Welcome back to MSF’s #MustShareFridays! 🥳 It has been an exciting week with many 🆕 updates.
What’s on this week:
🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️Supporting our ex-offenders
On Wednesday, volunteers from the Prison Fellowship Singapore gathered to celebrate 66 years of prison ministry. Throughout these 66 years, they have worked to rehabilitate ex-offenders and support their families.
#SGCares #SGtogether ❤️🇸🇬
👶🏻🏡 Preschool Subsidies
Previously, we’ve shared about the preschool subsidies, and the infographic below gives an overview of how the enhancements available can help you through your Marriage and Parenthood journey! 💞👨👩👧👦
🏆📑 MSFCares
Also read our MSFCares Issue 9! We feature the Enabling Employers Awards organised by SG Enable and the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).
👉🏼Minister Desmond Lee will be sharing more on the preschool subsidies on Channel 5 News 5 tonight, at 9pm. 📺 Don’t forget to tune in!
What’s on this week:
🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️Supporting our ex-offenders
On Wednesday, volunteers from the Prison Fellowship Singapore gathered to celebrate 66 years of prison ministry. Throughout these 66 years, they have worked to rehabilitate ex-offenders and support their families.
#SGCares #SGtogether ❤️🇸🇬
👶🏻🏡 Preschool Subsidies
Previously, we’ve shared about the preschool subsidies, and the infographic below gives an overview of how the enhancements available can help you through your Marriage and Parenthood journey! 💞👨👩👧👦
🏆📑 MSFCares
Also read our MSFCares Issue 9! We feature the Enabling Employers Awards organised by SG Enable and the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).
👉🏼Minister Desmond Lee will be sharing more on the preschool subsidies on Channel 5 News 5 tonight, at 9pm. 📺 Don’t forget to tune in!
In case you missed it, you can still catch Minister Desmond Lee’s interview with Otelli Edwards on News 5 here (11:20 - 18:25):
📺 https://video.toggle.sg/en/video/tv-show/news/aug-2019-news-5/fri-30-aug-2019/828706
📺 https://video.toggle.sg/en/video/tv-show/news/aug-2019-news-5/fri-30-aug-2019/828706
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👩🏻💼Siau Choon, 👨🏻Bernard and
🧔🏻Shawn are unlikely colleagues at Firmenich Asia, a multinational fragrances company 🏢- watch the video to find out why!
Both Bernard and Shawn are visually impaired, and are amongst the 6 out of 26 candidates who were selected as sensory panellists👃🏼at Firmenich Asia.
With small yet thoughtful adjustments to the workplace, inclusive hiring is not as difficult as some of us imagine it to be - and can actually result in beautiful friendships! 👬👫
👉🏼 More info about inclusive hiring at employment.sgenable.sg
👉🏼 Watch their story here:
https://youtu.be/pIQsRs7sMPE
🧔🏻Shawn are unlikely colleagues at Firmenich Asia, a multinational fragrances company 🏢- watch the video to find out why!
Both Bernard and Shawn are visually impaired, and are amongst the 6 out of 26 candidates who were selected as sensory panellists👃🏼at Firmenich Asia.
With small yet thoughtful adjustments to the workplace, inclusive hiring is not as difficult as some of us imagine it to be - and can actually result in beautiful friendships! 👬👫
👉🏼 More info about inclusive hiring at employment.sgenable.sg
👉🏼 Watch their story here:
https://youtu.be/pIQsRs7sMPE
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Blinded At 47 - Then Came An Unusual Job Offer
Overnight, Bernard Chew discovered what was like to be blind. Then 47, he'd been a drama teacher, triathlete, national dragon boater - when his retinas came detached, and his world went completely dark.
Struggling at first with suicidal depression, he fought…
Struggling at first with suicidal depression, he fought…
Happy midweek everyone!
Start your morning 🌞 and daily commute 🚇 tomorrow by tuning in to CNA938 at 8:15am-9:00am for Minister Desmond Lee’s interview.
He will share more about the recent NDR announcements - preschool subsidies, KidSTART, and more!
Start your morning 🌞 and daily commute 🚇 tomorrow by tuning in to CNA938 at 8:15am-9:00am for Minister Desmond Lee’s interview.
He will share more about the recent NDR announcements - preschool subsidies, KidSTART, and more!
📝 The Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA) Bill was passed in parliament today.
Here are the key amendments to note.
Here are the key amendments to note.
👧🏻👦🏻 Children grow up best in a nurturing environment.
To engage the community in raising awareness of foster care, MSF has appointed Muhammadiyah Association as the fifth Fostering Agency. 👨👩👧👦
👉🏼 Find out more here:
http://bit.ly/2kt26N2
To engage the community in raising awareness of foster care, MSF has appointed Muhammadiyah Association as the fifth Fostering Agency. 👨👩👧👦
👉🏼 Find out more here:
http://bit.ly/2kt26N2
www.msf.gov.sg
Fifth Fostering Agency Appointed To Grow Foster Care | Ministry of Social and Family Development
This is the official website of the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) Singapore.
