Hashtag: #GovtCashBack
List: Payments From Confiscated Asset Fund
A list of payments from confiscated asset fund was provided by National Security Minister Wayne Caines in the House of Assembly on Friday [Sept 22]. The list includes $3,522,350 to ‘Government departments’, $212,366 in ‘court-ordered legal fees and other fees,’ and $667,800 to ‘local beneficiaries’ for a total of... Read more of this article
Minister: Moratorium On ‘Cash Back’ Grants
[Updated with video] There will be a moratorium on the ‘Cash Back for Communities’ grants as the “Confiscated Assets Fund was substantially depleted prior to my taking office and insufficient funds remain to do so,” Minister of National Security Wayne Caines said in the House of Assembly today [Sept 15]. The grants, known as... Read more of this article
SCC Receives $15K From Cash Back Program
Yesterday [June 5], the Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron presented a $15,000 Cash Back for Communities donation to Somerset Cricket Club [SCC]. The Cash Back programme is made possible through disbursements from the Confiscated Assets, whereby the proceeds of crime are provided to community organisations. Minister Baron made yesterday’s... Read more of this article
BNAA Receive $25,000 ‘Cash Back’ Grant
Bermuda’s Carifta Team will be representing the Island this weekend in Curacao, and in advance of their departure, Minister of National Security Jeff Baron and Minister of Social Development & Sports, Nandi Outerbridge presented the Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] with $25,000, with the funds part of the Cash Back for Communities... Read more of this article
Cash Back Program Gives $15,000 To Pathways
Earlier today [Feb 8], the Minister of National Security Jeff Baron presented the latest Cash Back for Communities recipient, Pathways Bermuda, with a cheque for $15,000. Minister Baron made today’s presentation to Pathways’ Executive Director, Gita Blakeney Saltus. She was joined by the organization’s Clinical Director Roger Trott and Recovery... Read more of this article
Women’s Resource Centre Receives $15,000
The Women’s Resource Centre [WRC] serves “an important role in the Island’s community – it’s a safe refuge, leading resource and prominent and supportive voice for women in Bermuda,” the Government said, adding that “for these and other reasons, the WRC was chosen as the latest recipient of a Cash Back for Communities donation... Read more of this article
WindReach Receive $10K In Cash Back Program
WindReach was the latest Cash Back for Communities recipient, when the Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron presented $10,000 to the charity on Friday. Minister Baron said, “I had the privilege of spending some time at WindReach recently to see the critical and specialised services they provide for some very incredible young people in our... Read more of this article
Cash Back Programme: Raleigh Receive $15K
Recently, the Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron presented a cheque for $15,000 to Raleigh Bermuda as part of the Government’s Cash Back for Communities programme. “The public will be aware that the Cash Back programme is made possible through disbursements from the Confiscated Assets whereby the proceeds of crime are provided to community... Read more of this article
Cash Back Program Gives $40K To StreetSafe
Yesterday [Sept 12] afternoon, Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron presented a cheque for $40,000 to Team StreetSafe as part of the Cash Back for Communities programme. Team StreetSafe provides direct intervention with those young people involved in the gang lifestyle and anti social behaviour, connecting them with services including education,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Sanshou Association Receive $10,000
The Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron recently presented a cheque worth $10,000 to the Bermuda Sanshou Association as part of the Cash Back for Communities programme. A spokesperson said, “Cash Back is made possible through the Confiscated Assets or proceeds of crime initiative, where seized funds are given back to worthy organisations... Read more of this article
Column: Giving Back To The Community
[Written by Senator Georgia Marshall, Senate Spokeswoman for Justice ] It’s becoming a fixture on the Bermuda scene in early summer – cheques being handed out to community groups in the Cash Back for Communities programme. This year, the new Minister of National Security, Senator Jeff Baron, did the honours in a short ceremony. Cash Back is a way... Read more of this article
Video: Cash Back Programme Provides $140,000
As part of the Cash Back for Communities initiative, the Minister of National Security Jeffrey Baron presented $140,000 in funds to nine local organizations that are doing good works in the community. The Cash Back for Communities initiative takes the proceeds of crime, seized by law enforcement, and converts that cash into grants to community organizations. The... Read more of this article
Five Organisations Receive ‘Cash Back’ Cheques
As part of the Cash Back for Communities initiative, Premier Michael Dunkley presented cheques to five local charity and community organisations today [Nov 10], with the Lorraine Rest Home, St. George’s Cricket Club, Chain Reaction, Dare2B, a and Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence home all receiving cheques. The Cash Back for Communities programme... Read more of this article
Cash Back: $90,000 Presented To Five Charities
[Updated with video] This afternoon [Sept 15], Premier Michael Dunkley and Community, Culture and Sports Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin presented $90,000 to five charitable organisations focused on Bermuda’s youth, as part of the Ministry of National Security’s Cash Back for Communities initiative. The Cash Back for Communities programme... Read more of this article
Sen. Woolridge: Cash Back For Communities
[Opinion column written by Senator Lynne Woolridge, One Bermuda Alliance Chairman] November so far seems to have been a busy month for the news media, so one story that I hoped would be given prominence threatens to fade into relative obscurity. I’m therefore using this medium to draw people’s attention to it once again. I am talking of the Cash... Read more of this article
$214,000 Donated In ‘Cash Back Programme’
Earlier today [Nov 6] Premier Michael Dunkley presented $214,000 to five local social and sporting organisations as part of the Government’s Cash Back For Communities initiative, where confiscated assets are redistributed to charitable and community organisations. The Premier was joined at today’s event by Minister Wayne Scott, Minister of Community,... Read more of this article
