The Environment, Natural Resources and Planning portfolio is holding a public talk at The Museum, Jamestown on Wednesday 5 July 2023 from 7pm for approximately one hour.
The talk will update the St Helena public on the latest research being undertaken on plant diseases affecting endemic plants within the Peaks National Park. An update on access management within the National Park will also be provided.
The talk will be given by staff from the portfolio and will be followed by a question and answer session.
The public is advised that Rupert’s Beach will be closed to the public from 6am on Tuesday 27 June to 4pm on Friday 30 June 2023 to allow for work on the fibre optic cable.
During this closure, access will only be granted to emergency services.
The public is thanked in advance for their patience and co-operation.
The Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Departments request that patients please return loaned physiotherapy or occupational therapy equipment that is no longer being used (either at home or in residential care).
Where this is no longer being used, we would like people to return the following:
Walking frames
Rollator frames
Walking sticks
Crutches
Wheelchairs
Bath chairs/boards
Bed tables
Commodes
Chair raisers
These types of equipment can be reused for new clients, as and when the need arises. This equipment should always be returned when it is no longer needed by client or patients. However, the Health Directorate is currently particularly low on stock for these items, so their return will help to ensure that we have aids and equipment available until new stock arrives.
This will enable new clients to have immediate access to equipment, prevent falls and injuries and improve their quality of life.
Please return the equipment directly to the Physiotherapy Department, or to Jamestown Hospital. When doing so, please let staff know that you are returning physiotherapy/occupational therapy equipment as you no longer need it.
Following the public announcement on Tuesday 6 June that there was an issue with the public warning system in Jamestown, the Emergency Planning team can confirm that this issue is now believed to have been rectified by Sure.
The public are advised that a test will take place on Thursday 22 June 2023 between 12:00 and 12:30. This test is to ensure that the system is working as it should.
The test will be carried out on all three system transmitters at Jamestown and Rupert’s. The test tone will be the dinner music from the RMS St Helena, and will last approximately 11 seconds.
A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held during June 2023.
To be eligible to receive a first, second or booster dose of the COVID-19 Bivalent vaccine you must:
Be aged 18 years and over; and
Have not received a COVID-19 vaccination within the past three months
The clinic will take place at:
Date
Time
Location
Friday 16 June 2023
10am – 12pm
Jamestown Community Centre
Any persons who are housebound and are unable to attend the clinic are asked to contact Grace Richards by telephone on 25818 or via email through grace.richards@sainthelena.gov.sh.
You are reminded to please bring along your yellow vaccination cards for recording purposes. If you do not bring along your cards you will not receive your vaccination.
Any persons who have misplaced their yellow vaccination cards are asked to please contact Grace Richards prior to attending the clinic.
Let’s continue to protect ourselves, to protect St Helena.
The Royal St Helena Police are currently investigating the theft of fuel from two diesel vehicles parked at the new Bulk Fuel Installation at Upper Rupert’s. The theft is suspected to have occurred between 4pm on Thursday 1 June 2023 and 9am on Friday 2 June 2023.
If anyone has any information which may assist with this investigation, regardless of how minor it may seem, please contact a Police Officer by telephone on 22626, by email through cid@sainthelena.gov.sh or in person at the Police Station in Jamestown.
The Royal St Helena Police are currently investigating a theft that took place sometime between Monday 8 May 2023 and Tuesday 20 May 2023.
A Merry Tiller motor, a gardening hoe and also a gardening fork were stolen from the Gordons Post area.
The public are reminded that it is a criminal offence to take someone else’s property without their permission. This equipment was to be used by a gardener to help with their crop rotation for the new growing season, however, as a result of this theft, the person whose equipment was stolen has now been deprived of their livelihood for this growing season and will most likely have to replace the equipment they once owned.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of this equipment or has any information that could lead to its recovery, please contact a police officer via telephone number: 22626 or via email thought: cid@sainthelena.gov.sh.
After her successful visit three years ago, consultant Philippa Holmes is returning to St Helena on Saturday 24 June 2023 to further support the community around safer internet use. As part of this, she will be delivering a two-week training programme focused on the signs and symptoms of exploitation, online grooming, trafficking and harmful relationships.
She will be meeting with leaders from all SHG Portfolios, as well as the private and third sectors, to provide guidance and further develop strategies to protect local people.
Philippa Holmes has extensive knowledge and training regarding exploitation and has previously delivered training to around 600 people in Saint Helena in 2020.
Courses last for three hours and will be available for a two-week period beginning from Monday 3 July 2023, delivered at St Helena Community College (SHCC):
Monday to Thursday
9am to 12pm 1pm to 4pm
Friday
9am to 12pm
Please note that the maximum course attendance per session will be 25 persons.
To make an application to attend one of the courses, or to receive more information about the training, please contact Carley Peters, SHCC, via email through carley.peters@sainthelena.gov.sh.
Testing of the public warning system in Jamestown and Rupert’s takes place on the first Tuesday of each month, and as such testing of the system took place earlier today.
Whilst the public warning system in both Upper Rupert’s and Lower Rupert’s worked as expected, today’s test revealed an issue with the public warning system in Jamestown. This is now being investigated to establish what has caused the error.
Once work to address the issue has been completed, further testing will need to take place to ensure it is once again functioning as it should. An announcement on the date and time of these tests will be provided in advance, with sufficient notice given to alert members of the public to this.
Testing the system is an important part of the Island’s emergency preparedness and resilience protocols. It is designed to identify issues such as these so that they can be addressed prior to the system needing to be deployed in an emergency.
