic, our 60th Birthday was put on hold from March
2020 and finally celebrated 18 months later, on October 9th 2021
at the Hannafore Point Hotel, Looe. Special guests included our
District charman Hilary Genes, our founder member Margaret Shepherd
who cut the cake, and our own Pat Richards, who was presented with
the Honorary Members Award. We also welcomed several members from
other clubs in District 129. |
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| Inner
Wheel Perranzabuloe |
Presentation
of the cheque: Amanda (left), Barbara Collins and President Vanessa
on the right.
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In September
our Club held a Cream Tea, organised by Barbara Collins, one of
our members, in aid of Children’s Hospice South West in Cornwall.
It was held in the garden of another member, Marsha Ferguson,
and was well attended by the majority of our members, plus one
or two visitors. We had a cake table and a raffle, and although
the weather was a bit unsettled we managed to stay out in the
garden.
We raised the sum of £270.20, and invited a representative
from Cornwall Hospice Care to our October meeting to receive the
cheque. Amanda gave us a most interesting talk and slide show
about Little Harbour in St Austell, where not only children with
cancer, but other children with different disabilities, are welcomed,
and their parents and siblings are helped. Some children visit
regularly for about eight or nine years. The complex includes
many facilities, such as sports facilities, a small hydrotherapy
pool, a sensory room, music therapy etc. and a beautiful garden
with many interesting ideas to help children and their families.
The families are given hotel-style accommodation, and enjoy a
welcome break. Siblings are able to meet other children, which
helps them to come to terms with having a disabled brother or
sister. Amanda said they are willing to give a talk to any group
so if you are interested, get in touch with them.
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Wheel St Austell |
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President
Pat Pettit welcomed Brendan Hale Membership Secretary of Cornwall
Blood Bikes to our meeting.
St Austell Inner Wheel have recently given a charitable donation
and have previously donated to Cornwall Blood Bikes.
Cornwall Blood Bikes is a registered charity and is run by volunteer
members providing an out of hours service and weekend service
to the NHS. It has around 65 members and 15 motor bikes. The service
relies on charitable funding.
For convenience the county is split into three i.e. west, east
and central regions and they also work in collaboration with Blood
Bikes for other counties. They have a formal arrangement with
NHS partners to transport and deliver Human Blood and blood products,
Medication, Pathology Samples, Medical Equipment, Medical Notes
and occasionally Donor Breast Milk. Strict protocols are adhered
to in transporting goods with a separate and specialised box used
for transporting COVID samples.
The service was extremely busy at the beginning of the Pandemic,
the members worked 24 hour shifts to meet the needs of the NHS
and care services in the county. It was a particularly challenging
time as unable to fundraise in the usual way funds became depleted.
During the talk Brendan was able to give a more personal view
to his role as a member. He explained how on occasions when he
worked with Blood Bikes from neighbouring counties pathology specimens
that were unable to be tested in Cornwall were transported by
a relay system to their destination at a bigger hospital such
as Bristol.
Brendan also regularly transports emergency O negative blood to
the Air Ambulance really which highlighted to us how essential
this service is. Brendan described to us that just like himself,
most volunteer members tend to be slightly older and have become
dedicated to their role. He briefly explained to us how the BMW
bikes have been especially formatted for a single rider and have
safety cameras and trackers on them. The bikes are numbered and
named such as "Spirit of Cornwall" and "One and
All".
The interesting and informative talk was brought to a close with
the vote of thanks given by Inner Wheel Member Janice Jerome.
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| Inner
Wheel of Roborough |
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very good to be back meeting with each other and to have such a
very good speaker. We were delighted t be able to have Mr Paul Brookes
CEO of the 'The Box' here in Plymouth. Paul took us through the
changes that have taken place to the city Museum and library. There
was no better person to tell the story as he has been directing
the transition right through from the preliminary stages. An informative
and visual talk. Information was well received and we are looking
forward to visiting this stunning addition to the city. The museum
caters for all ages and I might be an adult but will enjoy seeing
the woolly mammoth, will even buy the toy for my grand daughter.
Future events are going to be amazing starting with the upcoming
aboriginal themed item which will only be shown here in our city
museum. It promises to be a great day out with a tasty treat at
the end.
We also were
able to give Helen West, who is president of Roborough Rotary.
Two cheques were given to support her two charities which she
raised money for by cycling from Lands End to John O Groats. An
amazing challenge. Well done to our honorary member.
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| Inner
Wheel of Roborough |
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| First
District meeting for 2021 at Trehorne 18 September. So god to put
faces to the names of all the lovely ladies that I have heard about,
very informative and quite fun. Our club at Roborough was very well
represented with ten of us journeying across the Tamar into Cornwall.
Lovely day and a very good meal. Yummy desserts!
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| Inner
Wheel Perranzabuloe |
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gorgeous Cream Tea, in aid of Hospice Care, host hosted by President
Vanessa on 24 August. It was a lovely, sunny afternoon and Vanessa,
with her husband Mike, had laid out picnic tables all over their
garden. Ladies brought their own cup and plate, and everyone was
so happy to be able to talk face to face, after all the months apart,
rather than through Zoom meetings. We were very pleased to be joined
by District Chairman Hilary and three ladies from Redruth Club.
