Where do we meet?
Dundee Inner Wheel is part of Inner Wheel District 1, and we meet at the Woodlands Hotel, 13 Panmure Terrace, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 2QL. Meetings are held at 2.15pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month. No formal meetings are held in July & August but coffee mornings, fundraising and social events continue throughout the year.
Our Club
Dundee is one of the longest established clubs in our District. Chartered in 1947, the Club celebrated 75 years in October 2022. We currently have 32 members and keep in touch with a monthly newsletter, the Hub. As well as the monthly meetings members enjoy coffee mornings, outings and supporting local charities and international projects by fundraising and with practical support.
Our City – Dundee
Discovery Point – Dundee
Scotland’s fourth-largest city, situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, Dundee was an important east coast trading port, becoming the centre of the global jute industry. Along with its other major industries, this gave Dundee its epithet as the city of “jute, jam and journalism”. Dundee is now promoted as “One City, Many Discoveries” in honour of Dundee’s history of scientific activities and of the Dundee-built RRS Discovery, Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic exploration vessel. In recent years extensive development of the waterfront has complimented Dundee’s position beside ‘the Silvery Tay’. RRS Discovery is now berthed at Discovery Point beside the VandA Dundee – the first branch of the V&A to operate outside London and forms the centre piece of the waterfront project.
Biosciences and computer games are now firmly associated with Dundee, although journalism is still flourishing. In 2014, Dundee was recognised by the United Nations as the UK’s first UNESCO City of Design for its diverse contributions to fields including medical research, comics and video games. Dundee’s maritime and industrial past is brought to life at the city’s museums at Discovery Point and Verdant Works. A theatre and arts company, simply known as Dundee Rep stages in-house productions and hosts work from visiting companies including drama, musicals, contemporary and classical dance, comedy, children’s theatre, comedy, jazz and opera.
Committee Members
Vice President –
Secretary – Carol Picken
Treasurer – Maggie Davidson
International – Pamela Reith
Club Correspondent – Sue Mathers
Membership & Development – Jacqui McGreavey
TOGS receives knitted hats
TOGSs is a Dundee based non-profit Children’s charity. Dundee members were at the opening of their new premises last year and presented items for teenage boys (see photo below). This year members presented Togs with 110 beanie hats for distribution to their clients this winter (above). Pauline from TOGS was delighted to receive them as her stock of hats was rather low at the moment.
Contact
For more information on Dundee Inner Wheel or any of the clubs in District 1 please contact
Club President
Dundee Inner Wheel President
2024-25
Gloria Burns
Handover
Gloria receives her chain of office as President from Jacqui
Centenary Celebration & 72nd Rally in Carnoustie
Association President Anthea Tilsley presented Barbro Scott with a certificate of appeciation for long service to Inner Wheel. Barbro was formerly in the St Andrews Club, is a Past DC & MOC
Club members at the lunch
Gloria toasted the health of Inner Wheel having given a beautiful tribute to our founder, Margaretta Golding
Projects
‘The Oddballs’, our crafting ladies, seen above, have done a marvellous job – knitting blankets and squares including these 15 blkankets presented to the Mid Lin Day Care Centre.
75th Birthday Lunch
The club celebrated its 75th Birthday last October. Clubs from across District 1 joined us for a celebratory lunch. The afternoon featured an excellent fashion show by Patricia Forbes of Broughty Ferry. The show was expertly choreographed by the shops Manager Karen, daughter of Margaret Hutcheson, who, as our now longest serving member, cut the Anniversary cake.
Margaret Hutcheson, Presdent Gloria & District Chairman Doris cut the cake
Afternoon Tea was good
Inner Wheel Club of Dundee enjoyed a super strawberry tea at Jacqui’s home. We were inside due to the inclement weather, however we thoroughly enjoyed the strawberries and cream, pavlova and scones with jam and clotted cream! You will notice the photo was taken after we had eaten!
District Chairman’s visit
District Chairman Annetta finally visited the club in January – as her planned visit was delayed due to a storm. Here she is pictured with members of the club and their food collection for the Dundee Food Bank
District Chairman Annetta with President Jacqui and below with newly inducted member Diane Kerr.
At Convention – May ’24
President Jacqui, Treasurer Carol, and ISO Pamela attended the IIW Convnetion – seen here on Gala Dinner Night with DC Annetta, Dist. Treasurer Lynda & Muriel Irving from Auchterarder.
Presidetnt Jacqui with PDC Doris from Aberdeen.
Ballumbie School
A recent cheque presentation to Ballumbie School to assist with the upcoming residential trips.
100 for 100
More recently they have focused on hats and now have 29 children’s hats ready for donating to our local charity TOGS and 27 adult hats will be gifted to the Salvation Army.
Members collected 200 items for the Food Bank as part of the 100 for 100 Challenge. Members delivered to the Food Bank for Inner Wheel day.
‘The Oddballs’ produced 200 bonding squares for Ninewells Premature Baby Unit – 1 square remains with baby, mum & did take the other – then exchange them so that each has a sense of nearness of the other. Lovely banner above is of the ladies who completed this challenge and below pic shows their visit to Ninewells NICU