will not be a United Bermuda Party candidate for the House of Assembly in the next election.

But Sen. Trimm, an adopted candidate for Pembroke East Central who steps down from her post on April 30, said yesterday she remains a supporter of the UBP and backs the Government.

She said yesterday she resigned her upper house seat in order to pursue her career as a full-time itinerant preacher in her church and she also expects to start a degree in public administration shortly.

The 33-year-old Senator, who announced her resignation on Friday, said she expected to leave the Island within the next two months to become a full-time preacher for the New Testament Church of God.

She says she would like to return to Bermuda qualified to give motivational speeches to the young and to set up programmes for them after receiving an advanced degree in public administration.

She also called on Government and the public to recognise the positive achievements of young Bermudians, rather than focusing on the negative aspects and the minority who were nuisances or in trouble.

"What is not recorded is the number of kids who do not get in trouble,'' she said. "We need to put more attention on the positive aspects of youth.

"The majority of youth are not on drugs and do not end up in Magistrates' Court.'' Sen. Trimm said she remains a supporter of the UBP and hoped to return to politics in the future, adding she found politics "exhilarating, eye-opening and challenging''.

"I have a heightened awareness of the need for Bermudians to get involved in the whole electoral scene in order for people to get individuals who will represent them,'' she said.

"I also have a better appreciation of the type of challenges Bermuda is facing as it gets set for the 21st century in a world which is changing fast, with economies collapsing and great countries collapsing politically.

"I have also seen there are politicians who have the best interests of the public at heart and while I am not saying they are perfect people, politician need not be a dirty word.

"I would hope constituents would work with politicians and call them about problems and programmes Government is planning and suggest solutions to problems, especially with drugs and education at the forefront.'' She named Education Minister the Hon. Gerald Simons and Premier the Hon.Sir John Swan as two of the most accessible politicians in Bermuda and said they were open to suggestions.

And she said she had no disappointments from her brief spell in the Senate.

"The structure of the Senate is very good,'' she said. "I do not mind the cut and thrust of debate although I was in total support of the chair's ruling (barring unsubstantiated claims against individuals.

"Especially with a listening audience, it is important to maintain the proper deportment,'' she said.