We were also joined by two prospective members, who have been waiting
for over a year to join the Club. Vanessa had made a huge pile of
scones, and provided pots of jam and cream. Mike Hughes, with fellow
Rotarian Les Parson, and another friend, acted as waiters, and went
round with endless pots of tea. A raffle was held, and with donations
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Wheel Tavistock |
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Tavistock
IW Club enjoyed a social gathering with lunch at the Tamar View
Nurseries, Saltash on Thursday 19th August.
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| Inner
Wheel Roborough |
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Lis
Bosworth handing over to Jan Dickman
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As with all
the other inner Wheel clubs we were so very happy when we could
meet face to face. Hopefully no more zoom meetings unless absolutely
necessary.
What an auspicious occasion! The Handover! Our past president Liz
Bosworth who has done sterling work keeping the club functioning
and ensuring contact was made with all members. From daily photos
of the most beautiful flowers to uplifting tales and jokes to keep
us all smiling. Thank you Liz.
Liz handed over to Jan Dickman who has started with great enthusiasm
and energy. Jan has been a member for several years and is a great
asset to our Club. Her chosen charity this year is 'The Mustard
Tree' who are connected to Derriford hospital in Plymouth. Through
personal experience Jan knows how much support and advice they give
to both patients who have cancer and to their families.
It was a happy meeting at the Yelverton Golf Club, beautiful buffet
and delicious deserts. Two of our ladies were kindly sent home with
'doggy bags'. A great social and business event to launch a new
year for Inner Wheel Roborough.
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| Inner
Wheel of St Austell |
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In July we
were lucky to have a meeting in the Carlyon Bay Golf Club and Cecilia
Warren was presented with her award by Fran Tregaskes - Member of
Council.
I also have a Handover photo from the same meeting with with outgoing
President Yvette Flux handing over to new Incoming President Pat
Pettit.
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Wheel Club of Helston Lizard |
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President
Dorothy hands over the Chain of Office to our President for 2021
- 2022 Karen Moseley
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Wheel of Truro and Figeac in France |
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Separated
by the Channel but joined in Friendship
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Inner Wheel
of Truro links with Figeac in France
During Covid the Inner Wheel Club of Truro has established links
with a similar club in France. The Truro ladies raise funds for
charities such as The Refuge and Macmillan Cancer Care and our
local hospice. The ladies in Figeac have supported
Resto du Coeur a French National charity which distributes food
packages and hot meals to those in need, and have also helped
finance a Black Labrador called LOL. He has been trained to help
comfort battered children and women to regain a little confidence.
At the heart of their adversity many battered women and children
cannot communicate with other human beings, but will "off-load"
to an animal.
So here are all these ladies linking across the Channel helping
good causes while enjoying each other's company and friendship.
Recently both
sides signed a charter pledging their friendship and links. The
process was managed via Zoom so they could see other and share
a toast of Champagne! They look forward to the day when they can
meet up in person when Covid is beaten for good.
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Ladies
in Truro signing the charter document
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Ladies in Figeac
signing the document
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Inner Wheel Club of Tavistock |
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| Tavistock
Inner Wheel Club held their AGM and "Handover" meeting
in outgoing President Jan's garden. New President Sue Lake was duly
installed with the chain of office. Ladies enjoyed an afternoon
tea and meeting socially for the first time since restrictions were
lifted. A very welcome change from those meetings on Zoom! |
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Inner Wheel Club of Tavistock |
Tavistock Inner
Wheel have been busy throughout lockdown raising money for various
charities by selling homemade jams, preserves and cakes at Christmas
time, as well as sloe gin. A large hamper of treats was donated
to the local foodbank for one of their clients.
During the time between lockdown 2 and 3, we held several small
coffee mornings all on the same day so everyone had the opportunity
to meet up. Although we have not met in person for many months,
President Jan and other members have been busy keeping in contact
with ladies by phone. We have also had monthly zoom meetings, with
some very interesting speakers. Dominique, from Rethink Mental Illness
gave an extremely informative talk, and President Jan has also organised
speakers as fund raising events. We've had a talk on the way to
get a perfect fit of jeans and this was attended by members throughout
the District. The highlight talk was given by well-known TV weather
presenter Ben Rich, who is the grandson of one of our members. This
event attracted people from Scotland to the Isles of Scilly, as
well as Rotarians, friends and family. Ben told us about his early
life, how he always wanted to be a meteorologist and starting work
at the Met Office in Exeter and graduating on to television. He
prefers the late nights to the early mornings! Our final speaker
of the year was Rachel, a celebrant who leads ceremonies for weddings,
naming ceremonies and funerals in the way people want.
Our final meeting of President Jan's year will be the AGM, followed
by a cream tea in Jan's Devon garden.
