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OCTOBER 2015Parish matters 4

What next for municipal elections? 7

News from the Parish Homes 9

St Helier Youth Committee news 10

Play it again, Martin 13

Halkett Hoedown 14

A day in the life of: Andy Le Claire 16

St Helier’s Portuguese Food Festival 18

Parish notice board 20

Town Centre News 22

What is FOI about? 23

Dates for your diary 25








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Welcometo the October edition of the Town Crier,the official monthly magazine of theParish of St Helier. Available by post andemail (on request), from a dozen distribution points inSt Helier, and online, our magazine combines usefulinformation with news about events that take place in ourbusy Parish. We’re grateful to everyone who has been intouch asking to be put on our postal or email mailing list,while we know that a lot of parishioners are now collectingthe Town Crier from one of the magazine holders aroundtown, or reading it on the Parish’s website. These changesto how we distribute our magazine mean a big saving inpostage costs as well as ensuring it can be produced andprinted locally.

Last month’s election for Procureur du Bien Public sawPeter Pearce returned for a second term of office; the lowturnout in the election should not detract from ourcongratulations to him for polling twice as many votes as hisrival, nor from our gratitude to him for continuing to work withour senior Procureur, Clive Barton, MBE, in providing financialadvice to the Constable and the Parish’s Management Board.A full explanation of the role of the Procureurs, as well asinformation about the Parish’s other elected members, canbe found on the Parish’s website, www.sthelier.je.

Pride of place on the cover of this month’s magazine isone of the pictures of the first ever Pride Parade last month;it was a great day to be in St Helier, as hundreds of peoplewalked from West's Centre to the Weighbridge, many dressedin colourful costumes. This issue also contains reports on thelast major festivals of the summer: the Halkett Place Hoedownfor Headway, and the Portuguese Food Fair. We include afeature about the Freedom of Information legislation whichnow applies to the Parishes, although the Parishes have, ofcourse, been providing information to parishioners, presentingtheir accounts to ratepayers for inspection, and bringingforward their budgets for approval, since the year dot!

PARISH CONTACTSConnétable:Simon Crowcroft

Tel: 811821 Fax: 619146 Email: [email protected] Hall: PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA

Town Hall Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Parish Meetings: Notices of Parish meeting are published on our website:www.sthelier.je, in The St Helier Town Crier and the Jersey Evening Post.

PROCUREURS AND PARISH MANAGEMENT BOARDProcureurs du Bien Public: Clive Barton MBE and Peter PearceClive Barton MBE Tel: 880088 Email: [email protected] Pearce Tel: 639533 Email: [email protected], Human Resources: Martin RobertsTel: 811824 Email: [email protected], Parks, Gardens & Open Spaces: Anthony AndrewsTel: 811700 Email: [email protected], Municipal Services: Debra D'OrleansTel: 811703 Email: [email protected], Technical & Environment Services:John Stievenard Tel: 811845 Email: [email protected], Finance: Neil Macdonald Tel: 811829 Email: [email protected]

ST HELIER DEPUTIESNO 1 DISTRICTDeputy Judy Martin Tel: 780641 Email: [email protected] Russell Labey Tel: 481083 Email:[email protected] Scott Wickenden Tel: 07797 717766 Email: [email protected]

NO 2 DISTRICTDeputy Rod Bryans Tel: 737236 Email: [email protected] Geoff Southern Tel: 728231 Email: [email protected] Sam Mézec Tel: 07797 811130 Email: [email protected]

NO 3 DISTRICTDeputy Jackie Hilton Tel: 07797 713293 Email: [email protected] Mike Higgins Tel: 873956 Email: [email protected] Richard Rondel Tel: 07797 711537 Email: [email protected] Andrew Lewis Tel: 862663 Email: [email protected]

OTHER PARISH CONTACTSConstable’s PA: Annie BienvenuTel: 811821 Email: [email protected] Services Manager: Daryn CleworthTel: 811870 Email: [email protected] Support Helpline: Tel: 811866RPZ Helpline Tel: 811811 Email: [email protected] Services Depot: Tel: 811708Duty Centenier: Tel: 07797 722227Registrar: Tel: 811088Town Centre Manager: Daphne East Tel: 07797 824843 Email: [email protected]

PARISH NURSERIES AND HOMESAvranches and Westmount Nurseries – Nurseries Co-ordinator:Linda Le Marquand Tel: 811719 Email: [email protected]: (Avranches) Carole Luce 811719Tel: (Westmount) Jane Snodgrass 811718 St Helier House: Jacqueline Jolley Tel: 811715Email: [email protected] Ewold’s: Ann Mclean Tel: 811716 Email: [email protected]

ST HELIER ROADS COMMITTEENigel Blake Tel: 875339 Email: [email protected] Jennings Tel: 280778 Email: [email protected] Very Rev. Bob Key Tel: 720001 Email: [email protected] Le Brocq Tel: 743606 Email: [email protected] Wade Tel: 875663 Email: [email protected] Manning Tel: 07700 356438 Email: [email protected]

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PARISH MATTERSA round-up of the latest news and events from the Town Hall, Parish of St Helier

Iwould like thank all who have sentme their best wishes, thoughts, cardsand prayers during my serious

illness. I have been blessed with so manypeople thinking and praying for mewhich I know is helping me becomestronger day by day. I am truly lucky tostill be here as on two occasions Inarrowly escaped passing away. This isan update on what has happened to me.

In May I went for a three day trip toSpain with Deputy Russell Labey. I wastaken ill on the first evening and thefollowing morning we went to the A&EDepartment of the local hospital where Ihad a CT scan. A large tumour was foundto be virtually blocking my colon, whichrequired urgent treatment. Theprocedure was unsuccessful but thedoctor called a surgeon friend of his whois renowned throughout Europe as aspecialist in treating colon cancer and

A personal message from Deputy Richard Rondel

who had a private clinic 15 minutesaway. I was under sedation but woke upin an ambulance speeding down themotorway. I was so fortunate that thesurgeon had answered his mobile phoneas he was not officially on duty and waswaiting for me having ridden in on hismotorbike. He successfully carried outthe procedure and told me that another10 minutes’ delay would have been fatal.

