Isle of Wight Rainbows and Brownies paid a visit to Cowes last weekend to enjoy the latest panto at Trinity Theatre, Peter Pan. There are more performances later this week.
There was an excellent standard from the young artists of Ryde and proceeds from the cards will be invested back into the town. Well done to all who organised and those who took part.
Congratulations to Naomi House and Jacksplace - the team that works with local life-limited and life-threatened children and young people - who have picked up a coveted national award.
Girlguiding IW members undertook a selection of Parliament related activities within their units during Parliament Week, with more units here taking part than any other Girlguiding county.
All are welcome to this free event where they'll be able to see fascinating displays and meet local ‘prehistory’ enthusiasts. As well as fossil collectors, there will also be local archaeologists and metal detector groups showing off their finds.
The Isle of Wight member for Youth Parliament, Joe Davies, has taken up the challenge to produce a piece of work exploring the question: “Fake News: Is this the end of facts?”.
Hundreds of teachers, head teachers, school staff and parents travelled to the Houses of Parliament from all over the country (including the Isle of Wight) to lobby MPs about school funding.
The CQC survey found that too many young people across the country find it difficult to access services and so, do not receive the care that they need when they need it.