Waitrose helps Guernsey’s primary school children grow and sell food

May 12th, 2013 by Waitrose

Waitrose Admiral Park supermarket (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

Waitrose ‘Grow and Sell’ initiative aims to encourage seven to eleven year old children across the UK and Channel Islands to grow their own produce and sell it to Waitrose customers.

The initiative, in association with the Waitrose farm on the Leckford Estate, aims to inspire over 100,000 children to grow their own produce during the summer months.

The children will learn more about where food comes from, the impact of seasons and develop entrepreneurial skills by selling their food directly to shoppers.

Waitrose Admiral Park and Waitrose Rohais will work with four local primary schools each, including Amherst, La Houguette, Le Rondin, St Andrew’s, St Mary and St Michael, Forest, Vauvert and Vale School. Continue reading

Guernsey charities book free space by 24 May for Volunteering Expo in St Peter Port on 8 June 2013

May 11th, 2013 by Guernsey Community Foundation

St Peter Port’s Market Square during the start of World Aid Walk on 6 May 2013 (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

St Peter Port’s Market Square will host the first Guernsey Volunteering Expo on 8 June 2013.

The Expo will showcase local charities and voluntary organisations and give members of the public who have considered getting involved in some sort of volunteering the chance to browse informally around the stalls and speak face to face with organisations that may need their help.

The first week in June annually marks National Volunteering Week and the Expo will be the culmination of a week-long programme of promotional activities across the island aimed at highlighting the benefits and opportunities for volunteering in Guernsey which range from hands-on involvement at fetes and events to supporting a charity using professional skills such as preparing accounts or developing a business plan for Continue reading

Herm Island’s Britain In Bloom entry to be helped by Lloyds TSB staff

May 10th, 2013 by Lloyds TSB Offshore Ltd

LLoyds TSB staff plant trees during their ‘Day to Make a Difference’ in Herm in 2012 (click image to expand – image courtesy of LLoyds TSB)

Lloyds TSB staff will be helping Herm with its entry into Britain in Bloom’s Champion of Champions competition.

In recognition of its consistently high standards in the overall Britain in Bloom competition, Herm has been nominated for the Champion of Champions category along with four other communities across the British Isles.

The island’s gardening team, headed up by Brett Moore, is busy preparing for the arrival of the judges later this summer and after a successful volunteering day in Herm last year, Lloyds TSB is sending a team of staff from Guernsey and Jersey to help with the preparations.

“The Day to Make a Difference initiative is one in which the whole of the Lloyds Banking Group takes part and is our way Continue reading

Guernsey’s Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards entry deadline is 28 May 2013

May 9th, 2013 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards

Please click image to download Guernsey Conservation Awards 2013 entry form as a PDF file to your computer

Guernsey schools and environmentally friendly islanders have until 28 May 2013 to get their entries in for this years’ Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards.

The event, which is in its 23rd year, is staged to fund projects designed to protect the island’s green spaces and natural habitats.

The winner of the main award could win a cheque for £2,000 to help fund their endeavours while the winning school will be awarded £1,000 over three years.

A tree-planting project in local schools won the award for 2012 and was organised by the Guernsey Society of the Men of the Trees. Continue reading

Ian Brown’s 30in30 Cycle Challenge cyclists focus on raising money for Les Bourgs Hospice

April 27th, 2013 by Richard Lord

Guernsey cyclists wearing bright orange jerseys congregated at St Emilion Restaurant on the St Peter Port waterfront at 8 am on 27 April 203 to begin Ian Brown’s Cycle Shop 30in30 Cycle Challenge in aid of Les Bourgs Hospice.

30in30 cyclists bicycles parked outside St Emilion restaurant on the St Peter Port waterfront (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

Ian Brown began by asking for a moment of silence in memory of David Allison, who was killed while cycling to work on 26 April 2013, and to keep his family in our thoughts.

