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
Girlguiding members from across the Island came together as part of World Thinking Day (WTD) 2025 to celebrate a day of international friendship and reflect on “Our Story”. On 22 February 2025, dozens of members, volunteers and families joined together in Newport as part of the wider Girlguiding South West
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
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
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
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
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
Despite the force of storm Bert the Girlguiding IW County Day went ahead, although in a curtailed form. With ferry crossings cancelled, Trainers from other counties were unable to get to the Island and undertake their training sessions. However, IW trainers and leaders stepped up to the mark and the
Red Funnel has opened the public vote for it’s annual Charity of the Year programme. Three charities all contending for the 2025 title have been shortlisted by Red Funnel following an internal review and staff vote. Making the shortlist: Since beginning its Charity of the Year programme back in 2015,
Visit Isle of Wight (IW Tourism) has released the results of the tourism statistics for the all-important summer season. These figures, regarded in the industry as one of the most robust visitor surveys in the UK and carried out for Visit Isle of Wight by an independent company, show the