Local Community News

Captain Mike Smith will present Wightlink’s wreath at the annual Remembrance Service at the Merchant Navy Memorial in London, to remember the seafarers who lost their lives in 2 World Wars.  The Memorial at Tower Hill commemorates more than 36,000...

Alan Titchmarsh, Joanna Trollope and Hunter Davies are set to judge the inaugural Isle of Wight Book Awards in 2022, which will recognise and celebrate books that are Island-centric.  The awards have been born out of an idea from well-known...

The Isle of Wight county branch of the WI (Women's Institute) will reach its centenary later this month, on 25th November 2021. Although WIs had already been running on the Island for a couple of years (the first WI here...

Organisations on the Isle of Wight could be eligible for a Biffa Award grant of between £10,000 and £75,000. Charities and not-for-profit organisations are being urged to apply for the Biffa Award funding for 2021/22. Since 1997, Biffa Award has...

Adult learners were honoured at the annual Isle of Wight Council adult learning awards ceremony recently. Held as part of the National Festival of Learning, the evening was filled with praise for adult learning with 13 awards presented by the...

People in West Wight are being given the opportunity to have fun and dance their way back to improved mental and physical wellbeing, with the reopening of the DanceMakers group in Freshwater this month. DanceMakers Freshwater is one of a...

A group of British Gas colleagues spent a rather hot day in the bicycle saddle for 2 fantastic local causes, raising a whopping £2,300 in donations that were given to the charities. They skidded around the coast of Isle of...

Autumn winds are blowing, Christmas merchandise is in the shops and the last few days’ fireworks and bonfires are telling us we’re into November. Just the time to snuggle into a cosy theatre seat and watch a good show –...

Quay Arts has launched its limited edition 2022 fundraising calendar. The calendar features 12 striking, varied and sometimes humorous images that reflect the breadth of visual arts that can be seen through Quay Arts’ work and exhibition programme. Each of...

An Isle of Wight man who has gone above and beyond to help keep the Waterside Pool in Ryde going throughout the pandemic has been rewarded by the 'Room to Reward' hidden hero scheme. Peter Taylor was put forward by...