Local Community News

Age UK Isle of Wight are calling for adventurous fundraisers to take on the incredible challenge of a sponsored tandem skydive from over 12,000ft.  The jump, which is taking place at Sandown Airport on Tuesday 11th July, will offer each jumper an...

Shanklin Football Club receive a £500 grant from Shanklin Rotary The cast of Shanklin Theatre's Strictly Murder, including former Coronation Street actor Brian Capron and soap stars Corinne Wicks and Gary Turner, were on hand to take part in presentations to voluntary...

Island-based charity Independent Arts is holding a prize draw with a pair of weekend camping tickets to Isle of Wight Festival 2017 up for grabs. The tickets have been donated to Independent Arts by the Festival organisers as part of...

Students at Cowes Enterprise College have taken positive action to help support over 260million children worldwide who miss out on school and also miss out on the chance to improve their own lives and their local communities. 14-year-old Treeve White and...

An interior designer based in Sandown has won the chance to show off her talents at the Grand Designs Live show in London’s ExCEl exhibition centre at the end of this month. Island resident Janette Webb will be showcasing not...

L-R: Brian Hinton with Tim Rudman Taking pride of place currently at Dimbola Museum and Galleries is an exhibition of atmospheric black and white photographs entitled ‘Iceland-An Easy Calm’. Compiled entirely on location over a period of 8 years they...

Nikita Hallahan and Danny Wells will be cycling around the Isle of Wight in aid of Prostate Cancer UK today (Saturday), the same weekend as the London Marathon where the couple got engaged a year ago. The fundraising duo - who are...

Aspire Ryde has joined a Prince inspired solar fundraising drive which has been launched today (Friday) on the anniversary of the super-star’s death. In the days following Prince’s passing, details emerged of his wide ranging and secret philanthropy, including the...

Ben Fogle returned to the Solent yesterday (Thursday) to help Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) - the UK-based marine conservation charity – roll out its plan to restore the native oyster to local waters. The aim is to reintroduce 1 million oysters by...

A new partnership between the NSPCC and Lidl UK will enable the children’s charity to reach 1 million primary school children with crucial advice on how to stay safe from abuse. The supermarket chain is committed to raising £3 million...