Local Community News

Ryde in Bloom is blossoming for 2022 and, thanks to event sponsor Wightlink, it is going to be blooming marvellous! The annual competition is open to all residents in Ryde with 10 growing categories to suit all spaces. It's hoped...

31 bands and over 100 musicians performed at Music for Ukraine at Quay Arts over 2 successive Sundays, ending on 3rd April. The event, organised by Jim Thorn, has raised over £5,000 for MAD-Aid, the local charity who have so...

Cowes Primary has celebrated Easter in style with an Easter Egg Hunt, followed by the Easter Bunny visiting the children to deliver the Easter eggs. Pupils from the school worked hard to make Easter Hats: the winner from each class receiving...

3 Isle of Wight community projects are celebrating after receiving a share of £7,400 of project funding. Sovereign Housing Association, working with not-for-profit digital fundraising platform The Good Exchange, has given grants to Cowes’ Moorgreen Road Allotment Society, and Newport’s...

A fundraising campaign to install a defibrillator at the Royal British Legion Shanklin Club in Collingwood Road has raised over the £1,750 required in just 10 days. The original suggestion for installing the Public Access Defibrillator at the club came...

A senior Isle of Wight Councillor will be heading out to Moldova to see the work volunteers are doing to support Ukrainian refugees. East Cowes Town Councillor and Isle of Wight Council cabinet member for adult social care, Councillor Karl Love,...

Wightlink has announced that 15 Isle of Wight primary schools will receive a share of around £10,000 from the ferry company to support local environmental projects.  The schools – from all over the Island - are the first to benefit...

The Cinnamon Trust are looking for dog walking volunteers to help a Sandown resident and their dog who would love to go for a good walk. The Cinnamon Trust is the national charity whose volunteers help people over retirement age...

The late Bob Edney The Isle of Wight Green Gym has been crowned the inaugural winners of the Bob Edney Countryside Conservation Award. Volunteers from the Isle of Wight Green Gym recently celebrated at Fort Victoria Country Park as they...

Dimbola Museum and Galleries in Freshwater welcomed artists and guests at the opening of the latest exhibition: Creative Cross Currents. This new exhibition, which runs until 5th June, brings together the work of 21st century visual artists, Jeremy Bear, Sunara...