Category: Charity
DCG employees elect local children’s charity for 2013
DCG employees have kick-started their efforts to raise over £20,000 for the third consecutive year for their annual nominated charity, having selected Help a Jersey Child as their beneficiary charity for 2013. As part of its commitment to supporting community organisations in Jersey, each year staff at DCG, a leading corporate services provider, select a [...]
Local Runners Head to London for Marathon
This Sunday, 21st April, a team of local runners are taking part in this years 2013 Virgin London Marathon, raising much needed funds for Headway Jersey, the brain Injury charity. The 6 runners taking part are Spencer Wells, Stacy Morris, Sarah Harris, Siobhan Lynch, Loraine Fulton & Harry McAlinden. Each runner has been busy training [...]
Major Helping Hand given to Headway Charity
CHANNEL-Island creative and digital marketing agency Oi has stepped forward to offer a big helping hand to the Headway Jersey and Guernsey charities. The agency, which has offices in Guernsey, Jersey and London, is designing and building new websites for both charities, setting up and managing their email marketing, and creating and implementing an awareness [...]
Widening the road to recovery from addiction
Silkworth Lodge has introduced greater flexibility and accessibility to its Treatment Programme for Islanders who suffer with alcohol and drug addiction. As the only residential rehabilitation treatment centre in the Channel Islands, Silkworth provides an abstinence-based programme to help those who are suffering with alcohol and drug addiction, together with their families and significant others. [...]
Headway Appeal for Vinyl & Record Players
Headway are appealing to the Jersey public to dig out and dust off their vinyl records to donate for a fundraising event ‘Vinyl Revival’ on Liberation Day, Thursday 9th May. The event will be held on Liberation day at ‘The Priory’ Devils Hole. ‘Vinyl Revival’ will feature an exclusive record sale of vinyl and record [...]
Family attraction supports Brighter Futures
The aMaizin! Adventure Park popular family attraction in St Peter has made Brighter Futures its charity of choice for 2013 Brighter Futures is dedicated to providing children, young people and families in the Island the opportunity to be safe, healthy, happy and aspirational. Based at the Bridge, in St Saviour, staff and volunteers work in [...]
Great Wall of China trek for Headway Jersey
A team of 22 trekkers have committed to raise funds for Headway as part of their challenge to trek the Great China Wall in May 2013. The trek has been organised in memory of Paul Maguire who sadly passed away following a motorbike accident in 2010. One of the organisers, Paul Maguire senior, wanted to [...]
Direct mail support for Jersey charities
Jersey Post is pleased to announce an initiative to help local charities boost their fundraising and support efforts locally. Jersey Post currently offers an all Island unaddressed mail service which enables organisations to target residential or business addresses with promotional mail that helps raise awareness of news, special offers or new products and services. Organisations [...]
Hawksford raises £700 of Red Nose Day thanks to star bakers
Local trust company, Hawksford, last week invited its neighbours on The Esplanade to combine fundraising efforts for this year’s Comic Relief, raising a total of £700 for the popular charity. A Mary Berry style bake sale was held outside Hawksford House on Red Nose Day, Friday 15th March. A total of 20 star bakers from [...]
Making Headway on the Town Treadmill
This Saturday, 23rd March 2012, a treadmill challenge will be set up in the town centre from 10am to 3pm by a team of runners who are taking part in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, raising much needed funds for Headway Jersey, the brain Injury charity. The 5 Runners taking part in this year Virgin [...]
