Inner wheel

TYWYN Inner Wheel Club held a lunchtime meeting at Walker’s Fish Restaurant in Tywyn on 14 January.President Chris welcomed members and friends to the business meeting.Wyn Bottrill, a long-standing and dedicated member of Inner Wheel celebrated her 90th birthday. As she entered the room there was a standing ovation and singing of Happy Birthday.We enjoyed a fish lunch with a glass of wine kindly provided by President Chris. The atmosphere was festive with table decorations and balloons. After lunch Chris presented Wyn with a gift and a cake with fireworks on top.The speaker, Sally from Dysynni Dogs, gave a most interesting talk about responsible dog ownership. Chris presented Sally with a £50 cheque for her chosen charity, MIND. Lynda Morris gave a vote of thanks.The club then met at the Golf Club, Aberdyfi, their usual venue, for their February meeting.President Chris welcomed mem-bers to the meeting.She discussed membership, as the criteria have changed. Inner Wheel now welcomes all women, not as in the past when membership of Inner Wheel depended on being related to a Rotarian.International Inner Wheel is one of the largest women’s service voluntary organisations in the world and is active in over 103 countries with 100,000 members in 3,895 clubs.Inner Wheel is founded on friendship and personal service.If anyone is interested in joining us please contact president Chris Lewis 01654 711976.It was also suggested that some people might be prepared to be Friends of Inner Wheel if they are unable to commit to full membership. In which case Chris would be pleased to hear from them.Members enjoyed a very tasty roast pork supper.Secretary Jane won the raffle.After supper members played Beetle amid much laughter and noisy chatter. Lynda won and was given a bottle of wine by president Chris.Meetings are held at the Golf Club and start at 6.15pm on the second Thursday of the month. So the next meeting will be on Thursday, 10 March.

Baptist Church

THE church is set to run free sessions to help people in Tywyn get on top of their household finances.Members wanted to help their local community to handle the economic climate, so they underwent specialised training from UK charity Christians Against Poverty.Now they are offering the short course aimed at putting the joy back into money by teaching people how to chart their household income and take control of their expenditure.Money coach Pete Cook, who will be helping to lead the sessions called The CAP Money Course, said: “With households feeling the squeeze on their disposable income, we’ve all got to get a bit more savvy about our money to get through these tough times. “If you know how to save and budget effectively, it can have a hugely positive impact on the whole family.”Tywyn Baptist Church is one of more than 1,000 churches of differ-ent Christian traditions across the UK who are regularly offering the course, as they work together to positively impact the communities around them.The CAP Money Course has been found to be useful for newly retired people, soon-to-be students, mums dealing with mounting bills, families saving for a wedding and everyone in between.He added: “We hope that we can help people, quietly and confidentially, take control rather than relying on guess work so they can plan for the future and weather the storm.”The first course takes place in the church building, High Street, Tywyn LL36 9AD starting at 9am abd finishing at 1pm on Saturday, 12 March. Refreshments are available and the course is free of charge.Garden clubTHE meeting in February was very well attended, with several visitors and new members.Quentin Deakin of Cambrian Coast Gardens gave an illustrated talk on Gardening by the sea - Making it Work. His handouts included a very useful reference list of wind and salt tolerant plants.The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 8 March, at Tywyn Baptist Church. Stan Mahon will give a presentation on Hydroponics. The meeting will start at 7.30pm.

Tywyn Aberdyfi and District British Heart Foundation

THANKS were given to everyone who attended and supported the British Heart Foundation coffee morning held at Tywyn Baptist Church on 5 February. They raised £327 for the BHF with donations. The next event is a Valuation Day on 16 April at Neuadd Dyfi, so bring along your treasures!