Local Community News

Launching in February 2022 is a unique programme designed to help creatives and artists on the Isle of Wight develop their practice - involving Creative Zoom sessions, 1-2-1 creative business mentoring, photoshoots, portfolio sessions, away days, networking events and bursaries....

3 members of staff at Orchard House are celebrating the remarkable achievement of being part of the team for a whopping 15 years. Carol King (Hospitality Manager), Alison Davis (Hostess) and Dennis Pedrozo (Night Clinical Lead) have all reached the...

Spence Willard has been revealed as the new sponsors of Yarmouth Primary School's football team for the 2022 season. The children's football kits now sport the estate agent's company logo. Duncan Willard of Spence Willard says: “We are delighted to...

Freshwater Bay Golf Club has been raising funds over the last 2 years for Sporting Opportunities Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight-based charity provides training and competition opportunities for Island athletes with learning disabilities. At their alternative New Year...

A trustee from an Isle of Wight charity is preparing for what promises to be a harrowing yet vital trip to the Kenyan Orphan Centre she has been supporting for the past 9 years. While trustees usually undertake an annual...

Southern Vectis has announced its 2022 charity of the year is The Wildheart Trust.  The local bus operator will spend the year raising funds and awareness to help the trust, which runs the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown. The Wildheart...

The recycling of over 130 Christmas trees by TDG Tree Services has raised £1,025 for the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. Households were once again able to book to have their tree collected and responsibly disposed of, in return for...

Deb Harris of Trumor Feeds in Newport has been awarded the British Horse Society's Isle of Wight Equestrian Hero Award for 2021. Debs is a lifelong equestrian who took over Trumor Feeds on Forest Road, Newport in 1997. A spokesperson...

Residents of Orchard House Care Home have been participating in an art project with Year 2 children from Broadlea Primary School in Lake. As part of their Personal Development Learning, the collaboration gave the students a purposeful reason to learn...

The upsurge in tourism to the Isle of Wight during the COVID-19 pandemic has led a Shanklin hotel planning a big expansion. Luccombe Manor, part of the Garden Isle Hotel Group, is asking the Isle of Wight Council for permission...