Help us have a share of the Co-op Local Community Fund £3.5 million ! We are delighted to announce that WightSAR is now a chosen charity for the Co-op Local Community Fund 2026 - 2027. Please download the Co-op App, become a member and choose our cause, so we can receive a share of £3.5m. It costs just £1 to join and the more Co-op members who choose WightSAR as their cause, the more funds we will receive. See our unique cause page via the link below. Choose WightSAR as yo

Last weekend, our Chairman and Equipment Officer attended the Lowland Rescue AGM and Conference at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire. This meeting brings together Lowland Rescue member teams from across the country, not just to conduct the official business of the organisation, but also to experience a weekend of workshops, presentations and talks from experts in many fields, and, importantly, to offer an opportunity to network with our mainland colleagues. It is also a chan

A BIG WightSAR thank you to The Griffin Godshill and the Godshill Community Charity Quizzers who raised an amazing £273 towards our operational costs at the Charity Quiz on Wednesday 7th Oct. Community support like this makes a real difference to small, local charities like ours. We had a great night joining in the quiz, selling raffle tickets and meeting the quiz team. Thank you Andy for all your support. The Griffin Godshill holds a Charity quiz twice a month in support o

We popped into the delightful Love Running Tuesday Nighters recently to say a big thank you for their recent donation to our 100% volunteer team. Fair to say our two trainee Search Dogs, Maali and Ginny, proved the most popular ! 🐕‍🦺 Running events, a Quiz night and the Love Running Tuesday Nighters run collection was just some of the highlights. A very special thanks to: • Rachel 53 @ 53 – Rachel completed the Manchester Marathon and a week later the London Marathon in her

We have an extra special fundraising event next month being undertaken by a very brave WightSAR supporter. In April, in her 53rd year, Rachel will be running two marathons in one week! 53 at 53 to fundraise for WightSAR. 🏃‍♀️ The Manchester Marathon on 19th April, followed by the London Marathon on 26th April! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ A total of 53 miles at the age of 53. Please visit Rachel’s fundraising page for full details and how to support her to raise vital operational funds for

If you are shopping in store this weekend, keep popping those green tokens into our slot! We still need all the Green Token support we can get! We promise to put our winnings to very good use towards our life saving volunteer role in searching for high risk, vulnerable missing people across the Isle of Wight. Please vote for Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR) when you shop in store to help us replace vital, lifesaving equipment used in our missing person searches. O

A fun-filled Isle of Wight charity quiz night is being organised to support two ambitious local endurance challenges — Rachel Richards’ “53 at 53” double marathon challenge and Jayne Merritt’s 100km ultra-distance event. The “Gurt” Isle of Wight Charity Quiz will take place at Robin Hill Adventure Park on Wednesday 4h March from 18:30, bringing together the local community for an evening of friendly competition, laughter, and fundraising. Event details: Venue: Robin Hill Adve

An extra BIG WightSAR “thank you” to Roger Burrows & Wendy Mitchell for once again choosing us as their 2025 charity for their Christmas Light display at Meadow Close, Lake. We confirmed the final amount with Roger & Wendy, and The Hill Family who helped erect the roof display, was an amazing £490.90 What can we say? Thank you so much, not just for the vital donation, but also for telling your Christmas Light “visitors” what we do and raising our profile, something just as i

WightSAR are extremely grateful to Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries for their ongoing support for our trainee Search Dog Team. As a small charity with no central funding, this support has been vital in helping bring this search asset into the team. Thank you Wightlink for all your support. #WightSAR #lowlandrescue #volunteers #SearchDogTraining #isleofwight WightSAR Trainee Search Dog Team

Friday, (29th August), was a truly special day for all of us at WightSAR. We were incredibly proud to receive the King’s Award for...

A BIG WightSAR thank you to Luke at Stonestreet SAR Store for the kind donation of the collapsible cones and the lovely words of...

Another surprise delivery from our Amazon Wish List. Thank you Sam and Ricki. You are both and your donations are very much appreciated....

Ultra Challenge - Isle of Wight What a privilege it was for the WightSAR team to support the Ultra Challenge - Isle of Wight this...

WightSAR were delighted to receive the Bronze Award for the People Focused Project of the year at the recent Vectis Radio Awards...

BIG THANK YOU to Brighstone WI for supporting WightSAR as their chosen local charity. Some WightSAR members will be at this event to...

An extra BIG WightSAR “thank you” to Roger Burrows & Wendy Mitchell for choosing us as their 2024 charity for their Christmas Light...

An extra BIG WightSAR “Thank you” go to the 2024 Captains of Ryde Golf Club who chose WightSAR as one of their two Charities of the Year...

The team is immensely proud to announce that we have received this prestigious award from His Majesty, The King. The KAVS Award is the...

WightSAR were delighted to welcome Shaun (Lodge Master) and Adam (Lodge Steward) from Albany Lodge 151, Newport to meet some of the team,...