Record number of women elected in Jersey!
Jersey now matches Wales in the proportion of women elected with more women than men successfully elected for the first time ever.
Les Grouvelles
I must confess that when I set up this woman’s networking group in 2019 to mark 100 years of women getting the right to vote in Jersey, I did not anticipate the parish based group growing and being as successful as
A big Thank You and the Election Aftermath
Dear Electors of Grouville and St Martin
A very big thank you for electing me as Deputy of Grouville & St Martin in June, 2022. I am truly humbled to have been chosen to represent not only Grouville but St Martin
Twas the night before…. Polling Day 2022
From Liberation Day to the Summer Solstice on my Election Campaign During the “Election 2022” campaign for Deputy of Grouville and St Martin, (the Eastern District 9 if one must), my Manifesto was delivered to every household across both parishes.
JOA Kenya view from a volunteer
JOA is very important and high profile element of our work and is celebrating 50 years of volunteer projects. This fabulous article is written by one of our volunteers; Rachel Carlotti
Election Message
Election Jersey video message for you, sharing more about myself, and my views and hopes for the future of our island.
“I’m in the running”
Carolyn Labey, the Deputy of Grouville and Minister for International Development, announced today that she will stand in the forthcoming election as Deputy for the newly-combined constituency of St Martin and Grouville.
As well as representing her constituents since 2002, Deputy Carolyn Labey has taken a leading role in numerous community-based and Island-wide initiatives. These include chairing the Covid Community Task Force, Jersey’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Youth Assembly. As well as establishing and continuing to be involved with various initiatives like the Grouville Gazette, the Community Support Group, regular Parish Surgeries and Les Grouvelles in her parish.
JOA strategic plan
Earlier this year I published the first ever strategic plan for Jersey Overseas Aid Commission. This is the Press Release that went with it.
Jersey Overseas Aid sets out its objectives to meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable Jersey
Minister visits Poland amid humanitarian crisis
Jersey’s Minister for International Development, Deputy Carolyn Labey, visited Eastern Poland on Wednesday to follow up Jersey’s humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine.
In a warehouse near the border, she inspected medical trauma kits and oxygen concentrators like the ones
Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy conference
Experts from around the world come together to discuss Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy
April 13th 2022: Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) hosted a two-day conference, ‘Shaping the Future of Conservation Livelihoods Funding Together’.
The event, which was hosted virtually from Durrell’s headquarters