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Superhero duck to help support military heroes and their families at the Barclay Jersey Boat Show

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Superhero duck to help support military heroes and their families at the Barclay Jersey Boat Show

11 year old Aimée Flack’s superhero ‘Bubble Duck’ will be the star of this year’s Barclays Jersey Boat Show. The design, created by Aimée, was voted for by the public on Barclays’ Facebook page and will feature in the popular ‘hook-a-duck’ game in the Barclays’ marquee at the St Helier Marina this month. The game plays an important role in raising funds for the charity beneficiary of the show which for 2018 will be the Royal British Legion. Last year’s 10th anniversary show raised over £18,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust, EYECAN, NSPCC Jersey and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, and organisers hope that Bubble Duck, who will be joined by some special superhero friends, will encourage islanders to donate much needed funds for this year’s cause.

Aimée was presented with the first duck by Paul Savery, managing director of Barclays in the Channel Islands, last week at Aimée’s school, Helvetia House. The Barclays’ duck has become an icon of the show, which is the largest free-event in the Channel Islands, since its first appearance in 2010 and is a firm favourite with both adults and children alike. There will be an opportunity for islanders under the age of 15 to enter the competition to design the 2019 duck. Entry forms will be available at the Barclays stand during the Show weekend. There will also be a 3D printer at the show from the Barclays Eagle Lab, which supports entrepreneurs to create, innovate and grow, showcasing its abilities by producing 3D plastic ducks during the show.

The 2018 Barclays Jersey Boat Show takes place from 5-7 May at the St Helier Marina. www.jerseyboatshow.com

Why do 3 peaks when you can have 5 rocks?!

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Why do 3 peaks when you can have 5 rocks?!

Next month an intrepid team of runners will take on the islands in a multi island, coast running, boat hoping adventure. The crew have done a few 10k races and the odd marathon in the past but concocted this challenge to make themselves worthy of the ‘Ultra’ prefix. Initially the discounted standard Ultra events so decided to create their own and ‘a pint or 2 later’ they had a firm vision to run around Sark, Alderney, Herm, Guernsey and Jersey. As the weeks progressed and the hangovers faded, the planning and preparation gained some traction and clarity. The eight started drinking less and training more as they set themselves to become the first group of guys to complete the challenge within a 48hr time window. Why? Why not! They told us ‘Whatever you think, we’d appreciate your support, emotionally and financially!’ All the funds we raise will go in support of a fantastic charity – MIND; an independent charity that provides support to people living with mental illness. The team are going to be supported by Quay Boats and Rubis who will be helping the crew get between the islands. They can set a challenge and run 108 miles, but they can’t walk on water!

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Jersey loves animals!

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Jersey loves animals!

Islands Global Research conducted a charitable giving survey in December 2017 and January 2018. It turns out that respondents in the survey from Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are all a generous bunch. 97% of people gave to charity in 2017, about 60% give money while a third give their time. It’s estimated that Jersey gave £20 million in 2017. About half of the respondents gave up to £100 annually with 10% giving over £1000. The individual islands had slightly different profiles with Jersey edging ahead in support of animals and health where Guernsey supported community and arts projects.

Read the report at www.islandglobalresearch.com

Taking good care of you… Hannah Salsbury

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Taking good care of you… Hannah Salsbury

For our care edition we headed out to meet four wonderful women who care for a living.

Hannah Salsbury

Podiatrist at Forbes Feet

“Most people don’t realise how important their feet are until something goes wrong with them! As a Podiatrist (or we’re also called Chiropodists) we specialise in lower limb conditions, from difficulty with nail care and hard skin to mechanical problems such as; heel pain, shin splints, bunions, clawed toes, tendinopathies and even knee and lower back pain. We recognise that foot pain can range from a mild annoyance to a complete disability and our aim is to reduce pain, improve function and leave you with happier healthier feet. Other services we provide include low level omega laser therapy, diabetic foot assessments, permanent ingrown nail removal, orthotic therapy and footwear assessments. While we realise we can’t solve every problem, we have a holistic approach and work closely with fellow health professionals to make sure that you get the best care available from top to toe. Think of it as an MOT for your feet!”

Taking good care of you… Lorna Jackson

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Taking good care of you… Lorna Jackson

For our care edition we headed out to meet four wonderful women who care for a living.

