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Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Business
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Here's how to apply for IW Foundation grant ahead of May deadline
There is still a chance to apply for grant applications from Island Roads' Isle of Wight Foundation. The foundation is encouraging local charities and not-for-profit organisations to apply for funding before the May 9 deadline. A short film has been produced by the foundation to inspire potential applicants, featuring previous beneficiaries, The Alzheimer's Café in Cowes and Vectis Radio's 4Ps programme. The two organisations explained the significant positive impact the foundation funding has had on their initiatives and Island life. Read more: Meet this chef making Caribbean food using Isle of Wight ingredients Find out what Matt and Cat made of top chef Robert Thompson's new venture The foundation, now in its 11th year, has awarded grants of between £3,000 and £16,000 for projects focused on building better communities or assisting individuals to access employment or housing. To date, the foundation has granted more than £900,000 to such projects. Chairman Rob Gillespie said: "Since 2014, it has been a real pleasure not just to support the work of so many good causes, but also to establish really strong links with the groups we have helped." Maggie Bennett, Alzheimer's Café CEO, said: "I would urge any local group working to improve lives on the island to see if they can qualify for an Island Roads grant. "It is an easy process that can really make a big difference." Applications can be submitted online at
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Theatre tickets, World Book Day photos and exclusive stories in this week's paper
This week's edition of the Isle of Wight County Press is out in shops tomorrow (Friday, March 14), and it's bursting with exclusive stories and reasons to buy! From nominating your favourite fish and chip shop to admiring the efforts of all the World Book Day characters, there's something for everyone. Look out for our exclusive stories, court reports and features such as heritage, business, the Matt and Cat food review and spotlight on an interesting chef. This week you will notice some changes to the internal layout of the County Press. Read all about it here: County Press leading the way We have decided to make space to fit even more news in, so we are taking news further back into the newspaper, right up to the popular eight-page puzzle pull-out. That's 36 pages of news at the front of the newspaper alone. Additionally, we have retained all the popular features and expanded some of them, in the pages after the puzzles. Letters and opinion can now be found over three pages, with thanks to all those who contribute to make them a must-read section! Just some of the places our reporters have been to get stories since last Thursday: Rockfall in Ventnor, Quay Arts, Department in Ryde, Hunnyhill Aquatics, White Hart Inn in Havenstreet, Red Lion in Freshwater, Shanklin Theatre to watch Wind in the Willows, Ventnor for the town crier's first outing, Magistrates' Court, Crown Court, County Hall, as well as here there and everywhere to cover breaking news from Coppins Bridge to Sandown seafront. Find the County Press in shops across the Island, or subscribe to to read the digital flip-through edition. The County Press is the biggest selling weekly newspaper in the country, and has been nominated for the Best Local Weekly Newspaper award in the prestigious Newspaper Awards .
