Local Community News

The Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons for the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Mike Wilks, has retired from the role after a decade of achievements. Mike is succeeded by Jon Whitaker, a long-standing magistrate and senior St...

Parents and organisers of Saturday Club for Deaf Children are asking Islanders to nominate the charity to receive a £1,000 grant through the Movement for Good awards. Saturday Club has approximately 36 Isle of Wight children registered who are all...

£25,000 has been allocated to young Island creatives this year through The Mike Howley Trust after an overwhelming number of applications were received. Mike Howley, who worked for many years as Director of Cultural Services for the Isle of Wight...

SPIIOW – the Isle of Wight’s Suicide Prevention and Intervention organisation - has another new community partner to add to their support programme. Solent Autopoint of East Street, Ryde has vowed to support SPIIOW in the work they undertake to...

To mark the start of its ambitious and aptly named Festival of Islesolation, local arts and health charity Independent Arts has announced the opening of an exciting new community gallery space open to all - and it's online! Independent Arts...

School business enterprise team Swish from Ryde Academy has just won another fantastic accolade as part of this year’s Young Enterprise Company Programme. The competition features schools and colleges from throughout the UK who compete in a business enterprise initiative...

13 young people and 6 adults have successfully climbed the height of Scafell Pike from home, raising more than £2,200 for South Wight Area Youth (SWAY) and the Isle of Wight Foodbank. The ‘Hike at Home’ challenge had the team...

Following the government’s latest announcement that housing market transactions in England can take place again, the Southampton division of Barratt and David Wilson Homes will re-open its doors to customers on an appointment-only basis from Thursday 21st May. 12 sites...

A planter, created to look like Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, has been unveiled at Lake Train Station. The project has involved staff and students from nearby Broadlea Primary School as part of the Lake Community Kids Project, with sponsorship...

Captiva Homes has announced that it is offering NHS workers extra help to get on the property ladder. As the Isle of Wight housebuilder prepares to restart on its construction sites, it released details of special packages to help key...