sponsors - Guernsey Street Festival

Our generous sponsors

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our sponsors for their invaluable support in making the Guernsey Street Festival a resounding success. Your unwavering commitment and generosity have played a vital role in bringing this vibrant celebration to life.

With your assistance, we were able to create a memorable experience filled with music, art, and cultural exchange for our community. Your contributions have helped us showcase local talent, foster community spirit, and bring people together in joyous celebration. We extend our deepest thanks to each sponsor for their belief in our vision and for helping us make the Guernsey Street Festival an event to remember.

2024 Sponsors

John Ramplin Charitable Trust

Diamond Sponsor

Aspida Group

Diamond Sponsor

Creaseys Toys

Diamond Sponsor

Red Carnation Hotels

Diamond Sponsor

Guernsey Arts

Gold Sponsor

Fuller Group

Gold Sponsor

Sarah Groves Foundation

Gold Sponsor

Sarah Groves Foundation

Gold Sponsor

The Sarah Groves Foundation was formed at the end of 2013 in memory of Sarah Elizabeth Groves whose life was tragically cut short on board a houseboat on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir 6th April 2013.

Sarah Elizabeth Groves

Sarah was born in Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester on the summer solstice 1988 and lived her early years in Alderley Edge and Knutsford in Cheshire and latterly in Guernsey. She attended Mt. Carmel School in Alderley Edge (now the Alderley Edge School for Girls); Blanchelande College in Guernsey; St Mary’s Ascot (for 7 years) and finally Chelsea College of Art in London. She worked in various administrative rôles before becoming a fully qualified fitness instructor at the Old Government House Hotel, Guernsey.

Her true passions in life were fitness and art. On 6th April 2013, Sarah was tragically murdered on a house boat in Kashmir, India. Although only 24 years old, Sarah touched an incredible number of people with her selfless nature and infectious smile during her short lifetime. She was a source of kindness and inspiration for many, many people - something that has become ever-more apparent after her passing.

The Sarah Groves Foundation

Towards the end of 2013 the Sarah Groves Foundation was registered in Guernsey as a not-for-profit, charitable trust with the aim of fulfilling Sarah's own ambition in life - to enhance the lives of young people, especially of those less fortunate than herself. Our Mission Statement is quite simply ‘Enhancing young lives’. Using the key-words Children, Art, Fitness and Adventure, all of which featured heavily in Sarah’s own life, our philosophy is to achieve our Mission Statement this in two ways – both in the way we raise funds and in the way we distribute them.

On the fundraising side we organise and support life-changing initiatives in which we encourage people of all ages from all walks of life to take on challenges that they wouldn't normally consider or that wouldn't normally be available to them – often well outside of their comfort zones as you will see elsewhere.

On the distribution side we seek to support activities that benefit children, especially within the realms of Art (in its broadest sense), Fitness and Adventure.

Use of Funds

Since inception, we have financed or part-financed many activities including £50,000 towards the Guille-Allès Children’s Library in St Peter Port in 2018, the main room of which bears Sarah’s name; full support for four parent-and-toddler drop-in centres in conjunction with Home-Start Guernsey at a cost of £23,000 per annum; the distribution of 20 children’s bikes at Christmas and many other activities, details of which may be found here.

Due to the immense success of the children’s library project referred to, the Trustees have decided that schemes of this type provide wider-based and longer-lasting benefits than others that are here today and gone tomorrow. Other projects that fit this definition are under consideration but not to the exclusion of all others that fulfil our primary consideration of ‘Enhancing Young Lives’.

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Scruffy Boudloe

Gold Sponsor

Specsavers

Gold Sponsor

TPA

Digital sponsor

The Terrace Garden Cafe

Gold Sponsor

Da Nello

Silver Sponsor

Larbaletier

Silver sponsor

Larbaletier

Silver sponsor

Larbalestier is one of Guernsey’s leading opticians, with over 30 years of experience delivering the highest standards of eyecare and eyewear. As an independent practice, we are dedicated to providing a personalised service that revolves around your needs. Your eyes are unique, so we believe your eyecare should be too!

Our Team

Mel Brown: Front of House

Mel will usually be the person to greet you or speak to you over the phone. He ensures smooth running of the practice with a focus on providing great customer service.

Afshan Ansari: Optometrist

Afshan moved to Guernsey in 2013 and took over from our founder, Simon Larbalestier, when he retired. Afshan has over 20 years of experience, in independent and multiple practice, ensuring she delivers first class eyecare.

Helen McNicol: Optometrist

Helen joined Larbalestier a year after qualifying in Glasgow in 2013. She complements the team by bringing up-to-date knowledge of the most recent advances in investigative technologies. Helen is also a qualified independent prescriber, so enables her to write prescriptions for you to dispense at your local pharmacist as required.

Deb Christopher: Dispensing Optician

Deb has previously worked at Trouteauds and Webster Opticians and has a loyal following of patients who appreciate her expert and honest dispensing advice. Deb is the product buyer, and is fully on to date on the trends to ensure we have a great range of product at any one time.

Amar Bahra: Dispensing Optician

Amar moved to Guernsey in 2013 with his wife Afshan. He most enjoys focusing on the customer and delivering a great service to them.

Our services

We’re proud to be a COVID-safe practice. Our eye exams have been adapted to assess your eye health with a high level of detail and accuracy from a safe distance, using our 4D OCT scan. As well as testing your vision, this advanced scanning technology allows us to check for changes in your retina and spot early signs of eye diseases. This ensures that every eye examination is tailored around your unique requirements.

We also offer a free frame styling and fitting service for a wide range of high quality glasses, lenses and sunglasses, so you’ll be sure to find the perfect look for your lifestyle and visual needs.

For those of you who may want to try a different form of vision correction, we provide comprehensive contact lens services, helping you from your initial consultation and fitting to aftercare, with a monthly Direct Debit scheme available to spread the cost of lenses and check ups.

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