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Anglican Church Receives SCARS Training

The charity SCARS [Saving Children And Revealing Secrets], has announced that the Anglican Church of Bermuda has become the island’s first church to ensure its representatives in each parish are certified to prevent, recognise, and respond appropriately to child sexual abuse. SCARS provided the Darkness to Light ‘Steward of Children’... Read more of this article

Berkeley Staff Receive Abuse Prevention Training

SCARS Bermuda has announced that The Berkeley Institute has become the first high school in Bermuda to put all of its teachers through SCARS training. Completion of the ‘Stewards of Children’ workshop delivered by SCARS means that the 90 plus teachers at the school are now certified in recognising, preventing and responding appropriately... Read more of this article

Governor & Wife Both Complete SCARS Training

Governor George Fergusson, together with his wife Margaret, are now certified ‘Stewards of Children’ having successfully completed the SCARS Bermuda’s three-hour workshop. The training delivered by SCARS is designed to educate adults on how to recognise, prevent and react responsibility to child sexual abuse. The Darkness to Light... Read more of this article

Sexual Abuse Survivor To Speak In Bermuda

Saving Children And Revealing Secrets [SCARS] and Centre Against Abuse [CAA] will be partnering to host an event celebrating Peace Day on Friday, September 20th at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. The guest speaker for the event will be Johnnetta McSwain-Clay. She will be talking about her childhood trauma which involved repeated sexual molestation and... Read more of this article

SCARS Training Sessions For Local Officials

SCARS [Saving Children And Revealing Secrets], Bermuda’s first charity specifically aimed at tackling child sexual abuse, held two special “Darkness to Light Stewards of Children” sessions at Argus on Saturday [July 13] for various members of the Government, including the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Chief Justice, Senior Crowne Counsel,... Read more of this article

Debi Ray-Rivers Wins Community Service Award

Bermuda CableVision this morning [July 11] awarded Debi Ray-Rivers with the latest Bermuda CableVision Community Service Award for successfully campaigning to launch SCARS [Saving Children And Revealing Secrets], Bermuda’s first charity specifically aimed at tackling child sexual abuse, and the positive effects that the charity has since achieved.... Read more of this article