Local Community News

A charity car wash at Shanklin Fire Station last weekend raised an amazing £950 for 2 worthy charities. Firefighters and their families came together to wash vehicles of all shapes and sizes at the fire station on Saturday. Thanks to...

Summer King, a final year Commercial Music degree student at Platform One, is releasing her second single 'Blame Me' tomorrow (Friday). The rising Isle of Wight singer, who performs under the name Roni, has co-written the track in the studio...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is urging communities across central southern England to apply for grant-funding of up to £20,000 from its Resilient Communities Fund ahead of the closing date on Thursday 23rd May. SSEN has made £220,000 available...

Isle of Wight favourite Derek Sandy will sing on several Wightlink crossings over the next few weekends, following his success in the Britain’s Got Talent auditions. He stunned judges on the hit talent show with his song ‘Welcome to the...

Island Savoyards have handed over a cheque for £1,110 to CLIC Sargent thanks to last year's 'A Christmas Carol' performance. Money raised from programme sales at the group's production at Shanklin Theatre last Christmas have been donated to the good...

More than £34,000 has been donated by a regional co-operative to wildlife projects in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight helping communities discover nature in their neighbourhoods. The funding from Southern Co-op supported a variety of local schemes run by...

The splash park before (R) and after (L) Isle of Wight external cleaning specialists Newgents have been busy getting a popular play park ready for the summer season. The Isaac Hayward Splash Park at the Canoe Lake in Ryde is starting to...

More than 7,000 people stepped outside to explore their local environment at The New Carnival Company’s (NCC) All Along the Riverbank festival on May Day (Monday 6th May). This free community arts and countryside event featured lots of May Day...

Dorset-based Fischer Panda are helping young disabled sailor Natasha Lambert BEM by literally powering her dreams. The company have donated a generator that has been installed on a 46ft catamaran that is currently being adapted for Natasha by Wight Shipyard...

Schools who have entered this year's Ryde in Bloom competition got a head start recently by learning how to sow seeds by one of the local allotment tenants, George Rollason. Ryde Town Council’s Allotments Officer, Shona Parnell, and Ryde South...