A new intergenerational centre is coming to Winnipeg’s Linden Ridge neighbourhood, bringing children, older adults and families together at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre campus.<\/p>\n
The governments of Canada and Manitoba, along with the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre, announced support for the Gray Family Centre, a roughly 20,650-square-foot addition planned for 1 Falcon Ridge Dr.<\/p>\n
The centre will include the Faye Vickar Lazer Early Learning Centre, a multi-purpose gathering space for community programming and worship, a grand gallery and a wellness centre.<\/p>\n
The project is designed to create more opportunities for different generations to connect and learn from one another.<\/p>\n
Construction is expected to begin this fall, with completion anticipated by summer 2028.<\/p>\n
Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt said the centre will help create those opportunities within the community.<\/p>\n
152 new child-care spaces<\/p>\n
The Faye Vickar Lazer Early Learning Centre will be operated by the Rady Jewish Community Centre and will add 152 licensed child-care spaces.<\/p>\n
The spaces will serve infants, preschoolers, nursery-aged children and school-aged children. The program will be open to all eligible families.<\/p>\n
The new early learning centre will be part of the broader Gray Family Centre, which is being developed at the existing Simkin Centre campus.<\/p>\n
The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre is a 200-bed personal care home providing resident-focused care and support services connected to Winnipeg’s Jewish community.<\/p>\n
Laurie Cerqueti, CEO of the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre, said bringing children, families and other community members onto the campus will create new opportunities for residents.<\/p>\n
“This is about creating a place where generations can truly become part of one another’s lives,” Cerqueti said.<\/p>\n
She said the interaction can provide residents with opportunities for connection, purpose and joy.<\/p>\n
Funding and construction<\/p>\n
The project is receiving $4.5 million in capital funding from the governments of Canada and Manitoba through the Canada-Manitoba Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.<\/p>\n
The remainder of the project will be funded through philanthropic donations and grants made to the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new intergenerational centre is coming to Winnipeg’s Linden Ridge neighbourhood, bringing children, older adults and families together…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-861761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}