Isle of Wight Heritage Action Zone

Rainy day and low cost activities in Newport for this half term.

📦 UNPACKING PACKS 📦

Our Heritage Project team are on the hunt for stories about our incredible building. If you have any memories, stories or images of Elizabeth Pack or Woods & Wilkins they can now be emailed to:

[email protected]

Also are you related to the original WOODS family? We are trying to paint a picture of those early days. Maybe you have a piece of ironwork manufactured by the Victorian company - again please send you stories and images to the email above
These will inform the exhibition in March 2025

If you’re in Newport this week, pop in to the newly re-opened Newport Minster. We hear that their cafe is rather good 😊
Opening times in post below ⬇️

Opening times at Newport Minster this week (w/c 20th May)

Monday 10am -1pm cafe 10am - 12.30pm
Tuesday 10am - 1pm cafe 10am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 10am - 1pm cafe 10am - 12.30pm
Thursday 10am - 1pm cafe 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 10am - 2pm cafe 10am - 12.30pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm cafe 10am - 1.30pm plus Rotary event from 10.30am - 1.30pm
Closed on Bank Holiday Monday

Image thanks to Beautiful Wight photography

This sounds like a fascinating event. Book your free place now by emailing [email protected] or calling 01983 559119.

Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council

We’re really proud to have supported this important youth project in the early stages, providing funding to fix the leaky roof!
They’re doing an amazing job with the refurb which will benefit young people of Ryde, but now need a little more support from the community, and every little will help.
Please take a look and donate it you’re able to 😊

Network Ryde - New Building Kit Out Network Ryde are raising money to kit out their new Youth Centre to be able to provide a range of activities & experiences for young people.

As we bid farewell to the Waving the Flag programme, we would like to thank all the fantastic creative groups with whom we've had the privilege to collaborate and gain insights from during this initiative. Thank you for sharing your artistry with us!

Waving the Flag has been a remarkable collaboration with locally-based cultural organisations, including, Ryde Arts, The New Carnival Company, Shademakers UK and Ryde Carnival 🌟

Thank you to everyone to attended our HAZ Celebration Event on Monday 18th March in Ryde. It was so nice to share all the achievements of the HAZ with you and also what is still to come!

Time to get ready for our Newport event next Monday now!
Ryde Town Council Ryde Carnival Ryde Arts Historic England Isle of Wight Council Southern Water Shademakers UK

We had over 70 people attend the Ryde HAZ Celebration on Monday evening!
We’re looking forward to doing the same in Newport next Monday 25th March, at 64 High Street.
All welcome, please do come along!

Looking forward to seeing you all this evening for the HAZ Celebration Evening.

📣Call for Artists: Ryde Carnival 2024 Poster Commission

Following the success of our previous poster commissions in 2022 and 2023, Ryde Carnival is once again seeking a talented individual to create an original artwork that will capture the essence of our upcoming Carnival season.

We are looking for:
🎨Someone able to use their creativity to help raise the profile of a much-loved local tradition.
🎨An inspiring design that helps bring in new audiences and encourages new ways of seeing the event.
🎨Active engagement with the heritage of Ryde Carnival as part of the design process.
🎨Candidates experienced in adapting work for different contexts.
🎨A willingness to document the commission through social media platforms.

Desirable:
🎨A willingness to exhibit their artwork in a mini exhibition to showcase their design for Ryde Carnival 2024, alongside other pieces of their work. The mini exhibition will include the 2022 poster commissioned by Pete Bradley and the 2023 poster commissioned by Katie Stone.
🎨Candidates with experience creating artwork to publicise events.

The fee for the commission and exhibition is £1500.

How to apply:
👉In no more than 500 words, please outline why you are interested in this commission
👉Include attachments to three relevant pieces of work.
👉A current CV outlining your relevant experience including a link to your website and/or professional social media accounts

Please email applications to: [email protected]

‼️Deadline for applications is 09:00am, Monday 25th March 2024 . The successful applicant will be notified 26th March 2024.

Work must be completed and submitted by April 22nd 2024.

📸Lucy Boynton Photography

Another beautifully restored shopfront in Ryde, this time at the top of the high street.
Finishing touches and signage still to be added, but we were too excited not to share, as the hoarding came off today!

These works were part funded by a shopfront improvement grant from Ryde Heritage Action Zone.

We’ll update further when the signage is complete 🤩

Isle of Wight Council
Ryde Town Council
Historic England

More shopfront works underway in Ryde, this time at the very top of the High Street.

All works that are supported by HAZ Shopfront Improvement Grants have been designed in line with the Isle of Wight Design Guide, to protect our historic high streets.

https://iwdesignguide.uk

Ryde Town Council
Isle of Wight Council

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tsd8

Thanks to Cllr Michael Smith from Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council for letting us know about this fascinating episode focussing on Isle of Wight creatives, past and present.

Enjoy listening!

Open Country - Creative Island with Anneka Rice - BBC Sounds What makes the Isle of Wight one of the most creative places in the UK?

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔'𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢!

Join us 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 (21st December) at 64 High Street, Newport, PO30 1BA between 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟰𝗽𝗺 for a spark of festive joy and meet Santa himself!

Home educating families are invited to attend a special free workshop at The Museum of Island History at Newport's historic Guildhall will open for a special workshop on Wednesday, 13 December.

