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A former community support worker and nursing aide has been appointed to run a home for women and their children. Edonna Bean will be the executive director of the soon-to-open Transformational Living Centre for Families. Ms Bean said she was “delig...

Details of the new Children’s Commission’s powers will be made public in the next month, the Government said yesterday. Tinee Furbert, the Social Development and Seniors Minister, promised that the “flagship” policy to replace the Child Care Place...

A charity for the blind’s headquarters has been hit by raiders four times in less than two weeks. Patrick Caton of Vision Bermuda said that construction equipment and building materials were stolen from the charity’s Cedar Avenue headquarters, which...

A children’s charity took to the streets yesterday morning as the group prepared to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Members of the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton greeted the public with a banner at the Crow Lane roundabout as commuters made their way into ...

The organisers of an annual back-to-school uniform campaign yesterday appealed to the public for $64,000 by the end of the week. Organisers of the Each One Reach One Campaign, which helps families in need get school supplies for children returning to...

A lounge has been created for teenagers looking for help with school or time away from home. The Teen Lounge, created by the Coalition for the Protection of Children, is offering a space for youngsters to study, seek counselling or help build friends...

Charities have been accused of “approaching their work backwards” – by finding a solution, and then looking for a problem to solve, a study has claimed. The report warned: “Too many third sector self-improvement efforts approach their work backwards...

The island’s foster parents were given free meals today to mark the work they do to help children. Staff from the Department of Child and Family Services handed out meals to about 80 foster parents as part of Foster Care Month celebrations. Selena ...

A substantial donation has brought a new shelter for homeless women and their children closer to the finish line. Aspen, an insurance and reinsurance firm, gave $25,000 to Habitat for Humanity Bermuda earlier this month to help create its Transformat...

A family that runs a thrift store that sells upmarket goods at affordable prices will celebrate the store’s first anniversary this weekend. Rossini Lawrence and Gina Thomas, the husband and wife team who started the Hidden Treasures Thrift Boutique i...

A new executive director will take the helm at the Women's Resource Centre this weekend. Tina Laws will take over from Elaine Butterfield at the women’s rights and advocacy charity in Hamilton on Saturday. Ms Laws said: “I am encouraged and confident...

Bermuda’s homeless population will be sheltered during the stay-at-home period with the help of the Government, the Ministry of Social Development and Seniors pledged today. Tinee Furbert said that supplies, including personal protective equipment an...