Local Community News

Girlguiding IW members undertook a selection of Parliament-related activities within their units last week as part of Parliament Week, with more units taking part here than any other Girlguiding county. Parliament Week (13-19th November 2017) is an annual festival that engages...

Web-accessible cameras overlooking The Needles and Scatchells Bay have been officially commissioned this week following a visit to The Needles Coastwatch Station by High Sheriff for the Isle of Wight, Ben Rouse. Working on a 4G connection, 1 of the...

Hovertravel has shown that it is fully behind The Wight Brainy Bunch by helping to promote the charity's latest fund-raising initiative: the Hoses & Helmets Calendar for 2018. The cheeky calendar - which is sponsored by Island Echo - features...

Charities and community groups on the Isle of Wight are invited to apply for up to £2,000 of funding through the E.ON Energising Communities Fund, available for the second time this year. To be eligible for funding organisations must submit...

Over the past 11 years The Sweetcorn Fayre has become a much loved event in the Island's activity calendar and this year's event at Arreton Barns raised a fantastic £18,000 for much-loved Island charities Challenge & Adventure and Beaulieu Respite, each...

An incredible £5,000 donation, raised through the sale of a book entitled 'An Island Legacy', has been presented to support services at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice. The fascinating insight into 200 years of Isle of Wight history, told through original...

A fantastic £408 has been raised by Hovertravel as a result of their BBC Children In Need fundraising efforts for 2017. The cross-Solent operator held a row-a-thon in their Ryde terminal yesterday (Thursday), which saw staff and the occasional customer...

This year’s staff flu vaccinations are well underway with all staff at Isle of Wight NHS Trust sites being offered flu jabs as winter approaches. The Trust’s Occupational Health team, together with staff who have volunteered to become flu vaccinators,...

Callie Meakin Wild About Wight’s exciting new arts project, in association with Quay Arts, got off to a colourful start recently at the historic Sandown Library in The Bay. Dozens of people joined Isle of Wight artists Hannah George, Babs...

An Isle of Wight film produced by Utility Films and Healthwatch Isle of Wight in collaboration with people with a learning disability will be presented at the Royal Society of Medicine Conference on 20th November. The film's director David George said:...