At October’s Inner Wheel meeting we fully embraced our District President Linda’s 55 Things for Charity campaign!

Veronica Malkowski made 55 pieces of Lemon Drizzle cake, Ann Marsh made 55 Christmas Decorations to sell and Rosemary Wilson knitted 55 squares donated by Carol Hyde-Barker into a blanket. The blanket will be donated to CityHubUkraine.

We were also delighted to have Clare Heyton from Feel Good Garden in Clipstone who gave a very informative talk about social and therapeutic horticulture. She talked about sustainable food production and how we can help to promote this.

Today Mansfield Inner Wheel took a trip to the Sewdirect show at. Alexandra Palace to appear on the Inner Wheel Catwalk Show: A showcase of colour.

Our very own President Nicola sashayed down the Inner Wheel GB catwalk in her showstopping dress, lovingly made from Inner Wheel scarves! This stunning creation won 1st prize at the IW conference earlier on this year.

🧵👗 Well done, Nicola! 💛

Inner Wheel’s motto is “Service and Friendship”, and yesterday it was the friendship half that took centre stage!

A group of us headed off to Nottingham Playhouse for an afternoon at the theatre, and a meal at Browns Restaurant afterwards.🎭🍽️

It was a lovely reminder that friendship is at the heart of what we do as well as raising money for our chosen and local charities!! 💖

What a great night we had at our new venue, Mansfield Town Football Club. We also had Tracey Davenport from Mansfield NSPCC talk about there work and our club president Nicola de Lucis presented a cheque for £1000.

Our new district president Lynda Wallace gave a lovely introduction to herself and her life and introduced the 55things initiative to raise money for her charities this year.

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Mansfield Inner Wheel Club recently swapped its usual meeting format for something altogether more glamorous, as members took to the catwalk at the Oakham Suite for a fabulous charity fashion show featuring clothes supplied by our very own Julia Brown at VB Style.

Members and friends did the honours as models for the evening, showcasing a stunning mix of styles to suit every occasion — from relaxed beachwear, daywear to elegant evening wear — and it’s fair to say they took to the catwalk like seasoned professionals!

The evening was rounded off with a raffle which raised an incredible £700, making the night not only a whole lot of fun but a hugely successful fundraiser too.

The proceeds (which are still to be finalised) will be shared between some very worthy local causes — NSPCC Mansfield, Jerry Green, NiDAS and Muddled Mines — and a huge thank you goes to Julia at VB Style for dressing us so beautifully, and to everyone who bought raffle tickets and helped set up the event.

At our May meeting Scott from Linney Regenerate, gave a talk about the scheme.

Rather than sending unwanted materials to landfill, Regenerate gives new life to everything from paper and plastic to hardware and machinery.  Used equipment, surplus stock and promotional items are resold through online marketplaces and charity raffles, raising funds for local community groups and charities.

Scott brought along some wonderful examples of the items created through the scheme, giving members a real sense of the creativity and craftsmanship that goes into turning would-be waste into something beautiful and useful.

Their ultimate ambition is zero waste to landfill — a goal that shows just how much a forward-thinking local business can achieve when sustainability is built into everything it does.

President Dain, Past president Jenny and Inner Wheel member Sharon recently presented a cheque for £800 to the Rainbow Children’s hospice.

The £800 was raised from the Inner Wheel Ceilidh at the end of March. Kerry Laurie, Community Fundraiser, was very pleased and delighted with the donation.

Past President Jenny, Current President Dain and Vice President Nicola presented a cheque for £800 to John Eastwood Hospice and volunteer Liz.

The money was raised from a fun and fabulous ceilidh that inner wheel organised and hosted in March.

Twelve members of Mansfield Inner Wheel descended on the District 22 quiz last Wednesday evening, armed with enthusiasm, questionable general knowledge, and the unshakeable belief that this would be our night. Spoiler: it was and it wasn’t.

Our three teams – Dain’s Diamonds, Dain’s Dynamos and Dain’s Dreamers, delivered a performance best described as “varied” — one team stormed to a very respectable 5th place, another flew the flag in 11th, and our third… well, 17th place is still a placing, and we’re choosing to see it as a triumph of participation over perfection. 🤣🤣

A brilliant, laughter-filled evening was had by all, and we left with our dignity mostly intact, a few new quiz facts rattling around our heads, and absolutely no regrets.

Watch out District 22 — we’ll be back, and we’ve already started revising!

President Dain Pinder and Vice-President Nicola De Lucis presented a cheque for £1000 to Reach Mansfield.  Dain and Nicola met with staff and clients to chat and better understand how Reach serve the local community.