Corporate Social Responsibility

The Board of Trustees of the Charity interviewed a number of applicants for the 2010 award on Monday 23rd August 2010. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, retired High Court Judge Sir Frederick Smith, KA, Q.C. presided over the proceedings.

The 2010 winner was Lorie Neto Yarde of Pegwell, Christ Church. She received her primary and secondary education at Christ Church Girls School and Christ Church Foundation School respectively between 1988 and 2000. She subsequently enrolled at the Barbados Community College after leaving Christ Church Foundation School and was awarded an Associate Degree in Arts (English and History) in 2002. The awardee continued her tertiary level education at the University of the West Indies from September 2002 and gained an Upper Second Class BSc degree in Sociology and Psychology at the end of the 2005/2006 academic year. She then entered the Law Faculty in September 2006 to pursue the LLB programme. She was awarded the Bachelor of Laws degree with Upper Second Class Honours after completing her examinations at the end of the 2009/2010 academic year. The recipient of the scholarship entered the Hugh Wooding Law School in September 2010 to pursue the Legal Education Certificate programme at that institution.

The presentation of the award was made to Lorie Yarde on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 at Dowell House, Bridgetown, by the 2004 Scholarship winner Shontelle Murrell, who is an Associate of the law firm George Walton Payne & Co. Ms. Juan Ifill, the mother of the Scholarship winner and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Trust, retired Permanent Secretary Darwin Goodridge, were present during the short award ceremony.

Twenty-one (21) year old Janet Taylor of No. 23 Parkinson Field, Pinelands, St. Michael was the recipient of the 2012 award by the GWP&Co. Scholarship Trust. The proxime accessit for that year was also twenty-one (21) years old Destinie Simmons of No. 61, 2nd Avenue, Valley View, St. George.

The scholarship winner was a student in the Law Faculty at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies from 2009 to 2012. She satisfied the requirements for the award of the Bachelor of Laws degree with First Class Honours at the end of 2011/12 academic year. Janet Taylor was a past student of Belmont Primary School, Combermere School and the Barbados Community College where she obtained an Associate Degree in Arts (Law and Sociology) with Credit in 2009.

The first runner up was also a student in the Law Faculty at Cave Hill between 2009 and 2012. She was awarded a Bachelors of Law degree with Upper Second Class Honours. Destinie Simmons received her primary education at Charles F. Broomes and is a past student of Harrison College.

The scholarship winner and the proxime accessit enrolled at the Hugh Wooding Law in Trinidad and Tobago from September 2011 where they pursued a two year Legal Education Certificate course at that institution.

The awards for 2012 were presented to the scholarship winner and the first runner up by Attorney-at-Law Shontelle Murrell of the law firm George Walton Payne & Co. She is the firm’s representative on the Board of Trustees of the charity. The Secretary/Treasurer of the Trust retired Permanent Secretary Darwin Goodridge and relatives of the two recipients of the awards, attended the presentation ceremony which was held at Dowell Chambers, Bridgetown on Monday, 27th August 2012.

Twenty-one (21) year old Erica Griffith of 37 Durant Terrace, Christ Church was the 2014 winner of the GWP & Scholarship Trust, which was established in 1998.

The scholarship winner attended the St. Gabriel Primary School, the St. Michael School and Queen’s College where she received her primary and secondary education between 1997 and 2011.

She subsequently enrolled in the Law Faculty of the Cave Hill campus of the University of West Indies in September, 2011 and graduated with First Class Honours in the Bachelor of Laws programme at the end of three (3) academic years in May 2014.

She proceeded to Trinidad and Tobago to pursue the two (2) years legal certificate course at the Hugh Wooding Law School.

Ms. Erica Griffith received the award during a short ceremony at the firm of George Walton Payne & Co. on Friday the 29th day of August, 2014. The award was made by Attorney-at-Law, Mrs. Shontelle N. Murrell-Hinkson, who is an associate of the law firm and one of the Trustees of the Charity.

Witnessing the presentation were Mrs. Carol Griffith, mother of the scholarship winner, Attorney-at- Law, Mr. Khamaal Collymore, as well as the former Chief Education Officer Mr. Ralph Boyce and retired Permanent Secretary, Mr. Darwin Goodridge, who are also two (2) Trustees on the Board of Directors.

The awardee was very active during her school days enjoying extracurricular activities such as track and field and lawn tennis. She was also a youth leader and active participant of St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, where she is still a member.

NAJLA ACHELE ROSONIA KING of Promenade Road, Tudor Bridge, St. Michael was awarded the scholarship by the GWP & Co. Scholarship Trust for the two year period 2016/17 and 2017/18. The applicants for the scholarship were interviewed by the Board of Directors of the Charity at Dowell Chambers, Bridgetown on Friday, 12th August, 2016 under the chairmanship of Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Keith Mayers, Q.C.

The recipient of the award received her education at Ellerslie Secondary School, the Barbados Community College, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute in Malta. She was awarded the following qualifications by the three institutions:-

Barbados Community College:

Associate degree in Arts (English Literature and Law) – July, 2008

University of the West Indies:

Bachelors of Arts – Literatures in English (Major)

Law (Minor) with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) – February, 2013

Bachelor of Laws with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) – July, 2015

IMO International Maritime Law Institute – MALTA:

Master of Laws in International Maritime Law – May, 2016

The scholarship winner was accepted by the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago to pursue the two year legal education certificate course at the institution.

The award was presented to the successful applicant during a short ceremony at Dowell Chambers, Bridgetown on Friday, 26th August, 2016. Attorney-at-Law Mrs. Shontelle Murrell-Hinkson who is a partner of George Walton Payne & Co. as well as the firm’s representative on the Board of Trustees of the Charity, made the presentation to Najla King. Rosemary King, the mother of the scholarship winner, her sister Kyalamboka King-Bruce, Traimaine Taylor the 2015 Scholarship winner and Darwin Goodridge, the Secretary-Treasurer, of the Board of Trustees were present at the award ceremony.

Najla King, who is an environmental enthusiast, was a former head-girl of Ellerslie Secondary School. She is a friend of the Senders in Fisheries team as well as an affiliate member of the Barbados National Union of Fisherfolks Organisations.

The winner of the award by the GWP & Co. Scholarship Trust for the two-year period 2018/19 and 2019/20, was twenty-one year old SHADDIAH HINDS of Barnwell Gap, Rock Hall, St. Thomas. The successful applicant was educated at Hillaby-Turners Hall Primary School, Queens College and the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies. She enrolled in the law faculty at Cave Jill in 2015 and graduated with First Class Honours at the end of three years of study.

The scholarship winner was an active participant in extra-curricular activities from primary school through to University. She was also a Sunday school teacher at Revival Faith Centre which she attended at Dunscombe in St. Thomas.

Shaddiah Hinds enrolled in the two-year Legal Education Certificate programme at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago which is a requirement for her to practise as an Attorney-at-Law. The scholarship award included an internship with the law firm George Walton Payne & Co., at the end of her first year in the twin island republic. SHADDIAH had the opportunity to gain valuable guidance from the senior members of the company’s staff before embarking on the final year of her studies at the Hugh Wooding Law School.

The award was presented to the scholarship winner during a short ceremony at Dowell Chambers, Bridgetown on Thursday 30th August, 2018 by Attorney-at-Law Ms. Jewel Barrow who is a member of the company’s staff. Witnessing the presentation were her mother Sheldine Hinds, her 6 year old brother Shadarri Hinds-Hewitt, two former scholarship winners Traimaine Taylor and Kavíar Callendar as well as Darwin Goodridge, the Secretary/Treasurer of the Scholarship Trust.