Congratulations to all at Aspire in Ryde who last week received their Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service from Lord Lieutenant of The Isle of Wight, Major General Martin White.
As part of the Isle of Wight Day celebration events, Ben Fowler is planning to walk around the Isle of Wight. You can join in or simply show your support by donating.
Call for volunteers today (Friday) and Sunday to help set up and take down the first Isle of Wight Pride. Also see details of the handful of tickets that are still available for the VIP arena and the evening event.
Volunteers French Barlow and William Phillips have each won individual awards for Outstanding Achievements while the Green Army have won a group award in recognition of the whole team!
The Isle of Wight has several pockets of deprivation, so if you know of someone who can benefit from a grant to help others in those areas, please let them know about this funding scheme.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has judged the Earl Mountbatten Hospice to be ‘Outstanding’ - putting them alongside a small group of other hospices across the country which have achieved a similar rating.
Food poverty is a hidden issue on the Isle of Wight so as part of the national event, Big Pancake Day, Ryde councillor Michael Lilley will be flipping pancakes and raising awareness.