BOWKER; Caroline Jane

Manifesto to follow..

A mother of 3 and grandmother of 6, I have worked as a teacher since 1974 and, additionally, acted as book keeper for two small businesses.

A graduate in Mathematics and French, I came to Guernsey in 1997 to teach at St Peter Port School and have been at St Sampson’s High since 2002.

I have a mortgage on my only home and no directorships; if elected, representing the people of St Sampson’s will be my only job.

I have been Secretary of the teachers’ association the NASUWT since 1998 (an elected post) and am currently chair of the Negotiating Committee for Teachers and Lecturers in Guernsey.

I have undergone extensive training in supporting and representing colleagues in difficulty. If returned as a People’s Deputy, parishioners of St Sampson’s can expect no less of me.

I am accustomed to reading and evaluating material from a variety of sources and basing

decisions on that information. I would like to bring that analytical capability to improve decision- making in the States.

I set out below a series of aspirations but recognise it would be unrealistic to expect to achieve them all! I simply seek to demonstrate the type of Guernsey I would hope us to move towards. I believe we all have a responsibility to our neighbours.

I would like to see:

• Poverty eradicated in the island
  
• Supplementary Benefit reformed
  
• Affordable child care
  
• All children to experience education free from disruption
  
• Extra support for ALL children who need it in school
  
• Businesses providing bursaries for students studying beyond 16
  
• The retention of grant maintained higher education
  
• The establishment of a locally-based loan scheme for students
  
• Legislation to protect workers from exploitation
  
• The return of a reciprocal health agreement
  
• Improved access for wheelchairs (and thus pushchairs) to all public areas
  
• The Mulkerrin proposals acting as a basis for educational development
  
• Deputies with significant private incomes turning down their Deputy’s salary
  
• I believe we have a duty to protect the environment for the generations that follow us.
  

I would like to see:

• Energy consumption reduced.
  
• Loans or grants for insulation and renewable energy projects.
  
• Development of alternative energy sources
  
• Control of vehicle emissions
  
• Extension of network of Green Lanes
  
• Waste minimisation encouraged
  
• Sewage treatment
  
• Filters not traffic lights
  
• St Sampson’s protected from further excessive industrial development
  
• I believe that Guernsey is successful because previous generations have been financially responsible.
  

I would like to see:

• Further diversification of the economy
  
• Set-up grants for new businesses.
  
• Sites provided at low cost for new businesses.
  
• The development of Leale’s Yard
  
• The regeneration of the Bridge
  
• Continued inward migration of high net worth individuals
  
• Recognition through the tax system of financial support provided to schools and sports clubs
  
• Continued prudent financial savings in the provision of public services
  
• An end to the view that new charges are actually savings
  
• No introduction of any Goods and Services Tax
  
• A continuation of the policy that there should be no external borrowing unless there is an income stream to support it
  

07911 752716

cjbowker@cwgsy.net