Tag: Sunrise Adult Training Centre
Brac centre for adults with additional needs to open
(CNS): A facility to support adults with additional needs on Cayman Brac, which has been needed for many years, will open its doors on 16 September. Offering a similar service to the Sunrise Adult Training Centre on Grand Cayman, the Cayman Brac Adult Training Centre (CBATC) aims to enhance the skills, independence and overall well-being […]
Bus donated anonymously to Sunrise Centre
CNS: A generous anonymous donor has purchased a wheelchair-accessible minibus, worth an estimated CI$85,000, for the Sunrise Adult Training Centre (SATC). Sunrise provides comprehensive support and training for adults with diverse abilities, and the Ministry of Social Development said in a release that the bus “will significantly enhance the centre’s ability to serve its clients […]
New body to advise police on sensitive issues
(CNS): Police management has hosted the first meeting with a newly formed Independent Advisory Group, which was established by the RCIPS to complement existing community engagement, focused on sensitive areas of policing. The RCIPS said the new body, comprising representatives of segments of society dealing with violence against women and girls, child protection and hate […]
Sunrise Centre to offer more places at new GT location
(CNS): The Sunrise Adult Training Centre has been relocated to Eden House in George Town as an interim move ahead of plans to build a new bespoke facility. At the official opening on Wednesday evening, Social Development Minister André Ebanks said that the central location would enable the facility to offer places to more clients […]
Consultants to cost new Sunrise Centre
(CNS): The education ministry has awarded a contract to Rider Levett Bucknall to come up with an outline business case (OBC) for the new Sunrise Adult Training Centre (SRC). Officials said the consultants will review the cost of possible options to develop a new and expanded facility in a more central location that can offer […]
Officials begin long road to new disability centre
(CNS): Following Cabinet’s approval of the case to build a new training facility for adults with disabilities to replace the Sunrise Centre facility, a steering committee has been formed to begin the long process towards making it a reality. Education Minister Tara Rivers said there was a need for a new purpose-built facility because the […]
SEN veteran teacher takes up policy post
(CNS): Shari Smith has been appointed as the new Senior Policy Manager and Advisor for Inclusion in the ministry of education after more than 20 years as an educator in the special needs field. Starting at the Lighthouse School as a teacher, she was deputy principal and then principal at the school. Most recently she was […]
