Wightlink’s 2022 charity desk calendar is now on sale from its cafés at ports and on its car ferries. Once again, staff have contributed their best photographs...
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Barratt and David Wilson Homes are asking Isle of Wight residents for help in the run-up to the festive season – by searching for their mischievous Eddie the...
Sainsbury’s in West Cowes will be supporting the Isle of Wight Foodbank this Christmas as part of the supermarket’s campaign to help brighten a...
Thousands of people descended on Newport on Saturday (20th November) for Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council’s ‘Day of Christmas’ event. Working...
Hannah Jennings, Senior Nursery Manager at Tops Day Nursery in Newport, has been named Nursery Manager of the Year 2021 at the Nursery Management Today awards...
A fabulous fashion show was enjoyed by over 120 people at the Royal Esplanade Hotel in Ryde earlier this year, raising £1,110 for a local organisation. The...
Isle of Wight Glass Museum’s inaugural special event, Storytelling in Glass, had globally renowned glass artists Ian and Vic Bamforth sharing their stories of...
Island-based arts for wellbeing charity, Independent Arts, is this year taking part in the national Big Give campaign, a week of fundraising where all...
This academic year’s Young Enterprise Company Programme is underway and involves 9 school or college teams across the Isle of Wight. The programme is managed...
Charities and community groups in the South and South West of England are invited to apply for a share of £75,000 funding for employment and skills projects...
Nick Weightman gives Island Echo his take on the latest production to come from Bembridge Little Theatre Club – Nunsense The Mega-Musical. I don’t often...
Island Roads staff have again chosen local children’s charity Daisy Chains as the good cause they will be supporting in the coming year. It will be the third...
66-year-old Simon Howes is about to take on the challenge of a lifetime by rowing single-handedly across the Atlantic in a bid to raise £100,000 for the IW Red...
The man with the maracas, Mark Berry aka ‘Bez’ – possibly the world’s most famous non-musical musician – put on some performance at Strings in Newport on...
The Isle of Wight Radio Christmas Toy Appeal is looking for new toys (worth at least £10), or cash to help buy toys for less-fortunate local children, aged 0...
Ryde Town Council has purchased a reconditioned bike from Aspire as part of its drive to become increasingly environmentally aware and to take steps to reduce...
