An important part of the work of the Lieutenant-Governor and his wife Dr Kyd is to support and encourage public and voluntary service. This is achieved through involvement with charities and other organisations.
Patronages can be only for His Excellency or Dr Kyd and they share patronages.
Over 100 organisations list them as Patron or President.
The benefits of their patronages include:
- adding status to an organisation
- increasing publicity with their visits and personal involvement
Patronages only last for the duration of the Lieutenant-Governor’s tenure.
Sometimes the Lieutenant-Governor and his wife take on a patronage for a specific campaign or event which only lasts a fixed length of time.
Request a patronage
If you would like to request a patronage, send us an email or letter and include:
- name of the organisation
- purpose of the organisation
- contact details of the organisation, including:
- contact name
- address
- phone number
Your patronage application should be submitted to the Lieutenant-Governor or his wife.
Patronage role and responsibilities
As Patron or President His Excellency or Dr Kyd will promote and support the work of your organisation. They will increase publicity and awareness with visits and their personal involvement.
This can include:
- use of His Excellency or Dr Kyd’s name and photo in your organisation’s publicity, such as letterheads, annual reports, website, newsletters and fundraising appeal letters
- His Excellency or Dy Kyd to receive regular briefings and information about the work of your organisation
- visits by His Excellency or Dr Kyd to understand the work of your organisation or to open, attend or participate in events
- His Excellency or Dr Kyd to host events at Government House on behalf of your organisation
His Excellency or Dr Kyd have no legal status or binding obligations with organisations they patron. They also don’t have any responsibility for the operational and financial management of the organisation.
Current patronages
Joint patronages by His Excellency and Dr Kyd
Enable Jersey
Jersey Child Care Trust
Jersey Opera House
Jersey Race Club
Les Amis
Mencap
MIND Jersey
Silkworth Charity Group
St John (Ambulance, Council and Order)
St John Ambulance Appeals Committee
The Gurkha Welfare Trust Jersey
Variety Club of Jersey
Patronages by His Excellency
Abbeyfield Jersey
Age Concern
ArtHouse Jersey
Association of Jersey Charities
Autism Jersey
Beresford Street Kitchen
Brightly
Channel Island Air Search
Commonwealth Games Association
EYECAN
Focus on Mental Illness
Friends of Jersey Youth Music
Friends of La Moye
Healing Waves
Helping Wings
Highlands Foundation
Holidays for Heroes Jersey
Island Games Association of Jersey
Jersey Aero Club
Jersey Army Cadet Force League
Jersey Bulls Football Club
Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Jersey Cheshire Home
Jersey Eisteddfod
Jersey Festival Choir
Jersey Humane Society
Jersey Leonis Amateur Boxing Club
Jersey Motor Cycle & Light Car Club
Jersey Old Motor Club
Jersey Overseas Aid
Jersey Rifle Association
Jersey Rugby Football Club
Jersey Small-bore Shooting Association
Jersey Sport
Jersey Trees for Life
La Ronde Concert Band
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Jersey
Poultry & Ornithological Society
Prisoners of Conscience Holiday Fund, Jersey
RAFA (Jersey Branch)
Roast Beef, Jersey
Rotary Club
Rotary Club de la Manche
Royal British Legion
Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club
Royal Commonwealth Society
Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society
Royal Jersey Golf Club
Sanctuary Trust
Scout Association
Sea Cadets – TS Jersey
Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society
Société Jersiaise
St Helier Yacht Club
St Helier Youth & Community Trust
The Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation
The Kennel Club of Jersey
The Shelter Trust
Variety Sailing Trust
Victoria College Foundation
WetWheels Jersey
Patronages by Dr Karen Kyd
Art in the Frame Foundation
Arts Society Jersey
Aureole Music
Brighter Futures
Dementia Jersey
Diabetes Jersey
Family Nursing and Home Care
FREEDA (previously known as Jersey Women’s Refuge)
Girl Guiding Jersey
Glanville Residential Home
Headway Jersey
Jersey Action Against Rape (JAAR)
Jersey Association of Carers Incorporated
Jersey Brain Tumour Charity
Jersey Cancer Relief
Jersey Eating Disorders Support
Jersey Flower Club
Jersey Friends of Anthony Nolan
Jersey Symphony Orchestra Association
Jersey Youth Choir
Kairos Arts
Motor Neurone Disease Association (Jersey) Charity
NSPCC
Pain Support Jersey
Philip’s Footprints
Riding for the Disabled Jersey Group
RNLI Jersey Lifeboat Guild
Samaritans Jersey
Soroptimist International of Jersey
St Martin’s Flower Club
The Jersey Society of Artists
Women’s Institutes
Women’s Section of the Royal British Legion (Jersey Branch)