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FURTHER ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2025

With around 100 days to go until the gates open, BRIT Award nominees, hotly tipped talent, musical legends and 2025 Eurovision contenders have been added to the line up for the 2025 Isle of Wight Festival, taking place over the weekend of 19th – 22nd June. Razorlight, Yard Act, English Teacher, Midge Ure, Pale Waves, ... read more

IW High Sheriff visits Carisbrooke Guides.

Following the presentation of the High Sheriff’s Award to Girlguiding IW County Commissioner, Linda Stone, at the World Thinking Day event, the High Sheriff Graham Biss BEM JP made a visit to , the 1st Carisbrooke (Princess Beatrice Own) Guide Unit where Linda is the leader. At the beginning of March, to enable the Guides ... read more

NEXT-GENERATION IW ELECTRIC FERRY.

Red Funnel Ferries and Artemis Technologies are delighted to announce the successful completion of the first phase of their partnership, announced in July 2024. Completion of this milestone, marked by the signing of agreements between the companies, now means that the partnership enters the construction and delivery stage of the programme. Crew training will begin ... read more

World Thinking Day Celebrated at Sandown.

Sandown Rainbows, 4th Sandown Brownies and Lake Guides joined together for World Thinking Day. The girls visited different World Centres to try food, crafts and games from that country. These included Rangoli patterns, 3d peacocks, Origami Peacocks, Diya Paper Lamps, Ceramic Diya Lamps to decorate, Skiers, Paper Snowfights, Wordsearches, Peace Doves, Making London Skylines, Jenga, ... read more

EFFE SEAL FOR IW CULTURAL FESTIVALS.

Creative Island is delighted to announce that the Isle of Wight has officially been awarded the prestigious EFFE Seal for its commitment to cultural festivals. This achievement celebrates the Island’s remarkable contribution to cultural and artistic excellence,elevating its vibrant festival scene to a global stage.The EFFE Seal, a hallmark of quality for Europe’s most distinguished ... read more

Supporting Isle of Wight Residents.

Red Funnel has announced that Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) will be the company’s Charity of the Year for the duration of 2025.   This announcement follows the results of a vote by the Isle of Wight community, Red Funnel colleagues and customers. Wessex Cancer Support IOW and The Wight Brainy were ... read more

New IW map – ideal for camp sites & hikes.

Outdooractive, Europe’s largest outdoor activity and tourism digital platform, has announced the release of its latest UK map update.  This update includes work enabled by cooperation with Isle of Wight Council and Visit Isle of Wight to deliver the best interactive outdoor activities map for the Isle of Wight.  Outdooractive’s new UK map is set ... read more

Zeb from Wildheart Animal Sanctuary up for Award.

Zeb Fisher who has helped to arrange and support Girlguiding IW visits to the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, Sandown is up for an award. Incredible Zeb has been shortlisted for a national VisitEngland Tourism Superstar award. When Girlguiding IW members were undertaking the Day and Night with Tigers Badges Zeb invited everyone to the attraction at ... read more

GIRLGUIDING IW MEMBERS SET SAIL FOR MOTUNUI AT EXCLUSIVE MOANA 2 SCREENING.

On Sunday 8th December Girlguiding members from across the Island enjoyed a trip to The Commodore Cinema, Ryde, to see Disney’s latest animated adventure film, Moana 2, at an exclusive screening. Girlguiding nationally has a partnership with Odeon Cinemas but with none of these on the Island ,the Commodore stepped up to enable local girls ... read more