Apr 2022

Fifteen Isle of Wight primaries receive a share of Wightlink’s £10,000 Green Fund for Schools

Thursday 7, April 2022

Wightlink has announced that 15 Isle of Wight primary schools will receive a share of around £10,000 from the ferry company to support local environmental projects.

Wightlink ferry customers support the Injured Jockeys Fund

Monday 4, April 2022

Generous Wightlink customers who bought the Isle of Wight ferry company’s charity calendar for 2022 have raised £450 for the Injured Jockeys Fund.

Mar 2022

Wightlink is awarded £276,800 to improve travel for disabled customers

Tuesday 29, March 2022

Wightlink has been awarded £276,800 to help improve travel to and from the Isle of Wight for disabled customers.

Isle of Wight Travel and Tourism students learn more about cross-Solent ferries

Friday 25, March 2022

Travel and tourism students from the Isle of Wight College exchanged their classroom for Wightlink’s hybrid ferry Victoria of Wight to find out more about the company’s sustainable and environmental policies.

Feb 2022

Wightlink is recognised for its environmental achievements and ambitions

Tuesday 15, February 2022

Wightlink has reached the finals of two prestigious awards in recognition of its environmental achievements and ambitions.

Roll on, Roll off – roller skating club among new groups to be sponsored by Wightlink

Monday 7, February 2022

Three new groups have been added to the list of local organisations who will benefit from Wightlink in the Community: Sponsorship in 2022.

Jan 2022

Seagrass meadows under Wightlink’s Ryde Pier reveal their secrets

Monday 31, January 2022

Wightlink has teamed up with scientists and students from the University of Portsmouth in a new environmental project to examine – and ultimately encourage – the growth of seagrass in the Solent off Ryde.

Wightlink challenges Isle of Wight primary schools to come up with good ideas to benefit the environment

Wednesday 5, January 2022

Wightlink has launched a new £10,000 fund to encourage Isle of Wight primary schools to undertake projects that help the environment.

Dec 2021

Almost half a million cups of coffee sold by Wightlink in 2021 help bolster the Isle of Wight’s economy

Friday 31, December 2021

Wightlink’s continuing policy of buying from Isle of Wight suppliers, whenever it can, is helping local producers weather the pandemic.

Wightlink’s £1.5million investment to upgrade its Portsmouth Harbour FastCat terminal reaches its next stage

Wednesday 22, December 2021

The next stage of Wightlink £1.5million investment in the FastCat foot passenger route between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head starts on Wednesday 5 January 2022.

Kind-hearted Wightlink crewman helps a lady in distress

Tuesday 21, December 2021

Wightlink Leading Rating Mark Mitchell really went the extra mile when he realised a distressed passenger had missed out on her long-awaited holiday in Yorkshire.

Wightlink teams up with Sail 4 Cancer to help Island families affected by cancer

Friday 3, December 2021

Families on the Isle of Wight who have been touched by cancer are invited to take a Christmas break on the mainland by Wightlink and the sailing charity Sail 4 Cancer.

Nov 2021

Wightlink’s charity desk calendar goes on sale

Friday 26, November 2021

Wightlink’s 2022 charity desk calendar is now on sale from its cafés at ports and on its car ferries.

David Williams joins Wightlink as Head of Marketing

Thursday 25, November 2021

Leisure holiday specialist David Williams has joined Wightlink Ferries as Head of Marketing and predicts the Isle of Wight is in an excellent position to benefit from the ‘staycation’ trend for years to come.

Twelve-year-old Tyler Thompson has been named Wightlink’s Most Responsible Angler of 2021

Friday 12, November 2021

Every year Wightlink joins Vectis Boating and Fishing Club to reward the young fisherman or woman who has conducted themselves best over the course of a year’s angling on Ryde Pier.

Wightlink remembers the merchant seamen who lost their lives in two world wars

Tuesday 9, November 2021

Captain Mike Smith will present Wightlink’s wreath at the annual Remembrance Service at the Merchant Navy Memorial in London, to remember the seafarers who lost their lives in two world wars.

Wightlink signs up a celebrity chef to showcase the Isle of Wight as a top destination for foodies

Monday 8, November 2021

The Isle of Wight’s reputation as a top foodie destination has been given a boost, thanks to TV chef James Tanner who has visited the Island with Wightlink.

Wightlink celebrates the achievements of its sponsored sports people and arts groups

Thursday 4, November 2021

Wightlink is now sifting through applications from groups and individuals who want to take part in its sponsorship scheme in 2022.