Local Community News

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Service is delighted to announce the recruitment of 24 new volunteer Community First Responders (CFRs). Each new CFR will undertake the newly launched ‘FutureQuals’ Level 3 Award for First Responders on Scene: ambulance...

Isle of Wight Pride are seeking new members of the community to join their Board of Trustees to help shape the future of the charity and to ensure that they continue to meet their objectives. The Island-based charity campaigns for...

Organisers of the annual Isle of Wight Day have announced that this year's events won't be happening due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Islanders are still being encouraged to put up bunting. This weekend (19th/20th September) would have been the...

1st Godshill Cubs met back for this first time since the coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday night. Keeping socially distanced, regularly hand sanitising and following the new ‘COVID code’, the group completed the second half of the fire safety badge that...

An emergency appeal launched to help the Island’s RSPCA branch provide animal welfare services throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond has reached over £20,000. RSPCA Isle of Wight branch manager Suzanne Pugh said the local organisation has been heartened and...

A great-grandmother says her social life has been ‘busier than ever’ since lockdown, thanks to local friendship group the Oddfellows. Despite COVID restrictions being in place, Monica Duncan, has ‘zoomed’ across the UK, socialising with Oddfellows members nationwide, and even...

Community radio station Vectis Radio has increased its signal strength with a little help from Island Roads. Following full technical clearance from the regulator Ofcom, Vectis Radio has installed a new transmitter which has extra power to improve the station’s...

A group of 10 young people and 4 adults from South Wight Area Youth (SWAY) successfully completed a route of 27.7 miles for 'Ride and Stride' on Saturday (12th September). The event was held to raise money for Historic Churches...

The CLA and the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society (RIWAS) have relaunched their annual awards celebrating rural life on the Island. The awards, which are accepting nominations for a strictly limited period, are normally presented at the Royal Isle...

The Isle of Wight’s Suicide Prevention and Intervention charity has been awarded funding thanks to a partnership grant between HM Government and the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery. SPIIOW has received £15,763 to spend on equipment...