Community Pages
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Other Community Organisations
Other community organisations on St Helena worthy of note are listed below. If you represent one of these groups and want to upgrade to a free full page, please contact us.
Sports-related community groups are listed on our page Sport on St Helena. This list may also otherwise be incomplete - it was generated by scanning the island’s newspapers for organisations recently mentioned. If your organisation is active but omitted from this list please contact us. Please Note Businesses, religious groups and entities of the Government of St Helena cannot be included.
Ageways Charity
Ageways Charity provides help and support for older people on St Helena. agewayssthelena@gmail.com
Blue Marine Foundation
The Blue Marine Foundation does environmental work in the seas around St Helena, working closely with the St Helena National Trust.
Cancer Support & Awareness
Cancer Support & Awareness helps educate about the causes and prevention of cancer and provides practical support to victims and their families. October is designated Cancer Awareness month, featuring many activities including the ‘Pink Walk’ (wear pink - get sponsored), and the organisation is also behind Carnival.
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce provides support and information for businesses operating on St Helena, and also lobbies to the Government of St Helena on businesses’ behalf.
Community Centre Associations
Each of the island’s community centres is managed by an Association, which maintains the Centre, organises events (many centres have a winter Skittles league) and takes bookings.
Disabled Person’s Aid Society
The Disabled Person’s Aid Society (Registered No 7 under the Charities Ordinance) provides help and practical support for disabled people and their families, working closely alongside the support available from Social Services. It also administers the Disabled Parking Badge scheme.
Ladies Craft Group
Started in 1991, the Ladies Craft Group produces knitted toys and other handicrafts which are sold to raise funds to support the Senior Citizens of St Helena. One of its projects is the book ‘What’s Cooking in St Helena’, a good source of local recipes.
League of Friends
Formed in 1993, the League of Friends supports the General Hospital’s patients and their relatives, and the same with also other care centres on the island.
St Helena National Trust
The St Helena National Trust, based in Broadway House, is a statutory organisation on St Helena, with power to intervene in support of conservation, heritage and environmental matters. It runs various related projects, funded normally from overseas. It is not formally related to the UK National Trust.
New Horizons
New Horizons is a youth club operating in Jamestown, in Grand Parade just to the left of The Arch (as you face the sea). It organises mostly, but not exclusively, sporting events for the under 18s. It currently organises the St Helena’s Day Celebrations.
St Helena Red Cross
The international Red Cross has a branch on St Helena.
Scouts/Cubs/Guides/Brownies/Rainbows/etc.
St Helena has a scouting and a guiding association which provides activities for young people, as part of the worldwide scouting movement. On St Helena Scouts/Cubs are exclusively male and Guides/Brownies/Rainbows are exclusively female.
S.H.A.P.E. (SHAPE)
St Helena Active Participation in Enterprise, a social enterprise providing work and training for the disabled, operating from the former school in Sandy Bay. Registered #38 under the Companies Ordinance, Registered #C00011 under the Charities Ordinance. www.shapecharity.com and/or shape@helanta.co.sh. Celebrates The International Day for Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December.
S.P.C.A. (SPCA)
S.P.C.A. stands for ‘Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’. It was originally a branch of the UK RSPCA, but is no longer affiliated. It provides some quasi-veterinary support for non-agricultural animals and their owners, including taking into care animals that are not being properly looked after (though it has no statutory powers).
St Helena Singers
The St Helena Singers is an informal choir that performs at musical events on the island.
Women’s Corona Society
The Women’s Corona Society is a fundraising body that supports other local charities. It is a branch of the Corona worldwide.
Good Tern
Rescues Fairy Tern chicks, supports and feeds them until maturity and then releases them back into the wild. Good Tern on Facebook™.
Beekeepers’ Association
Association for the island’s beekeepers and honey producers. Contact Earl Henry (+290) 24313, Tony Leo (+290) 24725 & Pat Stroud (+290) 23773.
Growers Association
The Growers Association provides support for market gardeners and other small-scale farmers. It runs a shop in The Market that sells produce, seeds and agricultural equipment.
Veterans Association
Support and promote the wellbeing of St Helena’s veteran community and assist the youth of St Helena in pursuing a career in the Military.
The Three Sectors
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More on the Wikipedia at Voluntary Sector.
Community Days
World Thinking Day
World Thinking Day is celebrated on or around 22nd February by the island’s Guides, Brownies & Rainbows. They commonly go to a community centre for the day to do their thinking in a structured way.
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