One of the more unusual events for this year’s Celebrating Age Festival will be the chance to enjoy afternoon tea whilst watching the views of the Island and Southampton Water pass as you sail from East Cowes to Southampton and back. As already reported the celebrating Age Festival starts on

    Last weekend saw the 2017 round of ‘Bart’s Bash’. Registered charity ‘Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation’ now also referred to as the ‘Andrew Simpson Foundation: The Sailing Charity’, was set up in memory of, and inspired by the Olympic sailing Gold medallist, Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. Founding Trustees are Sir Ben

With a new venue, Shepard’s Wharf, Cowes and a new format this year’s Little Britain Challenge Cup for members of the construction industry took place recently and saw the events 30th anniversary. After some keen racing, with courses set by the Island Sailing Club, sailors enjoyed the hospitality of Shepard’s

  Warmth and bright sunshine were the order of the opening day of the Yacht Market.com Southampton Boat Show. Based in Mayflower Park, next door to the Red Funnel Ferries Terminal, the ten- day event is the first of an initial two years sponsorship deal between British Marine and The

With huge interest in Queen Victoria following the release of the new film starring Judi Dench and Ali Fazal, and the return of ‘Victoria’ to ITV, Red Funnel has produced a fun and engaging video to persuade busy Londoners to escape the city and head to the the Isle of Wight.

Spinlock, designers and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety products for leisure and commercial water users, have been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation at their production facility in Cowes. This Cowes-based business, founded in 1968, was announced as winner of the coveted award in April

Recently the largest ever National Citizen Service (NCS) programme run at UKSA for Island teenagers has raised almost £5000 for local charities. This programme, in partnership with NCS EFL Trust, saw the groups take part in team building and confidence boosting exercises, before moving onto fundraising projects for local charities,

Visit Isle of Wight has launched a fascinating new “Literary Heroes Trail” to welcome visitors year-round to popular Island destinations. David Thornton, CEO, Visit Isle of Wight said: “The Literary Heroes Trail is an inspirational trail which takes visitors on a journey across the Island, discovering locations where celebrated writers went on holiday,

Northwood House, Cowes was once again the venue for the awards ceremony for this year’s Wight in Bloom competition-sponsored by Red Funnel. From the 131 entries, an increase of 25%, some 30+ gardeners who had entered the competition came together to find out who had taken the top spot in

Age Friendly Island’s second annual Celebrating Age Festival begins on International Older Persons Day- Sunday, 1st October. This Year’s Festival promotes the richness and diversity of the Isle of Wight’s communities with events to interest all Islanders. A programme listing all the activities is available at Libraries, Age UK IW