Local Community News

As part of Dementia Awareness Week (14th-20th May), Age Friendly Island are sharing a story from one of their projects, Carers Isle of Wight (Carers IW). The Isle of Wight has the highest rate of residents diagnosed with dementia in...

Mother of 2 Sarah Wilkinson, who lost her husband and the father of her children when he was accidentally killed by machine gun fire in 2011, is to take part in the Month of May Marathon initiative in his honour and to...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) is inviting anyone interested in volunteering for the charity to join them at a Volunteer Recruitment Day on Wednesday 7th June from 10:00 - 14:00 at their Head Offices at 22 Oriana Way,...

UKSA's Test the Water programme, designed to get as many Isle of Wight Year 6 pupils out on the water as possible, has been hailed a resounding success with over 3,240 students having attended the free programme over the last...

Sainsbury’s Local Charity of the Year scheme is back for the ninth year running and the company's Newport store is now inviting nominations to become the flagship local charity for 2017/2018. At the end of May, Sainsbury's Newport will shortlist 3 charities...

Islanders and those from further afield are being invited to sign up to ‘Challenge the Wight’, the night-time based walk across the Isle of Wight held to raise funds for the young people’s charity Challenge & Adventure. This year’s event,...

'Can I dig it?' is the question Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) wants everyone to ask themselves before they begin excavation work. Whether you’re a budding gardener itching to try out your new tools, or an experienced construction company...

52 members and 5 helpers of Medina Marching Band recently represented the Isle of Wight in Roeselare, Belgium after taking part in the VE day parade and tattoo. The day started with a street parade formed of all participating bands,...

A large cheque has provided an unexpected and most welcome postscript to a rescue by Cowes RNLI lifeboat in the Solent earlier this week. As first reported by Island Echo, the volunteer lifeboat crew launched to assist an injured yachtsman off Norris...

Responding to the recent Heart Failure and Hospice Care report by Hospice UK and the British Heart Foundation, the Earl Mountbatten Hospice has welcomed the call for more heart patients to receive end of life care, adding that Islanders dying...