Island 2000 Trust Blog

Gift to Nature member Corries Cabin In Cowes are holding a Fishy Fundraiser (ok I’ll stop the puns now…) next week - between 23rd and 28th February.   They will be donating 50p from every purchase made to charity, with 25p of this going to Gift to Nature.   They have run similar fundraising events for five years, but previously only on one day.

“The event is always well supported” said owner Richard Quigley “but people have said they cannot always make it to the shop on that particular day, so we have decided to run it for the week, so that everyone that comes in can contribute.”

We think it’s a fab idea, and will be popping in for chips during the week.

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During the freezing weather recently I took these striking photos of fozen puddles.  They were taken in Tout Quarry on a walk around Portland, and were almost as impressive as the Portland Stone sculptures we had come to see.

Last Saturday the Edcom Team spent the day at Newport Primary School with 70 of the Island’s brightest young people for the Gifted and Talented Engineering day.  Individual schools around the Island selected promising pupils to attend the full day session which was being run by Danny and Kev.  The challenge for the day was to design and build a bridge across the Medina to replace the floating bridge.  The children had to take into consideration passing ship traffic, tidal levels and the load placed on the bridge.

Danny and Kev were very impressed by the innovation and creativity demonstrated throughout the day, and are looking forward taking part in future Gifted and Talented workshops.

The Edcom team have been busy recently running workshops in schools as part of the Medina Rediscovered project.  The giant landmark art is one of our most popular activities.  Getting a class of children into the hall and spreading out around a drawing of the River Medina to draw in all its associated landmarks is an absorbing way to spend an afternoon.