Centre Against Abuse works with clients to determine their best options for safety outside of their home, and assists with guiding them through the process.
Providing survivors and their children opportunities to start new lives in the community.
- A domestic abuse murder in 1878 was the catalyst for the establishment of the Bermuda Police Force in 1879
- Prior to gang violence, domestic abuse killings were the number one cause of murders in Bermuda
- Over the past 40 years approximately 35 people have been killed in domestic abuse related incidences in Bermuda
- Approximately 7000 women are affected by domestic abuse annually in Bermuda
- Sexual assault in Bermuda has no statutes of limitation for making a criminal complaint
- Sexual assault happens most often in intimate partner abuse relationships
- Centre Against Abuse assists 150 clients on average annually