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
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
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
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
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
This year’s exhibition mounted by Cowes Heritage is entitled ‘The Development of Somerton Airfield’. Having previously used Regatta House in Bath Road, Cowes Media Centre off the pedestrianised High Street, is now the venue for the annual event. One hundred years ago in 1916 J. Samuel White & Co
‘Your Future’ a major careers and jobs fair commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council in partnership with the Isle of Wight College, takes place on Thursday 27 October at the college. Island residents aged from 14 up to and including adults will be able to obtain key advice on
Following recent wins at the Live UK Music Awards for Best Festival (over 40,000) and Best Family Festival at the Family Traveller Awards, the Isle of Wight Festival has announced that next year’s event will take place between 8-11th June 2017. 2016 marked the 15th anniversary of the Isle of Wight Festival since
Two new photographic exhibitions have opened at Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Freshwater Bay. Martin Perry ‘Echoes’ is a solo show featuring the work of Martin Perry, who lives near Dimbola, and is a collection of atmospheric photographs of landscapes and waterscapes exploring the spectacular beauty of the British Isles. They
Visit Isle of Wight has announced plans to showcase the Island at the World Travel Market (WTM) this November. This new initiative is one of the first activities funded by the newly established WIGHT BID, in which over 1000 tourism businesses are collectively funding projects to increase their returns from