The Safe Space
Practical Tools and Family Support
Download research-based guides, watch learning videos, & access support. Many resources are free.
The Safe Place is FIPA’s family support centre focused on research-grounded material to help parents, caregivers, young adults and communities.
Resources are practical, accessible, and dignity-preserving.
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What Makes the Safe Place Different
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Grounded in multi-year research and field experience
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Designed for real families, not idealized ones
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Trauma-aware and dignity-preserving
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Practical, structured, and usable
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Suitable for parents, caregivers, teachers, pastors, and community leaders
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Built to support both prevention and recovery
Our approach recognizes that families are complex - and support must be realistic, respectful, and usable.
Our Resources (Books and Real Guides)
Our materials, including the Guides, are not short pamphlets. The illustrated books are substantial, created for people who want depth and clarity. Topics range from child safety to elderly protection. The Guides are not illustrated: they are much shorter than the books, but still full of relevant information.
The Books and the Guides are designed to be revisited - not just read once.
Most of the Resources are Free
We believe that practical help should be accessible - especially in difficult times.
Several of our most requested books and guides are available free.
Want to be a member of Safe Spaces?
Write fipafamily@gmail.com
Our definition of Family can be seen at SPSF History and Research
FIPA Global's Director of Mental Health
Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd, the FIPA Global Secretary (a Director), is a highly accomplished nursing professional with over 20 years of experience that beautifully bridges clinical practice and academia. She spent the major years of her clinical career in psychiatric nursing and nursing leadership, and currently serves as a lecturer at the UWI School of Nursing, Mona, at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Her dedication to both the science and the human side of nursing is truly admirable.
Sheryl is a passionate and tireless advocate for mental health awareness. She has written for the Jamaica Gleaner as a mental health professional and MPhil candidate, using her platform to champion the message that there is no good health without mental health. She has also contributed to international nursing journals, raising the important question of who cares for the caregivers, and highlighting that nurses, in their devotion to patient well-being, must also prioritize their own mental health as part of a holistic approach to self-care.
Beyond her professional and academic achievements, Sheryl carries a warm and inspiring spirit into everything she does. On social media, she regularly shares uplifting reminders encouraging people to embrace their authentic selves, noting that subscribing to someone else's version of you can damage mental health in ways we often don't realize. She is also a proud alumna of St. Jago High School, celebrating its history and legacy with great pride. She truly embodies the spirit of a healer, educator, and community inspiration all in one.