Alderney's colonisation of Islands in the South Atlantic is slowly gathering pace.
Hot on the heels of former Chief Executive Officer Roy Burke's exit to St Helena, vet Helen Dickinson is decamping to the Falkland Islands.
Ms Dickinson, Alderney's States vet, is taking up an 18 month government veterinary post based in Stanley, in the New Year. She is excited by the challenge but said the going would be bittersweet. "Making the decision to leave after 10 years has not been easy but in the end it was one I had to make," she said. "In a small isolated community like Alderney, although veterinary cover is an "essential service", the surgeon providing it is not eligible for a grant to sustain it, as they are, for example, in remote parts of the European Community Unfortunately in this non-EC country, my savings, which I was using to subsidise the veterinary service, have run out, and I cannot afford to stay any longer caring for the animals of Alderney. I feel terrible leaving my patients, but I just cannot afford to provide the service any longer."
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors.
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 