Local Community News

Stonecrabs has said thanks to everyone who attended the Out On An Island Pop Up Café in Lord Louis Library, Newport last Saturday (16th October). Thanks also goes to the library staff who showed how easy it is to join...

Almost £1,000 was raised when 2 football teams comprising of firefighters and football club managers battled it out on the pitch last weekend (17th October). The charity event was set up to raise money for the purchase and installation of...

The Island's popular Riverside Centre opened its doors for its first public event in nearly 2 years. Some 150 local people attended the recent 'Winter is Coming' event which brought together a dozen local charity organisations to showcase the support...

Shanklin Voluntary Youth & Community Centre are celebrating their continued success in receiving the prestigious Community Green Flag from the Keep Britain Tidy organisation - supported by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Now in its 25 year,...

Champion Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie, has agreed to give a short question and answer session when he hosts a lunch at Haseley Manor this month (22nd October). All the money raised by ticket sales will be donated to the Isle...

Cowes-based sailing charity, UKSA, has announced a new collaboration with the team behind the award-winning Little Gloster Restaurant and Rooms. As a result of the new partnership, UKSA has launched 2 new facilities in its training centre; a fully equipped...

Thanks to the generosity of the Freemasons of Hampshire and Isle of Wight, the children’s charity Lifelites has donated a brand-new bespoke package of life-changing technology worth tens of thousands of pounds for life-limited and disabled children on the Isle...

Nine Acres Primary School in Newport teamed up with ferry company Wightlink to give geography pupils a first-hand lesson in the importance of cross-Solent travel.  A total of 60 Year 2 children travelled to Wightlink’s Fishbourne terminal to find out...

After ending their trolley service to the wards in March 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital are once again taking their much-appreciated items to patients, including newspapers, toiletries and treats. Before the trolley starts...

The family of a woman who sadly passed away in 2019 are appealing for the public's help in funding a solicitor to represent her during a forthcoming inquest. Annie Crowther passed away suddenly almost 2 years ago but her family...