Category: Jersey

Autism Jersey’s annual Golf Day, sponsored by JT, tees off on Friday 10 August. Organisers are promising this year will be the biggest and best yet.

The money raised at this year’s Golf Day will go towards funding the building and running, of a residential and community-based Autism centre in the Island. Hence why this is the most important event on Autism Jersey’s fundraising calendar.

The annual event has 22 local teams taking part. And it will be the first large event hosted at La Moye Golf Club’s new clubhouse, which has just undergone a £3.5m refurbishment. The day of competition will end with a raffle and auction. This will include  donations by former world number one Ernie Els. Last year over £20,000 was raised for the charity from this one day event.

Mr Els and his wife Liezl have a son with autism and founded The Els for Autism Foundation in 2009. This aims to support people on the autistic spectrum fulfil their potential to lead positive, productive and rewarding lives. The foundation has worked on a number of events and programmes in partnership with Autism Jersey.

A Popular Sell-Out Event

Nick Winsor, Chairman of Autism Jersey, said: “This is our biggest fundraiser so we’re grateful to everyone taking part and to our sponsor JT. To have a corporate sponsor of the calibre of JT is essential to the event’s success and their professionalism. Their focus on the Jersey community, and on-going support guarantees a popular sell-out event year-on-year that makes a huge contribution to the Charities work.”

Daragh McDermott, Corporate Affairs Director at JT, said: “As a board member of Autism Jersey, I know only too well what a fantastic charity it is. It offers invaluable support to many families and the wider community. Therefore, JT is delighted to support Autism Jersey. Also to support them in their fundraising efforts by sponsoring, participating in and providing the prizes for this phenomenally popular annual golf day at La Moye Golf Club. We’re proud to be a locally-owned business and support our Island communities whenever and wherever we can.”

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JT has become a partner and supporter of Jersey Together. This colourful new three-day summer festival will celebrate the Island’s many communities through, culture, music and food.

The event will be held at the People’s Park from 6-8 July. It is spearheaded by the Polish United group, which supports Jersey’s Polish community. The festival will also have free entry and aims to be a fun family day out. A range of traditional food and music is on offer from Jersey’s multi-cultural society. This  includes the African, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian communities. With the World Cup in full swing, matches on Friday and Saturday will also be shown on large outdoor screens.

Tamara O’Brien Head of Customer Experience at JT said: “JT has supported the coming together of communities through festivals and music events in the Channel Islands for many years. So, partnering with Jersey Together was an easy decision to make. Therefore, as the only locally owned telecoms operator, we’re proud of our role in joining people together. Hence, we’re delighted that this festival will celebrate Jersey as a modern multi-cultural Island that everyone can enjoy living in, whatever their nationality. The JT team will be at the festival giving away summer freebies and joining in the fun.”

Festival co-organiser Andrzej Kopacz said: “The Island has a rich history of cultural diversity. Jersey Together will celebrate that, as well as the many values and experiences that we have in common. JT’s support will be invaluable in making the first Jersey Together a success. I would like to thank them for their fantastic support.”

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Forming a new and unique partnership, JT is sponsoring next month’s Year 6 Transition Programme at Les Quennevais School. This ensures that students arriving in September already feel part of the school family.

All students who will be joining Year 7 in September 2018 are invited to a briefing at the school, with their parents, on Thursday 5 July. They will be formally welcomed by the Headteacher, Sarah Hague, and her team. Part of the evening meeting with parents will be dedicated to an increasingly important part of school life today: the importance and understanding of e-safety. This is why Les Quennevais and JT have partnered to give parents and their children an insight into how to stay safe online.

Supporting Parents and Children in e-safety

Mrs Hague said: “Our new partnership with JT is an exciting development as we work together to nurture, inspire and develop next year’s intake into what will become, the class of 2023! We are particularly keen to support parents and their children in e-safety. It formed a small part of the briefing last year and the feedback from parents was that they found it particularly useful in a world where technology now plays such a pivotal role within our schools in supporting and enabling learning. This year school leaders and experts in this area from JT will expand on helping parents understand the ways we can work together to keep our young people safe online and the tools available to help them to do so.”

JT’s Haandle box

Tamara O Brien, Head of Customer Experience at JT said: “We welcome this new opportunity to partner with Les Quennevais School. As a responsible provider we have always taken our responsibility seriously in playing our part to help educate. We aim to enable parents and children to be aware of how to stay safe online. And provide tools and educational literature to help ensure children are made aware of the dangers which can exist. We also provide leading edge equipment to enable parents. They can stay in control of what their children are accessing to help protect them. At this transition briefing we will be demonstrating some practical ways to help. This includes the Haandle box, exclusive to JT, an affordable piece of technology which allows parents to control internet access. We also offer controls within the exclusive free JT apps.

