Local Community News

The NSPCC’s Isle of Wight charity shop is appealing for people across the island to donate their unwanted Christmas gifts so they can be used to generate funds for the charity’s services. The shop, which is based on the corner...

E.ON is encouraging charities and community groups on the Isle of Wight to apply for up to £2,000 of funding through its Energising Communities Fund before the application deadline of Monday 29th January 2018. To be eligible for funding organisations must...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is preparing to mark a year of memorable milestones in 2018 and it needs your help. Supplying electricity to some 3.1 million homes across central southern England, the network operator is keen to track...

Sarah and Andy Brown 'New Year New You' was the theme at an all-encompassing well-being event held at Ryde Castle on Sunday. Free workshops were held for the 81 visitors who passed through the doors looking to take control of their own health....

Comic Relief has awarded a total of £34,712 through the ‘Core Strength – Local Communities Programme’ to support 6 local community groups and charitable organisations working in deprived or disadvantaged areas with their day-to-day core running costs. The Comic Relief...

Local amateur gardener, Lucas Richards, has won Best Junior Gardener in the inaugural Wilko Amateur Gardener of the Year competition. Lucas, from Nettlestone, entered the picture of his garden into the national competition. Lucas was then selected by his category...

Ability Dogs 4 Young People has already got its newest addition of 2018, Chester, an 8-week-old yellow Labrador puppy. The adorable puppy is the latest recruit to the Sandown-based charity's training team and maintains the total number of Ability Dog...

Ventnor and the Isle of Wight will feature on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow (Tuesday 9th January) when the latest edition of 'Mark Steel Comes to Town', which was recorded at Ventnor Winter Gardens, is aired at 18:30. In the continuing...

The Earl Mountbatten Hospice has relocated its shop in Ventnor with the aim of creating a more open and flexible model for the future. As well as offering a range of second hand goods for sale in order to raise...

Islanders are being encouraged to tune in to BBC2 tomorrow (Thursday 4th January) at 18:30 to see the Isle of Wight Steam Railway featured on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys. In this series Michael Portillo embarks on a railway...