Local Community News

Out-going Ryde Mayor, Councillor Michael Lilley, has been working behind the scenes to establish a Ryde Community Development Trust for the past year. The aim of the Trust is to build strong infrastructure support for local community groups, social enterprises...

Cowes Enterprise College partnered with Collège Jacques Prévert in Verson, Normandy for an exchange trip earlier this year. In March, a group of Cowes Enterprise College students visited Normandy and stayed at the homes of students from Collège Jacques Prévert....

6-year-old Quinn Steane has raised more than £300 for bereavement charity Cruse having found their services helpful after suffering recent losses. Cruse Bereavement Support offers help to those dealing with grief and Quinn underwent 8 bereavement sessions with Cruse Bereavement...

Volunteers from AgeUK Isle of Wight’s Good Neighbour Scheme (GNS) recently treated an excited group of clients to a fresh cream tea at the ever-popular Busy Bee Garden Centre in Ryde, which also provided an opportunity to meet and chat...

Undeterred by morning showers, a crowd of 45 volunteers joined Friends of Ryde Town Hall (FORTH), the Ryde Business Association and Ryde Town Council to pick litter in and around Ryde town centre yesterday (Monday) as part of The Big...

The Rotary Club of Shanklin cleared the area around the Big Shell and Wishing Well in the Old Village on Monday as part of the 'Big Help Out'. Braving the nasty weather conditions, volunteers cleaned the area up ahead of...

7 players from Sandown and Shanklin RFC (The Hurricanes) are tackling the 3 Peaks Challenge later this month to raise money for a charity aimed at preventing suicide in young people. The magnificent 7 aim to climb Ben Nevis in...

Another 8 Isle of Wight organisations have been given a boost thanks to the latest round of donations from WightAID. Groups from a youth football team to a circus skills club have benefited as WightAID distributed nearly £6,000. Cowes Sailability...

A record crowd turned out for the Nettlestone & Seaview Community Street Fayre last week. The event, held on the May Day Bank Holiday, saw over 40 stalls line Madeira Road in Seaview. Plants, books, toys, wooden gifts, jewellery and...

Award-winning chef Matthew Tomkinson of The Hambrough in Ventnor has made the official Coronation Quiche, as well as his own alternative, to rave reviews from the local Mayor this week. Tomkinson, who is a former winner of the prestigious Roux...