David Carrington will be giving up time with his own young family on Christmas Eve to provide this service to others, as he tracks 'Santa' crossing the globe.
On Saturday (1 August) Ventnor Town Council takes on the management of four of the town’s eight car parks: Dudley Road, Market Street, Pound Lane and Shore Road, where you'll find reduced car parking charges.
The Ventnor Enterprise Centre hopes to attract small and start-up businesses in the creative and office-based industries. Now open for expressions of interest.
The Our Place! scheme aims to give people more power over local services and budgets in their neighbourhoods, aligning these with all the other resources that the community can bring. Ventnor has just be chosen as a pilot council for the scheme.
The Coastal Centre has a fascinating history, it was bought by the local Ventnor council in 1945 with a loan from the Ministry of Health. Now the Isle of Wight council want to sell it off to the highest bidder rather than let the local council have it for community use.
Ventnor's town clerk explains why it is important to keep the Coastal Visitors Centre within the hands of community and shares details of the proposed Enterprise Hub.