Staff from Island Roads raised enough money for this charity to buy a new puppy and for it to be trained, so it can provide assistance to a disabled young person on the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Soup is a community crowd-funding venture, providing micro-grants to ideas and projects that benefit the Island. The next event takes place at Quay Arts in Newport on Wednesday 8th March.
£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.
Several community based projects across the Isle of Wight have been chosen as recipients of this year’s grant funding from the Isle of Wight Foundation – the charitable foundation established by the partners in Island Roads.
The charity ball is desperately lacking prizes for the main raffle, tombola and casino. Island businesses or individuals are urged to get in touch is they are able to support in any way.
Staff at Sainsbury's Newport store have helped to raise a whopping £15,000 for Sport Relief by collecting at ferry terminals and by taking part in sessions on a static bike and rowing machine.