St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING – THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018

    9 May 2018

    The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee was held on Thursday, 3 May 2018, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Enterprise St Helena (ESH) delivered a report for the month of March. The ESH Board approved in principle the exploration of the potential for a ‘category management’ expert from […]

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  • FAREWELL TO ASSISTANT CHIEF SECRETARY PAUL MCGINNETY

    9 May 2018

    Assistant Chief Secretary (Performance), Paul McGinnety (photo attached), departs the Island on Saturday, 19 May 2018, having completed his contract with St Helena Government. Paul arrived on St Helena in January 2013 as the Social Policy Planner, responsible for providing advice and social analysis input to SHG policy and developing and implementing a national Social […]

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  • HEALTH DIRECTORATE LAUNCHES STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH PROMOTION ON ST HELENA

    8 May 2018

    The St Helena Health Directorate has this week launched their Strategic Framework for Health Promotion on St Helena 2018-19 (HPSF). The overall aim of this framework is to reduce overweight/obesity and smoking in the Island community. Worldwide evidence shows that losing weight and stopping smoking are the two most important ways people can reduce their […]

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  • CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT (CDM)

    8 May 2018

    The Health Directorate is working towards the creation of Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Clinics. These clinics will be nurse led, with referrals to other professionals when needed. The Directorate is aiming to start these clinics in July 2018 after completion of some additional training. What is a Chronic Disease? Chronic Diseases are diseases of long […]

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  • HEALTH DIRECTORATE FEEDBACK – YOUR HEALTH DIRECTORATE NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

    8 May 2018

    The St Helena Health Directorate has been working very hard over the years to improve the quality and variety of the services offered within the Directorate. Councillor Cyril Leo very recently published a letter in the local press requesting that any member of the public provides feedback to the Health Directorate on the services offered. […]

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  • DIVE RECOVERY TRAINING

    8 May 2018

    The St Helena Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) held a Dive Recovery Training session with members of the Sea Rescue Service and the Dive Recovery team on Wednesday, 2 May 2018. This training was a follow-up from a joint exercise that took place on 21 March 2018, whereby teams were challenged with a real-life scenario […]

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  • PROVISIONAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS TO PUBLISH THIS WEEK

    8 May 2018

    The Provisional Register of Electors will be published on Thursday, 10 May 2018. Once the Provisional Register is published, eligible persons will then have up until Thursday, 24 May 2018, to make application to amend the Register. Persons who are eligible to have their names entered in the Register may apply to amend the Provisional […]

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  • WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – OPERATIONS DURING 21 & 22 MAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

    7 May 2018

    Waste Management Services (WMS) would like to advise the public that there will be no changes to existing services on the Public Holidays Monday, 21, and Tuesday, 22 May 2018. Residents are requested to have their waste ready for collection by 6am on their normal collection day. Late placement of bins may result in missed […]

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  • PLACING OF SPEED BUMPS – NR SILVER HILL SHOP, LEVELWOOD

    7 May 2018

    The Highways Authority has given approval for the Roads Section to place speed bumps near Silver Hill Shop, Levelwood, on Thursday, 10 May 2018. #StHelena #HighwaysAuthority #RoadsSection #SilverHillShop #SpeedBumps https://www.facebook.com/StHelenaGovt/ https://twitter.com/StHelenaGovt SHG 7 May 2018              

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  • ‘SIGNS OF SAFETY’ TRAINING DELIVERED TO SHG EMPLOYEES

    7 May 2018

    ‘Signs of Safety’ Consultant, Wendy Hill from Resolutions Consultancy, arrived on St Helena on Saturday, 28 April 2018, to deliver five days of ‘Signs of Safety’ training to a number of St Helena Government employees.  Over 70 people attended the training including staff from the Health, Education, Police and Safeguarding Directorates. Wendy commented: “‘Signs of […]

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