Calabar Primary Hosts Kingston's First Parent Place Parenting Support Centre

Kingston now has its first dedicated Parent Place, launched at Calabar Primary and Infant School as the opening site in a seven-centre rollout planned islandwide.

The 266-square-foot facility was officially opened last Friday. It houses three computer workstations, a reception area, spaces for counselling and general meetings, and a play area for children.

Run by the National Parenting Support Commission under the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, the centre will act as a focal point for parenting support across Kingston and St Andrew. Families can access literacy intervention, parenting education, psychosocial support, counselling, and skills-building programmes delivered with the HEART/NSTA Trust.

NPSC Chief Executive Officer Kaysia Kerr said the centre was set up with $10 million from the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office through the Violence Prevention Partnership Programme. The Victoria Mutual Foundation contributed a further $2.5 million toward Parent Place kits.