Lorna Jackson

Owner, Acupuncturist and Massage Therapist at Health Point Clinic

“I use traditional acupuncture and massage to rapidly release myofascial adhesions, elongate hypertonic muscles and increase blood flow to injured tissues. My patients come to me for pain relief, or to help improve sleep and reduce stress. I also help support patients during fertility treatment and throughout pregnancy.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of ultra-fine single use sterile needles into specific acupuncture points on the body. Acupuncture is a pain free, relaxing treatment so much so that many patients fall asleep on the treatment bench. Although many come in with a specific condition or area of focus, lots of people also pop in to just relax and switch off after a busy day, as acupuncture is a great way to calm the nervous system down. With relaxing music, a lavender eye bag and a cup of tea after to recoup, patients float out of the treatment room. Although acupuncture is a medical treatment it generally feels more like a relaxing minibreak without the passport.”

 

Gallery 150 Party | Samphire & The Don | Friday 11th May

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Gallery 150 Party | Samphire & The Don | Friday 11th May

It had been a while since we’d had a party for clients and contributors and the gear change of Ormer into Samphire seemed like the perfect opportunity to get some people together, eat, drink, make cocktails and catch up. The team at Samphire did an great job with an amazing set of canapés and buffet from Lee while we tried to drink them out of Pimms. Everyone got invited to mix their own cocktails before we moved the party upstairs to The Don, finishing off with flowing drinks, late night snacks from Street and tunes from Ben Newman. Thanks to everyone that came along!

 

Taking good care of you… Clare Bourne

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Taking good care of you… Clare Bourne

For our care edition we headed out to meet four wonderful women who care for a living.

Clare Bourne

Senior Physiotherapist at The Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic

“I am passionate about what I do. Physiotherapy takes a ‘whole person’ approach to health and well-being, by helping guide tissue repair, reduce stiffness, increase strength and mobility to help achieve active movement for life! Physiotherapy is constantly evolving and so, too, my treatments changed throughout my career from hands-on treatments to education and tailored exercises.

My ultimate aim is to enhance health and wellbeing throughout our client’s lifetime. I treat people suffering from musculo-skeletal problems arising from injury, illness, lifestyle and ageing. I care by carrying out thorough assessments to formulate an accurate diagnosis and get people better as quickly and safely as biologically possible.”

Taking good care of you… Dr Marie-Christine Dix

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Taking good care of you… Dr Marie-Christine Dix

FOR OUR CARE EDITION WE HEADED OUT TO MEET FOUR WONDERFUL WOMEN WHO CARE FOR A LIVING.

Dr Marie-Christine Dix

Doctor of Chiropractic at Align Health Agency

“Chiropractic is a primary health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on your general health and wellbeing. Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuro-musculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches. As a natural health professional I look at the whole health picture including nutrition, lifestyle and how stress and emotions impact this picture. Chiropractic is a safe, gentle and effective hands on technique and I treat newborns though to the elderly.”

Get Back in the Saddle

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Get Back in the Saddle

On Friday 15th June 2018 in St. Helier, businesses will once more have the opportunity to compete and have a huge amount of fun whilst venting their corporate fury by settling a score in public, in safety and all for a brilliant cause – Prosperity Day. Prosperity Day#4, will be even BIGGER, we are inviting up to eighteen corporate rivals to take to the saddle once more and #VentYourFury #HeadToHead. Your teams will need to be able to ride a bike, shout for (at) each other and have fun – that is about the sum of it!

 Prosperity Day is the ultimate event to settle corporate rivalry from the safety of the saddle!

In 2017 we had 18 teams racing for pride and esteem, striving to take the top spot at our evening celebration event and lift the cherished Prosperity Cup.

Competition was fierce, both from race day performance and through fund raising activities (we run leaderboards for both and the winners have to perform exceedingly well on both fronts to have a chance of lifting the Cup). Last year’s final was hotly contested between Sure, Camerons and JT Global with Camerons taking the coveted trophy by comprehensively topping the fund raising leaderboard with a truly sterling performance which contributed to record funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Durrell.

Why do we run Prosperity Day? Prosperity 24.7 isn’t a company who does CSR just to tick a box, we do it because being a part of our community is a critical part of who we are. We held Prosperity Day for the third time last year. The event saw 18 local businesses racing head to head with 54 riders on turbo trainers cycling up a stage of La Vuelta in Spain, raising £18,742. In just three years we’ve raised £50,699 for local charities which we believe has positively impacted more than 12,000 lives across the Islands – This is simply phenomenal and this is why we run Prosperity Day!

