Category: Community

New Muratti sponsor is unveiled

Guernsey News, 2 March 2010 – Kleinwort Benson is the new sponsor of the Muratti. The bank has signed a three year deal with the Channel Islands Inter-Insular Football Committee that will secure sponsorship for the mens and womens competitions until 2012.
Kleinwort Benson’s sponsorship does not only benefit Jersey and Guernsey but also Alderney, who [...]

CELEBRATIONS TO MARK COMMONWEALTH DAY ON MONDAY 8TH MARCH

Guernsey News, 2 March 2010 – There will be two events to mark Commonwealth Day on Monday 8th March.
At 6.00pm on the day there will be an inter-faith service in the Town Church, by kind permission of the Dean, the Very Revd Canon Paul Mellor.
As with the service held every year in Westminster Abbey, there [...]

CHILDCARE NEEDS SURVEY

Guernsey News, 25 February 2010 – MORE than 1,700 households in Guernsey and Alderney have so far taken part in the survey of childcare needs and family life which is being undertaken by IFF Research on behalf of the Policy Council’s Social Policy Group. The target is 2000 households. The researchers are still keen to [...]

National drama festival chooses Guernsey to play host next year

Guernsey News, 25 February 2010 – GUERNSEY has been chosen to stage the National Drama Festivals Association’s (NDFA) British All Winners Festival in 2011.
The British All Winners Festival (BAWF), sponsored by De Putron Fund Management, will host a week long experience from 23 – 30 July 2011, showcasing the very best of British amateur theatre.
Guernsey [...]

Sure Guernsey customers can now Indulge in new website

Guernsey News, 25 February 2010 – AN innovative digital marketing consultancy based in the island has launched the brand new website for Sure’s Guernsey Directory.
Indulge Media, which specialises in web design & e-marketing, was established in 2009 and has successfully redesigned and rebuilt Sure’s website to integrate a range of useful features for customers.
The Sure [...]

CHILDCARE NEEDS SURVEY

Guernsey News, 5 February 2010 – MORE than 1,000 households have been contacted by researchers for the Policy Council investigating childcare issues in the Bailiwick.
The Policy Council’s Social Policy Group commissioned IFF Research towards the end of last year to carry out a telephone interview survey of 2,000 households in the islands. The survey is [...]

Butterfield to sponsor the Guernsey Music Centre Spring Concert

Guernsey News, 4 February 2010 – BUTTERFIELD will be instrumental in showcasing Guernsey’s young musical talent this spring.
The sponsored concert will take place on Saturday 6 February at St James Concert and Assembly Hall from 7.30pm. Performances will be given by the Youth Training Orchestra, Youth Wind Band and Youth Choir.
Conductors Keith Dawber, Tim Wright [...]

HEROES TO GET ARCTIC ASSISTANCE

Guernsey News, 2 February 2010 – A team of Bailiwick adventurers is on track to cross one of the world’s biggest – and coldest – islands on foot, to raise money for wounded British troops.
Five Channel Islanders will don skis and attempt to haul fully loaded sleds across Baffin Island this spring, to raise funds [...]

A busy day on the bus earns award for driver

Guernsey News, 26 January 2010 – Island Coachways has named bus driver Chris Almond as ‘Driver of the Quarter’.
Mr Almond was given the award, which covers the months of October, November and December, after helping a passenger with a buggy and two children onto his full bus.
Originally from London, Mr Almond moved to Guernsey to [...]

ITV news anchor to host Guernsey Funds Forum 2010

Guernsey News, 25 January 2010 – ITV news journalist Alastair Stewart OBE is to host this year’s Guernsey Funds Forum in London.
Mr Stewart visited the Island last October and received strong praise for his chairmanship of the local Institute of Directors debate. He has worked in the media for nearly four decades and has fronted [...]