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After losing her husband to bowel cancer, Sandra Aldridge of Totland has so far raised £4,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Community
Community spirit can be found in the rural and urban areas on the Isle of Wight. We’ve gathered together stories that explicitly focus on the Island’s community to share with you.
They might be about a new volunteering scheme, charitable event or grants for local groups. If you have some community information you’d like to share with our readers, get in touch.
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A two year scheme to help those in Ryde with poor mental or physical health has just been awarded almost £40,000.
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The COOK project will focus on helping people with learning disabilities, mental and physical health issues, young people and those who need support in returning to work.
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The recovery fund, and strategic youth recovery fund will go some way to helping these organisations continue to provide vital services to their beneficiaries many of whom are young people or face additional challenges or barriers to inclusion
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WightAID Foundation and partner WRS Systems present grants to eight Isle of Wight charities totaling £9,300
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Join the Lifeboat Lotto for your chance to win up to £5,000. It costs less than £10pm and you’ll be helping independent lifeboat stations
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Join the Lifeboat Lotto for your chance to win up to £5,000. It costs less than £10pm and you’ll be helping independent lifeboat stations
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The Isle of Wight council has launched a new round of funding for community-based mental wellbeing projects, with £50,000 available for innovative local initiatives focusing on children, young people and families affected by cost of living pressures
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£50,000 of funds raised by Red Funnel for Ability Dogs 4 Young People, the ferry company’s chosen Charity of the Year for 2016, has meant the charity could buy a van for the training of its assistance dogs.
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Don't miss the chance to bid for funding to help keep your community safe. Funding of up to £50,000 per project available. Details within
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One Mum told the volunteers at Pan Together she was so desperate that she'd even thought about stealing food to feed her kids – highlighting just how important this support is
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The £500,000 was raised in under three weeks and the total is still growing as Freemasons continue to dig deep to help those displaced from Ukraine
