Local Community News

£5,000 has been invested into sports and physical activities across the Island in May through grants from the Hampshire Playing Fields Fund. The grants, which are between £500 and £2,500, were given by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community...

Valentine Gray effigy Isle of Wight Sealed Writ Society presented Valentine Gray: The Trial at Quay Arts to a sold-out crowd on Thursday 28th April. Legal professionals past and present re-enacted the trial of Benjamin and Margaret Davies using original...

A custom designed and built 12ft x 20ft glasshouse has been donated to Medina College by Isle of Wight businesses APS Produce Group and P3P Partners, ahead of the launch of the IGCSE in Agriculture this September. The specialist and...

Kind-hearted Islanders have sent 788 knitted teddy bears to Ukrainian child refugees fleeing war in their homeland. The massive donation of cuddly toys came in response to an appeal by St Saviours, Shanklin in March. The church has now sent...

A group of brass musicians from southern England are heading across the water this week for a tour of the Isle of Wight. Brass Fusion, based in Sussex, has arranged 8 concerts in 4 days in some of the most...

Girlguiding members on the Isle of Wight will join hundreds of other Girlguiding members across the UK in lighting beacons to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Thursday 2nd June.  These beacon lighting events will be held in...

Age UK Isle of Wight is looking for adventurous fundraisers to take on the incredible challenge of a sponsored tandem skydive from over 12,000ft!  The jump, taking off from Sandown Airport on Tuesday 9th August, will offer each jumper an...

Ryde Fire Station are gearing up for their latest charity challenge - Green vs Wight - to raise funds for The Wight Brainy Bunch. Firefighters from Green Watch will begin a circumnavigation of the Island on 22nd July using nothing...

Newport nursery Clever Cloggs, located at Wellington Road, is appealing for funding to provide the optimum learning environment for special needs pre-schoolers. The pre-school special educational needs (SEN) hub will be the first to be established on the Isle of...

Cowes residents will be able to sing themselves into happiness when local arts for wellbeing charity, Independent Arts, opens its latest SingAbout group. The Cowes group – which will take place on Tuesdays 10:30-12:30 at the Isle of Wight Community...