The Annual Awards celebrate invention, creativity and skill development and the recognition of creative thought (thinking out of the box) and fighting against the odds of life to achieve extraordinary things on the Island.
The ever-popular TVR Car Club annual Summer Camp event raised almost £9,000 this year and will split the money between YMCA Young Carers in Shanklin, and the Ability Dogs for Young People.
Volunteers "beavering away at grassroots level are the active lifeblood of our communities", says The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Independent Committee chair, former broadcast journalist Sir Martyn Lewis.
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.
Eligible applicants include charities, community interest companies, voluntary and community group who are encouraged to apply for foundations grants of between £3,000 and £16,000.
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.