Local Community News

The Cinnamon Trust, a national charity whose volunteers help people over retirement age and those in the latter stages of a terminal illness by offering all kinds of pet care, are looking to welcome new dog-walking volunteers to help a...

The Isle of Wight's former pop star, Craig Douglas, is making his first national television appearance for over 30 years. Craig, who was born in Newport, had a dozen of hit records during the 50s and 60s and went on...

Children's paintings inspired one of Britain’s leading costume designers, Diana Moseley, and her team to produce Ryde Society's entry in this year's Ryde Carnival. Youngsters and their parents marched with figures bearing giant childlike faces and drawings of Ryde scenes...

The challenge of crossing the Solent in a swan pedalo - one of the more unusual Isle of Wight charity fundraisers this summer - was a surprising success on Saturday. 2 teams commandeered a pair of swan pedalos from Ryde...

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Mark’s Church, Wootton Bridge has secured a grant of £54,797 from Biffa Award, a multi-million-pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to community and environmental projects across...

The WightAID Foundation is promoting a new process to help charities and community groups apply for grants of £500 or less. The ‘5 steps to £500’ initiative seeks to make it as simple as possible for smaller good causes to...

Aldi is offering 20 schools across the UK, including here on the Isle of Wight, the chance to win £20,000 each through its new Kit For Schools campaign. The promotion, which is part of Aldi’s long-standing partnership with Team GB,...

2 Isle of Wight businesses have come forward to support the Medina Marching Band after the community group fell victim to theft earlier this week. As previously reported by Island Echo, £250 worth of drum sticks were stolen from the...

Almost £3,000 was donated by the generous public at the last open day of the year for Freshwater Independent Lifeboat. The charity had high hopes going into the event on Sunday 25th August, as the last open day had to...

Climate change is causing a striking butterfly from southern Europe to appear in record-breaking numbers across the south of England, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation can reveal. More than 50 Long-tailed Blue butterflies and hundreds of the butterfly’s eggs have been...