YMCA Fairthorne Group has scooped a Lottery grant of £457,523 to fund a new service to support bereaved children on the Isle of Wight. The funding will allow YMCA Winchester House in Shanklin, to get the ‘Help2gGrieve’ scheme for young people off the ground…

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has announced it will close its file on the subject of competition to establish a new Primary School as part of the amalgamation of Chillerton, Rookley, Godshill and Wroxall Primary Schools, if no further information from the Isle of Wight Council or interested party has been received by 23rd March…

Following a review of the usage of Isle of Wight Council help centres, the local authority will be reducing the opening hours at some centres. Changes reflect the increasing use of customers using the Internet and telephone to access services…

From this month ladies between 47 – 49 years will be offered breast screening on the Island as part of the National Beast-Screening Programme. The Isle of Wight Breast Screening Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital is the first centre within the South Central (West) region to reduce the age limit of inviting ladies for breast screening…

Isle of Wight based organisations are being encouraged to apply for grants of between £2,500 – £120,000 to help provide fun-filled activities for disabled children. The funding is ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’..

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have low crime rates and are comparatively safe places to live according to a new assessment scheme and website launched today. For the first time, people can compare the performance of their local police force nationally and how well crime is being tackled..

Isle of Wight NHS is supporting a national campaign ‘Dying Matters Awareness Week’ to encourage people to talk openly about bereavement…

Bus travel will soon be safer, more efficient and easier to use under new Government proposals. Plans outline measures to improve services including a ban on the consumption of alcohol and proposals to allow local authorities to set maximum ticket prices for all…