Events

Today marks National No Smoking Day and the Isle of Wight's 22,000 smokers are being encouraged to try quitting. The Isle of Wight Council's public health service is working with Chamber Health and the Island's Stop Smoking Service to offer...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner is to hold a monthly drop-in surgery at the Foodbank Cafe at the Church on the Roundabout in Newport. The first session will be on Friday 21st March from 11:00 until 12:30. Anybody can go...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust LGB&T Network Group is a group made up of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, (patients, family members, and carers) from the Island, who can act as a ‘critical friend’ for the Trust by discussing...

Following on from the biggest ever attendance at last year’s Riverfest on Newport Quay, this year’s date has just been announced. Riverfest 2014 will be held on Saturday May 17th from 11:00 until 15:00, thanks to support from the local...

The New Carnival Company will be leading a very unusual series of leisure walks across the Island on the weekend of 15th and 16th March – and you are all invited! These 9 easy one-mile walks are all part of...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, is calling on Island musicians to enter ‘Rock the House 2014’, Parliament’s biggest competition which celebrates up-and-coming, unsigned British artists and the live music venues that support them.  Last year, local band ‘Dreamstate’ reached the...

As part of National Apprenticeships Week, two events are being held on the Island for young people and businesses. On Tuesday (4th March), a business breakfast is taking place at Quay Arts Centre in Newport to give organisations the opportunity...

Following its success last year, a second exhibition is to be held featuring work by artists with autism at Dimbola Museum and Galleries. All of the artists are supported by the Way Forward Programme, an Island charity which works with...

Are you aged between 14-19 with little or no sailing experience? Do you want something to commit to – a bit of a challenge? UKSA, a Cowes-based youth charity, is recruiting for the Association of Sail Training (ASTO) race 2014...

Peace Party activists, including John Morris - lead prospective Peace Party candidate - will be out and about handing out flyers in Ryde this week promoting the European Union as a force for peace as part of the Party’s campaign...