Inner Wheel celebrate 60 years with a boost from the Federal Government

Federal Member for Calare Andrew Gee visited Lithgow Inner Wheel Club members at the Lithgow Workies on Friday, May 3 to announce the funds.

Lithgow Inner Wheel immediate past president Kaye Preema said, she was very grateful to have received the funding.

"I applied for the grant around July last year I thought it would be good to get some funding to help us assist our hearing impaired members, I'm delighted we got approved," she said.

Ms Preema said the new funding would help the club purchase new equipment including a microphone, speaker system, projector and other audio gear.

"The new technology will improve our meetings and functions, we are also addressing the needs of our ageing population who raise money through helping them to become more viable," she said.

She also said the club would be able to have their own equipment rather than borrowing from where they hold their club meeting places.

"When we have a guest speaker they can use our equipment and if we hold a meeting where there is no equipment available to borrow, we'll have our own," she said.

Ms Preema thanked Mr Gee for his continuous support of community groups.

Mr Gee said he was delighted to announce the grant for Inner Wheel and believed it would be a great benefit to the wonderful volunteers.

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"This club has been servicing not only the Lithgow community, but the national and international community for 60 years, this grant will make a big difference to how the group operates," he said.

He also said it was nice to see how the smaller grants could have a really big impact on community groups.

"I think we've seen today the enthusiasm in which the grant was greeted, hopefully these funds will help continue their growth, they already have a very strong and vibrant group," he said.

Mr Gee said the grant was a small way in which the Federal Government could help them continue to be the great pillars of the community that they are.

"Often they are the glue that holds everything together, it's really important for us to support community groups such as Inner Wheel because they support the community," he said.

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