Local Community News

The Director of Music of the Newchurch Male Voice Choir, Roy Bevan, had the pleasure of presenting Don Emery with the President's Silver Medallion on Saturday night in recognition of Don's 28 years of service to the Choir. In the...

Sainsbury’s West Cowes have this week donated left over Sport Relief merchandise to a local primary school for their use. Queensgate Foundation Primary School in East Cowes have received clothing, footballs, drinks bottles and other accessories. Sainsbury's are also looking...

Children and young people’s cancer support charity CLIC Sargent is calling out for Hair-os on the Isle of Wight to get wiggy for its annual Wig Wednesday fundraiser on 25th May. The charity is looking for people to be sponsored...

The remarkable contribution local care homes across the Island have made to the health and social care system has been marked at the Healthwatch Isle of Wight Care Awards 2016. Entries for the awards were received from family members of...

Sainsbury’s Local Charity of the Year scheme is back and the Newport, Freshwater and Sandown stores are looking for a new charity to support on the Isle of Wight. Over the next couple of months, Sainsbury’s stores will make a shortlist...

Junior Doctors from St Mary's Hospital have today (Tuesday) visited children in Early Years at Cowes Primary School to hold a 'Teddy Bear Hospital' to teach them about health, dental hygiene, hospitals and what to do if they needed to...

VIDEO: The biggest and most popular schools event in the South East is on target to break attendance records in 2016 whilst helping South East based high-tech businesses address the skills gap and meet their employment needs. The Big Bang...

Colleagues from The Southern Co-operative Funeralcare across the Isle of Wight have hosted a Race Night at the Newport Football Club raising over £1,000 for disabled children’s charity, Whizz-Kidz. The Island's funeral homes in East Cowes, Freshwater, Lake, Newport and...

A group of 18 paramedics are undertaking a 4 day trek around the Isle of Wight in aid of The Lily Foundation and Papyrus, a national charity for preventing young suicide. The charity fundraisers from the South East Coast Ambulance...

All the Island’s Rainbows (the youngest members of Girlguiding IW aged 5-7) were invited to an outdoor fun day at Barton Manor recently. This day in the great outdoors included a number of challenges and foraging for items found in...