Local Community News

Nearly 30 team members and local volunteers recently took part in the Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean, organised by Landguard, Lower Hyde, and Nodes Point Holiday Parks. Held between September 20th - 29th, the nationwide event saw...

Vectis Corps of Drums Marching Band took part in Shaftesbury carnival at the end of September. The band parade involved competing against other bands from the local area for a variety of trophies. This included a 12-minute performance for the...

9 students from The Bay CE School in Sandown recently enjoyed a VIP trip to Portsmouth, including a 2-hour tour of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and a visit to Henry VIII’s flagship The Mary Rose. The...

Local creative Adam Brown has filled Ryde’s smallest art gallery with caricatures of well-known people, all of whom have an Isle of Wight connection. For the next 7 weeks, you’ll find Re:Box playing host to musicians, comedians, actors and one...

Isle of Wight East MP Joe Robertson has launched a competition to design his 2024 Christmas card. All primary school-aged children attending school in the Isle of Wight East constituency are invited to enter, plus those being home educated and...

Angela Wallace from Ryde has received a national nomination for her outstanding work within Girlguiding Isle of Wight. Angela was introduced to the Chief Guide Tracy Foster and the Deputy Chief Guide Sally Kettle at the national event Girlguiding Celebrates...

Libraries across the Isle of Wight have enhanced the local creative network by continuing to host an Islandwide Healing Art Trail. Removed from public display in a relaxation area of St Mary's Hospital at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

The newly formed Greenpeace IOW group joined the Common Grounds National Day of Action at the Unitarian Meeting Hall in Newport on Saturday (12th October).   West Wight Labour MP Richard Quigley attended along with Green Party Candidate for Isle of...

Key Isle of Wight stakeholders gathered to hear an update on the progress of the EnergyWise project in its first 3 months at an event held at Cowes' Building 41 earlier this month. This free service provides personalised advice and...

101 young people have worked with professional creatives, on 3 youth-led creative projects, to make a difference to their communities in the 1st year of the Young Cultural Changemakers programme run by Artswork on the Isle of Wight. The projects...