Local Community News

Community Spirited Cafe in East Cowes held their Christmas Fayre on Saturday 30th November. The East Cowes community bought chocolate Santas for the children to offer the children a treat and a photo with Santa. Community Spirited Cafe run a...

The National Trust has announced Ryde Academy as one of the recipients of the 49 ‘Trees of Hope’ Sycamore Gap saplings being gifted to individuals, groups, and organisations across the UK.   The big reveal in National Tree Week, follows the...

What started as a way to escape the daily grind has turned into a local artist’s personal passion and now he’s sharing his creations with Islanders in Re:Box: Ryde’s smallest art gallery. Phil Collinson, AKA Plop Art, started drawing during...

The Isle of Wight Council is offering free off-street parking in all its long-stay car parks in support of Small Business Saturday to support local businesses. All long stay car parks run by the council will be free of charge...

Independent Arts - the Island-based creative health charity - has announced its participation in The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2024.  The organisation has set itself the an ambitious target to raise £4,000 in just one week. The campaign kicked off...

KissyPuppy – The Sophie Rolf Trust, which funds hospice facilities for children at Mountbatten Isle of Wight, is celebrating 11 years of its popular kids’ shop in Newport. Sophie’s Shop was inspired and opened by the local 6-year-old who died...

A charity which supports the smallest and sickest babies in St Mary’s Hospital’s neo-natal unit was the biggest benefactor in WightAID’s October grant round. The Ickle Pickles Children’s Charity helps tiny infants who need intensive care. It received £2,771.14 to...

A Shanklin couple are standing down from fundraising for Armed Forces charity Help for Heroes after totalling more than £44,000 in 13 years. Terry and Jenny Hobbs have been fundraisers and registered volunteers for the Charity since they launched an...

ICRTouch has recently made a generous donation to support the Isle of Wight Foodbank’s Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. The Reverse Advent Calendar encouraged people to select an item a day for 24 days of November, which, once donated, provides staple...

Shanklin Town Council has approved thousands of pounds in event grants, including for one of the Island’s most celebrated Summer carnivals. At a meeting on Thursday night, councillors gave the go ahead to funding applications for both Shanklin Carnival 2024/25...