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Charity hosts furniture sale after storefront closure

November 6, 2024​

 

Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda will host a one-day blowout sale this weekend after the closure of ReStore on Front Street.

The sale is set to take place at the old Cottage Hospital and former prison service headquarters, a listed building on Happy Valley Road in Pembroke, next to Belvin’s Variety.

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Habitat chairwoman clarifies ReStore move

October 22, 2024

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A charity that helps to renovate homes to make them habitable has moved to quash rumours that it was evicted from a premises where goods were sold to raise operating funds.

Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda said its ReStore was vacating the site on Front Street after deciding against carrying out necessary building repairs.

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Royal Gazette Special Supplement

August 16, 2024

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The Royal Gazette featured a two page supplement in the newspaper highlighting the work done by Habitat for Humanity Bermuda on the St. James Rectory Project. The supplement features the companies and people who made this important project possible. Habitat would like to thank the advertisers for making this supplement possible.​

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Charity shop goes online only during two-month renovation

July 20, 2024

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The charity shop Habitat ReStore is to operate online only for two months while its Front Street location undergoes renovations.

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All business will be done via www.habitat.bm, where items such as furniture, home goods and art will be available for purchase.

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Residential treatment centre project completed

June 5, 2024

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The renovation and conversion of St James Rectory into a transformational living centre has been completed.

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Working together with the Anglican Church and the Bermuda Hospitals Board, Habitat for Humanity has transformed the derelict Somerset facility into a state-of-the-art centre.

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The purpose-designed facility and enhanced programmes will provide treatment for psychiatric patients and contribute to the ultimate closure of the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.

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Coverage of opening of St. James Rectory Treatment Center

June 4, 2024

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The renovation and conversion of St James Rectory into a Residential Treatment Centre has been completed. Bermuda Broadcasting did coverage of the completion with a tour of the new facility. To see the video clip of the news piece please click here.
 

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Cooper: need of ‘hidden homeless’ for affordable shelter

May 9, 2024

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Mothers with children, who make up the majority of Bermuda’s “hidden homeless”, need to be prioritised for the affordable housing options under development, a social activist told The Royal Gazette.

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Sheelagh Cooper warned that “far too many children” fall into this category of the unsheltered population.

She highlighted the loss of accommodation to holiday rentals even as stakeholders tackling homelessness restore buildings, particularly small homes, to provide affordable shelter.

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Habitat to hold fundraiser ball

April 20, 2024

 

Habitat for Humanity Bermuda will be hosting a fundraising gala with a casino theme next month. Vegas in Venice, a Venetian masquerade ball, will be held on Saturday, May 18, at Pier 6.The charity, which provides accommodation for families in need, held a similar event last year.

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Ark crew gets painting at former rectory project

March 24, 2024

 

A group of underwriters from Ark Bermuda picked up paintbrushes to help turn a former church rectory in Sandys into a residential-treatment centre.

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The team took part in a project that will result in the transformation of the old St James’s Church rectory — Bridge House — into a facility for community-based housing, programmes and support for people with mental-health challenges.

 

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Fidelis MGU staff help at former rectory project

March 6, 2024

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More than 30 members of staff from Fidelis MGU recently lent hands-on support to turn a former church rectory in Sandys into a residential treatment centre.

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As the project reaches its final stages, the volunteers sanded walls and woodwork in preparation for painting.

The old St James’s Church rectory — Bridge House — is to be repurposed as a facility for community-based housing, programmes and support for people with mental-health challenges.

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Reinsurance staff roll up sleeves for renovation project

January 20, 2024

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An “energetic” team from a reinsurance company lent helping hands to a project that will turn a former church rectory in Sandys into a residential treatment centre.

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Employees of Talcott Re were involved in sanding and refinishing wooden doors, window frames and railings at the listed building.

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The old St James’s Church rectory — Bridge House — is to be repurposed as a facility for community-based housing, programmes and support for people with mental-health challenges.

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