A project to promote work-based sustainable travel – has agreed deal with Southern Vectis to enable apprentices to benefit from an 80 per cent discount on 30-day, multi-day Key Card.
When Blake Nash was riding scooters at the skate park during his school years, he says he was mocked by others. A few years later and he has a growing scooter business with nationwide chain, Halfords, being the latest stockist of his products. He says that when things get tough, "you’ve just got keep going".
Since being given a camera for his birthday, 13-year-old Luke, tries to go out every day to photograph something new. He says, “You don’t need lots of money to go out and just take photos and see the Island from a different perspective, just enjoy it and have fun trying new things".
On any one day, Mountbatten is caring for 1,000 people – double the number at the same time last year – and, with numbers expected to increase further, the fundraising efforts of the Island community become ever more vital to ensuring the charity’s future. Sign up today to take part in Walk to Wight to help support Mountbatten.
A group of History, Design Technology and STEM students from Ryde Academy spent the day at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard this week, and were praised for being "such interested and highly motivated students".
The Isle of Wight College has a proven track record of excellent success rates so why not head to their latest Open Day to find out more about the courses and apprenticeships on offer and speak to tutors and career advisers.
Friday 25th January is the deadline to nominate worthy candidates for these sporting awards. The awards recognise the success that a member or team has achieved, or the contribution that a volunteer or officer has made to the progress to a sports club.
Come snow or shine, join the folks from The Common Space on the Science Beach in Sandown on Saturday for this free event to build your very own sandman or woman! Carrots, coal and hot chocolate on tap.
Cowes Enterprise College welcomed a visit from Isle of Wight comic store, Heroes, yesterday, as they presented the donation of 50 graphic novels in a special assembly for Year 7s.
Yesterday's 'Pop Goes the Culture' event was judged a great success. OnTheWight chatted to event's host, Alex Watts, to learn how the event went after the last 50 tickets were 'sold out' in nine minutes.
The leadership and teachers have worked hard to help the school become a happier and more cohesive community, with shared higher expectations of what pupils can achieve and how they behave, says the Ofsted inspector.