This year Prosperity 24.7 are supporting two incredible charities – The British Heart Foundation Jersey and Jersey Cheshire Home – both provide essential services to Islanders’ so we really want to make a major contribution with the support of all the teams and their friends, this is why:

Heart and circulatory disease is a huge burden on people in the Channel Islands and across the UK. Responsible for one in four deaths each year, it’s one of Jersey’s biggest killers. It’s a big problem, but with your help, we’re leading the fight against it.

 

Prosperity Day

BIG MAGGY’S have helped to source the Virtual Race hardware and software, are providing bikes for the day.

BARANNES are supporting on the day by providing refreshing fruit smoothies to ease aching bones from incredible levels of exertion!

SURE are helping the islands to connect, thanks to their 4G bandwidth which will ensure every business can track the efforts of their colleagues racing on the day.

JT provides remarkable support up to and on the day of Prosperity Day, through their robust fibre connectivity to Broad Street which in turn will ensure the required bandwidth is available for all the highly connected technology on the day.

BKOOL are helping Prosperity 24.7 to deliver such an incredibly innovative event – they provide outstanding Virtual Race technology globally

RACE NATION are supporting our event by providing a fantastic platform that solves the problem of donating to multiple Channel Island charities.

AND…RELAX….

After the event there will be an awards ceremony for participants at the Museum Brasserie. This will be an opportunity to mingle with other competitors and celebrate the success of the event and rest those weary quads…

 

IN JERSEY BHF HAVE:

Funded the introduction of two BHF Specialist Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurses at Jersey Hospital between 2010 and 2013, both of whom are continuing their important roles at Jersey Hospital today.

Funded a new 3D Echo machine at Jersey Hospital in 2008.

As members of BHF’s UK Alliance Scheme, the BHF cardiac nurses, physiotherapist and 3D Echo Technician in Jersey receive specialist training and qualifications to help patients in Jersey.

Worked with Jersey Heart Support Group to organise local fundraisers and offer support to the local community.

The participants of Prosperity Day will get an added extra this year, thanks to Prosperity 24.7’s support we hope to bring a novel ‘heart bypass tent’ to the heart of St. Helier so participants can be monitored before and after their endeavours to get an impromptu health check up!

 

JERSEY CHESHIRE HOME

Jersey Cheshire Home is the only residential facility for physically disabled adults on the Island.

Demand for such services is growing and the charity is investing £2 million in a major extension and refurbishment project named the Big Build, which is due for completion in October.

The home provides 24/7 care and support to those living with a range of disabilities including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, Spina Bifida, Strokes and Head injuries. Some residents are victims of tragic accidents.

Our purpose built facility may only cater for a limited number of full time residents, but through our additional Day Care, Aquatherapy & Physiotherapy services we help over 400 people a month to manage and improve their condition.

Over the 30 plus years we have been operating our support staff have helped many hundreds of people with complex conditions to get through some extremely challenging times. Their dedication and commitment considerably benefits those we care for and creates the welcoming place our residents call home.

 

GET INVOLVED

Your three team members will need to be able

to ride a bike for 10 minutes and agree to have fun! For the ‘Head to Head to Head’ there are only 18 slots available, 14 of which have been taken by Legal practices, Trust companies, Telecommunications businesses, Construction companies and Fitness centres. You will need to pay a registration fee of £600 (100% of which goes towards your fund raising total) and commit to raising a minimum of £500 for the charities – all funds raised are passed on equally between the charities as we strive to raise £24,700 once more.

Learn more and sign up at:
www.prosperity247.com/prosperity-day-2018/

Care Bears: The Next Generation

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Care Bears: The Next Generation

WORDS Grant Runyon

ILLUSTRATION Will Bertram

In 2011 many former children were overjoyed when TV bigwigs took the bold decision to reboot My Little Pony. Not only because they had fond memories of the original from the 1980s, but because it followed the modern trend of making kids’ entertainment that grownups can also get into. Like a weirder version of those adults who can somehow tolerate the Minions, for MLP the audience for the new show is split between a core audience of small children and a sizeable fandom of sweaty males in their twenties and upwards.

