blog.gov.jeThis picture is part of a wider warming trend which is being seen across much of the globe and has been recently been highlighted in the media by Copernicus data (Climate change: World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat – BBC News). This is in line with what we would expect to see over the land and sea in a globally warming climate.
Year: 2024
Sea Temperature Trends in Jersey Over the Last 60 Years
Connecting Communities Through Creativity: The Acorn Project
The Jersey Employment Trust is a charity that has been supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to gain employment and develop their skills for the last 20 years. Its social enterprise, Acorn in Trinity, offers those they support with work and training opportunities. Last year they took Acorn, and 18 of their clients, on the … Read more Connecting Communities Through Creativity: The Acorn Project
Jersey to Africa: An artist’s inspiration
Posted on — Categories Africa Awareness Week 2024, Arts, Community, Culture
We’ve partnered with Friends of Africa Jersey C.I. to highlight Africa Awareness Week in Jersey. One of our Creative Island Partnership members, Emma La Gallais, has shared her deep connection to Southern Africa, which has profoundly influenced her artistic practice.
Bringing Africa Awareness Week to Jersey for its 8th Celebration.
Posted on — Categories Africa Awareness Week 2024, Community, Culture, Tags Africa Awareness Week, The Creative Island Partnership
As we celebrate Africa Awareness Week, let’s recognise the volunteers whose contributions have helped shape what this cultural celebration is today.
Invasive Species Week: Meet the team dealing with Asian Hornets, Japanese Knot Weed and Coypus
The Invasive Species team sits within the Biosecurity section in the Infrastructure and Environment department (I&E). The small team of two, Alastair Christie and Adam Dallas-Chapman, are supported by numerous local volunteers. Together they monitor for and provide scientific best practice advice for dealing with over 100 different invasive non-native species (INNS) currently found on … Read more Invasive Species Week: Meet the team dealing with Asian Hornets, Japanese Knot Weed and Coypus
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Posted on — Categories Accessibility, Digital
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day from the Web Services Team. We thought we’d give you an update on what’s been happening behind the scenes to make gov.je a more open, welcoming and inclusive environment. Accessibility audit and upgrade Following an accessibility audit of gov.je, facilitated by our Disability and Inclusion Team, some issues highlighted that … Read more Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Behind the scenes: Children, Young People and Families’ Plan 2024-2027
Posted on — Categories Community, Education, Engagement
By Elaine Walker, Associate Director, Participation and Engagement (CYPES) Having a clear vision of what you want in life can help you to make better decisions and can even have profound benefits for your health, happiness and financial security, according to research. There’s a lot going on in the world right now and with so … Read more Behind the scenes: Children, Young People and Families’ Plan 2024-2027
Keeping our ambulances on the road
Posted on — Categories Keeping the Island Running
Amongst the clinking of tools and the hum of engines, Lawrence Slatter-Buesnel and Michael Salmon work in a team of 14 technicians, dedicated to maintaining the Government’s fleet of vehicles and equipment, from lawn mowers to large road tankers. Lawrence, whose role is primarily based at the Ambulance Station, and Michael, who shares his … Read more Keeping our ambulances on the road
Residential Tenancy Law: the way forward
Posted on — Categories Community, Engagement, Housing, The Cabinet Office
In this blog post, Minister for Housing, Deputy Sam Mézec, explains his “way forward” regarding a new Residential Tenancy Law for Jersey. Jersey faces a severe housing crisis which poses an existential threat to our future prosperity. It is vital that the government acts swiftly and decisively to implement policies aimed at resolving this crisis. … Read more Residential Tenancy Law: the way forward
Population and Employment – What does the data tell us?
Posted on — Categories Economy, Engagement, Productivity
For a small island, we are lucky enough to be relatively data rich. We have a lot of data, and Statistics Jersey has a programme of work which is delivering more data, different data and better data. This creates a challenge for the economics unit as we look to use this information to understand the story it is telling us about the economy of Jersey. This month’s note looks at the data we have on population, employment and jobs, and the narrative that this data collectively tells us.