Ian Brown Cycle Shop’s 30in30 Cycling Challenge cyclists gathered at St Emilion restaurant to hear Ian Brown and Mira Domaille speak about raising the maximum amount of funds for Les Bourgs Hospice (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

Ian Brown said there are fifty-four 30in30 Cycle Challenge cyclists this year with the late addition of Brendan Clouston, Steve O’Connor, and Dave Smart. Continue reading

Guernsey Environment Department promoting four organised beach cleaning weekends

April 23rd, 2013 by States of Guernsey Environment Department

Pembroke beach, L’Ancresse, Guernsey (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

The States of Guernsey Environment Department is promoting four weekends of beach cleans for volunteers in 2013.

The first one takes place on Sunday 28 April 2013 starting at 11 am at L’Ancresse.

This is the Marine Conservation Society’s Big Beach Clean up which is sponsored by Marks & Spencer and will take no more than two hours.

This is a new event for Guernsey and everyone is welcome to come along and help out with the beach clean and a survey of the litter found.

Please give the Environment Services Unit a call on 717200 by 5 pm Friday 26 April 2013 if you plan to take part. Continue reading

Jersey in Transition permaculture workshop on 20 and 21 April 2013

April 5th, 2013 by Nigel Jones

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Jersey in Transition have organised a Permaculture Weekend Workshop on 20 and 21 April 2013.

The educational workshop spills over to Monday 22 April 2013 with tours of some of Jersey’s gardens and farms. The workshop takes place at Frances Le Sueur Centre, Five Mile Road, La Mielle de Morville, St Ouen, Jersey. Continue reading

Floral Guernsey’s Spring Festival Week begins on 20 April 2013

March 31st, 2013 by Floral Guernsey

Floral Guernsey’s Spring Festival Week returns on Saturday 20 April 2013 with a diverse programme of events running throughout the island until Monday 29 April.

The initiative, aimed at all gardeners and budding botanists, features a number of guided walks, open gardens and talks from experts including award-winning landscape designer Cleve West, who will deliver an RHS Growing for Success talk, ‘From Spuds to Chelsea’, at Les Cotils, St Peter Port, Guernsey on Wednesday 24 April 2013.

(Cleve West, former long jumper, passionate vegetable grower, and one of Britain’s leading garden designers after winning the top award at RHS show two years in a row, will give a presentation at Les Cotils on 24 April (click image to expand – image courtesy of Floral Guernsey)

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DisabledGo public meeting on 3 April 2013 about new venues to add to online access guide for Guernsey

March 30th, 2013 by Guernsey Disability Alliance

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In 2012 the States of Guernsey commissioned professional disability surveyors, DisabledGo, to produce an online guide that would help disabled Guernsey residents and visitors find out whether a venue is accessible before setting out from home.

Five hundred local shops, hotels, restaurants, sports facilities and transport links were included in the guide.

In April 2013 the team from DisabledGo will return to Guernsey and, depending on the level of detail, add between 25 and 100 new venues to make the guide even more comprehensive.

The Guernsey guide can be found online by searching “DisabledGo Guernsey.” Continue reading

Guernsey charities have to 12 April 2013 to apply to be main beneficiary of St Peter Port Harbour Carnival

March 30th, 2013 by RBC Wealth Management

Deputy Michelle Le Clerc and her team before her intrepid flight over St Peter Port harbour (click image to expand – ©RLLord)

Guernsey charities are being reminded that they have until Friday 12 April 2013 to apply to be the main beneficiary of this year’s Harbour Carnival.

The event, which is sponsored by RBC Wealth Management and organised by the Guernsey Round Table, will take place on Friday 9 August 2013 and the main beneficiary will receive 50% of the amount raised, with the other 50% going to other local good causes.

Du Preez Vermeulen, Vice President of the Guernsey Round Table said “we’ve already had a number of entries but would encourage those charities that haven’t submitted applications to do so.” Continue reading