UK-St Helena Heritage Trust

02/04/2026

Congratulations to everyone at the St Helena National Trust and LAAC for getting the No. 1 Building slavery memorial project to lift off. And huge thanks to the Commonwealth Heritage Forum for their funding support.

02/04/2026

St Helena Government (SHG) is pleased to announce the launch of “Our Island, Our Space, Our Responsibility,” a new community campaign delivered through a cross-portfolio collaboration between Economic Development (ED), Safety, Security and Home Affairs (SSHA) and Environment, Natural Resources a...

02/04/2026

27/03/2026

This is surely the loveliest louse going!

𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗸𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 $𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

St Helena’s endemic spiky yellow woodlouse is competing in the Uproar Conservation Challenge, hosted by the Indianapolis Zoo and the IUCN Species Survival Commission.

While every species involved receives support from the $50,000 grant pool, the grand champion earns a $10,000 prize for the specialist group dedicated to their protection. Let’s get our unique endemic species to the top!

Voting ends 20 March, 3:59am GMT. Cast your vote in Round 1 now:
https://www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conservation-challenge/

📸Liza Fowler

27/11/2025

27/11/2025

On this day in 1784 (241 years ago): Clara Rich, one of the enslaved, is baptised at St. James’ Church. She will go on to found one of the island’s most successful schools.
https://sainthelenaisland.info/importantpeople.htm