EVERYONE INVITED TO ADVENTURE AT HOME.
https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/what-we-do/adventures-at-home/ Girlguiding, the UK’s leading charity for girls and young women, has launched Adventures At Home see link above– an online hub packed with fun activities and wellbeing and resilience resources to support children and young people across the UK. This charity has curated a collection of their favourite fun indoor activities to entertain children […]
2020 IW Festival cancelled but 2021 Isle of Wight Festival dates confirmed
Organisers of the IW Festival have now cancelled this year’s event which due to our much praised attendance at the 2018 and 2019 Festivals, Girlguiding IW hoped to attend. Much comment was made of our stand with its unusual activities and games, not to mention the distribution of the thousands of marshmallows. Let us hope […]
NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR GIRLGUIDING IW.
Following a five-year term by joint Island Commissioners- Shirley Saunders and Lesley Clifford- Girlguiding IW now has a team of three Commissioners to head up the Island’s leaders and support the 1,000 young members. Linda Stone from Carisbrooke has been appointed Island Commissioner with Anne Watson and Donna Sanders as Assistant Commissioners. All three have […]
Isle of Wight Wins Top Award.
Holding off tough competition from Essex, Orkney, Anglesey and the Severn Valley, the Isle of Wight has clinched a top award in a national competition. It has been crowned the BBC Countryfile Magazine Holiday Destination of the Year following a national vote. Will Myles, Managing Director at Visit Isle of Wight, says it is a […]
Peer Education Qualifications for IW Girlguiding members.
Three young members of Girlguiding IW have undertaken training and gained qualifications in Peer Education. Tessa Bryson, 14, Erica Hiscock, 15 and Shannon Attfield, 15 have just finished their Peer Education training at Foxlease, the Girlguiding Training Centre in Hampshire and are now all set to train other girls. Peer Education is Girlguiding’s innovative programme […]
International Women’s Day- 8th March.
Sunday, 8th March, celebrates International Women’s Day as a focal point in the movement for women’s rights to help forge a gender-equal world and celebrate women’s achievements. As part of its commitment to the ongoing support of women in the maritime industry, Red Funnel has signed the Women in Maritime pledge and intends to achieve […]
IW Festival announces more artists joining the line-up for the 2020 event.
The Isle of Wight Festival has announced more artists joining the line-up for the 2020 event which takes place at Seaclose Park, Newport over the weekend of 11th-14th June. They are: THURSDAY: FooR, Natasha Bedingfield, Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix tribute) FRIDAY (Main Stage): You Me At Six, LONA FRIDAY (Big Top): Joy Crookes, The […]
GIRLGUIDING IW- AWARDS for LEADERS.
Six volunteers were presented with Good Service Brooches for excellent service within Girlguiding by the Island Commissioners Shirley Saunders and Lesley Clifford at a special World Thinking Day Event. There was a surprise visit from a Girlguiding SW England Region Deputy Commissioner Sarah French who had travelled to the Island for the day from Somerset. […]
GIRLGUIDING IW WORLD THINKING DAY 2020- over £1,200 in fundraising.
Around the World the 10 million members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) celebrate World Thinking Day every year. This celebration of the birthdays of the founders of the Movement on 22nd February, is an annual event and recalls the birthdays of the first World Chief Guide Lady Olave Baden-Powell […]
NEWS FROM RED FUNNEL.
Red Funnel has announced that Isle of Wight Independent Lifeboats, a collaboration of Freshwater Independent Lifeboat, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Ryde Inshore Rescue, has been elected as its Charity of the Year (COTY), 2020. This announcement follows the results of a vote by Red Funnel staff and customers. The lifeboat groups joined forces […]