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Two donors have pledged a total of $75,000 to transform a former rest home into a life-changing centre for homeless families since an appeal was launched last month. The leaders of Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda and the Women’s Resource Centre said ...

A woman who spent more than a decade working with New York’s underprivileged is the new head of a Bermuda charity that provides food for the disadvantaged. April Augustus, the executive director of the Eliza DoLittle Society, said the queues she saw ...

The island “desperately needs a multi-purpose facility” to shelter its homeless, government backbencher Michael Weeks implored the House of Assembly. Mr Weeks called upon MPs on both sides of the House “with as much passion as I can muster” to put th...

A middle-aged man sleeping rough at an empty office building has a worse life than “a stray dog”, a Good Samaritan who keeps an eye on his welfare has said. Deborah Smith, a retired government employee, added that Patrick Henderson, 58, a former fost...

Former foster children are at greater risk of becoming homeless once they strike out on their own, a community activist warned yesterday. Gina Spence said that many homeless young people had been forced to leave their foster homes after they became a...

A $1.3 million drive will be launched to provide a life-changing facility for homeless families, and everyone on the island was asked to get involved. It was hoped schools, community groups, businesses and builders would be among those to back the ca...

Charity leaders believe they have found a property that could house “invisible” homeless families, it was revealed yesterday. Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda and the Women’s Resource Centre said their project would also provide mothers with support a...

A woman who has been giving blankets and pillows to the homeless said she will continue despite negative feedback. Lakeisha Burt, from Warwick, launched a project to help the needy after seeing her godmother with items she did not need about a month ...

Bermuda needs a modern shelter for the homeless, a business and community activist has said. Leon O’Brien added the Salvation Army emergency accommodation centre on Marsh Lane, Pembroke, was no longer fit for use. Mr O’Brien said: “If there is a mini...

A man found dead on a Devonshire road was named yesterday as 56-year-old Wilburt Spencer. Police said it was thought Mr Spencer had been living rough in trees on Corkscrew Hill, where his body was discovered on Monday at 1pm. He was pronounced dead a...

Ronald Butterfield did not have an easy childhood. His parents were alcoholics. At a young age he was out on the streets, living on his own. He stayed away from school worried that he would be judged because he was poor. As a result he was 41 before ...

A day after being ordered out of their Princess Street home, the Swan family last night insisted they had done their best to pay back their rent arrears to the Bermuda Housing Corporation. The family were speaking after Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch...