Island Youth Project

It’s not long now until the Bestival and with it being a sell out your going to find it hard to get your hands on some tickets  if you haven’t purchased them already

But it’s not all sad times, if you’re aged between 15 to 24 you still have a chance to win a PAIR of bestival tickets thanks to the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust.

All you need to do is pee in a jar and send it off, its as easy as that and then you’re in with a chance of winning two bestival tickets worth nearly £300

You can get hold of a FREE kit from your local pharmacy, GP, Connexions or any under 25 drop in clinic on the Island. You can even order a kit online.

The draw takes place on the 1st of September 2010 and remember, every test that is completed correctly will be in for a chance. GOOD LUCK!

** CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE PRIZE  DRAW **

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.

Cowes High School

Local residents, organisations and interested parties are being invited to find out more about the new Cowes One School Pathfinder Project at an event later this month.

On Tuesday 25 May between 1500 – 1900, visitors can attend an open day at Cowes High School where information about timescales, highways issues and possible locations for the new secondary school will be available.

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Yaverland retained their QCAs

The Isle of Wight is once again leading the way for the quality of its beaches in the latest Keep Britain Tidy Blue Flag and Quality Coast Awards (QCAs).

Isle of Wight Council is welcoming news that the Island has three Blue Flag beaches while also receiving 11 QCAs, giving it a total of 14 awards

Shanklin joins Ventnor and Sandown beaches in being awarded both a Blue Flag and a QCA while Colwell, Cowes, East Cowes, Gurnard, Seagrove, Springvale, Totland and Yaverland retained their QCAs.

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The latest archaeological finds acquired by Isle of Wight Council’s Museum of Island History are now on display.

Many of the finds, including some that have a very important historical value and are very rare, were donated by those who found them. Amongst the finds are a 13th century silver brooch that was donated by a lady member of the Isle of Wight Metal Detecting Club.

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