The Isle of Wight is all about community

Join the Independent Lifeboat Lotto for your chance to win up to £5,000. It costs less than a tenner a month and you'll be helping local independent lifeboat stations.

Dave is really looking forward to his new role in Scouting and is keen to hear from anyone who feels they can help in any way.

Stuart Southwell won two weekend Isle of Wight Festival tickets in the Aspire Ryde ticket draw.

To raise awareness for September's Ride and Stride for Churches event, Isle of Wight's Rev Clive Todd took to a penny farthing in Oxford at the weekend.

Over 3,000 cyclists passed through Ventnor Rugby club during the Randonnee and £250 was raised from refreshments.

This award-winning Crochet Cafe was set up by a Local Area Coordinator, and despite the blow of IW Council scrapping LACs, the Cafe has gone from strength to strength, with community members stepping forward to help run the initiative.

The event attracted over 100 swimmers last year and as well as the help of inshore rescue teams, the services of kayakers and canoeists are needed to support the swimmers.

No stranger to awards for her services to equality and diversity, Yve has now been named the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

All monies raised will be used to buy uniform and learning aids for the new members.

The award is very well deserved. Founded in 2012 with the aim of keeping the library open, Friends of Freshwater Library has become a thriving and dynamic community group committed to the preservation and development of the library.

Since their launch in September 2016 WightAID have granted £268,681 through 117 grants. The latest round of funding is announced.