Ten trusts and societies — five based in St Peter Port. The oldest, the National Trust of Guernsey (1960), is the island's third-largest landowner with 2,000+ members. Two maritime-heritage bodies anchor the group: Trinity House (four Bailiwick lighthouses since 1724) and the Royal Navy association (HMS Charybdis memorial weekends since 1947). —
Sark·Attraction·Est. 1975
✦The only nature & conservation group here
Housed in the 1841 Girls' School building, shared with Sark's Tourism Office/Visitor Centre. Maintains comprehensive herbarium for Sark since 1980. Discovered previously unknown bat species in 2023. Compiled CD of recordings of Sark's Norman French language in 2009. Published…
Alderney·Attraction·Est. 1979
Original six bells consecrated 1850; removed by Germans in WWII and four sent to Cherbourg for munitions; recovered and recast by John Taylor & Co in 1953; augmented to 12 bells in 2013. New band of ringers formed May 1979. World record 25,056 changes of Bristol Surprise Maximus…
—·Attraction·Est. 2009
Shane Le Page began metal detecting in 2005. In 2009 he and Mike Newman established Guernsey Heritage Keepers to keep recorded logs of their finds. Since 2014 the organisation has been headed solely by Le Page. As of 2019 approximately 75-80 people had approached them for help…
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✦Oldest in this niche
512-year heritage (1514)
Trinity House (formally the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Stroud) is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar. Established by Royal Charter in 1514, it operates four lighthouses in the Bailiwick: Les Hanois (1862, off SW…
St Peter Port
Annual commemorations held since 1947, marking the 1943 sinking of HMS Charybdis and HMS Limbourne with loss of over 500 lives; 21 bodies washed ashore in Guernsey and were buried at Le Foulon Cemetery with full military honours despite Occupation-era ban on attendance
Vale
AFD Guernsey is an organisation that coordinates Guernsey Armed Forces Week, with Pete Burtenshaw as an organiser. It plans events for serving personnel, military families, veterans and cadets, including the Armed Forces Day flag raising on the Weighbridge Roundabout mast and…
St Peter Port·Since 1960
Founded 1960, became 'The National Trust of Guernsey' in 1967. HQ at 26 Cornet Street may be the earliest remaining complete building within St Peter Port's medieval boundaries. Victorian Shop & Parlour opened 1987. Folk Museum established 1968 as joint venture with La Societe Guernesiaise. Les Caches Farm opened 2009. Fermain Tower bequeathed 2002.
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✦Active since 1950
L'Assembllaie D'Guernesiais is a non-profit organisation, registered with the Guernsey Registry as NP102, dedicated to the Guernésiais language and Guernsey culture. It is run by an elected committee, with a separate sub-committee for its dance section. Anne Le Cheminant is a…
St Peter Port·Attraction·Est. 2023
Part of Steering group comprising Priaulx Library, Island Archives, Greffe, Church of England (Deanery of Guernsey), La Société Guernesiaise (Family History Section)
The Bailiwick of Guernsey Digitisation Partnership is a multi-organisation initiative established in 2023 to digitise and publish the island's family history records online. Its steering group includes Priaulx Library, Island Archives, the Greffe, the Church of England Deanery…
St Andrew
The Little Chapel Foundation is a registered charity and Guernsey foundation dedicated to the conservation and maintenance of The Little Chapel in St Andrew. Established in 2016, it was set up to receive, hold, and maintain the chapel and its grounds, which were gifted to the…
St Martin·Attraction·Est. 2005
Festung Guernsey is a volunteer initiative dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and public access of WWII German fortifications across Guernsey. It manages key sites including Batterie Mirus, Fort Hommet Headland, and Batterie Scharnhorst, and offers guided tours…
St Peter Port·Society·Est. 2015
The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society is a registered charity (CH507) and cultural society founded in 2015 to celebrate the life and works of Victor Hugo and his family during their 15+ years of exile in Guernsey. Patroned by the Bailiff of Guernsey, it organises talks…