Charity and Community
U3A Open Day
If you are a mature person and looking for activity with others in your age group, you should contact the Island's University of the Third Age where older people share their life's experience and skills with others in their 'third age'. There are over 400 members in this volunteer group and up to 28 different subjects to enjoy. Their website can be found at www.u3a.org.uk.
Cats Protection League in Ryde
The Isle of Wight Cats Protection League provides rescue, refuge and re-homing for cats of many coats and colours - tabbies and tortoiseshells, sooty blacks, cuddly Persians and sleek, smooth-coated moggies to steal your heart.
A female cat can get pregnant from the age of four months. Every year the Cats Protection League receives up to 100 unwanted kittens, as well as stray, refugee or unwanted adult animals. Owning a cat is a serious commitment - it needs food, shelter, care and affection. Part of that commitment also involves spaying or neutering your animal to ensure that unwanted kittens are not released into a community already over-full of cats.
If you have a cat-sized hole in your life and can provide the company and care needed, the Cats Protection League has a rainbow of cats for you to choose from. Cat lovers can also help by volunteering or contributing funds. For details visit their website at isleofwight.cats.org.uk
Interviews and production by Felicity Steenberg
Camerawork by Bradley Stockdale
Wight Christmas
In the late autumn, all over the Isle of Wight, householders begin delving into garages, cupboards and lofts for last year's lights and tinsel. The results can be seen Islandwide as more and more families set up elaborate schemes to celebrate the season. So much so that the bus company runs special tours to see them all!
In Jamie Williams video we see one such family, the Ramplins, as they dig out the old stuff, connect up the plugs and set up the Island's acknowledged finest light scheme. And its not just for fun as they also collect large sums from passing viewers (over £1000 last year) to support the work of Medina House School. Thanks also to all the other decorated houses on the Isle of Wight.
Filmed and produced by Jamie Williams for VTV.
Mosaic Making in Ventnor
Ventnor Mosaics are a group of volunteers, centred at the Community Cafe in Albert Street in Ventnor, and organised by Jan Pargeter, who meet to create exquisite mosaics for the community. To date, they have produced the iconic figure that is on the wall of the seafront bandstand and a set of panels representing the life and times of Ventnor situated in the central car park. Now they are preparing a set of mosaic pictures intended to fit on walls at the Botanic Gardens.
Filmed and produced by Louis Lawrence.
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