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Plans have been submitted to turn Parade-based offices into medical premises for a free service that provides sexual health support to thousands of young people every year in Jersey.
Brook’s tenancy in Nelson Street, where the free service has been since 1999, was due to end in June 2021 after the building was sold.
The charity, which was established in 1995, provides a free and confidential sexual health service, from providing free contraception to advice on relationships and wellbeing, and STI testing, to young islanders up to the age of 21.
In addition, Brook also delivers personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in secondary schools and youth services.
In 2019 alone, Brook’s clinic was visited over 3,200 times, while over 5,000 young people engaged through its education programme in schools, youth clubs and other settings.
Pictured: The ground floor of Lister House measures 151sqm.
Plans have now gone into to change the use of the ground floor of 35 Lister House at The Parade from Office to ‘Medical and Welfare’ for the use of the charity.
The ground floor, which measures 151sqm, is currently unoccupied and the application will not affect the offices located on the first and second floor.
According to documents submitted as part of the planning application, the site would include three consultation rooms, a waiting area, a reception, a meeting room, toilet facilities as well as a small kitchen area.
If plans are given the green light, the charity will provide clinics five days a week from the premises.
Refurbishment of the site will be partially funded by the £188,992 allocated from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund - a Government funding pot aimed at financing projects that will provide a boost to the economy.
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