The Common Space, the not-for-profit organisation based in Sandown Bay, has received funding for special equipment that helps transform the way we look at nature on the Island, thanks to help from the Isle of Wight Foundation.
Along with Arc and Artecology, The Common Space runs a packed calendar of science and nature events, Discovery Bay, designed to help people learn about wildlife close-up and Isle of Wight residents and visitors can join in with Science Week and safaris, Beach, Bugs & Bones, Hullabaloo and Biology Week.
Ian Boyd, founder and director at The Common Space, explains:
“We are very grateful to the Island Roads Foundation for this fantastic funding award. We will now be able to equip our Discovery Bay programme of free science events with a world-class microscope.
“The Micro-Eye is coming all the way from New Zealand and is a very tough bit of kit, designed to be safe and easy for any age and so will be accessible to all of our thousands of visitors. With the help of the Island Roads Foundation, we can now do even more to reveal the Island’s extraordinary natural world”.
A suitably magnified cheque was presented to the team at their base near Browns in Sandown this week by Joanne Saunders and Samantha O’Rourke of Island Roads.
