Category: Charity

Participating walkers and local charities will gather for a presentation event at Les Rocquettes Hotel this evening to celebrate the whopping £40,000 raised following June’s Itex-Rotary Around the Island Walk. During the event, the benefitting charities will be awarded their donations by His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Sir Fabian Malbon and Lady Malbon, [...]

3 posties have presented Andy and Jo Priaulx with £2610 for the Priaulx Premature Baby Foundation after cycling 560 miles in the UK. Postal workers Paul Wakeham and Steve O’Connor cycled 560 miles from Poole to Lands End and back again in June this year. Retired postie Ken Queripel joined the cyclists and was responsible [...]

Family Matters – the Bournemouth based Charity who has just entered into an agreement with the States of Guernsey for the delivery of an IDVA Service (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) is now seeking to make firmer connections in the Bailiwick in relation to its Governance arrangements, whilst it’s recruitment drive in Guernsey for a female [...]

Lloyds TSB grassroots charity campaign awards £1,000 grant to fund the purchase of vital new equipment In the second round of Lloyds TSB’s ‘Small Change – Big Difference’ campaign, judges from Lloyds TSB, GBG Magazine, Guernsey Press & Star and Channel TV sifted through numerous entries to decide upon the winner of the £1,000 grant.  [...]

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for the Channel Islands has invested over £300,000 in fourteen different charitable organisations aimed at tackling disadvantage across Jersey and Guernsey. John Hutchins, Executive Director at Lloyds TSB Foundation explains “We are delighted to have the opportunity to award the first in the series of 2010 grants to such a wide [...]

Mike Lewis, Relationship Director for Funds clients at RBS International, successfully reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro recently, raising more than £3,500 for Alzheimer’s Society. All the pounding of Guernsey’s cliff top paths paid off as Mike’s trek, which he undertook with a group of 30 other climbers, was beyond his wildest expectations. The team [...]

HOME-START has raised over £2,000 from its first Big Tea Party held at Les Cotils. Friends and families took advantage of the glorious sunshine and came together to put the kettle on, helping to raise funds for local families in need of the charity’s support. The lawn was awash with children’s entertainment, from magicians to [...]

27th July 2010 – The Set Sail Corporate Pilot Challenge took  place in Guernsey on board two 60ft wooden hulled classic ships last week raising over £7000 for local nautical and maritime initiatives. This event was organised by The Set Sail Trust, a local charity that supports many local maritime activities. The Challenge saw two [...]

The fundraising arm of a local charity has completed two successful years selling second-hand goods on the Bridge. Friends of Citizens Advice are celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of their fundraising shop on Friday 30th July. Business will continue as usual but the shop will be decorated and there will be a display [...]

Condor Ferries is helping a Guernsey 4×4 ambulance vehicle to become a firefighting vehicle in Kosovo. The Isuzu Trooper 4 x 4 emergency vehicle, now out of service in the island, was purchased by local charity the Ambulance Relocation Trust. The vehicle has been acquired by Rotary District 1290’s Overseas Project Team, based in Cornwall, [...]