Local Area Co-Ordination

A number of Parish Councillors attended the meeting of the Isle of Wight cabinet on 8th November. Freshwater Parish Council was very disappointed with the decision of the meeting to close the Local Area Co-ordination service and to stop all referrals for the date of...

Future budget spending

November is budget month for the Parish Council and we will be starting work on the budget for 2019/2020. One of the issues to be decided will be whether the Parish Council will continue to offer financial support to the West Wight Sports and Community Centre....

Fort Victoria Sculpture Stolen

Many of you will have seen the wonderful sculpture that has grown into life at Fort Victoria.  Carved over a period of months by the very talented Dave Wallace, the sculpture has become a talking point across the Island. Unfortunately the sculpture has been stolen...

Lloyds Bank Update

There was standing room only at the Parish Council meeting on Tuesday when the proposed closure of Lloyds Bank was discussed. Representatives of a number of local businesses and residents expressed their concerns.  It was said that the closure of the bank would be...