Jersey Connections 2024
Last Thursday, the 12th December, we were delighted to celebrate the launch of Jersey Connections, the first in a series of in-person events bringing together our Jersey diaspora.
Simon Boas
July 15 2024
JOA Director Simon Boas
It is with profound sadness, as Chair of Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA), that I announce the death of the Executive Director, Simon Boas, following his courageous battle with cancer. Simon was an inspiration and larger-than-life character who impacted thousands of lives
New Jersey Liberation Day
Earlier in the summer of 2023 I had the honour of hosting the Mayor of New Jersey and his delegation to Jersey to help celebrate our Liberation day. As well as the day parade I included a visit to the St Martin’s Celebrations and a trip ‘out west’ to the
Island Identity – information packs
Earlier this year, I supplied each of the Constables with the template of information to be given to new Parishioners to their Parishes. The ideas was to give a general Island piece of information that they could expand and individualise in each Parish.
I would be interested to hear what you
Autumn 2023 update
Since my last article earlier this summer, I have travelled to remote areas of Africa where my role as Minister for International Development and Chair of Jersey Overseas Aid took me to farms and milk collection centres to monitor and evaluate some of our Dairy projects in Zambia and Malawi.
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Renewable Energy and Green Initiatives
The headline results of the Future Jersey 2017 – 2037 document under the section, ‘what do Islanders want to see most change into the future?’ set out the following as concerns and aspirations of Islanders who took part in the Survey.
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- Jersey has secure, affordable and sustainable
- Jersey has secure, affordable and sustainable