Island Youth Project

In this day and age there should be no reason why a young person on the Island should not have access to a personal computer at home.

We are now in the tech age, computers play an important part in our life, from school homework, banking, shopping, research and even fun.

The Island Youth Project  has launched “Island Computer Project“  to get  more computers in homes that don’t have them. We fix PC’’s and refurbish computers from donated parts, they stay in the local community and are given away free to the younger generation who really need a PC but can’t afford one. The project is great for the environment and is much better option than allowing them to go to landfill in other countries.

If you can help us make some of the younger generation happy please get in contact. We can arrange collection of all donated items and if your a business and provide us with old equipment we are happy to provide you with free advertising on our website in exchange for your donations.

Idea of items we need: Old Computers, Computer Cases, Monitors, Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, CDROM Drives, DVD Drives, Cables, Sound Cards, Graphic Cards, Motherboards, RAM, Keyboards, Mice, Power Supply’s, Printers, Scanners, Webcams, PSU’s, Microphones & Speakers.

Play areas across the Island are to be improved, new ones built and more recreational opportunities offered to young people thanks to a £1.3 million grant secured by the Isle of Wight Council.

The new play areas, half of which will be in place by April 2010, promise to be innovative and stimulating, incorporating the latest play equipment and landscaping to create physically active play opportunities for a broad range of age groups. This is possible thanks to a £1 million-plus grant from the Department of Children, Schools and Families.

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Isle of Wight children between the ages of 8 to 13 can benefit from two new sports clubs being set up by Isle of Wight Council through Sport England lottery funding.

The Ryde Multi-Sports Club begins from Sunday 26 April at Ryde Sports Centre and as the title suggests, a variety of sporting activities will be on offer each week. For just £2 for a two hour session, participants will take part in sports including football, netball, hockey, tennis, cricket, rounders and basketball. The new club will run on a Sunday morning between 1000 and 1200.

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Free play sessions for children and young people are to be made available through a new Play Ranger scheme thanks to lottery funding secured by the Isle of Wight Council.

A team of Play Rangers will be putting the fun back into play by offering a range of after school and holiday activities in the Island’s parks and open spaces. The sessions operate on an ‘open access’ policy, so no booking is required, children simply need to turn up at the sessions which will be advertised locally through schools and community groups.

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