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Child and Family Services has been budgeted $15.634 million for 2017-18, down 2 per cent on the previous fiscal year, according to Nandi Outerbridge, the Minister of Social Development and Sport. Mrs Outerbridge began her overview of the department w...

It has been two years since the prospect was raised for Luke Caines, prematurely born and severely disabled, to have a life outside of hospital. Doctors believed that Mr Caines, who is quadriplegic as a result of cerebral palsy, would not even surviv...

The plight of schoolchildren left without proper meals has prompted a helping charity to remind the community of means of assisting families directly. The Coalition for the Protection of Children reported fielding a host of offers for help in the wak...

Bermuda’s overburdened care home system has “collapsed”, leaving many elderly Bermudians “virtually refugees in their own country”, a seniors advocate has claimed. Carol Everson, a welfare caseworker for the Bermuda Legion, called for a drastic over...

When the wrecking ball hit The Haven in 2000, Eugene Stovell and Timothy Sousa felt crushed. The building was once their refuge, Mr Stovell in the 1950s when it was a children’s home, and Mr Sousa in 1981 when it was a home for young mothers and thei...

Staff at three local community centres have had their contracts renewed. The founder and chairwoman of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, Sheelagh Cooper, raised concerns in October after the Bermuda Government cut back its funding for the...

Brothers of Bermuda, a men’s group seeking to grow into a worldwide initiative, was launched this afternoon with a salute to the head boys and deputy head boys at the island’s senior schools. The group, aimed at linking together men to volunteer, men...

The Island has far to go when it comes to the stigma associated with seeking counselling, according to the Women’s Resource Centre. “Speak to somebody, let someone know if there’s anything going on,” said Patrice Frith Hayward, the executive director...

Up to 15 contracted members of staff at the Island’s three community centres could lose their jobs amid fears over cuts to services. A source close to The Centre in Pembroke said staff had been informed verbally by the Bermuda Government that any job...

The number of people relying on financial assistance continues to grow, and the categories of “able-bodied unemployed and earnings-low persons” have more than doubled over the past two to four years. However, seniors and the disabled continue to lead...

Michael Weeks, the Shadow Minister for Community, Culture and Sport, has berated the Bermuda Government for its “across-the-board cuts” to services that struggling families depend on. Mr Weeks described the budget cuts outlined by Patricia Gordon-Pam...

Six working days since the Financial Assistance Anonymous Hotline was set up to report the abuse there have been 15 calls reporting information that was 75 percent “true”. The new hotline was announced by Wayne Scott, the Minister of Community, Cultu...