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Inner Wheel District 10 |
| About Us |
| History |
| Inner Wheel
was founded in Manchester by Mrs Margarette
Golding in 1924. |
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Please visit our
Association website for more details. |
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It was not until April 1932 that
District 10 was formed with 4 clubs Bristol, Cheltenham,
Gloucester and Weston Super Mare.
Over the next 30 years District 10 grew steadily and had
in the late 1960s 41 clubs. These clubs spanned an
area approximately from Tewkesbury, across to Leominster
down to Monmouth and on to Chepstow, across the Severn
Estuary to Taunton travelling east to
Warminster before turning north to encompass Swindon,
Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester and Cheltenham to name but a few!
When you think that motorways were only in their
earliest stages, travel between clubs would have been
far more difficult than today.
At the end of 1971, in
order to follow
Rotary, District 10 was divided. Twenty
one clubs remained in District 10. These clubs were joined by a
further 5 from District 6, namely Evesham, Malvern,
Pershore, Worcester and Worcester South. The
remaining 20 clubs from District 10, along with clubs
from District 11 and 17 formed the new District, which
we now know as District 20. This historical
redefining of District 10 is why, to this day, there
remain very strong links between Districts 10, 6 and 20,
with annual meetings of the District Executive
Committees and visits to each other’s Rallies.
Sadly three of the original four clubs in District 10
have disbanded but Inner Wheel Club of Gloucester,
formed in 1931, still thrives today and we all
thoroughly enjoyed celebrating with them their 80th
birthday in 2011. |
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| Who can join |
| Inner Wheel
is not an open society and membership is largely, but
not exclusively, confined to those with a family
relationship to Rotary. |
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| To see the eligibility requirements, please visit our
Association website. |
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| How to join |
| If you would
like to join a Club please visit our District and Clubs
page to locate a conveniently close Club and make direct
contact with the Club's Secretary or President. If their
contact details are not shown, or if you need
further help, please contact the District Secretary
whose email address is shown on both the Executive and
Links pages of this website. |
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| District 10 |
Our District stretches from
Worcester, Leominster and Hereford in the north to Clevedon,
Bristol and Marlborough in the south.
Each Club meets monthly and plans its own programme of
speakers. We also enjoy meeting up for coffee mornings, ten pin
bowling sessions, and trips to places of interest and to the
theatre. We have an annual District Rally, a Fellowship Lunch and an
Overseas Rally, and many of us look forward to the
Association Conference, to be held during 2, 3 & 4 April 2012 in
Bournemouth.
In addition, we organise many fund-raising events -
murder mystery evenings, running occasional charity shops,
quizzes, skittles, soup kitchens and frugal and pancake lunches,
to name a few. These events always give us lots of fun and
friendship while raising money to help our chosen charities
locally, nationally and overseas. Although working independently,
you’ll also find us supporting our respective Rotary Clubs in
their efforts to help those less fortunate. |
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| Examples of the service we do in District 10 |
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Staffing pop-in
centre for the elderly |
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Community transport
to hospital appointments etc |
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Caring for the
elderly and disabled on outings |
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Homeless People's
drop-in Centre |
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Bereavement Support |
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Weekly Youth Choir |
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Adult Literacy |
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Young Offenders
Scheme |
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Riding for the
Disabled |
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Supporting local hospitals: |
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Hospital shop |
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Hospital library & sales trollies |
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Hospital visiting |
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Hair washing |
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Support local
hospices - with patients, office & garden |
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Knit blankets and
garments for Third World countries |
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Listening to young children
reading in schools |
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Inner Wheel Structure
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