Guernsey Language Commission LBG

St Peter Port

About

Guernsey Language Commission LBG is a charity and a Guernsey company limited by guarantee, registered with the Association of Guernsey Charities and on the Guernsey Charity Register as CH1016. It aims to halt and reverse the decline in the number of fluent Guernesiais speakers. The Commission, which came into being by States of Guernsey resolution in August 2020 and was registered as a Guernsey charity in January 2023, is governed by a Board of Commissioners, currently eight, and led by director Prof Julia Sallabank.

Quick facts

Legal form
Charity
Established
Came into being by States of Guernsey resolution in August 2020; registered as a Guernsey charity in January 2023

People1

  • Prof Julia Sallabank — Commission director (registered as a director on the Guernsey Registry) and spokesperson on adult courses

Services offered

  • Free Guernésiais translation service
  • supported by Guernsey Museums
  • Teaching aids for education
  • support to organisations adopting the language
  • and cataloguing/archiving of multimedia Guernesiais resources

Contact

Address
Priaulx Library

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