Help Mountbatten Isle Of Wight Create Garden Of Sunflowers To Mark 35th Anniversary Of Walk The Wight
- Dominic Kureen
- Apr 17
- 2 min read
With just weeks left to sign up to Walk the Wight 2025, Mountbatten Isle of Wight wants your help to create a garden of sunflowers, to celebrate the iconic event’s 35 anniversary, on Sunday, 11 May.
Draw, paint, knit, crochet, colour in, mould, sculpt or even build a sunflower — the
enduring image of your local hospice charity.
Walk the Wight started in 1991, when Islanders Bill Bradley and Frank Stevens
organised a team-building walk for 25 colleagues from H.W. Moreys, a local timber
and builders’ merchant.
By its second year, the walk had attracted 120 participants, raising funds for both an
MRI scanner for the hospital and Earl Mountbatten Hospice (now Mountbatten Isle of
Wight).
35 years on, Mountbatten Isle of Wight’s event is about making memories and
having fun as well as taking on an incredible challenge, while raising vital funds for
your local hospice charity.
Mountbatten Isle of Wight delivers expert 24/7 care in homes across the Isle of Wight
and on our inpatient unit in Newport.
Around ten thousand people take on Walk the Wight, making it one of the biggest
events of its kind.
Sunflower Garden
For 2025, celebrate this incredible achievement by using your creative skills to help create a garden of sunflowers.
The finished creations will form part of an exhibition about the amazing things Walk
the Wight has achieved over the years.
Get crafting today and then drop your sunflower to: Mountbatten Isle of Wight in Halberry Lane, Newport, PO30 2ER.
There are just a few weeks left to sign up to take part in Walk the Wight.
Registration costs £15 per person.
Your walker pack (including your number) will be waiting for you at your chosen start line.
Whether it’s the Flat Walk, Main Walk, Schools Walk or the half-route, help make the 35th anniversary of Walk the Wight one to remember, in support of 24/7 end-of-life care for the Islanders who need it most!
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