After a week in hospital in Spain andas soon as I was able to travel I returnedto Jersey to see my family which was astruggle as I hadn't realised how weak Ihad become. I was seen by the OncologyDepartment of the General Hospital andstarted chemotherapy on 9th July. Thatevening I started to have terrible stomachpains and decided to go to A&E.Following tests I was told I need anurgent operation as the tumour hadruptured. The amazing Dr Stevenson

(who looks about 30!) carried out a fivehour operation to remove the tumour,requiring 8 litres of saline and 54 staplesin my abdomen, leaving me in intensivecare for six days. After the first day theycalled my family down and woke me upas best they could for two minutes asthey really didn't think I would make itas I was so very ill.

For two and a half weeks I didn'tknow who or where I was and requiredtwo blood transfusions, but I healed upmore quickly than expected. I am nowon three strong chemotherapy drugs butam fortunate not to have had too manyside effects. The good news is that thecancer in my liver is shrinking, so thingsare heading in the right direction. I amstaying at home mostly but haveventured to the supermarket with mymum a couple of times. I have to becareful as my immune system is lowfollowing chemo. I will probably havetreatment until Christmas and will thenbe reassessed, so will not be in actionuntil at least then. I am under no illusionthat I have a long and difficult fightahead of me.

The care I am receiving fromeveryone at Jersey’s General Hospital,from the porters, to the nurses, to thesurgeons, is amazing. I am being treatedvery much as a person and not justanother patient. A positive patient/carerrelationship and a positive mentalattitude is, in my view, very much part ofrecovery. After 50 years of being ratherintimidated by the idea of being inhospital I recently found myself actuallylooking forward to going into theOncology Department and seeing theteam. It is obvious to me that their role isnot just a job but a unique dedication tocaring for people. They have become myfriends.

My best wishes to my constituents,and thanks once again for everyone’ssupport. If there is one message I wouldlike to relay to people it would be to seeyour GP as soon as you feel there may besomething acting out of the ordinarywith your body, as early diagnosis canlead to an early cure. Also, enjoy everyday of your life!

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New Finance Director appointedThe Parish has appointed Neil Macdonald to take over fromAndy Pemberton who has retired after more than 12 years’ inpost. Neil qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland andmoved to Jersey in 2001. After spending several years workingin audit, he moved into industry. Neil has a wide range ofexperience in the banking, fiduciary services and commercialsectors, and is certain that this breadth of skills and experiencewill stand him in good stead with his new responsibilities. Neilsays that as he is both Scottish and an accountant, it is not inhis nature to spend too much money which he hopes willplease ratepayers!

Neil is married to Dimple and they have one daughter,Azmeera. Outside work, Neil enjoys badminton and the gym.

Peter Pearce re-electedProcureur du Bien PublicPeter Pearce saw off a challenge fromRoads Committee member and teacher ofJèrriais, Geraint Jennings, in a publicelection last month. The polling stationin the Town Hall was open betweennoon and 8pm and Jurat Fisher was theReturning Officer. Mr Pearce was swornin by the Royal Court on Friday 11th

September and will now serve for threeyears. St Helier’s senior Procureur, CliveBarton, MBE, is currently in the middleof his 6th term of office.

CONTINUED OVERLEAF

Last month more than a dozen pétanque players from St Helier’s twin town Avranches,in Normandy, came to Jersey to play members of the PoSH Pétanquers on the pétanquepitch in the Millennium Town Park. A variety of matches were played in the morningand afternoon of the Saturday, with Avranches beating the home side 14 games to 6.Avranches pétanquers are fortunate in having a former hippodrome now converted toa ‘bouledrome’ which allows pétanque to be played all year round regardless of theweather and includes a social club. St Helier players will be invited to Avranches nextyear and will hopefully return with the trophy.

St Helier hosts pétanque players from Avranches

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Parade Road update: The Parish has finishedextending the pavement at the bottom of Parade Road, followingrequests by residents and Helvetia School for safer pedestrianfacilities. The works cost approximately £15,500 and are provingpopular with parents walking their children to the school.

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Following in the footsteps of the treasured Occupation Tapestrywhich was unveiled in 1995 on the 50th Anniversary ofLiberation Day, Jersey Heritage has this year commissioned anadditional panel to mark the 70th Anniversary of Liberation.

Sponsored by Benest & Syvret, the new panel, like itspredecessor, interprets a number of key themes around thesubject of remembrance, including the signing of thepartnerschaft, or twinning agreement, between St Helier andBad Wurzach by the Burgermeister of Bad Wurzach, RolandBürkle, and the Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft.

Given the enthusiasm with which the original tapestry wasembraced, it is hoped that parishioners will once again take thechance to make their own stitch in time in order to help futuregenerations understand this important period of Jersey’s history.All are welcome to come to the Town Hall and add their stitchto the panel from Monday 19th October until the end of October,9am to 5pm.

Your chance to make a stitch in time

The statistics from last month’s election for the post ofProcureur du Bien Public make dismal reading: of nearly18,500 registered voters just 219 used the pre-poll

facilities provided by the Judicial Greffe, or came into the TownHall on Wednesday 9th September to cast a vote for one of thetwo candidates; that’s a paltry 1.18% of the electorate exercisingtheir right to vote. The low turnout was in spite of thecampaigning done by the two candidates: one had his postersaround town for a whole month while the other distributedmore than 600 individual letters. The media took an interest inthe election, too, with a profile by Channel Television and newsitems on BBC Radio Jersey, while the Parish promoted theelection on social media, and included a profile of thecandidates as well as an explanation of the role of Procureur inthe September edition of the Town Crier. Some people arequestioning why the old system of having such elections in theparish halls was abandoned; after all, we continue to electmembers of the Roads Committee, Roads Inspectors, Vingteniersand Constable’s Officers at a Parish Assembly, where only those

who are interested enoughto attend have the right to vote. Procureurs elections in St Helierused to be very lively and well-attended when they were heldin the Town Hall, so was the system really broken? One of thereasons the States decided to change the way we electProcureurs and Centeniers was due to the increasedresponsibility held by these two roles, although some wouldsuggest that the increased costs of the new system hardlyjustifies the change. The JEP journalist who interviewed me onthe evening of the election suggested that rather than going backto holding elections for these municipal posts in the parishhalls – which in any case aren’t big enough to accommodate thenumber of people who might exercise their right to vote – weshould consider holding the elections at the same time as ourGeneral Election, when the States’ positions of Senator, Deputyand Constable are voted upon. That idea has a lot of merit, eventhough St Helier’s voting statistics in the General Elections arenot that impressive either!

