Local Community News

Mavis, the WightAID mascot, recently helped hand over cheques totalling £22,860 to 13 Isle of Wight charities.  Ranging from funding for youth trips to the Lake District to cash for uplifting garden gifts for elderly people lacking family support, the...

Councillor Claire Critchison presented local charity SWAY with a cheque for more than £1,800 during one of her final engagements as chairman of the Isle of Wight Council. When Councillor Critchison became chairman in May 2022, one of her aims...

Priory School took the significant decision to fully engage in national Mental Health Awareness Week this week. A programme of daily events was planned for the entire week, beginning with a whole school assembly on Monday on the topic of...

Open auditions are being held at The Apollo Theatre in Newport for the modern and exciting thriller, The Girl on the Train. This stage adaptation of the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins requires 7 cast members who, during the play,...

Wild Wax Melts, made up of students from both Carisbrooke College and Medina College, have won the Best Company award in the Young Enterprise Company of the Year Grand Final for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Year 10 students...

A night of grand celebration was held last Saturday (11th May) as many guests and crew celebrated the RNLI’s incredible milestone of 200 years with a gala ball held at The Royal Solent Yacht Club, raising funds to help Yarmouth...

Staff and residents at Orchard House care home in Newport were treated to an afternoon of nostalgia, celebrating 200 years of the chocolate brand. The event, led by Cadbury archivist Sarah Foden and Brand Manager Connor Gould, marked Cadbury's 200th...

A new fund targeted at 11 to 25-year-olds living on the Isle of Wight aims to support young people to grow the skills they need as they move out of education and into employment.   The ‘Young Island Lives’ fund from...

Vectis Brass Band's composer in residence, Alan Ingram, has written a composition titled A Song to Michael to commemorate 1 of its founding members, Michael Collis, who passed away earlier this year. Vectis Brass Band is a community organisation based...

Cowes Sports FC has set up a GoFundMe page to support defender Ryan Oatley, who was seriously injured in a Wessex Premier game against Moneyfields in early April. Ryan fell onto a fence head-first and requires 2 teeth extractions, a...