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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 it has been. I get stopped by women telling me

2024-04-17T18:44:11+00:00August 15, 2022|Categories: Grouville & St. Martin|Tags: , |

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 as well in the Island’s historic General Election. I’m very

2024-04-17T18:44:11+00:00August 15, 2022|Categories: 2022 Elections, Grouville & St. Martin|Tags: |

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. It can also be found on my website: carolynlabey.je.

2024-04-17T18:44:12+00:00June 21, 2022|Categories: 2022 Elections|Tags: , |

JOA Kenya view from a volunteer

JOA50JOA 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 who last week, headed to Kenya to carry out preliminary

2024-04-17T18:44:12+00:00June 13, 2022|Categories: JOA Jersey Overseas Aid|Tags: , , |

“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.

2024-04-17T18:44:14+00:00May 17, 2022|Categories: 2022 Elections|Tags: , , |

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 Overseas Aid (JOA), the island’s official, publicly funded relief and

2024-04-17T18:44:14+00:00April 16, 2022|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , |

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 which Jersey has already sent to the front lines. Jersey

2024-04-17T18:44:14+00:00April 16, 2022|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , |

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 at Jersey Zoo on 7th and 8 th April and

2024-04-17T18:44:15+00:00April 16, 2022|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , |

28 April 2022 JOA “Future of Volunteering” Network Event

The Future of Volunteering- 50th Anniversary of JOA’s CWP Event

Jersey Overseas Aid would like to invite islanders to join the first Jersey International Development Network event of the year – ‘The Future of Volunteering’ in celebration of the 50th anniversary of JOA’s Community Work Projects (CWPs) volunteering programme. The event

2024-04-17T18:44:15+00:00April 16, 2022|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , |
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