Constable Simon Crowcroft

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St Ewold’s Care Home is looking for a hairdresser. He orshe must be willing to come along to the Home’s salon fora few hours per week to help residents stay beautiful and

dapper. If you’re able to help please telephone Mrs Ann McLean,Home Manager, for further details on 285855.

Some of our residents enjoying last month's InternationalAir Display.

As autumn sets in Mrs Eleonora Jeune, St Ewold’s residentknitter extraordinaire, is continuing to knit up a storm, this timefor the Jersey Women’s Refuge.

Some of the funding ratepayers grant to the Parish's Youth Committeeis allocated to projects run by the Jersey Youth Service. The following listof the wide range of activities pursued by the Parish's young peoplegives an idea of just how important this funding is.

St Helier YouthCommittee news

First Tower Youth Project The project has remained open onTuesday and Wednesday eveningsthroughout the summer, providing anevening for the 7-9 years age group and asession for the senior age group (Yr 10+).We have held a transition night for ourcurrent juniors moving up into the nextage group, and although the group iscurrently small we’ll be promoting thissession shortly with a presentation atFirst Tower School and posters beingdistributed to local businesses and thesurrounding estates. The project went ona fishing trip as an end of summer treat.

Move on Café Youth ProjectWe have been open throughout thesummer, running all our usual sessionsat the café next to Liberty Wharf, andhave also carried out street-based workand used the mobile youth centre onFriday evenings, both at the MillenniumTown Park and the Albert Pier. Towardsthe end of term we took the mobile unitto Springfield to support the communitysports team with their Friday nightfootball; this was very successful withlots of positive contact with both newand existing young people. We have been

out to sea with ‘Wetwheels’ with severalgroups and have even caught some fish,and a small group of young peopleplanned and went on a trip to Guernseyto try out the skate park there – it was agood trip but a bit bumpy on the wayover. We also took a small group to thenew residential centre at Crabbé for anovernight stay.

Grands Vaux Youth Project/ Oak Tree Gardens Youth Project These centres have now merged both theiryouth project committees and their staffteams in order to extend the opportunitiesavailable to young people in the localityby sharing resources. Sessions haveincluded newspaper fashion, an activitywhich supports team work, breaks downbarriers and helps to develop confidenceand self-esteem. Junior session volunteersand young people have played football atthe Millennium Town Park, while othersenjoyed the apparatus.

La Pouquelaye Youth ProjectSince the Easter holidays the youngpeople have been using the outside areaplaying sports such as football andbadminton. Junior members have also hadthe opportunity to identify some sewing

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skills with the young people making personalised decorations.Tuesday Junior sessions are seeing 20 or more participants eachweek; activities have included painting flower pots and plantingsunflower seeds, cooking mint sweets and making gift bags forMother’s Day. The club was also fortunate to have a visit fromBarnardo’s and Grace Trust Jersey, who organised some activitiesas part of an awareness week with the senior members. This wasto inform and promote awareness of ‘modern day poverty’ andsome of the difficulties people are facing in Jersey.

Looking forward the project is planning a junior footballtournament with Maufant and Gorey youth projects and a tripfor the seniors on the ‘Wetwheels’ catamaran.

Youth Arts Jersey Youth ProjectThe new premises at St James has been very busy with creativearts this summer:

A Photo Academy was held in partnership with ArchisleJersey’s photographer in residence, Tom Pope. The eightparticipants, aged between 14 and 17, all enjoyed a weekshooting and preparing for their exhibition which was ondisplay in St James Church the following week;

The sound crew ran the stage at the St Helier Liberation Tea Party,which was a lovely afternoon with some great entertainmentprovided by some of our young musicians. In the same month weran a course to train up six more young people to join our soundand lighting crew, and another course to train up seven new radiocrew. Deputy Peter McLinton came along to give our new DJs afew tips on planning and producing their own radio shows;

The 'RYFM' radio crew based at St James was asked by theNatWest Island Games organisers to provide live coverage of allTeam Jersey’s events during the Games. They reported live fromvarious sporting events around the Island, broadcasting everyday from 9am – 9pm. The young members were also asked torun workshops in the Games Village, including barn dancingand a hoe down with our dance club, while the art club ran arecycling project (a Jersey cow was created from milk cartons)and the ukulele club ran a ‘have a go’ session;

A junior drama club started after the Easter holidays and wasso well attended that the decision was made to run a productionat the end of term – ‘Cinderella Rockerfella’. The cast of 20+juniors was supported with a live band and sound crew madeup of our senior members. They all worked extremely hard andpulled off a fantastic production;

The 21st Rock Academy course was held during the summerholidays, ending with a superb concert from all 25 of the youngmusicians taking part;

And finally the first ever Dance Academy was run during thesummer holidays and, due to its success, we plan to run thiscourse again during the October half term.

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PLAY IT AGAIN, Martin

Visitors to St Helier during the summer will have seen –and, more importantly, heard – the street pianos whichhave been placed around the Parish. The piano outside

the Town Hall has been so successful the Parish has asked tohave it on permanent loan so that it can be wheeled out duringthe colder months so long as the weather is dry, adding to theattractiveness as well as to the ambience of York Street.

The project was the brain child of local musician, MartinCoxshall, who sourced the instruments, found artists willing todecorate them, and successfully obtained sponsorship from theJersey Arts Trust and the Economic Development Department.

Says Martin Coxshall, “It’s fantastic to see how the pianoshave been embraced in the fabric of the Island. Comments andfeedback lead me to believe that they have not only contributedto a novel and joyful experience for visitors, but moreimportantly they have generated a sense of warmth, excitement,

well-being and local pride for islanders.” According to Martin,the street pianos have been particularly popular with tourists:“shared on the internet through Facebook are performancesfrom local performers as well as from distinguished musiciansfrom all over Europe and the world.”

Martin’s personal highlights have been the chorister andcomposer, Roy Hamersley, playing on holiday in the market,the visiting Welsh Male Voice Choir spontaneously performingat the Elizabeth Terminal, a sing along at Liberty Wharf with‘Legacy’, and the Jazz Duo of himself and Brian White inWest’s Centre.