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Inner Wheel club of Tavistock |
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Vice
President of Tavistock Sue Lake presenting a cheque to Elizabeth
Dill, local volunteer for Riding for the Disabled May 2021.
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Inner Wheel Club of Truro |
The Inner Wheel
Club of Truro met via Zoom and were interested to hear an excellent
illustrated talk, given by Gemma Love, about Mary's Meals. Mary's
Meals was started by two chaps in a pub in 1992 and has grown so
that it is helping to feed children in disadvantaged countries across
the world reaching 1.6 million children. The meals are provided
in the child's school so it encourages them to attend regularly
and it furthermore lifts them out of poverty in later life. Members
were impressed to learn that for every £1 donated 93p is spent
directly on the children and that local communities are always involved.
The charity buys the food locally which in turn supports small farmers.
Mary's meals is still operating during the pandemic and has provided
the meals at the children's homes. Now, however, the children are
returning to their schools. The charity is even working in Ethiopia
where, due to the civil war, people are starving. This is such a
good cause and information can be found on the website www.marysmeals.org.uk
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Inner Wheel Club of Truro |
Fake tax refunds,
fake TV licence requests, fake bank messages, fake cures, fake friends
on-line and many more scams were the subject of a recent on-line
Zoom meeting of the Inner Wheel Club of Truro. The session was led
by Laura Venn and Hannah Dutchak of the Nat West Bank. Their informative
talk contained a serious warning about investment scams, 'friends'
sending e mails asking for money saying the person is stranded,
art sales, fine wines which do not exist and many more. Relationship
scams are very dangerous where the person is targeted by a criminal
pretending to be a friend. This often results in a loss of thousands
of pounds with no hope of it being returned. All this is extremely
pertinent during these Covid times as cases of fraud have risen
sharply. Everyone is more vulnerable now we are isolated. Hannah
and Laura advised members that if in any doubt contact your bank
or the Action Fraud helpline on 03001232040. They also said to contact
a family member or friend and never give bank details. An excellent
talk by two very knowledgeable ladies which was much appreciated.
And here is
an e mail sent to us:
Wow that's brilliant, thank you for your kind words, and what
a great summary! We are so pleased it proved useful for you all
and got the conversation flowing around scams!!
When things settle more and we return to some 'normality', we
are happy to join you again with future updates or new scams,
as we know they are ever changing and developing! Some of our
groups we work with like to do a shorter 'update' session every
6-12 months or so, so bear us in mind when you are booking in
the future, we would gladly return!
If anyone asks for further information regarding the event off
the back of your lovely report, please do feel free to pass on
mine and Laura's email addresses. We work very heavily on word
of mouth for booking these events, and as we established, the
more people know and talk about scams, the better for us all,
so please spread the word far and wide, as you have done!
Thank you once again for your glowing report, and do keep in contact.
All the best,
Hannah (and Laura)
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Wheel of St Austell |
I have great
pleasure in informing you that one of District 129 Inner Wheel ladies
has been awarded the MARGARETTE GOLDING AWARD.
Cecilia Warren of St. Austell Club is the recipient of this prestigious
award. In recognition of her long term personal service and unstinting
dedication to raising funds for the League of Friends of the St.
Austell Community Hospital. I am sure you will all join me in congratulating
her on this well deserved award.
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Wheel of Roborough |
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The club this
year decided to spread a little bit of love around on Valentine’s
Day by making friendship boxes and delivering them to some of our
friends, each box containing scones clotted cream jam butter yoghurts
chocolate shortbread biscuits and cupcakes we certainly brought
some smiles to some very dear friends like to say a big thank you
to Lang gauge fun for their donation of the yoghurts and clotted
cream. It was a wet miserable day but most enjoyable one
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Wheel of Perranzabuloe |
Perranzabuloe
Inner Wheel President Dot Blackman kindly sent an open invitation
to their February Zoom meeting to listen to a talk on Perfumery
through the Ages by Vanessa's grandson Joshua and his business partner
Sam, who have both worked in the perfume business for several years
helping people to find a fragrance that they love.
They have started up a virtual perfumery, Fiole.co.uk , which launched
on 1st November 2020, as a direct result of the lockdowns . sadly
they are not yet able to create a perfumed website, I am sure it
will happen one day!
Josh started with an introduction to the idea behind their business
and the science of creating perfumed oils; who knew that ' perfume
' comes from 'par fumer' or 'through smoke'. The most popular floral
fragrance today is still Rose. The perfumes loved by the Aztecs
and Cleopatra are still very popular today in more modern styles,
and Sam introduced us briefly to the history of a couple of the
perfumes in their collections, and how, 100 years or so after their
original launch they were freshened up for the modern age.
All those present at the meeting were off to check the website!!
I have ordered my set of 6 samples chosen according to my answers
to a brief survey.
When we finally get to meet up again in person, your noses should
lead you to the Perranzabuloe ladies!
Thanks must go to Dot and Vanessa, Joshua and Sam for a lovely afternoon.
We all wish their new venture well, and I can't wait to receive
my set of 6 fioles, or vials.
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