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The ONEWIGHT campaign

August 26, 2010 Featured

The ONEWIGHT campaign is still out and about in force! This Saturday the campaign will be out and about in Lake, Sandown and Shanklin where campaigners will be obtaining signatures on paper petitions as well as on the banners that will be attached to the OneWight Campaign Bus! On Sunday, the campaign will be heading to Havenstreet Steam Show and [...]

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HOVERTRAVEL ENJOYS RECORD NUMBERS DURING THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

June 17, 2010 Days Out
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Hovertravel, the fastest Isle of Wight passenger service across the Solent, saw an 8% increase in the number of passengers using their hovercraft, whilst putting on a HoverFest for people travelling to the Isle of Wight Festival. Neil Chapman, Managing Director of Hovertravel, said: “Hovertravel is a firm favourite with festival goers. This year we launched [...]

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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010

June 14, 2010 Business
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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010 The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has launched this year’s bid to find the best small business friendly initiatives undertaken by the region’s local authorities. The Small Business Friendly Awards 2010 has three categories and councils are being encouraged to [...]

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Energetic’ mums and dads wanted

June 11, 2010 Uncategorized

The Footprint Trust is looking for young parents to be trained as…. Energetic Champions - the skills learnt in energy and water saving can be shared with their friends, family and neighbours. This will be achieved through free training sessions during the day, held in schools, whilst children are in education. Those trained can then signpost [...]

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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop Shalfleet

May 26, 2010 Green
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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop is situated on the A3054 in Shalfleet. Only yards away from Shalfleet Creek this oasis of local produce offers visitors a real chance to taste, smell and enjoy the rich variety of food produced on the Isle of Wight. The Farm Shop offers you, local meats fresh seasonal vegetables, fresh [...]

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Best Foot 4Ward’ – Nova Lifestyles

May 13, 2010 Uncategorized
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‘Best Foot 4Ward’  – a Nova Lifestyles Network Health and Lifestyle Day In support of Walk the Wight and the Island’s Walking Festival, Nova Lifestyles Network is holding their next Health and Lifestyle Day at the Riverside Centre, Newport on Saturday, May 15th from 1.00 – 4.00pm. With the RiverFest taking place close by at Medina [...]

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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School

May 13, 2010 Events
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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School Shalfleet has been officially recognised a number of times for its efforts in being a healthy school. In 2007 the school was awarded the prestigious National Healthy School standard and won the Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance Award. In 2010, continued commitment to Healthy Eating [...]

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Go Wild in the Woods

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Go Wild in the Woods Come and enjoy a fascinating day in the life of the woodland of Firestone Copse during the spring half-term holidays on Wednesday 2 June. Set your alarm clocks early as the day begins at 5am with a dawn chorus walk followed by lots of other great wildlife activities throughout the [...]

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Children discovering nature at their own pace.

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Naturezones is run at a ten acre site consisting of wildflower meadows and native woodland at Blackwater. It is a great venue for children to become Nature Detectives. The Wildlife Education Centre was set up by Angela Hewitt and her husband three years ago with the help of Heritage Lottery funding. Numerous activities include: Tuesday [...]

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Fancy Free Summer Festival Tickets?

May 8, 2010 Days Out
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Fancy Free Summer Festival Tickets? Where there’s a skill there’s a way… launches ‘Summer of Give’ campaign:  Give Time. Get Your Free Festival Ticket Suffering from a lack of festival funds? Finding that tickets are already sold out? Well, don’t write off the 2010 music festival season just yet says  , The National Young Volunteers [...]

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The Last Great Event Chris Weston Café Wall, Quay Arts

May 5, 2010 Days Out
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The Last Great Event Chris Weston Café  Wall, Quay Arts Thu 13 May – Mon 5 Jul 2010 This is the only complete photographic record of the 1970 Pop Festival held at Afton Down, taken over a three-week period by local photographer Chris Weston. Chris was one of only three full time electricians working on [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

April 29, 2010 Business
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Consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com and parenting site Mumsnet have joined forces to shove financial education back on the curriculum after it was killed off the ‘Children, Schools & Families Bill’ as a victim of last-minute pre-election legislation jostling. With over 10m unique users a month combined, the sites today launch www.financialeducationpetition.com. Parents and those let down [...]

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The first in a series of nights at The Studio exploring the deeper side of house music.

April 28, 2010 Uncategorized
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Eat Sleep Repeat presents LO*FI – The first in a series of nights at The Studio exploring the deeper side of house music.Percussive grooves and low-slung basslines are the order of the day brought to you by: Daryl Stay (Poker Flat, Saki Music) Brett Lawrence (Assembly Records, 2Pin Records) John Anderson (Lo*Fi) Early arrival is advised [...]

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The Needles Park this Easter!

March 30, 2010 Days Out
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The Needles Park this Easter ‘Rhubarb & Custard; the Confectionary Conjurers’! Rhubarb and Custard are lovable but eccentric sweet makers. Join them at The Isle of Wight Sweet Manufactory over Easter when they will regale you with tall tales and magical goings on, then join them on a mad capped adventure around the Needles park [...]

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The Ellen MacArthur Trust

February 25, 2010 Charity
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The Ellen MacArthur Trust is a charity based on the IOW working with young people between 8 and 24, helping to rebuild their confidence after treatment for cancer and leukaemia. Established in 2003 by world-renowned yachtswoman and IOW resident Dame Ellen MacArthur, the Trust now welcomes young people from hospitals all over the country to [...]

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Businesses rank Business Link’s success in latest customer surveys: “It delivers” say its customers “Use it” say leading entrepreneurs

December 22, 2009 Uncategorized
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Figures revealed from a number of separate reports show that businesses believe they save time, increase their sales and raise profits as a direct result of using the Business Link service. Huge numbers of business owners and budding entrepreneurs are turning to the service.  The regional network of Business Link providers reached a staggering 942,000 [...]

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