Local Community News

After a year of hard work, Isle of Wight Glass Museum, located at Arreton Barns, the Island’s largest arts and crafts centre in the heart of the Isle of Wight, is to open its doors to the public next Saturday...

Police on the Isle of Wight along with colleagues from Trading Standards are reminding people to be vigilant after possible rogue trader activity on the Island. Although no formal complaints have been received at the current time Hampshire Constabulary say they are...

The RAF Police welcomed new members to their ranks at a recent graduation ceremony and Islander Torsten Lumber was among them. Torsten, 27, from Ryde was watched by friends and family as he graduated the 6-month trade training course to become a...

When Community Mental Health was identified as a Healthwatch Isle of Wight workplan topic, targeted engagement work began. This took place in various places, to find out more about people’s experience of mental health services. A range of networking activity...

Volunteers on the Isle of Wight are being sought by national charity Canine Partners to take puppies into their own homes and begin their early training to be assistance dogs for people with disabilities. Canine Partners is specifically looking for...

A Ryde business has shown its support for the island’s most vulnerable people by setting up a collection for a homeless charity. The Yorkshire Building Society agency, based at Ward House Mortgages & Life owned by Mike Ward, is collecting...

A young 16-year-old Islander with cerebral palsy is delighted to have a new companion in his life - an ability dog called Magic. Local charity Ability Dogs 4 Young People have just placed their latest, newly trained Ability Dog, Magic...

As part of fashion retailer Fat Face's Black Friday offering, they chose to donate to charity through their 'Thanks for giving' campaign. Fat Face's Cowes store selected Cowes based UKSA as their charity. The company's incentive for the campaign came...

It’s not too late to nominate that special someone for a Healthwatch Care Award as the deadline for the Healthwatch Isle of Wight Care Awards has been extended with the new closing date of Wednesday 16th March. The Healthwatch Isle...

It’s been a busy and exciting start to 2016 for the Cowes Chiropractic Clinic, who are celebrating being presented with a prestigious award. In January, the Mill Hill Road-based practice were awarded the Royal College of Chiropractors Patient Practice Quality Mark for...