Members and guests gathered at the Greenhills Country House Hotel in St Peter to hear Sue Pearmain speak.
Sue is a long-standing Whiteley member and recently retired Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey. She was the second female Advocate sworn into the Royal Court in 1974 and had a long career in Criminal Law here in Jersey. Sue regaled us with tall tales and honesty during her talk entitled, “My life in crime, or how I became a Procureur.”
We then were able to enjoy a lovely dinner and had the opportunity to to ask Sue questions afterwards and enjoy some time networking.
A collaboration between Jersey Trees for Life and Jersey Water created the idea for our evening event. The walk was led by some of our members. We enjoyed an interesting tour through the Arboretum led by Alex Morel, CEO of Jersey Trees for Life, learning about all the different species and the work which has been going on since the recent storm.
We were then able to walk across the top of the Dam at the front of the Reservoir because of members Heather and Natalie who arranged access for us.
The walk was followed by dinner at The Tipsy in St Peter’s, allowing our members and guests plenty of time for networking.
This month we organised a visit to the Jersey Archive to view some of the newly acquired Philip Ouless Collection.
Helena Kergozou, Senior Registrar, gave us a talk about the art collection of Jersey Heritage in general and explained how the Ouless works fit into the collection. Fellow member Linda Romeril, Archives and Collections Director of Jersey Heritage, then took us on a tour of the Archive strongroom and will show us some material related to women in Jersey history.
This month we held an introduction to cricket for our members at the Grainville Pavillion. Sarah Gomersall the new CEO of Jersey Cricket organised an evening training session for us to learn basics of bowling and batting, followed by the opportunity to learn the language of the game and how to score.
Afterwards we moved to the Boundary Café for a finger buffet and a glass of Pimms to toast the arrival of Summer!
We met this week for our first networking lunch of the year at The Royal Yacht. Our guest speakers were Chloé Fosse and Lucy Stephenson from Tiny Seeds our chosen charity for 2024.
We enjoyed a pre-lunch talk where they gave us interesting insights into their work and the challenges they face. They detailed what they have achieved since launching and how they are dedicated to supporting people in Jersey who are experiencing infertility or who need the help of fertility treatments to conceive.
We enjoyed lunch followed by a Q&A session before finishing off the event with our Chair, Julia Williams, detailing some of the exciting events we have planned for this year.
This September we were delighted to welcome Jersey born Rear Admiral Jude Terry to join us for an evening at The Radisson. With over 100 Whiteley members and guests present, we listened to her talk about her career in the Royal Navy. About becoming the first female to hold Flag rank and how in her current role as Naval Secretary and Director of people and training, she is challenging and improving the recruitment and training of over 40,000 personnel. Followed by a Q&A session, we all left inspired by such an interesting evening.
Members, guests, family members and some four legged friends were invited to a morning outing to learn about the Jersey Oyster. We were introduced to both the traditional fishing and modern methods of oyster cultivation.
It was a fascinating walk, sampling seaweed that has great healing properties for your skin and some members were brave enough to eat limpets straight off the rock – olden day chewing gum! The morning ended back at the Seymour pub with oyster sampling. A great morning was had by all.
Susie is an experienced Prison Governor, having joined HMPPS, the prison service for England and Wales, in September 2004. She arrived with her family in Jersey mid pandemic, in April 2021. We enjoyed a fascinating evening, learning about her time working in different prisons in the UK and how she is using that experience and knowledge from her research work, to improve La Moye.
Susie explained about the changes made to connect the prison to other departments in Government and to the culture of the island. She also talked about some of the changes, improved training and new initiatives which have been made, helping to ensure that La Moye is #releasingbetterneighbours, who are well prepared to settle in the community on their release and reduce the risk of them returning to prison. A lively Q&A session followed, before our members and guests enjoyed networking in the relaxed atmosphere at the Pavillion over drinks and sharing platters.
Blue Badge Guide, Nicky Mansell, took our members and guests on a circular walk around Gorey yesterday evening. The weather was stunning and Nicky took the time to explain the history of Gorey, showing us the sights from the village to the Castle. The evening finished with dinner together at Feast on the pier.
Our first lunch of the new year was held at the Petit Pomme on 16 March 2023. Julia Williams (Chair), introduced the events calendar of the year. Taking the opportunity to network with old and new members, we enjoyed lunch and coffees catching up on everyone’s news.
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