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Romantic Breaks and Spring Escapes

Visit Isle of Wight is hoping that love birds will flock to the Isle of Wight next Spring with the launch of the new Romantic Breaks and Spring Escapes campaign designed to attract couples and families to the most romantic Island in the British Isles. This new campaign, which has already begun, will promote short ... read more

QUEEN’S GUIDE AWARD FOR CERISE.

Cerise Moody from Lake has been awarded the Queen’s Guide Award, the highest attainable award for members of the Girlguiding movement. Presentations of her badge and certificate were made by Patricia Partridge Girlguiding IW President and Island Commissioners Shirley Saunders and Lesley Clifford were in attendance at the special ceremony held at St. John’s Annex, ... read more

SAILING NEWS.

Sylvia Mence, a sailor from Yarmouth  IW was nominated for an RYA Regional Award by her club and was selected as a winner by the RYA Honours and Awards Panel.  She received her award from HRH The Princess  Royal at the organisation’s annual awards ceremony in London. Sylvia, a flag officer at Royal Solent Yacht ... read more

DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR EAST COWES BROWNIES.

East Cowes Brownies have enjoyed double celebrations of late. All the Brownies, Rainbows and Guides together with their leaders recently undertook a community challenge by organising a Coffee Evening in aid of Macmillan Isle of Wight. Everyone joined in with Brownies selling cakes and drinks, Rainbows holding a competition and making some cornflake cakes to sell and ... read more

VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS AT OSBORNE HOUSE.

Osborne House will see a special Christmas event when a Victorian Christmas is held over the weekend of Saturday 3rd/ Sunday 4th December. Taking place from 10am- 5pm on both days there will be the chance to experience the spirit of a Victorian Christmas at beautiful Osborne. Have a go at traditional games, take a ... read more

BEING OUR BEST.

Last Saturday saw a County Day for dozens of Girlguiding leaders from the Isle of Wight. Held at Ryde School the day was organised by the County Adult Support Adviser- Deborah Meadows. With a theme of Being Our Best there were sessions to cover: understanding the current programme in all sections, by supporting transition from ... read more

FARM TO FORK FOR BROWNIES.

Girlguiding , nationally, has a three-year partnership with Tesco’s campaign about getting  young members to eat healthily – and learn more about where the food they eat comes from. To complete challenges about food Girlguiding members are working with Tesco on the Farm to Fork trail – a free challenge for younger members, centred around ... read more

ARCADE FIRE IN THE SUBURBS.

Photo by Eric Kayne Canadian rock ensemble Arcade Fire will be the Saturday headliner at the IW Festival on 10th June 2017. Formed in2001 and based in Montreal, Quebec, these multi instrumentalists continually switch from one instrument to another during each performance. Husband and wife pairing Win Butler and Regine Chassagne are the mainstay of ... read more

BROWNIES and GUIDES SUPPORT MACMILLAN IW.

Presentation to Christine Lloyd.   Brownies from the 11th Newport unit and Guides from 1st Carisbrooke have recently been giving support to Macmillan IW. Both units held coffee events –the Brownies organised a coffee evening at Newport and the Guides held a coffee morning at Gunville.As well as serving drinks there were stalls laden with ... read more

MURAL TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD.

Participants in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, leaders from Newport Open Award Centre and West Wight Open Award Centre and some parents undertook the challenge of painting a large mural to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the Award recently. West Wight Sports and Community Centre will house the mural which was designed by young participants. ... read more