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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...

A senior social worker yesterday denied that she punched teenager in her care. Kennette Robinson, the assistant director of the Department of Child and Family Services, told Magistrates’ Court that she had pushed the teenager after the girl “lunged” ...

Dear Sir, I am a Bermudian citizen living in the United States. Last November, I decided to apply for a social insurance number and filled out paperwork with attached information proving that I am still a Bermudian citizen (birth certificate, Bermuda...

A pioneering project to end “period poverty” for women and girls was launched yesterday as part of International Women’s Day. Tylasha DeSilva, a student at Bermuda College, unveiled the We BLead Bermuda project to give feminine hygiene products to wo...

This month has been declared Social Work Month by the social development and seniors minister. Tinee Furbert said she had been “honoured” to carry out the virtual launch of the celebration of the profession. This year's theme is "Social Workers Are E...

More than half a million dollars will be dedicated to support those who age out of child care, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors announced yesterday. The allocation was one of several funds listed by Tinée Furbert, the social development...