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IW Community Protest Over Weston School Closure.

Jan 20th, 2008 | By Melanie Swan | Category: Community, Education, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight Cllr Melanie Swan of the Non-Aligned Group of Councillors reports:  ‘Ruling Tory Group Out of Touch With Communities’

I attended the march to save Weston School on Saturday and I was appalled that none of the Isle of Wight Council Leader’s came to listen to what parents, children, school governors or any other [...]



Isle of Wight Cllrs Speak Out On School Reforms.

Jan 17th, 2008 | By Melanie Swan | Category: Community, Education, Isle of Wight

Following Mondays publication of the council’s proposals for education reform, the message from the one group of Island Councillors is very clear “the ruling Tory group is breaking faith with the electorate”
The Non-Aligned Group of Councillors intend to vote against all the education proposals being put forward in next week’s Full Council vote and have [...]



Island ‘Inside Outside’ Exhibition Goes To Parliament.

Dec 5th, 2007 | By Melanie Swan | Category: Citizen Media, Community, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, People

The highly successful Inside Outside Exhibition by Island families living with autism first held at Quay Arts in 2004, is being exhibited in the House of Commons this week, 3rd-7th December.
This followed Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turners nomination for the show in the Palace of Westminster exhibition ballot which, to the delight of the artists and their [...]



Isle of Wight MP Wins Once in Lifetime Opportunity for Island Families.

Aug 15th, 2007 | By Melanie Swan | Category: Community, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, People

Island MP, Andrew Turner, has offered an exciting opportunity to exhibit creative work in the Palace of Westminster, to a group of Isle of Wight families living with Autism.  The families took part in a remarkable exhibition called ˜Inside Outside” which was shown at Quay Arts in October/November 2004.

Following the success of the exhibition, Andrew [...]