Left: Martin Coxshall at the keyboard

Above: The Town Hall’s street piano has been well used thissummer

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Sunday August 30th saw the HalkettHoedown return to the streets ofSt Helier. After a successful first

year in 2014 the organisers more thandoubled the size of the event for 2015with the addition of a second stagefrom Youth Arts Jersey and a new 'familyfriendly zone' sponsored by JerseyMutual Insurance. The Paul DavisFreight Company once again providedthe main stage by virtue of one of theircurtain-sided trailers which was dressedin gingham to create that 'country feel'.Connétable Simon Crowcroft opened theevent just before a performance by theHoedown's very own band, TheHoedown Superstars.

BBC TV and Radio presenter BobHarris sent a team over from hisWhispering Bob Broadcasting Companyand musicians were invited to jam fortheir Under the Apple Tree Sessionswhich has a large following throughoutthe UK and worldwide, includingNashville, the home of country music,

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and an estimated 5000 people attendedthe event throughout the day.

The event boasted some of Jersey’s(and sister island Guernsey’s) finesttalent. Frankie Davis and Rick Jonesdelighted crowds once again at thisyear’s event, along with The BlindDrivers, Sula, Koha, Kevin Pallot andClameur de Haro from Guernsey. YouthArts Jersey bands Local Tourists, BriceHarris, Kaiya Campbell wowed thecrowds with their performances, andnewcomers Joe Young and the Banditsrocked the crowd and said of theirexperience: “This street party wasprobably the best crowd we have everplayed to date, it was a fantasticatmosphere!”

DJ’s Carlo and Stefunk kept thecrowds entertained between sets and AnnDove returned with line dancing sessions.The Family Friendly Zone provided amore relaxed area with the Jersey Libraryreading stories for children, games, facepainting and sign making.

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The event would not have been possible without thesponsors and supporters. Jersey Mutual Insurance, the Parish ofSt Helier, Jersey Arts Trust, Le Masurier, MyMemory, BeanAround the World, JS Livingston Architects and Alex PicotGroup provided sponsorship, along with Dunell's who operatedthe two 'Dunell's Saloon' bars with 100% of profits benefittingHeadway Jersey. Organisers Louise Stirling, David Stokes andNiall Macfurbisigh were delighted with the positive responsefrom local businesses who really got on board to make the eventa great success.

The event was once again held in aid of Headway Jersey – alocal charity providing support and services for Islanders affectedby brain injury. Funds raised from the event to date are in theregion of £25,000 and rising! Peas and Glove also benefitedfrom the event raising £2,500 through merchandise sales. Thisnew foundation has set up in up in aid of Olly Newman whowas left in critical care following a traffic collision.

The organisers would like to take this opportunity to thankeveryone involved in the event and all who attended.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF

ANDY LE CLAIREFrom street cleaning to bin

collections, building maintenanceto road repairs, parks and gardens to

stone masonry, the Parish of St Helier’sMunicipal Services has a wide area ofresponsibility for keeping the Parish safeand in good order. Rob Gilmore is theRoads and Buildings MaintenanceManager for the Parish and overseesnumerous projects. One of his team isstonemason Andy Le Claire. Make nomistake, a fully qualified, experiencedstonemason is an artisan, a mastercraftsman. During a torrential downpourwe sat with Jerseymen Rob and Andy in aworks van and asked Andy about his job.

Andy, when it’s raining this hard,I guess the only thing to do is take cover!

ALeC Well, we work in most weathersbut yes, when it’s this bad, or if we areunder snow, we do have to temporarilydown tools on site and revert to stonedressing under cover.

How did you become astonemason and how long have youworked for the Parish?

ALeC I’m 47 now. When I was 18 I starteda five year stonemason’s apprenticeshipto a local builder. I was lucky as thenormal starting age was 16. I worked formany years in the private sector as aself-employed stonemason but, whenchildren came along, I needed thesecurity of regular income and startedworking with the Parish. That was 19years ago. I have been a charge hand for16 years, which adds a differentdimension to the job.

What are the best parts of your job?

ALeC We have very high standards andexpectations regarding quality. When Iwas an apprentice if we built a wall thatthe boss didn’t like he would tear it downand make us start again. It was hard but ittaught me that quality of workmanshipwas of prime importance. I carry thatwork ethic with me every day and onevery job and get a lot of satisfaction fromseeing the finished article. In the case ofwalls we build it is nice to think theycould still be there in hundreds of years’time. It is important too to stress that it isnot just about one man. I have a verygood team and we all work together to

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Where do the materials come from?

ALeC The Parish has a policy ofreclaiming stones for wall building andkeeps a store of source material. (Robadds “Some of the granite for paving andslab work comes from France and, whena particular vein of granite which suits aproject is found at Ronez, we can usethat. Once a project is identified withinthe Parish designs are put together at theTown Hall by the Technical andEnvironment Department headed up byJohn Stievenard. When we have theProject Brief we know what sort ofmaterials we need to source.”).

Andy, I am fascinated to learn thatyou place little pieces at various placesin walls and other jobs – coins, tokens,little stars – which is almost like yourpersonal signature. I can imagine peoplein the future wondering how and whythey came to be there. Can you elaborate?

ALeC When the rebuilding of old wallsand pathways takes place we try to useas much of the same stone as possible.Often there are little trinkets or smallitems found in the ground thatI sometimes put back into the face ofwall. Occasionally I get asked to put insmall items that are special to a person.For example, the Tower Road wall has

see a job through. Moving on to a newproject in the Parish is also a benefit. Itkeeps everything fresh.

And the worst parts?

ALeC Well, when the weather is like it istoday it can be challenging as is workingoutside in the depths of winter! I’ve hada few injuries too over the years.

Injuries?

ALeC Yes, I have had numerous bangedthumbs and fingers, three keyholesurgeries on my knees and many strainedbacks. Rewarding as it is, manual workcan be very hard on your body.

What sort of masonry projects doyou do?

ALeC Anything from building walls, tolaying intricate paths, repair andmaintenance work and our currentproject, opening up cycle routes andfootpath widening schemes in the Parish.

What other projects have youworked on in recent times?

ALeC I have worked on the Town ParkStreetscape, Tower Road walls andfootpath works and the SurvilleCemetery project. We also maintain thefour Parish cemeteries at Mont à l’Abbé,Green Street, Almorah and Surville.

two small ceramic flowers embedded init. When we were building it two smallgirls walked by with their mother andasked if we could place them in the wallin memory of their grandmother whohad recently passed away.

As I said in the introduction, a fullyqualified stonemason is an artisan, amaster craftsman who, throughout a longcareer, can create a body of work just asan artist or sculptor would. Next timeyou see a Parish-funded masonry projectsee if you can spot a coin or odd littleartefact embedded in it.

