Category: Community

Open Day celebrates our built heritage by allowing visitors free access to fascinating properties that are either not usually open, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Organised by The National Trust for Jersey in association with English Heritage and kindly sponsored by Altis, the event is part of the UK’s celebration of architecture, history [...]

FOURTEEN islanders have been selected to perform alongside a West End cast in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story at Fort Regent in October thanks to Milton Morrissey Ltd. Jersey’s cast members include Will Hunter, Rebecca Stanier, Michael Teruggi, Benjamin Martin, Jordan Livesey, Alice Murray, Jenny McCarthy, Jonathan Labey, Danielle Le Quesne, Lizi Ferrara, Madison [...]

In the fifteen months that have elapsed since the first restrictive covenant was put in place on a secluded meadow in St Peter’s Valley, the National Trust for Jersey is delighted to announce that it now has a total of 7 restrictive covenants in place protecting 3 buildings and just under 90 vergeés of land. [...]

A Jersey couple’s dream wedding at one of the Island’s most recognisable landmarks was broadcast live over the internet to enable family in Scotland to share their big day. Hannah Staddon and Duncan Gray, who tied the knot on Friday 20th August at Le Don Hilton in St Ouen, approached Jersey Telecom with the request [...]

Jersey Vision Correction, a locally based laser eye surgery, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jen Castle as Clinic Manager. Jen has worked within the optical industry for the past 13 years including 6 years as General and Surgery Manager for one of the UK’s leading laser eye surgeries. Jen will be involved in [...]

Standard Bank is once again sponsoring the longest running youth county cricket festival in the British Isles. The tournament is organised by the Jersey Cricket Coaches Association and has been taking place since the early 1980s. Eight teams representing the Island and UK counties will compete in the annual five-day Standard Bank U16 County Cricket [...]

Durrell are continuing to improve and extend engagement with visitors and this month are launching the very latest technology for live streaming videos from the wildlife park in Trinity, Jersey. Durrell are continuing to improve and extend engagement with visitors and this month are launching the very latest technology for live streaming videos from the [...]

A gold watch posthumously awarded by the Soviet government to Jersey’s Medical Officer of Health during the German Occupation, Dr Noel McKinstry has been donated to the Jersey War Tunnels by Dr McKinstry’s grandchildren. The award was made by the Soviet Union in recognition of the compassion that Dr McKinstry showed to Russian slave workers [...]

THE search is on for up to 20 islanders to perform alongside a top West End cast in the smash hit musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. Auditions for local parts will be held on Saturday 21 August at Fort Regent between 10am and 6pm in front of the show’s producers. Those selected to [...]

Just eight weeks before Jersey Live 2010 two of the five Jersey Telecom ‘golden tickets’ offering the chance to ‘live like a rockstar’ at this year’s event have been claimed. One of the winners of the JT Golden Ticket top up scratch cards is Claire Voisin who has given the two V.V.I.P tickets to her [...]