Island News

Isle of Wight Festival-50 Years Celebrations.

  Today, Early Bird weekend tickets have been released for the Isle of Wight Festival 2018 which will take place from 21st – 24th June at Seaclose, Park, Newport. Festival goers will be able to buy tickets for a discounted price until November 28th.   as well as take advantage of special Ferry offers for as little as £10 ... read more

EARL MOUNTBATTEN HOSPICE CELEBRATES 35 YEARS.

Earl Mountbatten Hospice has been the Isle of Wight’s only hospice for 35 years and is known for innovation across the UK and beyond. This Hospice provides expert medical, nursing and domiciliary end of life care and bereavement support to people in their own homes, including care homes, in the Newport buildings and in the local hospital. Photographs of the ... read more

FAIR TO HELP ISLANDERS LOOKING FOR WORK.

Isle of Wight College was the venue for the Careers, Education and Jobs Fair held recently. This free event sponsored by IW Council was supported by Island Futures, IW County Press, Job Centre Plus (JCP) and Isle of Wight College. It was open to all Island residents looking for work, apprenticeships, training or considering their ... read more

IW Lord-Lieutenant Performs Official Opening of Ascensos Contact Centre.

Ascensos, a Contact Centre based in Cowes, was officially opened by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Island, Major General Martin White CB CBE JP on the 1st of November. He unveiled a plaque at the new facility which has been established to manage inbound telephone, email, social media and online queries for a range of blue ... read more

UKSA given Royal seal of approval.

Cowes based, UKSA- the youth charity that uses the power of the sea to transform the lives of thousands of young people each year- has celebrated its 30 th anniversary at Trinity House in London, with UKSA Charity Patron HRH Princess Royal as guest of honour. As Charity Patron HRH Princess Royal was very complimentary ... read more

Cowes Week Ltd seeks new Regatta Director

Organisers of Lendy Cowes Week  are seeking a new Regatta Director to replace Phil Hagen, who left CWL after this year’’s regatta to focus on his other business interests. The Regatta Director role is a year-round, part-time post, and carries a responsibility to evolve the on-the-water side of the regatta in order to retain and ... read more

50th Anniversary Isle of Wight Festival 21st-24th June 2018

2018 sees the 50th Anniversary of the 1st Isle of Wight Festival. Although a very small festival, the 1968 version held at Godshill, was the inspiration for all the festivals that followed. In 1969 the IW Festival was held at Wootton and this was followed in 1970 by the great IW Festival at Afton near freshwater which ... read more

ISLE OF WIGHT MARATHON 2017.

On Sunday 8th October, Adam Tuck became only the third Ryde Harrier to triumph in the IW Marathon, after 61 years of the event. In only his fourth outing over this distance, his third this year, he came home in 2:53:15. Adam’s father Graham Tuck was a GB International runner. Second slot in the race ... read more

CELEBRATING AGE AWARDS 2017.

The third annual ‘Celebrating Age Awards’, sponsored by Wright Estate Agency, were held at Lakeside Spa Hotel, Wootton on Thursday. Emma Lincoln from Age UK/IW welcomed everyone to the Awards Ceremony and introduced John Hannam who acted as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. John thanked sponsors and all the organisers especially Emma Lincoln and Hayley Baxter ... read more

CELEBRATING AGE FESTIVAL

  Helen Lewis from Age UK/IW organised this year’s Celebrating Age Festival. Taking place for a week from the 1st of October hundreds of Islanders  participated in dozens of activities across the Island during this special week including: singing, handicrafts, IT skills as well as obtaining information on organisations which support older people in the community. Here are a some ... read more