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The National Autistic Society Isle of Wight branch

March 5, 2010
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NAS was launched in June 2008 and is run entirely by volunteers, most of whom are children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Although we are still quite new, we are growing rapidly.

What we offer

We aim to give families support by meeting regularly and by offering seminars and workshops. There is also an online support group [...]

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West Wight Sports Centre – A new Youth Gym session.

March 5, 2010
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A new Youth Gym session starts at West Wight Sports Centre on Monday 8th March. This will be a special session for young people aged from 14 upwards and will run every weekday afternoon from 4.30 – 6.30 pm.

Anyone wishing to take part will require an induction (even if they’ve used other gyms). This needs to [...]

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What is fostering and why foster?

February 26, 2010

What is fostering and why foster?

The Isle of Wight has a brilliant environment for children to grow up and flourish in. Unfortunately, every year many children are taken into care because their parents, for one reason or another, may be unable to look after them. The problem is often unrelated to the child, and whatever [...]

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Pampered Chef Cooking Show!

February 15, 2010

Make a night out, a night in…

Whether you love to cook, hate to cook or simply have to cook, when you host a

Pampered Chef Cooking Show, you’ll see what a difference the right tools and a

little inspiration can make!

Quality bakeware produces perfect, reliable results. Cutting edge knives make

preparing food easy. And multi-purpose tools save you [...]

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IOW Junior Cycling Club Join Now

February 14, 2010

IOW Junior Cycling Club

Calling all young cyclists….The all new IOW Junior Cycling Club!! An all new junior cycling club is due to be launched at the end of February. The all new IOW Junior Cycling Club has been formed through a partnership between the IWC Sports Unit, Medina Leisure Centre and qualified cycling coach Gavin Sullivan.

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‘Health and Lifestyle Days’ organised by Nova Lifestyles, the Island’s Health and Wellbeing Company

February 14, 2010
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‘Health and Lifestyle Days’ organised by Nova Lifestyles, the Island’s Health and Wellbeing Company

Due to the tremendous success of Nova Lifestyles network event, ‘New Year New You’ held at the Riverside Centre, Newport last month, the company has decided to run these on a regular basis throughout the year.

These FREE events will give the public [...]

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Have you ever wondered about going ‘greener’.

February 14, 2010

Have you ever wondered about going ‘greener’, but didn’t exactly know how to go about it? Do you tend to bury your head in the sand when it comes to talking about the plastic bag problems, greenhouse gas effects, or the chemicals in personal care products that might actually be harming you and your children?

At [...]

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Kids….Want to play squash??

February 10, 2010

Newport Junior Squash & Racketball Club

The all new Newport Junior Squash & Racketball Club has been formed through a partnership between the IWC Sports Unit, Carisbrooke Extended Schools and qualified squash coach Fleur Orchard.

All juniors aged between 5 to 13 are welcome, no experience or equipment is required, just plenty of enthusiasm!

The club [...]

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New autism website launched

December 3, 2009
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The Isle of Wight branch of The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new websiteto give help, advice and information to local families affected by autism.

Visitors to the new website can find information about autism and details of what help and support is available in the local area. The new site contains all [...]

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Event to help families help the planet…

October 6, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could meet 40 per cent of global electricity demand by 2050, that’s the conclusion of new research from the Helsinki University of Technology, unveiled at the Climate Congress conference in Copenhagen earlier this year (2009).

The Footprint Trust’s annual Future Energy events on Wednesday 28th October at [...]

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