On Sunday 30th June 2019, the Lord-Lieutenant arrived at the Royal Isle of Wight County Show, in a convoy of new and vintage tractors, which was then officially opened by Mr Geoff Underwood, High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight.
Two performances from The Household Cavalry delighted the visitors, along with many other new attractions for this year’s Show.
On Monday 24th June 2019, Col Carron Snagge OBE DL, represented the Lord-Lieutenant at the Flag Raising Ceremony at St Thomas’s Square, Newport. Mrs Anne Longford DL also attended from the Isle of Wight Lieutenancy.
The Armed Forces Day flag was raised in front of local dignitaries, representatives of the armed forces, veterans and members of the public. The flag raising ceremony is part of the Fly the Flag campaign, which enables communities to show their support for their military community, both serving and retired.
On Saturday 22nd June 2019, the Isle of Wight’s Lord-Lieutenant, Mrs Susie Sheldon took the salute at the march-past of service personnel, veterans, standard bearers and cadets in celebration of Armed Forces Day.
The Chairman of the Isle of Wight Council, Cllr George Cameron opened the ceremony, followed with a blessing by County Legion Chaplain, Amanda Collinson. Cllr Ian Ward then spoke about the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Kohima.
HM The Queen has recognised people on the Isle of Wight for their hard work and dedication to a range of charities and organisations.
Charlie Kyriacos Michael PERICLEOUS receives an MBE for services to the Prevention of Extremism and Hate Crime in Portsmouth.
Yvonne Tina WHITE receives a BEM for services to Equality and Diversity on the Isle of Wight.
Two organisations on the Isle of Wight have been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service:
Alzheimer Café Isle of Wight – The charity hosts 8 Alzheimer Cafés across the Isle of Wight – 3 in Newport, as well as Ryde, Totland, Ventnor, Sandown and Cowes. Newport’s Café recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary. For further information click here.
Friends of Freshwater Library (FOFL) – a voluntary group of friends who seek to support and preserve the library in Freshwater. For further information click here.
HRH The Duke of Kent visited the Isle of Wight on Thursday 23rd May 2019.
Click here for more details of his visit.
ISLE of Wight eco clothing company Rapanui has won the Queen’s Award for Innovation. It received the award for its Teemill project – an online platform that enables people to design and sell their own t-shirts using the company’s resources and production facilities.
Through improved design and technology, Rapanui — which powers its Freshwater factory with renewable energy — applies circular economy principles at every stage of production. Currently, more than 100 billion items of clothing are made every year, but a truck full of textiles is burned or buried every second — and Rapanui aims to make such waste a thing of the past
The linear clothing industry, which takes resources and creates waste, is expected to triple by 2050. In a bid to combat that linear economy, Teemill t-shirts are designed and manufactured to be remade and reused. Customers are urged to adopt those practices with money off future purchases.
Martin Drake-Knight, co-founder of Rapanui and Teemill Tech, said: “Slowing down fast fashion won’t fix it, but when we took material people normally throw away at the end and make new products from it at the start, it changed everything.
“What is needed is the technology to make the reverse logistics of fashion possible and economical.
“That’s exactly what we’ve done.”
Celebrities who have backed their work include supermodel Kate Moss and Dr Who and The Thick of It actor Peter Capaldi.
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On Sunday 19th May 2019, the Lord-Lieutenant officially opened the D-Day’75 exhibition in the PLUTO room at Shanklin Chine, focussing on the role played by Royal Marines & US Rangers – 2nd & 5th Battalions trained in Shanklin and Sandown.
A Service of Dedication & Commemoration followed where the Marine Attaché representing the US Ambassador, Lt Col Michael Skaggs planted a tree.
Vice Lord-Lieutenant Sir Guy Acland Bt., LVO, DL attended along with deputy Lieutenants Lt Col Danny Fisher MBE DL and Lt Col David Langford MBE DL.