The Comité de GeminaçãoSt Helier – Funchal is having agood year with its events, having

started with a dinner and liveentertainment at the Mayfair Hotel tomark Portugal Day on the 10th June,followed by the Madeira Daycelebrations at St Thomas’ Church Hallon the 1st of July, with the eventprogramme culminating in one of thebiggest events of the year: the PortugueseFood Festival in People’s Park.

Held over the five days leading up tothe August Bank Holiday, the fairattracted over 28,500 people, thanks tothe hard work of the committee members,including Carlos Nunes and LeonardaFaria who laid on the entertainment, andJason Maindonald, the fair organiser andsite manager. The entertainment consistedof local singers and groups including theGroupe de Folklore Madeirense, Run for

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ST HELIER’S PORTUGUESEFOOD FESTIVAL


Solitudes

Kalunka Teatro

Thursday 22 October+ Friday 23 October 8pm

Mike Dowling

The Robert Tilling Series

Wednesday 21 October 8pm

Meadowlark

People's Choice


Cover, Blind Drivers, Jordan Burrows, Kieran Brown, LiamNaughton and DJ Ricky de Sousa. There was also a special guest,Alexis from Madeira, who performed every night.

On the Sunday morning the event started with a mass inPortuguese, celebrated by the Polish priest at St Thomas’Church, which was well attended. The weather was mainly kindto Festival-goers, and even when it did rain for 15 minutes onSunday evening the crowd kept dancing to Alexis’ singing. Onthe final day several Festival-goers dressed in white for peace,with prizes going to the male and female wearing the mostwhite items of clothing and jewellery. A large number of photosof the event can be found on Facebook page: Comite GeminacaoSt Helier – Funchal, which will be used to keep the publicupdated about future Portuguese events.

The Comité would like to thank the following sponsorswithout whose generous support the Festival could not havebeen put on: Sonic Support Solutions, Euro Foods and Wines,Portuguese Landscape Gardening, and Estrela Travel Holidays.

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Author/painter Michael Messervy publishedthe lovely Jersey, a Sketchbook’ earlier this year, showingdifferent aspects of Jersey and of Jersey life, all of which will beextremely familiar to those of us who love our Island. Availablenow at various outlets including Waterstones and WHSmith, oremail michaelmesservy @hotmail.co.uk.

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Have you something to share with fellow parishioners? Is there an event or activity coming up that you want to tell St Helierabout? Let us know at the Town Crier and we can include on the monthly Parish Notice Board. Call Annie Bienvenu on811821 or email short news items and associated photos to [email protected].

The Jersey Bowling Club at Westmount is alwayson the lookout for new bowling members, all ages welcome.Anyone interested please contact Jean Lowery on07797 776790.

The Trustees of the Around the Island Trust(the Collas Crill Island Walk) are seekingapplications for grants for the 2016 walk, which will take placeon 18th June 2016. Applications should be for projects in Jerseyand for the benefit of those living here. The Trustees can’t sayhow much money will be allocated as it depends on the totalraised, but it’s hoped that there will be three main charitiescovering the elderly and health, youth and sport, and animalsand the environment.

Applications should state the project, the cost, timeframeand any other money raised towards it, and the latest accountsshould be included. Applications can be downloaded fromwww.ccislandwalk.com and should be returned to PO Box 848,St Helier, JE4 0XA by 10th November 2015.


Anthony Goldstone+ Caroline Clemmow

Amici Artium

Thursday 29 October 8pm

Jordan Burrows

People's Choice

Tuesday 27 October 8pm

The Jar Family

People's Choice


Green Travel Fortnight 2015runs from Monday 5th to Friday 16th October, with this year’s focus being on all forms ofgreen travel. Leave your car at home during the fortnight and encourage your child totravel to school by walking, cycling, getting the bus, sharing a car or scooting. For moreinformation please contact Ania Diechsel, Transport Awareness Officer, on 448293.

The Rotary Club de la Manchehas recently moved to the Radisson BluHotel, holding meetings on the 2nd and4th Tuesdays of the month at 6pm.

So what and who are they? They are agroup of people from all walks of life whomeet and plan events to ‘make adifference’ by fundraising in a fun andexciting way. When not activelyfundraising there are plenty of ‘outmeetings’ and social events wherepartners, friends and guests are alwayswelcome.

Some of the yearly events you mayhave heard about or even joined in withare World Porridge Day, the Shoe Box

Appeal (sending over 2,000 shoeboxes tochildern worldwide every year), theCollas Crill Island Walk (which raised£125,00 this year for Island charities), theBiggest Car Boot at Fort Regent (onSunday 4th October – pitches stillavailable), and the Rotary de la MancheRadio Auction in aid of the JerseyChristmas Appeal Sponsored by BBCRadio Jersey (on 6th December) whichlast year raised £35,000.

If you are interested in finding outmore about the Rotary Club de laManche, please visit our website,www.rotaryclubdelamanche.com, oremail [email protected].

President Elect Tina Palmer and the Lieutenant Governor’s Cadet Scheme – presentationnight February 2015

www.sthelier.je TheParish website is an important wayof keeping parishioners informedand updated. It doesn’t stand alone– we use adverts, circulars, pressreleases and of course this TownCrier to try and reach everyone. Butthe website helps those of us whowant to interact with organisationsonline and at a time that suits us.Why not take a look at whatwww.sthelier.je can offer you?

The St Helier Town Crier is published by theParish of St Helier in association with MailMate.

Parish of St Helier: Town Hall, PO Box 50, YorkStreet, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA www.sthelier.je

Editorial contact: Annie BienvenuT: (01534) 811821 E: [email protected]

MailMate: Le Quai Bisson, Le Boulevard, St Aubin,Jersey, JE3 8JT E: [email protected]

If you like the look of our magazine and think itwould be the right place for your company toadvertise please email Cliff Golding:[email protected]

Copyright notice: 2015©Parish of St Helier.The entire content of this magazine is protected bycopyright. All rights are reserved. No part of thismagazine may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording orotherwise with prior written consent of the copyrightowner.

Reprint details: Reprints of articles can be obtainedby contacting the publishers.

