Over Liberation weekend, if you buy a pint of Award Winning Liberation Ale at selected Liberation Group pubs, they will donate 25p to Holidays4Heroes.  Additionally you can LIKE Taste2day on Facebook and they will donate a further £1 to this worthwhile charity. Cheers!

Grand Jersey is asking islanders to send in photos (?snapshots in time?) that feature Grand Jersey from bygone eras, as part of Local and Community History Month. The month of May is Local and Community History Month and to celebrate this, Grand Jersey will be exhibiting the photos which islanders and visitors to the hotel have sent in throughout the month of April. These can of course be photocopies. And as part of this search for snippets of the past, Grand Jersey will also be on the lookout for a winning photo ? an image that not only captures a memory but also captures the essence of Grand Jersey and Jersey at that time.  Judging the competition will be pictures editor of the JEP, Peter Mourant and Grand Jersey managing director, Jane Goodyer.

Please send your photos to Stef Paddock, Grand Jersey, Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3QA.  If you would like your photo returned please ensure this is made clear in a covering letter and that your name and address is written on the back of the photo.

The Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel has become the first business in Jersey to Champion the Island?s marine environment through the ECO-ACTIVE Biodiversity Scheme run in conjunction with the States of Jersey.  Situated near to the Island?s south coast Ramsar site the hotel recognises the intrinsic link it has with the objectives set out by the scheme, which aims to engage everyone who enjoys getting out on the water, or whose livelihood depends on boats and watersports, in environmental issues.   Focusing on its waterfront location, the hotel has created a bespoke programme of activities including hands on conservation management tasks such as the removal of marine debris, the planting of native coastal plants including sea campion, wild carrot, oxeye daisy and maram grasses. The team will be developing a range of initiatives to get local school children involved in the Marine Habitat Scheme such as a ?Strandline Bioblitz? in association with ECO-ACTIVE and the Grassroots Beach Clean initiative.

Macmillan Cancer Support (Jersey) and RBS International are calling on the people of Jersey to pull together and enter the Macmillan Indoor Rowathon on 7 May 2011. The Royal Jersey Showground in Trinity will host the 30,000 metre race for participants willing to make waves for Macmillan Jersey. Equivalent to rowing from Sark to Jersey, this challenge is set to put people through their paces aiming to raise £20,000 to help people affected by cancer.  People can enter in teams of six for a £300 minimum sponsorship. Macmillan Jersey hopes to race past last year?s fundraising success of £13,665 and double the number of teams who enter from 30 to 60, making this its biggest race yet.

Dementia patients are benefiting from students? artwork thanks to a Jersey Alzheimer?s Association initiative, funded by the Barclays Wealth Community Awards.  The association received £3,200 to fund its art and photography scheme ? a collaborative project in which the association works with students from Greenfields, the young peoples? secure unit – and those on the Alternative Curriculum. The artwork and photography produced is displayed on the Beech Ward at Clinique Pinel, St Saviour?s Hospital and at Rosewood House.

The staff at Fairbairn Private Bank in Jersey and the Isle of Man have been busy raising money for four good causes. Through a wide range of fund raising schemes, including a monthly staff draw, themed social events, cake sales and dress down days, an impressive total of £6,800 has been raised over the course of a year. The money has been split equally between four staff-nominated charities: Jersey Side by Side, Jersey Hospice Care, Hospice Isle of Man and Macmillan Cancer Support Isle of Man. Sam Kemp, Hayley Pallot and Stephanie Coyle from Fairbairn Private Bank, presented the two Jersey based charities with the cheques on behalf of all the staff.

Carey Olsen has donated 12 computers that will assist in the efficient running of Ugandan water charity, Busoga Trust.  The charity installs clean water sources throughout Uganda and the PCs donated by Carey Olsen?s Jersey office will be used to continue to help Busoga coordinate their projects. In 2010 Busoga Trust was able to provide clean water for 50,000 people throughout Uganda where the only water available was dirty and drinking it resulted in illnesses and death.It isn?t the first time that Carey Olsen has donated computers to Busoga Trust. PCs donated by the law firm a couple of years ago were instrumental in introducing computerised accounting for the charity.

We went along to Snowbombing last month with this beard and its owner, Martyn Sansom. The beard certainly made himself known, dragging Martyn off the kicker naked in the pro-am. I think it must work like the mask in ?The Mask?. Screams of ?Maaaartttynnn? from the MC and the crowd ensured that the he and the beard were cemented in Snowbombing 2011 history. So why has Martyn decided to add this facial adornment at the grand old age of 25? Why for charity, of course.

Martyn will be growing this beast for the next few weeks until mid-May and the day of the Siam Cup.The day of the match Martyn is planning to cut his hair to a number 2 and dye the beard red and white. If you?re going to the rugby, you?re unlikely to miss him,

As 48% of you will know, growing a beard is a pain in the face. It?s like Movember, but massive. If you?d like to empathise or just love beards, pop across to Justgiving and reward Marytn for his dedication to facial hair. All monies raised will be going to Headway Jersey.

http://www.justgiving.com/Martyn-Sansom0