Local Community News

To mark the bicentenary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, the Isle of Wight RNLI Lifeboat Board is inviting entries from all the Island schools to build a mini lifeboat. The competition serves as a valuable team-building exercise, and also...

Age UK Isle of Wight is celebrating 4 years of providing support via its dedicated Hospital Team at St Mary's in Newport. In January 2019, Age UK Isle of Wight joined forces with the NHS and began integrating into the...

Havenstreet and Ashey Parish Council has installed a new defibrillator at Ashey Road Garage, following the installation of a similar amenity outside Havenstreet Community Centre. The new publicly accessible defib - or PAD for short - is an asset to...

Over 100 people attended the Isle of Wight Scottish Country Dancing weekend school at Shanklin Hotel on 16-18th February. Teachers Helen Russell (a past RSCDS Chairman) and Andrew Nolan (a young Data Analyst from Edinburgh, who also plays piano for...

Isle of Wight people experiencing homelessness are benefiting from a £1,500 grant and produce donated to the Pop Up Soup Kitchen (PUSK). In 2022, Tesco donated an ex-fleet delivery van to the charity so that free, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals and...

A talented group of volunteer knitters have been helping to create winter warmer hats for those in need as part of Age UK Isle of Wight's ongoing 'Spread The Warmth' campaign. Building upon the success of last year's 'Big Knit',...

(L-R) Rev’d Jackie Maw, Nigel Hartley MBE- CEO Mountbatten Hospice, Dawn Haig Thomas- High Sheriff, Emily Waters and Di Woodhouse – co-organisers of the Christmas Tree Festival The Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival organisers have announced that the 2023 edition raised...

A fundraising event held back in November to raise funds for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) - who airlifted mum-of-2 Gilly Harland to hospital after she was hit by a car on her way to work...

Newport's Church on the Roundabout - which has housed a foodbank for some 12 years - has been told they can no longer provide the provision to the local community. Taking to their Facebook page to share the news, Church...

The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary had to say goodbye to another of its beloved donkeys, Eric, yesterday (Tuesday) after more than 20 years at the Wroxall sanctuary. Eric has been described as a lovable, fluffy white donkey, who was...