Local Community News

Southern Vectis is offering its support to local charities, schools, sports teams and events organisers, as part of a good causes initiative. The Island bus operator’s Community Fund is a dedicated resource for backing local causes with funding, marketing help,...

Residents and staff at Vecta House nursing home in Newport enjoyed an afternoon performance from a local primary school recently.  Children from Summerfield's School performed a selection of Harvest Festival songs and poems. The Activities Coordinator at Vecta House had...

The Isle of Wight Community Rail Partnership has been given a helping hand thanks to a £42,800 grant from the Isle of Wight Council's connect4communities programme, which previously awarded a £66,000 grant at the start of the pandemic. This extra funding...

Generous volunteers across the Isle of Wight recently joined team members at Lower Hyde, Landguard, Nodes Point and Thorness Bay holiday parks to take part in the Great British Beach Clean. Held between Friday 16th and Sunday 25th September, the...

Lovers of all things the 1940s, Vectis 40s Vintage, awarded the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary with a cheque for £300 at a torchlit event on Friday evening. Vectis 40s Vintage is a group of like-minded people who enjoy the 1940s era,...

The Link Kiosk in Cowes is to re-open under new ownership at the start of November.  As previously reported by Island Echo, the commuter café, near the Cowes Floating Bridge Terminal, was put up for sale back in August when...

Paul Thorley who lives in Gurnard has raised £5,000 for the Wessex Cancer Trust by taking to the streets of London to run this year’s London Marathon. The marathon which covers 26 miles starts at Blackheath and finishes in front...

The Isle of Wight's Jared Newnham has been named the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Apprentice winner. At age 20, Ministry of Defence Aerospace Engineering Degree Apprentice, Jared, is currently undertaking a placement as an Airworthiness Certification Manager, where...

A tyre fitter from East Cowes has raised in excess of £10,000 for WightDASH ahead of a 26.2-mile charity walk in Ryde - which he will complete whilst wearing stiletto heels. Peter May will set off from Ryde Pier at...

Sandown’s latest toilet reprovision project, at Eastern Gardens, has started with the removal of the railings and preparation work for the siting of the new toilet block, which is to include an accessible toilet and showers. The Eastern Gardens reprovision...