Join our 100+ Club today and support the Wheelwright’s Charity Craft & Education Fund
Since 2018 we’ve been running our 100+ Club for members of the Company, to help raise much needed funds for our Charity Craft & Education Fund as well as providing participants the opportunity to win great prizes.
Members are invited to contribute £10 per month per entry. Each entry is allocated a number which is entered into our quarterly draw, which is usually held at one of our Court Meetings. There will also be a Super Bonus draw in the fourth quarter, held just before our annual Installation Dinner in December. You may, of course, opt to have more than one entry each month.
50% of all funds raised are returned to members as prizes with the other 50% being transferred to the Wheelwrights’ Charity Craft & Education Fund.
The Wheelwrights’ Charity Craft Fund was created in 2018 and it is through this fund that the Charity channels its support for the Wheelwright’s craft including helping with Apprenticeship training costs, travel costs to college and tools. Without this support there is a danger that the Craft will not survive in the UK. Since the fund was set up, three apprentices have been successfully supported through the 3-year Wheelwrights’ Apprenticeship programme. The first of these successfully completed his apprenticeship in October 2020 and he was jointly funded by the Wheelwrights’ Charity and that of the Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers.
To date we have been able to provide over £27,000 to the Craft Fund and a similar about given back to participants as prizes. Clearly the more people that enter the draw the more money we can pay into the Craft Fund and the more we can pay out to our lucky winners.
In early 2026, it was agreed to expand the remit of the charity aspects of this fund to include Education and as a result the fund was renamed the Craft and Education Fund. The aim is to provide financial assistance to the Company’s work with younger people, particularly at our affiliated Academy, Burnt Mill Academy in Harlow. Sufficient funds will be retained to support any future wheelwright apprentices.
This is a great opportunity for our members to not only support our charity efforts, but also to win great cash prizes.
If you are interested, please complete this form and return it, together with your payment details to the address provided.
The latest winners are listed below:
Installation Court Draw 2025
1st Prize – Bert Weigman – £720
2nd Prize – Michael Evans – £360
3rd Prize – Nigel Biggs – £240
4th Prize – Stephen Kirk – £110