Disclaimer: While the Parish of St Helier and theircontributors to The St Helier Town Crier haveprovided the information contained in thismagazine in good faith, they accept noresponsibility, financial or otherwise, for any actiontaken by any other party as a result of theinformation provided. Independent and appropriateadvice should always be sought on such matters.The views expressed written in this magazine arethose of the authors and do not necessarilyrepresent the views of the Parish of St Helier orMailMate. Whilst every effort is taken to ensureaccuracy, the Parish of St Helier and MailMateaccept no responsibility for errors or omissions thatmay occur.

Wednesday 7th October, Pomme d’OrTen individual and four corporateCustomer Service Awards will bepresented to the individual or team whohas gone the extra mile in deliveringtop quality customer service.

TRAVELSOLUTIONS CUSTOMERSERVICE AWARDS

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By Daphne East, Town Centre Manager

YOUR TRADERS ON THE SOFAFriday 9th October, Broad StreetDo you have a question about shopping in Jersey? Everwondered what it is like behind the scenes in one of your highstreet stores? Do you have an idea that would make yourshopping experience better?

If you have anything you’d like to share with your localtraders, a selection of them will be sitting on the sofa in BroadStreet, St Helier, throughout the day on Friday 9th October.

This month an international speaker,Martina Olbertova, will join localexperts to share their knowledge andexpertise during a series of events forlocal businesses to explore how toaddress the challenges and opportunitiesin delivering great customer servicewithin every organisation. Arriving inJersey two days before the seminar inorder to conduct an infield visual brandstudy, international speaker MartinaOlbertova will use her findings to talkabout practical tools and techniques that

TOWN CENTRE NEWSLove Shopping, Love Thursdays

In September last year the Retail Development Groupagreed to trial an 18 month ‘late’ night opening everyThursday evening. This has seen over thirty retailers

involved at the peak Christmas period and there arecurrently more shops opening later every week. Currentlythe shops open on a Thursday evening are:

Bean Around the World / Beghins / Boots / BHS / de Gruchy/ Ellis Collections / Fortuna / Jersey Pottery Shop / JerseyTelecom / M&S / New Look / Next / Paper Chase / Schuh /Sure / Swarovski / Voisin’s / Waitrose, St Helier (till 8pm)

FUTURE ST HELIERThe regeneration of St Helier is one of thekey priorities of the Council of Ministersand a workshop has been held to explorewhat the vision for St Helier means tothose that live, work or have an interestin our town. The Minister of theEnvironment, Deputy Steve Luce, isheading up the political steering groupwhich also includes the Ministers ofHousing, Transport & Technical Services,Economic Development and theConstable of St Helier. The Town CentreManager has been fully involved at officerlevel which is enabling the comments ofSt Helier’s ten trader groups to be takeninto account. Stakeholders’ views aboutthe future of St Helier have been capturedunder the following headings: travel andtransport, urban living and environment;identity and community. Publicconsultation meetings have also beenheld, and an online consultationlaunched. The outputs from theconsultation will be displayed in theTown Hall this autumn so that thepublic can view the detail and also addadditional comments. If you are interestedin taking part in the current consultation goto http://statesofjersey.objective.co.uk/portal/fsh/ or follow Future St Helier ontwitter @FutureStHelier.

NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK, 5TH – 9TH OCTOBERlocal businesses should be aware of tomake their brand experience moremeaningful. Martina has ten years ofexperience in marketing and brandingfrom USA, UK, Ireland and CzechRepublic. She has worked with manyblue chip companies such as Vodafone,IBM, KBC, Heineken, Visa, Carlsberg,Philip Morris and Pernod Ricard,and Martina is a recognized andinternationally sought-after expert inanalysing how cultural codes can makeor break a brand strategy.

Why is customer service excellence one of the most crucial elementsof running a successful business?

Because service is remembered longafter price is forgotten. This insight fromDavid Elliot, Managing Director atVoisin’s, is as relevant to every businessas it is to his retail store.

Because for your client, yourcustomer service reflects your entirebusiness, so if your customer service isoutstanding the likelihood is that yourproduct will be too. Conversely, if yougive poor service people will assume youhave poor products.

Because by being courteous, helpfuland respectful you will show that youcare, and if you care about your

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Because happy customers are repeatcustomers and they will tell their friendsabout you too.

Through the week-long programme ofevents keynote speakers will share theirknowledge and expertise on a variety oftopics that will give attendees practicalinsights to improve the customer servicein their organisation. Key topics to becovered during the week are: selling withconfidence, 10 ways technology ischanging customer service, and engagingyour customer with a brilliant brand.

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The Parishes of Jersey came underFreedom Of Information (Jersey)2011 Law on 1st September 2015.

Freedom Of Information (‘FOI’)legislation gives you the right to accessinformation held by the Island’s publicauthorities. The main aims of FOI are topromote a culture of openness acrosspublic bodies and to further developaccountability and transparency indecision-making.

As a parishioner and/or ratepayeryou can already ask for and obtain lotsof information from your parish, anymany take advantage of the opportunityto question the parishes at the annual‘Rates Assembly’; but FOI is a way ofenabling everyone to understand betterand to participate in how decisions aremade at parish level.

Anyone wishing to make aninformation request to a parish underthe new Law will need to do so inwriting – by letter or online by email –clearly stating which parish or parishesthey are seeking information about, whatthey would like to know and giving theirname and contact details. That parishthen has 20 working days to respond.

What sort of informationcan people ask for?You might wish to know how particularparish services or projects are planned,contracted or funded, e.g. informationabout how much the refuse collectioncosts, revenue received from branchagepenalties or how many people in aparish have a driving licence; or howmuch income is generated from lettingout parish properties, what specificdiscretionary allowances are for or thenumber of registered dogs.

The FOI law will give you access toinformation contained in items such asprinted documents, computer files,letters, emails and sound or videorecordings. In some cases informationmay be subject to exemptions whichmean that it will not be made public buton these occasions the parish will needto show why this is the case.

FOI covers all requests for informationheld by parishes but not if you wantinformation about yourself. You can askfor information held about yourself bymaking a Subject Access Request to theparish under the Data Protection (Jersey)

WHAT IS FOI ABOUT?Law 2005. (For more information pleasesee: https://dataci.je/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/GD2a-2-Subject-Access-A-guide-for-data-subjects.pdf. You may askfor information about other people underFOI, but the parish will need to applythe principles of the Data Protectionlegislation to decide if that informationmay be released.

