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Family Centre To Host Blind Wine Tasting
Family Centre’s upcoming Blind Wine Tasting event will take place on Friday, April 27th at 6:30pm at the Bermuda Aquarium & Zoo in the main Aquarium Hall. A spokesperson said, “For over 25 years, Family Centre has been strengthening families in crisis and helping to break the negative cycles of abuse and neglect that plague so many Bermuda... Read more of this article
Family Centre To Move Into Sunshine League
Family Centre is this week preparing for the biggest move in their 27-year history to the Sunshine League House that was gifted to the charity by the former Board of the Sunshine League Home in April 2017. Executive Director, Martha Dismont explained: “With the appropriate approvals in hand we are planning to move to our new home before March 1st.... Read more of this article
Argus Donates $15,000 To Family Centre
The Argus Group has made a donation of $15,000 to the Family Centre, helping to fund its Zone Based Counselling programme. As part of Family Centre’s Counselling Services, the Zone Based Counselling programme aims to help families build better coping skills that will help sustain stability, break negative cycles of neglect, abuse and emotional issues... Read more of this article
Dr. Kenneth Hardy To Speak On Race & Trauma
Dr. Kenneth Hardy, family clinician, will be once again visiting the island from October 22 to October 27, hosted by Family Centre to provide training to the Department of Education school staff and the Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families members on “Unmasking Trauma”. A spokesperson said, “Dr. Hardy will also provide part two... Read more of this article
Family Centre Hosts Free Children’s Golf Clinic
This week Family Centre hosted its ninth annual free Children’s Golf Clinic, sponsored by Tokio Millennium Re, at Turtle Hill Golf Course at the Fairmont Southampton. A spokesperson said, “Roughly 50 young people between 5 and 16 years of age attended with their families and received instruction from the Turtle Hill golfing professionals, who... Read more of this article
Family Centre Kids Golf Clinic On October 18
Family Centre will host their 9th annual Children’s Golf Clinic and Dinner again on Wednesday evening October 18th at the Turtle Hill Golf Course at the Fairmont Southampton. Up to 80 young people between 5 -16 years are invited to have private instruction from the Turtle Hill golfing professionals on the putting green and the driving range for a... Read more of this article
Stedman Graham To Speak At Upcoming Events
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute’s [BUEI] and Family Centre is getting set to present “Stedman Graham: His Story” on Thursday, September 7th, beginning at 7.30pm at BUEI Auditorium. A spokesperson said, “A host of events is planned around the visit of Stedman Graham, Chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates and life-long... Read more of this article
Family Centre Set To Host Annual Beach Bash
Family Centre’s annual Beach Bash will take place this year on Friday, September 8 at 7.00pm at the Fairmont Southampton Ocean Club beach and seats are now on sale. “This one of a kind fundraiser brings the community together for a unique entertainment experience, while keeping the sole focus and purpose of the event in support of Bermuda’s... Read more of this article
Family Centre Outlines Community Commitment
Family Centre has “committed itself to working with our at-risk children, their families, and our community,” with Executive Director Martha Dismont saying that “as we, through our services, prepare families and children to participate in our society in a more healthy and productive manner, we hope that we will have a society worthy... Read more of this article
Premier & Cup Match Captains Get ‘Pinned’
In advance of the much anticipated Cup Match holiday, Family Centre’s Executive Director Martha Dismont pinned their Cup Match Tag Day ribbons on Premier David Burt and Cup Match cricket team captains at the Cabinet Office this morning. Whether it was a coincidence or deliberate is unclear, however both Ms Dismont and the Premier were wearing Somerset... Read more of this article
Family Centre Set To Host Beach Bash
The annual Family Centre Beach Bash will be held on Friday, September 8 from 7.00pm to midnight at the Fairmont Southampton Ocean Club Beach. A spokesperson said, “Family Centre’s Annual Beach Bash event is set for September 8th at 7pm at the Fairmont Southampton Ocean Club Beach and this year is a white party theme. Who says you can’t wear white... Read more of this article
Family Centre Congratulates PLP On Win
Family Centre is congratulating the Progressive Labour Party on its recent election win, saying “it is heartening to see the emphasis in the PLP platform on strengthening our social fiber.” Martha Dismont, Executive Director of Family Centre, said, “On behalf of Family Centre, I want to congratulate the Progressive Labour Party for its’... Read more of this article
Family Centre’s Annual Cup Match Tag Day
Family Centre’s annual Cup Match campaign, with title sponsor Clarien Bank, is presently underway, raising funds during the month of July to support Bermuda’s families. Michael DeCouto of Clarien Bank said, “Clarien is proud to continue its long-standing support of the Family Centre’s Cup Match Tag Day event. This is the 16th year that Clarien... Read more of this article
‘Genuine Concern Was Appreciated By All’
“Our sincerest condolences are extended to the Crockwell family on the passing of MP Shawn Crockwell.” commented Martha Dismont, Executive Director of Family Centre, adding that she personally met with Mr. Crockwell on numerous occasions, and he was “genuinely concerned about the issues that we discussed.” “Our hearts are extended... Read more of this article
Sunshine League To Close, Give House To FC
Local charity Sunshine League will close, and the house will be conveyed to the Family Centre, Chairperson Annemarie Tobin said today, saying that the “shared values and complementary mission statements of the Family Centre and the Sunshine League will ensure Sunshine League House continues to be a place for providing care and support to the at... Read more of this article
Family Centre Set To Host ‘Cycle 4 Change’
On Sunday, March 5, Family Centre will once again host their annual Cycle 4 Change event, with over 150 cyclists to take part on the Rail Trail. The Elite Ride begins at 9.45am in Dockyard and races to Ferry Reach along a route designed specifically for more experienced cyclists to provide a challenging course down the Trail and across private properties. The... Read more of this article