One of our presentation team, Zac Parrish, is a former Les Quennevais student. So he’s looking forward to sharing his own experiences and answering any questions. Recognising the importance of technology in education. We’ll also be donating some JT Smart 2 phones to students for use, of course with their parents’ consent. E-safety is all about a balance of education, awareness and providing the right tools. We’re excited to participate in this event.”

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The Channel Islands’ only locally owned telecoms operator has donated ten new JT Travel Buddy phones. These are a lightweight quad-band phone, with SIM cards. The phones will help coordinate the 53 fundraising cyclists. These cyclists have the option to ride 60, 80 or 100 miles each day over the six-day challenge, which began on Saturday.

JT is supporting the Guernsey charity Only Fools and Donkeys’ latest fundraising endeavour, ‘Mule Loire’. This is a cycle ride through the vineyards of France from Vannes to Château Chambord, just outside Orléans.

The charities

JT has supported the charities’ previous cycles in 2016 and 2014 which collectively raised £74,000. This was for Guernsey charities for children and adults with learning difficulties and physical disabilities. Previous recipients have included Le Rondin for their Garden of Remembrance. The Guernsey Sports Association for the Disabled to cover their team travel costs to the annual Bath and West Games has also received funding. And finally, Active to restore and maintain their hydro pool and fund their Christmas lunch for 140 people. Recently, it has funded the installation of a professional standard kitchen in The Village at Le Murier School.

Mike Marshall, co-founder of Only Fools and Donkeys said: “Once again, we’re grateful to JT for their practical support. I remember how important the phones were in 2016. This being our biggest ride to date. They will be invaluable as we organise more than 50 cyclists. Each cyclist riding different distances over six days covering a total of 280 miles, supported by a team of ten in five vehicles.”

Tamara O’Brien, Deputy Managing Director of JT Guernsey said: “JT is delighted to be able to support another Mule ride. I hope these JT Travel Buddy phones help ensure everyone gets safely from A to B through a beautiful part of France. ‘Chapeau’ to everyone taking part.”

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Pippa Donovan, Digital Customer Experience co-ordinator at JT, has been identified as one of the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in her field.

Pippa (27) makes the list of ‘Rising Customer Experience Super Stars’ compiled by the CX Network. The Network is the leading online resource for senior customer experience, service, insight, digital and marketing decision makers.

The global list includes professionals from as far afield as Russia, the United States and the Philippines.

Pippa is responsible for collating all customer experience data at JT.  Hence, she ensures that JT’s high standards of customer service are maintained. Also she is also central in helping deliver the company’s overall customer experience strategy. As part of JT’s dedicated Customer Experience team she helps ensure that it extends to every part of the business.

A Unified Customer Experience

Tamara O’Brien, Head of Customer Experience at JT and a member of the CX Network, said; “Pippa’s inclusion on this prestigious list is well deserved. So, we recognise her great work and commitment to helping us deliver a unified customer experience across our organisation. Therefore, we are focused on delighting our customers, from the call-centre team to the engineers on the ground, to our finance teams. Hence, as a team we represent the voice of the customer across our business helping ensure their needs are a priority in shaping the products and services we deliver. Pippa is a passionate and energetic contributor who always puts our customers first. A high level of customer care has also been an essential part of our ground-breaking project to connect every property in Jersey to our full-fibre network. This is also very near completion and will be a global first.”

The CX Network 30 Under 30 Rising Customer Experience Super Stars list can be found here.

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A Ugandan school has been able to capture the life-changing experience of a visit to Jersey thanks to the donation of smart phones by JT.

Christine Auma is a 14-year-old pupil at Mifumi Primary School. She recently visited Jersey with teachers Margaret Apio and Beatrice Atyang. They were guests of MPS Uganda, a Jersey charity. They have supported the school for almost two decades. MPS Uganda was named Small Charity of the Year at the last Jersey Charity of the Year Awards.

A delegation from a Ugandan primary school have been able to capture the life-changing experience of a visit to Jersey thanks to the donation of smart phones by JT.

While in the Island, the trio visited a number of primary schools and were guests at a gala dinner. This raised £14,000 for the charity, which supports the school in a variety of ways. Also this includes funding equipment and building work, and supplementing teachers’ salaries. Islanders have also helped to build classrooms, dormitories and offices. This was achieved through funding and more directly volunteer teams sponsored by the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission. Overall, the visit raised £30,000 for the charity.

Capturing Special Memories

JT Mobile Manager John Assister said: “We were delighted to donate JT Smart 2 phones to MPS Uganda to make sure that the group were always contactable. This enables them to capture their special memories for prosperity. As always, JT is proud to support many good causes, and this was a great example of being able to help in a practical and impactful way.”

Matt Gorman, chairman of MPS Uganda, said: “We wanted to make sure that Christine, Margaret and Beatrice could take photos and videos to capture their amazing visit. We originally thought of getting some disposable cameras. However, when JT donated the smart phones, we were so grateful. This meant that they could contact friends and family. I know Christine took lots of pictures with her phone. I’m sure she will treasure those memories for a very long time.”

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