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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

We had a lovely surprise delivery today curtesy of a kind supporter via our Amazon Wish List . We always need batteries; can a search team ever have enough batteries? 🤔 Plus, a very useful box of printer paper. Thank you so much kind supporter. It is this kind of support that makes such a difference to a small, volunteer charity such as ours. With no central funding this support is invaluable. Please see our website to see all the ways you can support us. https://www.wight

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

Another BIG WightSAR thank you to Stag Lane Motors for looking after our search vehicles once more. As a small charity with no central...

A BIG WightSAR “Thank you” to Raven Print & Design for refreshing our Search 4 x 4 vinyls that were showing signs of wear, as well as...

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...