Local Community News

A new COVID-19 response fund worth £500,000 has launched to support the local charities, community groups and voluntary organisations that are helping people whose lives have been severely affected by the pandemic. Grants of up to £5,000 will be available...

Technology developed by motor racing engineers is being trialled in 11 local co-operative stores, which could lead to significant reductions in CO2 emissions. The regional, independent co-operative, Southern Co-op, is currently installing EcoBlades in its fridges across stores in Hampshire,...

In Association with Hospedia, Vectis Radio is now available free of charge to patients at St Mary's Hospital on their bedside entertainment system. Patients at the Island's hospital can tune into the Community Radio Station on Channel 5 of their...

Staff at Morrisons Newport have been creative with their fundraising and recently organised a virtual collection to raise money for CLIC Sargent. Instead of making a donation in a physical collection bucket or tin to support the fundraising, people are...

Ashley Cherrett and Tia Nicholson, who met while working at Fuller’s brewery in Chiswick, are the new tenants of The Cedars in Wootton. The move is the couple’s first pub and they intend to bring their passion and knowledge of...

2 teenagers from the Isle of Wight have raised thousands of pounds for Aspire Ryde by sailing around the Island. 18-year-old Jamie Winterbottom and 17-year-old Xander Huber were determined to help the local charity with their amazing work for young...

4 student nurses at St Mary's Hospital can't wait to qualify and return to the acute medical ward where they have spent the past 3 months working. When COVID-19 took hold at the end of March, student nurses were given...

A declining membership could spell the end of the Cowes Deaville Twinning Association after some 56 years. Cowes and Deauville are both world class centres for yacht racing and so it is unsurprising that 56 years ago both towns formed...

The IW Bus and Coach Museum is set to re-open on Sunday 9th August, it has been announced. The Museum will be open to the public on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 to 16:00 and comes following weeks of...

Following full technical clearance from the regulator, Ofcom, Vectis Radio will be raising its transmitter power on 18th August from the current 25 Watts to 150 watts. The increased power should improve the community radio station's coverage to many of...