How have the parishesprepared for the newlegislation?The parishes have carried out an audit ofinformation they hold. All parishesmaintain a list of what information theyneed to keep and how long it must bekept for. Some public information hasalso been passed to the Jersey Archivefor safe-keeping or preservation.

In order that parishioners knowabout FOI and what it means for them,during the lead up to September therehas been some work involved inpreparing information for the parishes’websites and for a leaflet on FOI that isavailable from parish halls. Parish staffhave attended training in Freedom ofInformation to make sure they cancomply with legislation.

Do I have to pay to makean FOI request?No. However, the FOI law recognises thatthere has to be a limit on the amount oftime and staff resources that parishes canspend answering an FOI request; this is

called the cost limit and it is five hours.If it will take fewer than five hours, yourrequest will be answered free of charge.If it is estimated that your request willtake longer than five hours, your requestcan be refused under the FOI law.However, the parish concerned maycontact you to help you refine yourinformation request so that it will takeno more than five hours to answer.

How to make an FOIrequest to a ParishIf you are asking for information underFOI you will need to do so in writing.You can:

• fill in the parishes’ online form(available on each of the parishwebsites)

• email [email protected]

• or write to: Parish FOI, East Wing,RJA&HS, Trinity, JE3 5JP.

To make sure that your FOI request isvalid under FOI law you must provide:

• your name;

• a contact address (email address orpostal address);

• a clear description of the informationyou want to receive and which parishor parishes you are seekinginformation about.

• You don’t have to say why you want theinformation, nor do you have to live inJersey to make an FOI request.

ORGANISATIONS IN ST HELIER

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE There are four meetings in St Helier as follows:St Helier Sirens WIContact Helen Asplet on 483000 / [email protected] Pouquelaye WIContact Gill James on 722467 / [email protected]’s Belles WIContact Sue Bone on 636977 / [email protected] Tower & Millbrook WI Contact Joan Cadoret on 735534

MOBILE LIBRARY George V Cottage Homes: Mondays, 9.20–9.45amClos du Paradis: Tuesdays, 9.15–9.45amB&Q, Queen’s Road: Tuesdays, 9.50–10.30am

BEAVERS, CUBS AND SCOUTS 14th Jersey (St Helier) Scout GroupContact Mary Roberts, Island Secretary, on 486935 /[email protected]

RAINBOWS, BROWNIES AND GIRL GUIDESAll Saints Church Hall group, The Parade Contact Daphne on 871199La Pouquelaye group, La Pouquelaye Community CentreContact Tina de la Cour on 07797 761746 / 877559South Rainbow group, d’Auvergne SchoolContact Jean on 509003 / 07797 7190035th St Mark’s Brownies group, All Saints Church HallContact Vee 789571 / 07797 7955875th St Mark’s Guides group, La Pouquelaye Community CentreContact Pat on 481418First Tower group, First Tower School Contact Jayne on 723621

LITTLE MONKEYS GYMNASTICS Fort RegentContact Mel 07797 731101 / [email protected]

REGENT GYMNASTICS CLUB Fort RegentVisit www.regentgymnastics.co.uk

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION 2–4 Great Union Street Tel: 723469

YOUTH CLUBSMove on Youth Project Café, La Rue de la Liberation Tel: 280524La Pouquelaye Youth Project & Community Centre Tel: 280515First Tower Youth Project Tel: 630085The Inclusion Project, St James Centre Tel: 280511

SUN BOWLS Contact Tony Osmont 722767

FIRST TOWER BILLIARDS & SNOOKER CLUBEmail: [email protected]

JERSEY SCRABBLE CLUB Contact Anne on 730409 / [email protected]

ST MARK’S SPARKS Contact Ian MacFeeters 720595

THE CAESAREA QUILTERS Contact Kathy Journeaux 07797 907808

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF JERSEY Ladies Service ClubContact Jean Dale 888882 / [email protected]

JERSEY BOWLS CLUB Westmount Contact Jean Lowery 07797 776790

TOP (TRIUMPH OVER PHOBIA)Contact Celia 0800 735 0608 / [email protected]

JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONSContact Annette Elliott 742402

AGE CONCERN JERSEY Telephone 758922 / Freephone 0800 7350345.Frozen meal delivery – contact Chris 870354

This section of the Crier is devoted to the many churches,voluntary clubs and groups run throughout St Helier. If youwould like to promote your organisation or a planned specialevent, or just to include contact details, please telephone811821 or email [email protected].

REGENT BOWLS CLUB Fort Regent Contact Harold Noel 617926

GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB Contact Angela Falla [email protected]

JERSEY ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION Hilgrove StreetTelephone 723519 / [email protected] hour Answerphone Helpline: 443075

JERSEY CODERS (computer coding club for teenagers)Contact Gwyn Garfield-Bennett 07797 715560 / [email protected]

JERSEY BUMPS & BABIES GROUPContact Viki Lucas [email protected] / 07700 362022

JERSEY MS THERAPY CENTRETelephone 737297 / [email protected] / www.jerseymstc.co.uk

COMMUNITY SAVINGS LTD.Telephone 737555 or visit www.communitysavings.org.je

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Contact Joy 862205 or Alan 484375

THE JERSEY JUDO CLUB MEETS AT FORT REGENT Call 07797 850370

THE WORDS AND NUMBERS MATTERCall 887208 /[email protected]

THE JERSEY BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY Call 510867

JERSEY CITIZENS’ ADVICE BUREAUCall 724942 / 0800 7350249 / [email protected]

Church detailsALL SAINTS CHURCH Parade, St HelierContact Rev. David on 768323

BELMONT ROAD GOSPEL HALL St Helier Tel: 840743

CHRISTIAN PORTUGUESE MISSION Halkett Place Evangelical Church,Halkett Place, St Helier Tel: 522480

IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN CENTRE (Freedom Church)Victoria Street, St Helier Tel: 768957

JERSEY BAPTIST CHURCH Vauxhall Street, St Helier Tel: 879611

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH Le Mont Cochon, St HelierVisit www.standrewschurch.org.je,www.facebook.com/StAndrewsChurch Jersey,telephone 734582 or email [email protected]

ST COLUMBA’S Midvale Road, St Helier Tel: 733220

ST HELIER METHODIST CENTRE Halkett Place, St HelierContact Sarah Keenan-Fox on 877517

ST MARK’S CHURCH St Mark’s Road, St HelierVisit www.stmarksjersey.org or contact Monika Le Seelleur on 720595

ST MARY’S AND ST PETER’S CHURCH Wellington Road, St HelierTel: 720235 or visit www.catholicchurch.org.je

ST PAUL’S CHURCH New Street, St HelierContact the Church Office on 887887 or visit www.stpaulsjersey.org.

