Local Community News

Shanklin Voluntary Youth Centre is flying the flag as one of the UK’s very best green spaces having been recognised in Keep Britain Tidy's Green Flag Award Scheme. The centre's green space and local community initiatives are among a record-breaking...

Following on from the recent closure of the South Street toilet facilities in Newport due to drainage issues, Newport Parish Council have teamed up with McDonalds to trial a 3-month community toilet scheme. Members of the public will be able...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has thanked Mari Griffiths of The Salix Café in Shanklin for her success in organising 100 members of the local community to be trained to use a defibrillator as part of the 100-4-1-Life campaign....

This summer, Isle of Wight libraries are challenging children to help solve a mystery by inviting them to join 'Animal Agents', part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2017. This year’s challenge is illustrated by Tony Ross, the UK’s best-selling children’s...

12A care home in Sandown has been praised as 'outstanding' by inspectors for its 'exceptionally personalised care'. Staff at The Briars on Broadway have been noted by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as being 'highly caring and compassionate' and working...

A new book produced by the Freshwater and Totland Archive Group entitled ‘I Remember Hill Lodge, Freshwater’ has been published by Island-based publisher, Beachy Books. The book is inspired by the real diaries of Ellen Victoria Jane Stevenson (1892-1992) who...

Print At a time when over 26 million people in England report to have at least 1 long term condition, the Isle of Wight Library Service has launched a national scheme to support them with expert endorsed books available to...

Applications are now open for a new support programme aimed at local community businesses: the Community Business Trade Up Programme, run by School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The programme supports the leaders of early-stage community...

The RSPCA is poised for a huge increase in the number of calls to its emergency hotline as more hot weather arrives this July - the worst month for incidents of dogs being left in hot cars. The animal welfare...

3 units of Girlguiding IW, which support the same church hall in Newport, recently held an entertainment and sale evening. Over the past year since the 3 units - Carisbrooke Rangers, 10th Newport Brownies and 11th Newport Guides - have...