Marsh and Guy Carpenter has announced two $7,500 donations to Friends of Hospice and Family Centre.

Friends of Hospice, a charity that helps to enhance the quality of life for all hospice patients and their families, will use the donation to support its Quality of Life programme, which includes adult daycare at Agape House for members of the community who have serious illnesses.

Family Centre offers prevention and intervention services for families, and works with children who suffer from abuse, neglect and other emotional challenges; the donation will be applied to the Child and Family Counselling programme.

Cathy Belvedere, executive director of Agape House, stated: “Thank you to Marsh and Guy Carpenter for their generous donation to Friends of Hospice.

“Their support of our organisation helps us to offer our adult daycare to people in the community who are sick and often without alternative means of socialising and receiving the important social services that improve their quality of life.”

Martha Dismont, executive director of Family Centre, stated: “Thank you to Marsh and Guy Carpenter for their ongoing support of our organisation. The donation will help to run the Child and Family Counselling programme, which focuses on helping children and parents to heal their relationships. These services are very important in ensuring the long-term success of the children we work with.”

Jill Husbands, country corporate officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Bermuda, and chairman of Marsh’s Bermuda charity committee, stated: “Both Friends of Hospice and Family Centre are important organisations who do valuable work in Bermuda. It is our honour to support these charities and we wish them continued success in their endeavours.”