Local Community News

Independent Arts, the creative health charity for the Isle of Wight, has been awarded 3 years of grant funding from Reaching Communities. The grant will secure the future of the Creative Hub at 48/49 High Street, Newport, where more than...

Ahead of The Vectis Radio Community Awards evening on 15th March, the Community Radio Station is allowing its listeners to vote for the Most Inspirational Person in the Isle of Wight community. Most categories of this year's community awards are...

A poignant gathering was held in Church Litten on Valentine’s Day to remember ‘The Little Sweep’, Valentine Gray. Valentine died aged 9 at the hands of his master, Benjamin Davies, in 1822. Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council have recently added...

A donation of £1,000 has been handed over to Dover Park Primary School thanks to a bequest by Ray Allen, the famous Ryde scriptwriter who penned Some Mothers Do ‘Ave  ‘Em. This kind act aims to support the school's ongoing...

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Vecta House care home in Newport celebrated 40 years of London Fashion Week with their own unique beach-themed fashion show. Participants had prepared their costumes for the big day, and the activities team alongside residents...

Phantom of the Opera - the first show for the recently renamed Shoreline Productions - proved popular with Island audiences. Changing your identity is always a challenge, so when Ventnor Theatre Group became Shoreline Productions, with the ambition of attracting...

Barton Primary School students - under the guidance of Independent Arts - participated in the Poetry Together campaign, producing 1 of the winning entries and securing a prestigious £250 book voucher for the school. Poetry Together, championed by acclaimed author,...

UKSA has announced a new sponsorship with the global insurance group, Howden, who are sponsoring the cutting-edge Navi-Trainer Professional 6 Bridge Simulator (NPT6) to enhance training for its maritime students. The partnership and financial contribution to the maritime training provider -...

The stroke unit at St Mary’s Hospital was delighted to receive a generous cheque after a successful Christmas raffle. The raffle raised an impressive total of £2,556 with many of the items donated by Mr Sharpe and his daughter Leanne....

Line dancers and councillors from Sandown celebrated ‘National Heart Month’ on Valentine's Day, with the publication of a map of all defibrillators in Sandown, part of the new Sandown Guide which is to be delivered to every household in the...