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SEACLOSE PARK LIFE BECKONS FOR BLUR.

Blur have been announced as The Isle of Wight Festival Saturday night headliner with the announcement being made exclusively on Absolute Radio and with a competition winner revealing the news. After winning an Isle of Wight Festival Competition Dean Chant from Bognor announced the final headliner act live on the Breakfast Show. Dean’s full prize ... read more

THE FUTURE IS ROSY FOR RED FUNNEL

Kevin George, Chief Executive of Red Funnel said that Red Funnel’s business was all about the Isle of Wight. Their aim was to make travel to the Island an affordable link and recently the ferry operator had added additional sailings and tweaked some timings to fit in with other transport. Red Funnel had also taken ... read more

PARKHURST RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES ENJOY PIZZAS.

  1st Parkhurst Rainbows and Brownies recently completed the Pizza Challenge by taking part in a variety of activities involving Pizzas. Activities at meetings included: Making sweet pizzas and making pizza baguettes whilst a visit to Pizza Hut involved the girls making their own Pizza and enjoying ice cream. Another popular activity was Italian night ... read more

QUEEN’S GUIDE AWARD FOR ROBYN.

Robyn Downer (26) leader of The Bay Rangers, part of Girlguiding IW Senior Section has gained her Queen’s Guide Award- the first member of Girlguiding IW to do so since 2003. In an introduction to the presentation Senior Section Commissioner and Queen’s Guide Advisor Hannah Pothecary said, “This prestigious and challenging award empowers young women ... read more

IW WALKING FESTIVAL 2015.

Programmes for the 17th staging of the hugely popular Isle of Wight Walking Festival are now available at locations across the Island – as well as online at www.isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk Full details of the 200-plus walks, together with a lot of other useful information and tips, can be found in the programme, which is available at ... read more

CALLING ALL GIRLS AGED 7-10! ARRETON BROWNIES NEED YOU!

Girls aged 7-10 can now take part in a host of adventurous activities as there are vacancies at Arreton Brownie Unit. Although the unit meets at Arreton girls are welcome from other places where there are no Brownie units such as Rookley, Chillerton, Godshill and Merstone. Members can look forward to trying their hand at ... read more

NEW ISLAND COMMISSIONER FOR GIRLGUIDING .

This appointment is made by the South West England Region Chief Commissioner Solange Rebours and Solange was pleased to appoint from the 1st March2015, and for a period of 5 years, Shirley Saunders. Shirley lives in Sandown and is assistant leader of 5th Sandown Brownies. She will continue with this role as well as holding ... read more

ISLAND GUIDES TAKE ON EPIC DANCE CHALLENGE FOR RED NOSE DAY!

On Sunday 8th March Guides from across the Island took part in the first ever Comic Relief Danceathon in support of Red Nose Day 2015. All the Guides, aged between 10 and 14, joined thousands of other Guides up and down the country to take part in the special girl-only dance – getting sponsored to ... read more

Red Funnel’s Spring Open Day.

To mark the return to service of Red Osprey following her major £2.2 million refit, Red Funnel is offering a sneak preview of the ship’s exciting new look as part of a pecial Spring themed Open Day in Southampton on Thursday 26 March. Isle of Wight artisan food producers, local arts and craft exhibitors, and ... read more

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week (9 to 13 March), an event is being held at Newport Library on Thursday 12 March 2015 for young people to find out about local apprenticeships and apply for upcoming opportunities. ‘Great Apprenticeships Day’ involves a number of local training providers including HTP Training , Smart Training and Recruitment, ... read more