St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  •  Education Review Public Meetings

    13 February 2025

    The Education, Skills and Employment Portfolio will hold a public meeting on 25 February at 19:00 in the Main Hall at Prince Andrew School. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the community with an update on the Education Review’s interim findings and potential next steps. The Education Review will evaluate St Helena’s education […]

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  • Constituency Meetings – March 2025

    11 February 2025

    Constituents are invited to attend the district meetings to be hosted by Councillors next month. These will have a largely open agenda to enable constituents to make their priorities known, put forward suggestions and ask questions. Feedback will be provided on matters raised in previous meetings, if this has not already been given. The constituency […]

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  • Celebrating St Helena’s Day 2025: Call for Event Organisers

    11 February 2025

    St Helena Government is keen to hear from organisations who have an interest in organising this year’s St Helena’s Day celebrations – a chance to celebrate and showcase our island’s community spirit and unique culture. As the organising body, you will have the creative freedom to design an authentic St Helenian experience for the community. […]

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  • Shy Road Closure

    11 February 2025

    The Highways Authority has given approval for Shy Road to be closed from Monday 17 February to Monday 03 March 2025 from 09:00 to 15:00. This is to enable staff from the Roads Section to carry out repairs to a section of the retaining wall that is deteriorating. During this closure only emergency services will […]

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  • Reminder of Peaks National Park Closure

    5 February 2025

    The public are reminded that the Peaks National Park (PNP) is closed and will remain so for at least the next few months. The continued closure is necessary to minimise the spread of the plant pathogens that are present within the PNP and the potential for these to spread via foot traffic and destroy our […]

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  • Importance of Cancelling Appointments

    1 February 2025

    The Health and Social Care Portfolio (HSC) would like to remind patients of the need to cancel any appointments that they no longer need or cannot attend, preferably at least the day before the appointment. Missed appointments cause considerable disruptions for other patients waiting to be seen by either a doctor or another health professional. […]

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  • Education Consultant to Visit St Helena

    31 January 2025

    Education Consultant, David Jeffrey, will be on-island from Tuesday 04 February to Tuesday 18 February 2025 to support the Education Review. Mr Jeffrey’s expertise will be instrumental in producing the final Education Review Report. During his visit, Mr Jeffrey will also be visiting Career Access St Helena, the Public Library, the St Helena Research Institute, […]

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  • Traffic Management Plan for Napoleon Street and Nose Gay Lane

    31 January 2025

    As part of the R2 and Side Path Road and Field Road Project, a Traffic Management Plan has been submitted for Napoleon Street and Nose Gay Lane to meet Condition 5 of the planning approval. The Planning Section previously issued a notice on 17 January 2025 regarding this submission (Planning Application 2020/87DoC5). The public are […]

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  • Ferry Service VHF Radio Working Channel

    28 January 2025

    Port Control would like to advise all users of the Ferry Service that the vessel/operator will be operating on the working channel (VHF 12). This is to reduce the volume of radio traffic on channel 16 (which is primarily used for maritime distress). The change will come into effect at 00:01 UTC on Thursday, 30 […]

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  • SHG Responds to Inflation Increase

    27 January 2025

    Earlier today the Statistics Office published the Q4 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) which shows inflation for the year to Q4 2024 has increased to 8.2% which is driven largely by: This is a significant increase, the highest in 15 years.  Ministers are aware of the impact this will continue to have on the community […]

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