On Wednesday 5 October, as the first major event to mark Independent Arts' 35th anniversary, 115 people came together at Newport Minster, to sing their hearts out and celebrate our longest-running programme, SingAbout.

Our charity is 35 years old this year - and it fills us with pride. We are proud to support the most vulnerable, the loneliest and the most isolated, with uplifting and unimaginably high-quality creative experiences. We are hugely proud of the difference we make to the lives of those we serve. We see and hear the impact that being part of something special brings.

We join the whole world in sadness and reflection, on the passing of Her Majesty and pay tribute to her incredible long-standing commitment to the country and its people.

This is an exciting call out for an artist (or artists) based on the Isle of Wight and Solent region to create a place-based artwork in the Bay (Sandown/Lake) Isle of Wight, co-produced with young people from Sandown and Lake Youth Forum.

People of all ages got creative with weaving, sketching, and soap and wire sculptures at Independent Art’s Public Engagement Day on Saturday 13 August, marking the start of the arts-for-wellbeing charity’s exciting new Creative Biosphere exhibition, which runs until the end of September.