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A reinsurance firm has donated $45,000 to help pay for Covid-19 tests in schools. PartnerRe said the donation towards lateral antigen testing was designed to help pupils get back to their classrooms. A spokesman said: “PartnerRe is committed to suppo...

A charity for the disabled has been given a green energy boost. Aeolus Capital Management and solar energy firm BE Solar joined forces to carry out the work at WindReach, an outdoor centre for the disabled in Warwick Tina Nash, the executive director...

A veteran therapy pony at a charity for the disabled has died after almost a quarter of a century helping others. Tilly, a miniature pony, died last Wednesday at Warwick-based outdoor activities centre WindReach. A spokeswoman for WindReach said that...

A group set up to preserve a historic North Hamilton home has appealed to the Government to lease it the property at a peppercorn rent. Duncan Simons, an architect, hoped the lease would give the group time to raise funds and buy Wantley on Princess ...

A charity leader yesterday questioned the Government’s Throne Speech announcement that it would help the third sector get loans. Major Rob Kerr, The Salvation Army’s divisional commander for Bermuda, said his understanding was that the plan would be ...

Young people involved in an adventure training charity have been featured in digital artworks as part of a project designed to battle negative stereotypes of Black people. Dany Pen, the executive director of Raleigh Bermuda, said the art project, par...

A website has been launched to provide information about a soon-to-open home for mothers and their children. The Transformational Living Centre for Families is expected to welcome its first residents by Christmas. A spokeswoman said that its website,...

The aged Pembroke Rest Home building on Parsons Road had sat empty for 12 years. Its floors and ceilings were falling in and the wiring and plumbing needed a complete overhaul. Edward Fox, a civil service engineer, who sits on the board of Habitat f...

Lady Eileen Sharpe was devoted to improving educational opportunities. Sir John Swan, a former premier, said she was “one of the stalwart credits to Bermuda”. “One of her fundamental mandates in life was to help people to get educated,” Sir John adde...

The St George’s Rotary Club has given $20,000 to charities across the island. Ihab Azab, the club’s immediate past president, said the club was aware of the challenges faced by charities over the past year. He said the club’s members had worked dilig...

A charitable club has made cash donations to three nursing homes as part of its public service work. Marlene Christopher, the first vice-president and past president of Hamilton Lions Club, said Lions Club International had a tradition of using a day...

A campaign to deliver breakfasts to children in their homes was a “great success”, the charity that ran the event said yesterday. The Coalition for the Protection of Children said its first National Breakfast Day campaign on Monday delivered about 20...