TGIF, 🥳 and welcome back to MSF’s #MustShareFridays! 🙌🏼
What’s on this week:
👩🏻🏫 Teacher’s Day 👨🏻🏫
Our Early Childhood Educators play a big role in bringing out the smiles of children. Let’s wish all of them a very Happy Teacher’s Day! 🎉
👉🏼 http://bit.ly/2lW4lJ9
📻 Minister Desmond Lee’s Interview with CNA938
Having a family of our own gives a warm fuzzy feeling like no other. 💞👨👩👧👦
Find out how the preschool subsidies can support your parenthood aspirations as Minister Desmond Lee shares more here:
👉🏼http://bit.ly/2m2eHaC
👩🏻👨🏻 Play Your Part
Interested in becoming a foster parent? 👨👩👧👦 Head down to our fostering roadshows to find out more:
🗓 2-8 Sep,
🕙 11am – 9pm
🏙 Clementi Mall Level 3 Atrium
🗓8 Sep
🏙Wisma Geylang Serai
What’s on this week:
👩🏻🏫 Teacher’s Day 👨🏻🏫
Our Early Childhood Educators play a big role in bringing out the smiles of children. Let’s wish all of them a very Happy Teacher’s Day! 🎉
👉🏼 http://bit.ly/2lW4lJ9
📻 Minister Desmond Lee’s Interview with CNA938
Having a family of our own gives a warm fuzzy feeling like no other. 💞👨👩👧👦
Find out how the preschool subsidies can support your parenthood aspirations as Minister Desmond Lee shares more here:
👉🏼http://bit.ly/2m2eHaC
👩🏻👨🏻 Play Your Part
Interested in becoming a foster parent? 👨👩👧👦 Head down to our fostering roadshows to find out more:
🗓 2-8 Sep,
🕙 11am – 9pm
🏙 Clementi Mall Level 3 Atrium
🗓8 Sep
🏙Wisma Geylang Serai
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Beanstalk Singapore
Wish the Early Childhood Educators you know a Happy Teachers' Day with this video!
Hope is seeing light 🌞 in spite of being surrounded by darkness 🌚
Join us as we commemorate #WorldSuicidePreventionDay today and spread little messages of hope ✨💖with these artful postcards 💌 from Samaritans of Singapore.
#HopeThroughTheNight #SuicidePreventionWeek
Join us as we commemorate #WorldSuicidePreventionDay today and spread little messages of hope ✨💖with these artful postcards 💌 from Samaritans of Singapore.
#HopeThroughTheNight #SuicidePreventionWeek
👦🏻📃 The recent Children and Young Persons Act amendments seek to give children a better life ahead 🛣 through support and acceptance.
🛳 Read more here:
https://mothership.sg/2019/09/children-young-persons-act-amendments-2019/
🛳 Read more here:
https://mothership.sg/2019/09/children-young-persons-act-amendments-2019/
Mothership
Stronger support for abused and neglected children; foster parents now eligible for childcare leave
Everyone deserves a second chance and a loving home.
❓Did you know that mooncakes 🥮 are shaped round like the full moon 🌕 to symbolise family reunion 👨👩👧👦❔
Iron Supper Club infuses unique flavours such as red velvet and charcoal 😋 into their mooncakes, which are packed and prepared 🛍 by special needs crew.
🥮🌕 Join us in supporting social enterprises and place your mooncake orders just in time for the Mid Autumn Festival 🎑 now at: https://ironsupperclub.com
Iron Supper Club infuses unique flavours such as red velvet and charcoal 😋 into their mooncakes, which are packed and prepared 🛍 by special needs crew.
🥮🌕 Join us in supporting social enterprises and place your mooncake orders just in time for the Mid Autumn Festival 🎑 now at: https://ironsupperclub.com
We are now live at the Early Childhood Conference 2019! 👶🏻 🌈
Our preschool educators 👨🏻🏫👩🏻🏫 and community partners 👥 have gathered to celebrate our progress in the early childhood sector and continue in our journey 🛣 of creating A Good Start For Every Child.
Our preschool educators 👨🏻🏫👩🏻🏫 and community partners 👥 have gathered to celebrate our progress in the early childhood sector and continue in our journey 🛣 of creating A Good Start For Every Child.
At the Early Childhood Conference 2019, Minister Desmond Lee shared how spaces in housing estates 🏘and parks 🌳 will be enhanced to provide preschoolers 👧🏻👦🏻 with outdoor learning opportunities, and how KidSTART will be expanded to benefit more children and families 👪 with the launch of “GROWING TOGETHER with KidSTART”.
👉🏻 Find out more at: https://bit.ly/2meTMBg
👉🏻 Find out more at: https://bit.ly/2meTMBg
Welcome back to MSF’s Must Share Fridays! 🥳 🎉 We have reached 1,000 subscribers! Welcome to the MSF Family. 👨👩👧👦 As we connect as one, read on about the initiatives and events that you can join with your family and friends!