There will be the opportunity to improve your chronology skills with an exciting trail, handle original and replica objects including fossils, prehistoric tools, and a Saxon helmet. Plus get crafty with historically inspired art activities.

The event is organised by Isle of Wight Museums and Schools Programme which is currently led by the Isle of Wight Council.

The programme is funded by the Department for Education and consists of 11 local museums and the Cultural Education Partnership.

To find out more about the museums and schools project and explore the many resources, visit the web page https://orlo.uk/j1J3H

ℹ️ The workshop is free but places are limited. To find out more and book a place please contact [email protected]

We were delighted to attend the opening of Lawdit Solicitors’ new office on St James Street in Newport.

They are located in the unit previously occupied by William Hill, which has been vacant for a number of years.

We worked with the owners of the building and provided a shopfront improvement grant to convert the frontage into two separate units.

Lawdit’s unit is now complete and they moved into the new offices last week. The adjoining unit will be completed within the next few weeks and we look forward to sharing photos then.

It's exciting to see the works ongoing at The Gambling Man Barbers in Ryde.

They are one of the local business receiving a Heritage Action Zone grant for their shopfront improvements.

We can't wait to see the finished shopfront when the boards come down!🤩

Tomorrow, 2nd December, is Small Business Saturday.

The Isle of Wight Council are offering free parking in all their long stay car parks between 12pm and 6pm.

Pop along to your local town and support the many fantastic independent traders we have on the Island, who often stock items which are made locally and aren’t available elsewhere!

A list of the car parks included can be found here:https://www.iow.gov.uk/azservices/documents/2729-Long%20Stay%20car%20parks.pdf

We’re delighted that work has started at The Gambling Man on their new historic shopfront.

They are receiving one of the HAZ shopfront grants to contribute towards the works. We can’t wait to see the shopfront finished in all its glory!

Today marks the rebirth of The Gambling Man. We’ve been waiting a very long time for this process to start and I couldn’t be more excited.

Thank you to everyone for all your support so far. Information about how to access the shop will be posted in the next few days and we reopen Monday. Remember bookings are still live on booksy 🫶🏻

BOOK HERE ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://booksy.com/en-gb/40862_gambling-man-barbers_barber_860372_ryde

Fantastic news. We can’t wait to see the newly refurbished Minster when it reopens next year.

We are very excited to announce that Newport Minster has been removed from Historic England's At Risk Register.
A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to this historic moment from funders big and small, the amazing team of crafts people who have done the physical work on the building, the team of staff, contractors and volunteers in the background making it happen and the patience of the community who have put up with so much distruption while the work has been done.

You can read more here about the At Risk Register https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/in-your-area/south-east/heritage-at-risk-2023/

Half term activities that won't break the bank!

Please tag and share those who would enjoy this with their children.

We’re delighted to be supporting this project through grant funding to bring the upper floors of this building back into use.
The HAZ Re-Purposing grant supports the conversion of empty properties, bringing them back to life for the community.
This project sees the Wadhams building converted from an empty retail unit into a unique education space, working with the historic structure and creating an inspiring location for young people to learn.
Platform One will deliver the Island’s first BA(HONS) Sustainable Fashion course from this venue, providing new opportunities and breathing life into Newport town centre.

We saw this exhibition in person today and would recommend it to anyone who is in town. Very interesting!

We love the latest installation at Re:Box Ryde’s Smallest Art Gallery 🤩

The Museum of Island History (located at The Guildhall in Newport) and Newport Roman Villa are holding FREE open days next week to celebrate Heritage Open Days.

If you've never visited these attractions, this would be a great opportunity!

If you’re in Newport, please do pay a visit to Independent Arts to see their wonderful window display, which is dedicated to Constable’s The Cornfield and all the activities that Independent Arts hosted last month when National Gallery visited Newport with the world famous painting, kindly hosted by Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council.

The latest installation at Re:Box - Ryde’s smallest art gallery 🤩

There's a new man on the block - a super man! Courtesy of Losten Art (aka Matt Wade). We love it! You can find out more about Matt here: Planet Losten. Ryde Town Council

We're delighted that Platform One are further expanding their educational offer on the Island, breathing life into the empty iconic Wadhams building in Newport (former Top Shop). This is a fantastic example of town centre repurposing, which is so important in all our towns, as shopping habits continue to change and role of the high street changes with it.

The Newport, Isle of Wight Heritage Action Zone provided a re-purposing grant to the building owners to assist with bringing the building back into use.

https://vimeo.com/711139583?share=copy

For more guidance on repurposing you can visit our website:

https://iwhaz.uk/project/back-to-life/

Back to Life Empty shops are an issue for Newport, like many towns. How do we bring new life into those spaces, as well as the empty spaces above and behind shops? The Newport…

We are delighted to announce that Newport's High Street Heritage Action Zone provided funding support to this exciting project, which brings an iconic Newport building back to life and provides wonderful new education opportunities on the Island via Platform One

Funding support for shopfront improvements and the repurposing of the building, with installation of a new lift to improve accessibility for the students and future users.

Historic England
Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council
Isle of Wight Council

Read the full story here:
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23606013.historic-isle-wight-building-fashion-degree-campus/?fbclid=IwAR1TKivLHL8Wf9z1SiRJiauGqIBgDNSHYBDe_S-B9LkPTtSQWpmq6DSOfv4