Local Community News

The Isle of Wight Festival 2015 has today (Friday) revealed the recipients of its brand new local charity initiative, which was launched in February. A total of 20 pairs of tickets to this year’s festival worth £10,000 were donated towards...

A new Visitor Project Manager who is being 100% funded by the Local Sustainable Transport (LSTF) project has been appointed by Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) to undertake the next stage of the Government-funded campaign, designed to encourage travel behavioural...

VIDEO: Patients attending an appointment at a healthcare environment are being reminded to bring all of their medicines with them in a My Medicines Green Bag. The Green Bags are given to patients at their hospital pre-admission assessment, during a...

Newport Parish Council have supported a new squirrel carving at Sydney Close, Shide.  After a large tree on the public space had to be felled, local resident and keen nature lover Mrs Cole had the idea of commissioning well-known island...

A specially designed bodysuit which enables users to experience what it might be like to be elderly is being used by the Island’s NHS Memory Service. NHS staff are encouraged to experience the age-simulation suit as part of a training...

Budding photographers from the Isle of Wight are urged to get out into their local woods and capture those magical family moments as the Woodland Trust launches a special photo competition. The charity has teamed up with Yorkshire Tea to launch the...

St John Ambulance on the Isle of Wight is holding an open evening in Newport to give local people an insight into what it means to be a volunteer with the nation’s leading first aid charity. The two units on...

The terrible human cost of collisions caused by bad driving and the huge business benefits to driving safely were demonstrated by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight charity The Blue Lamp Trust at its annual conference on Friday. The charity,...

Celebrity gardener and TV presenter, Alan Titchmarsh MBE, VMH (Victoria Medal of Honour RHS) has been revealed as Patron of 'Wight in Bloom', an annual horticultural competition which is open to all Island residents, with the aim to make the...

Storerooom in Cowes, who provide free training to local unemployed people, have secured a new dedicated premises. To enable the growth of the scheme, Storeroom2010 are to provide their courses in a brand new home which they hope to have...