HOME NEWS ABOUT QUIZ & MUSIC NIGHT The Chequers Inn, Rookley Friday 1st November 2024 @ 7:30pm (50 places available) Teams of 4/6 Tickets £10.00 (RSVP)Email: [email protected]: Facebook - Bronwyn Hamilton Brown FOOD AVAILABLE UNTIL 8:30pm Raffle! Live Music From Ben Stubbs Richmond House, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 1JDUnsubscribe · Preferences
15 days ago • 1 min read
HOME NEWS ABOUT Dear Wightlink User Group Members, We all share the collective frustration regarding the Wightlink slogan, "Bringing People Together." It feels particularly incongruous given the reduced timetables, unreliable services, and inflated prices we've all endured since the pandemic. These issues directly impede islanders, families, those needing urgent medical care, and potential tourists, essentially keeping them apart - the antithesis of their slogan. We believe filing a complaint...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
HOME NEWS ABOUT WIGHTLINK USER GROUPWUG NEWSNewsletter Sept 2024 To view a PDF version of this newsletter please click here - WUG Newsletter Sept 2024.pdf Welcome to our new Wightlink User Group Newsletter. WUG IS an independent organisation campaigning for improved and affordable cross-Solent ferry travel for all. Since starting out as a small campaigning group at the start of 2023, we now have over 9000 followers for our Facebook and Website pages, with numbers growing all the time. Why...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
HOME NEWS ABOUT Meeting With Joe Robertson MP Our meeting with Joe was very productive. We covered many bases in our joint strategy to push this campaign. We want him to challenge Visit Isle of Wight (who have WL managers as their directors). We feel the real decline in numbers travelling to the island is directly attributable to the cost of ferry fares. Yet it appears that there are incidents when VIOW are promoting WL rather than the island. There appears to be a conflict of interest with...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Wightlink User, The Wightlink User Group hustings are this Wednesday in Ryde and Thursday in Freshwater. If you care about the ferry situation you need to be there. We need you there. If we really want our MP to do something about the ferries we need to be there to tell them. If you are interested in who could be our next MP and how they are going to change the inequality that is transport. Please join us! East Wight12th June - 19:00 - 21:00Ryde Methodist Church14 Garfield Road Ryde PO33...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Richard Quigley proposes legal measures for fair Solent ferry fares Island Labour have been in talks with the shadow transport team since November 2023, after the Isle of Wight West Labour candidate for the General Election on 4th July, Richard Quigley, met with Shadow transport minister Louise Haigh (pictured above). Richard explained this week, “Louise was extremely keen to hear about the issues with cross Solent transport. “Her first reaction was to say, ‘Isle of Wight, it’s really...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Wightlink User Group (WUG) Press Release May 2024 Wightlink User Group have organised hustings to allow our prospective MPs to present their policies and potential solutions to cross Solent travel. All 5 candidates for each constituency have been invited to attend. The meetings are : East Wight: Wednesday 12th June from 19:00-21:00 at Ryde Methodist church, with refreshments afterward at the Church Hall. West Wight: Thursday 13th June from 19:00-21:00 at Freshwater Parish hall, with...
5 months ago • 1 min read
UPCOMING EVENTS 11:00 AM START 1ST JUNE, DEMONSTRATION: Yarmouth Wightlink Terminal 6TH JULY, DEMONSTRATION: Ryde, roundabout by the pier 17TH AUG, DEMONSTRATION: Ryde, roundabout by the pier Richmond House, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 1JDUnsubscribe · Preferences
5 months ago • 1 min read
Wightlink User Group (WUG) Press Release May 2024 Wightlink User Group have organised hustings to allow our prospective MPs to present their policies and potential solutions to cross Solent travel. All 5 candidates for each constituency have been invited to attend. The meetings are : East Wight: Wednesday 12th June from 1900-2100 at Ryde Methodist church, with refreshments afterward at the Church Hall. West Wight: Thursday 13th June from 1900-2100 at Freshwater Parish hall, with refreshments...
5 months ago • 1 min read