Volunteer.gg website connects Guernsey charities with volunteers

March 28th, 2012 by Volunteer.gg

Volunteer.gg provides an easy and convenient online platform for Guernsey volunteers and charities to connect with each other.

Guernsey has over 360 registered charities. Demand for volunteer support often exceeds available ‘helping hands’ and looking to find the right cause, or looking for the right occasion or event to help at can be difficult.

Volunteer.gg is a re-brand and simplification of the original Volunt-here.org website.

Charities can register and ‘own’ their own information page, as well as post important events or occasions requiring volunteers.

The website allows potential volunteers to browse the different charities, their events, and their specific notices to see what best suits.

Importantly, communication between the charity and volunteer is direct.

With adequate enthusiasm from charities (in keeping their needs regularly updated) and the volunteer sector, we hope that Volunteer.gg will become the first stop for Guernsey’s ‘helping hands’.

(click on logo to go to Volunteer.gg website)

Guernsey Renewable Energy Team Open day at Beau Sejour on 3 April

March 28th, 2012 by States of Guernsey Commerce and Employment Department

Guernsey’s Commerce and Employment Department’s Renewable Energy Team (RET) is to hold an open day so that the public can learn more about the potential for macro marine renewable energy in Guernsey.

Members of RET will be available in the lobby of Beau Sejour Leisure Centre, St Peter Port between 1200 and 1430 and from 1600 to 1830 on Tuesday 3 April 2012 to meet the public and answer questions about RET’s work.

RET and the States of Guernsey Commerce & Employment Department are responsible for progressing macro marine renewable (offshore wind, wave and tidal energy) in Guernsey’s waters and are looking to get all legal and commercial processes ready so that Guernsey can take advantage of this renewable energy at the right time. Continue reading

The Lihou Island Charitable Trust Easter egg hunt on 5 April 2012

March 24th, 2012 by Lihou Charitable Trust

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On 5 April 2012 The Lihou Charitable Trust holds its Easter egg hunt in and around the grounds of Lihou House.

Booking is essential

Please book by sending a text to 07781 139123 or by emailing friendsoflihou @ cwgsy.net

On 5 April, please register at 11 am for an 11.30 am start. The cost is £3.50 per child or £3.00 for ‘Friends of Lihou’.

You may join ‘Friends of Lihou‘ on the day.

Food (hot dogs, biscuits) and drinks (tea, coffee, soft drinks) will be available.

Friday fresh produce market coming to St Peter Port’s Market Square

March 16th, 2012 by Fresh Friday

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The Fresh Friday market comes to Market Square in St Peter Port beginning on 13 April 2012.

Local producers and traders will sell fresh Guernsey food every Friday in the Market Square from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.

For details on establishing a stall at the Fresh Friday Market please download the accompanying PDF files by clicking on the images. Continue reading

GTA University Centre to offer on island two year undergraduate BA (Hons) Business Studies degree

March 8th, 2012 by GTA University Centre

A seminar at the GTA University Centre in St Peter Port (click image to expand - image courtesy of GTAUC)

Guernsey students will soon have the option to study for a full-time business studies degree on island with the GTA University Centre and Bournemouth University.

The two year undergraduate BA (Hons) Business Studies degree is the first full-time degree course available in Guernsey and will be offered to local students from September 2012.

“This is a first for higher education in Guernsey. Working in partnership with Bournemouth University, we have developed Continue reading

Lovingly handmade sustainability

February 23rd, 2012 by Martine Ellis of iMake

Sock yarn blanket (click image to expand - ©iMake)

Sustainability has been ‘on my radar’ for a few years, but it’s only recently that I have realised what a big part of my life it plays, particularly in relation to my love of handmade crafts.

Understanding what sustainability is about helped me make the connection. Continue reading

Bridge 2 Sri Lanka & Bridge 2 Haiti Big Car Boot sale on 25 March 2012

February 16th, 2012 by Events

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Bridge 2 Sri Lanka and Bridge 2 Haiti will hold a Big Car Boot Sale at the Specsavers car park, La Villiaze Road, Guernsey from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday 25 March 2012. All funds raised will be shared by Bridge 2 Haiti and Bridge 2 Sri Lanka.

The cost is £10 per car to keep the proceeds from your sales or Free Entry to donate all your proceeds to the two charities.

Anyone who wants to donate old, broken or unwanted gold jewellery can bring this to a collection point to donate to the charities.  The gold will be sent to the UK to be turned into cash for the charities.

There will be a yummy homemade cakes table and tea and coffee for sale.

Lihou Charitable Trust fund raising with tea, coffee and cake on Sunday 12 February 2012

February 9th, 2012 by Lihou Charitable Trust

Lihou Island at low water from L'Eree headland photographed in the 1990s (click image to expand - ©RLLord)

On Sunday 12 February 2012, the Lihou Charitable Trust is holding a tea, coffee and cake afternoon on Lihou Island.

The Lihou Charitable Trust is looking for people to volunteer their time or their cake baking expertise.

Teas, coffees and cake will be served on Lihou island between 2.30 pm and 4 pm. Continue reading

Small, locally-owned businesses contribute to health and well-being

February 7th, 2012 by Baylor University

Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes — than do those that rely on large companies with “absentee” owners, according to a USA national study by sociologists at LSU and Baylor University.

“What stands out about this research is that we often think of the economic benefits and job growth that small business generates, but we don’t think of the social benefits to small communities,” said Troy C. Blanchard, Ph.D., lead author and associate professor of sociology at LSU. Continue reading

WildGuernsey Wild food foraging workshops in winter & spring 2012

January 30th, 2012 by Events

WildGuernsey guests sharing wild food at Pouquelaie Vinery (click image to expand - image courtesy of WildGuernsey)

12 February 2012

WildGuernsey at Pouquelaie Vinery, Rocquaine Road, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey offers an ‘Introduction to WildFood Foraging‘ on Sunday 12 February 2012 from 1 pm to 4 pm.  The £30 course includes tapas.

11 March 2012 Continue reading