ST THOMAS’ CHURCH Val Plaisant, St HelierTel: 720235 or visit www.catholicchurch.org.je

THE SALVATION ARMY Minden Place, St Helier Tel: 723336

TOWN CHURCH Church Street, St Helier Tel: 736734 or visit www.townchurch.org.je

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DATES DIARYforyour

MONDAY 19TH OCTOBERTO END OF MONTH

A Stitch in Time:the Occupation Tapestry

9am to 5pm, Town Hall,Ground Floor Committee Room

MONDAY 5TH TOFRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER

NationalCustomer Service Week

including TravelSolutionsCustomer Service Awards,

Wednesday 7th, Pomme d’Orand Your Traders on the Sofa,

Friday 9th, Broad StreetInfo: Daphne East: [email protected]

SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER

Opening of the

Field of Remembrance

11am, the Cenotaph

FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER

Last day for payment

of 2015 rates bills to

avoid the 10% surcharge

SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER

Musical Originals Singers

in ConcertSt Helier Methodist Centre,

Halkett Place, 8pm. Free entry

Info: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

TO SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER

Jersey Festival of Words

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org

MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBERLaunch of the Roll of HonourMidday, King Street, outside de Gruchy’s

Info: Daphne East [email protected]

FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER

Poppy Appeal Afternoon Tea2pm–4.30 pm, Assembly Room, Town Hall

Info: Jane Skelhorn: [email protected].

MONDAY 26TH TOFRIDAY 30TH OCTOBERSchool half term

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A meeting of the St Helier Roads Committee will take placeon Wednesday 14th September at 9.30am at the Town Hall.Members of the public are invited to attend part ‘A’ of theagenda.

An agenda for the above meeting will be published no fewerthan five days in advance and will be available from the TownHall or the Parish website, www.sthelier.je.

A.S. Crowcroft Connétable

The Parish of St Helier is looking for a part-time organiser ofstreet markets and festivals to continue the development ofthe Parish's flourishing programme of events. Reporting to theTown Centre Manager, the post holder will manage, co-ordinateand promote the safe operation of street markets and festivalsin the town. He or she will consult stakeholders and relevantauthorities to ensure that such events follow best practice, andwill maximise sponsorship opportunities to defray the costs tothe ratepayers of an expanding programme of festivals andevents.

The successful candidate will be approachable, organised andconfident, with a drive to deliver results, and be sufficientlyflexible to work in the evenings/at weekends on a regular basis.

For a job description and application form please go to theParish's website: www.sthelier.je.

(Closing date for applications: Friday 16th October)

Please remember that Friday 30th October is the deadline forthe payment of rates bills. Any payments still outstanding afterthis date will have a surcharge of 10% added.

PARISH ROADS COMMITTEE MEETING

JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PARISH OF ST HELIERMARKET & FESTIVAL ORGANISER

RATES SURCHARGE DEADLINE

An open meeting of the Conseil Municipal (Constable, ParishDeputies, Procureurs du Bien Public, a member of the RoadsCommittee) will be held at the Town Hall on Monday 19th

October at 6pm, followed by a Parish Assembly at 7pm.

Agendas for the above meetings will be published no fewerthan five days in advance and will be available from the TownHall or the Parish website, www.sthelier.je.

A.S. Crowcroft Connétable

PARISH ASSEMBLY

PARISH NOTICES

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There are lots of opportunities for parishioners to getinvolved in the variety of activities organised in St Helier.For anyone interested in becoming involved in these groups,a brief overview and contact details are shown below.

ST HELIER IN BLOOMThe Community in Bloom Group encourages community planting andenvironmental initiatives, with artistic flourishes.Contact Tony Andrews: 811700 / [email protected]/Poshbloomgroup

ST HELIER’S HONORARY POLICEThe Honorary Police are an integral part of the Parish, working closelywith the States Police to provide a service unique in the British Isles. Contact the Honorary Police Co-ordinator: [email protected]

ST HELIER – AVRANCHES JUMELAGEThe Jumelage Committee facilitates school group exchanges, andcultural and sporting links with Avranches in Normandy.Contact Annabelle Bishop: 07797 [email protected]

ST HELIER – BAD WURZACH PARTNERSCHAFTSt Helier twinned with Bad Wurzach, where many Islanders wereinterned during the Second World War, in 2002. The PartnerschaftCommittee promotes cultural links between the two towns.Contact Clive Armstrong: 854152clive.partnerschaft@outlook.comwww.sthelierbadwurzachpartnerschaft.com

ST HELIER – FUNCHAL GEMINAÇÃOThe Committee supports activities celebrating the Portuguese language,music, food and national days, following the twinning with Funchal in 2012.Contact Simon Crowcroft on 811821 or email [email protected]

ST HELIER POLISH SOCIETYA new group to promote Polish culture locally.Contact Magda Chmielewska: 07700 [email protected]

ST HELIER – YOUTH COMMITTEEThe St Helier Youth Committee gives financial support to youthprojects throughout the Parish. It is also responsible for allocatinggrants to groups and individuals who live in the Parish.Application forms available from our website: www.sthelier.jeContact Sarah Richardson: 07797 732901 / [email protected]

ST HELIER – BATTLE OF FLOWERS ASSOCIATIONThe St Helier Battle of Flowers Association is a welcoming group keento create a community atmosphere. All Islanders are welcome to join in.Alain Baudains: 07797 832597 / [email protected]

ST HELIER PÉTANQUE GROUPThe ‘POSH Pétanquers’ meet on Fridays at 2pm in the MillenniumTown Park. Newcomers are welcome and coaching is provided. Contact Tony Allchurch: 767593 / [email protected]

ST HELIER COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAMWhen the administration of welfare was moved to Income Support theParish retained some of its staff skilled in supporting the community,assisted by volunteers. New members are always welcome. Contact Julie Garrod: 811856 / [email protected]

ST HELIER SOCIAL COMMITTEEThe Parish’s Social Committee makes possible activities like the LiberationCream Tea and the Christmas Lunches. New members welcome. Contact Jane Skelhorn: 811823 / email [email protected]

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