They call these scraggly-bearded oddballs “Bronies” and, thanks in part to their large disposable incomes, the reboot has made steaming horse-sized piles of cash. This has proved that there’s definitely nothing weird about adults buying children’s toys, not at all, so the TV execs are on the lookout for the next 80s property that can be warmed up to fund a new fleet of Bentleys from the merchandise sales.

Again, something which is officially not weird now is adults spending hours writing stories set in the fictional universe of their favourite TV show. It’s not sad when you do it for Star Trek (nope), or Buffy (definitely not sad), or even The Golden Girls (not sad, sexy even) so I’ve been hard at work coming up with new stories in my own beloved world of the Care Bears. I’ve had to make it a bit more contemporary and give the bears a modern twist for the new generation, but I hope I’ve captured enough of that 80s magic to take my stories onto the TV screen and out of the spare bedroom at my mum’s house, where I’ve been living since the divorce. I just can’t wait to introduce you to my imaginary bear friends – and it’s nice to be able to say that without somebody reporting me to the people who own Snapchat.

 

Millennial Bear

The leader of the Care Bear bunch is Millennial Bear, the cool young bear with the sarcastic attitude and the endearing catchphrase – “what’s the wifi password, Dad? I hate you.” He has an iPhone on his stomach and is addicted to avocado toast and milky coffee. Along with the other bears, he spends his days sharing funny images online and playing the video game Fortnite instead of doing any work. He wears a £400 pair of trainers made by Kanye West and has a tattoo of a Pokémon on his neck.Bitcoin Bear

Bitcoin Bear is the geeky, technology-obsessed bear. He’s a blue bear with lines of code on his stomach, which may or may not contain your Facebook password. He doesn’t have the greatest social skills, but he’s always helping the other bears out by fixing their computers, hacking their school grades to an A+, and trading blockchain-based currency on the dark web to facilitate tax evasion and assassinations. Bitcoin Bear, you big nerd! In the 80s Care Bears cartoon the bears could immobilise threats by shining beams out of their stomachs – in this reboot Bitcoin Bear just explains how cryptocurrency works and enemies run away or fall asleep.

Youtu-Bear

The twin brother of Bitcoin Bear is Youtu-bear, who is also rich, but instead of mining for bitcoin he has millions of followers on Google’s video-sharing platform. They log in to watch this green-furred bear shriek at computer games, do dangerous practical jokes on strangers, and sometimes apologise for making semi-racist jokes. None of the other bears can understand why he’s famous, because his jokes aren’t funny and he has a super annoying voice. He has the Youtube logo on his stomach, which he did in exchange for money. He carries a ukelele, which he is unable to play.Gym Selfie Bear

Setting a positive example to the other bears, up to thirty times a day, is Gym Selfie Bear. She lives her life for exercise, meditation, a paleobear diet, and the countless opportunities these give her to share inspirational snaps of her life to her 10,000 Instagram followers. She has a hashtag on her stomach and is sponsored to wear a different combo of lurid leggings and knitted trainers every time she appears onscreen. Although Gym Selfie Bear preaches positivity, anybody who makes a negative or even neutral comment about her outfit/recipe/pug online will inevitably be de-friended, although only after receiving a vile stream of abuse via private message.

 Hipster Bear

Hipster bear has an elaborate moustache, wears a monocle and scoots around on a vintage French racing bicycle. He looks down on the other bears for their mainstream and predictable tastes, whilst enjoying artisan tea and the solo albums of Morrissey. Despite being born in 1996 he has the logo of the Commodore 64 computer on his stomach. Although he maintains an ironic detachment from the activities of the other bears, his real passion is collecting vinyl records and merchandise from the original 80s version of the Care Bears cartoon. His blog lists his occupation as “graphic design / typography / analogue fotograf” but his only income come from his trust fund and barista job.

 Bad Hair Bears

Every kids’ cartoon needs villains, and the best kind are bumbling incompetents who are easily outwitted by our heroes, but can always be relied on to provide humour. The next generation of Care Bears will set out to foil the dastardly plans of a trio of international bears united by their wacky hairstyles and contempt for democracy – Brexit Bear with his blonde bouffant, Donald Bear and his unpredictable comb-over, and Korean Nuclear Bear. His haircut looks like an e-fit of a subway flasher. I hope you’ll join me and the Next Generation Care Bears on their wild and crazy adventures – particularly if I don’t get official permission, because it will be a wild and crazy adventure to a factory in Shenzen that doesn’t ask too many questions about copyright.

 

 

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