Local Community News

Kathy Grogan from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has been shortlisted for a Biodiversity Champion Award as part of the CIRIA Big Biodiversity Challenge.  Kathy has been nominated by colleagues from Arc Consulting and Artecology for her outstanding...

The UK’s largest hearing loss charity Action on Hearing Loss is launching its new hearing screening drop-in service exclusively on the Isle of Wight on Friday 11th August at Argyll House Surgery in Ryde, between 14:00-15:30. The service, which is a...

Charities on the Isle of Wight could get their hands on a share of £100,000 in the big Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation giveaway. The Charitable Foundation supports registered charities which help to alleviate poverty, improve health and save lives...

Artist ATM and Tim Ferrero at Ryde Pier / Photo: Paul Gonella Street artist 'ATM' has taken inspiration from the lush seagrass meadows off Ryde for his latest wildlife portrait, a cuttlefish. A visit to Ryde at low tide with...

A new poll has shown that more than 8 out of 10 people (84%) think the Government should spend money on preserving and managing the countryside, with 61% saying that the current spend of £3billion per year is either the...

A team of Virgin Media engineers from the South Coast have challenged themselves to cycle over 70 miles around the Isle of Wight in aid of charity. 10 riders will take to the Island's roads on Friday (4th August) to...

A 3-year partnership between CLIC Sargent and Morrisons has reached £1million after just 5 months - and that's partially thanks to the efforts of Morrisons in Sandown. Children and young people with cancer are set to benefit from the staggering...

Not-for-profit public space transformer, The Common Space, will be expanding its work to reveal and revitalize a corner of Sandown Bay, thanks to an East Wight Landscape grant for £5,000 from Down to the Coast. The Willow Walk, which is...

Entries for Earl Mountbatten Hospice’s 'Grow a Sunflower' campaign are blooming, and it’s still not too late to submit yours! The competition to find the tallest and widest sunflowers was launched by the hospice in March this year, as part...

The Isle of Wight community are being urged to get behind a campaign to supply an orphan and day care centre in Kenya with brand new school uniform, 3 years on from a previous donation by Carisbrooke Primary School pupils...