Jersey Employment Trust Archives - Channel Eye

UBS Global Wealth Management hosts successful volunteering day at Acorn

Sue Fitzgerald — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:41 +0000

UBS Global Wealth Management in Jersey has held a volunteering day at Acorn, the social enterprise of local charity, the Jersey Employment Trust, as part of their local social impact commitment. The Jersey Employment Trust (JET) works with individuals in Jersey with a disability or long-term health condition, to secure and sustain employment through work […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 24 June 2025 at 09:00 GMT.

Jersey Employment Trust launches Ambassador Programme

Sue Fitzgerald — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:56 +0000

In memory of Dean Lowe, the Jersey Employment Trust is setting up a JET Ambassadors programme. On his untimely and tragic passing in 2023, Dean Lowe was described as JET’s greatest ambassador. Over 17 years, in his roles an Employment Co-ordinator and latterly Employment Engagement Manager, he worked tirelessly to champion the rights of Islanders […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 27 March 2025 at 09:00 GMT.

Jersey Employment Trust Jaunt races to Monaco

Sue Fitzgerald — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:10:13 +0000

The first Jersey Employment Trust Jaunt has been won by Lucy Gomes and Sarah Parker. Over the weekend of 27-29 September, they raced from St Malo to Monaco, beating 16 other teams to the finish point, the Place du Casino. The Jaunt, sponsored by CSC, is inspired by the TV programme Race Across the World, […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 8 October 2024 at 08:10 GMT.

The National Trust joins forces with Jersey Employment Trust on Hedge Fund project

Sue Fitzgerald — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:50:33 +0000

The Jersey Employment Trust has renewed its partnership with the National Trust, helping to maintain recently planted hedges in St Martin. The Hedge Fund project needs to be continually maintained to ensure it meets the aim of a series of linked hedgerows of trees and copses, providing cover and habitat for a range of wildlife. […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 9 August 2024 at 08:50 GMT.

PwC Channel Islands shortlisted in national consulting award

Tim Bullock — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:10:56 +0000

PwC’s Jersey-based Sustainability and Economics team are finalists in the Management Consultancies Association Awards (MCA) described as ‘the benchmark of quality for the consulting industry.’ The awards showcase the positive impact that the industry can bring to the business community, the public sector and wider society. The local firm has been nominated in the category […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 28 June 2024 at 08:10 GMT.

Jersey Employment Trust launches new fundraising challenge

Sue Fitzgerald — Tue, 14 May 2024 08:00:02 +0000

The JET Jaunt is a new fundraising challenge raising funds for the Jersey Employment Trust. The challenge is a charity version of the TV programme Race Across the World, where teams of two race from A to B in a restricted time, using only public transport. For the first one, the race is St Malo to […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 14 May 2024 at 08:00 GMT.

Association of Jersey Charities distributes almost £0.5m to local charities in Q2 of 2023

Tim Bullock — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:00:12 +0000

The Association of Jersey Charities (AJC) distributed almost £0.5 million in grants to local charities in the second quarter of 2023, the largest quarterly total it has distributed in more than five years – once again supporting a broad range of community initiatives. Following the latest meeting of its Grants Committee in June, a total […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 24 July 2023 at 04:00 GMT.

Jersey Employment Trust employee takes on trike challenge

Sue Fitzgerald — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:00:54 +0000

An employee of the Jersey Employment Trust has set himself a challenge of raising money for two charities by pedalling 50 laps of Les Quennevais cycle track on a trike. Nick Ozouf was born with a condition known as Vitamin D resistant rickets which leads to softening and weakening of the bones, causing various mobility […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 30 March 2023 at 08:00 GMT.

Running the marathon for Acorn and JET – Meet Nikki Fryer

Tim Bullock — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:03:09 +0000

Five people are going to be tackling marathon distances in October to raise money for the Jersey Employment Trust and Acorn Enterprises. Each day this week, Channel Eye is meeting one of the runners. Today we meet Nikki Fryer. Nikki Fryer is Human Resources Partner at Jersey Post, which this year won one of our […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 16 September 2022 at 04:03 GMT.

Running the marathon for Acorn and JET – Meet Alex Smyth

Tim Bullock — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 04:01:25 +0000

Five people are going to be tackling marathon distances in October to raise money for the Jersey Employment Trust and Acorn Enterprises. Each day this week, Channel Eye is meeting one of the runners. Today we meet Alex Smyth. Two ‘dad friends’ are going to raise funds for the Jersey Employment Trust by running the […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 15 September 2022 at 04:01 GMT.