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🌊 Making waves from the ground up: This week, we completed our 19th SG Cares Community Network Session. This is the final session in our first wave which saw 160 government and community help agencies, comprising 3,500 partners, coming together to build links and identify local needs. We are encouraged by many self-initiated projects that have sprouted organically across neighbourhoods. As these Community Networks grow, there will be more ways for community partners and volunteers to contribute, to better serve local needs. We are gearing up for the second wave in late 2019.
➡️Read what Minister Desmond Lee had to say here: https://bit.ly/2XmIdVu
🏆 Recognising ability: Congratulations to all 13 recipients of the inaugural Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards. The Awards recognise the exceptional achievements of persons with disabilities in their respective fields. A special shoutout to their family members and caregivers too.
➡️Read President Halimah Yacob’s speech here: https://bit.ly/2RUmLWC
SG Enable partners MediaCorp to empower persons with disabilities. The MediaCorp Enable Fund aims to help persons with disabilities lead full and socially integrated lives. We are encouraged to have ESM Goh Chok Tong as Patron of the Fund.
➡️Find out how you can help here: https://bit.ly/2XslEUm
Play Your Part
👨👩👧 Want to be a foster parent? Join us at the Fostering Roadshow this weekend at Causeway Point, Level 1 Atrium from 11 am – 9pm.
➡️More on MSF’s Fostering scheme here: https://bit.ly/2L1SFjg
💆 PlayAPart in achieving work-life harmony: Share your thoughts on how we can build an environment conducive for fulfilling both work and our personal, family aspirations here:
➡️https://bit.ly/2YwURCN
Also check out:
📱MSF Facebook: https://bit.ly/2FUjQst
🌊 Making waves from the ground up: This week, we completed our 19th SG Cares Community Network Session. This is the final session in our first wave which saw 160 government and community help agencies, comprising 3,500 partners, coming together to build links and identify local needs. We are encouraged by many self-initiated projects that have sprouted organically across neighbourhoods. As these Community Networks grow, there will be more ways for community partners and volunteers to contribute, to better serve local needs. We are gearing up for the second wave in late 2019.
➡️Read what Minister Desmond Lee had to say here: https://bit.ly/2XmIdVu
🏆 Recognising ability: Congratulations to all 13 recipients of the inaugural Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards. The Awards recognise the exceptional achievements of persons with disabilities in their respective fields. A special shoutout to their family members and caregivers too.
➡️Read President Halimah Yacob’s speech here: https://bit.ly/2RUmLWC
SG Enable partners MediaCorp to empower persons with disabilities. The MediaCorp Enable Fund aims to help persons with disabilities lead full and socially integrated lives. We are encouraged to have ESM Goh Chok Tong as Patron of the Fund.
➡️Find out how you can help here: https://bit.ly/2XslEUm
Play Your Part
👨👩👧 Want to be a foster parent? Join us at the Fostering Roadshow this weekend at Causeway Point, Level 1 Atrium from 11 am – 9pm.
➡️More on MSF’s Fostering scheme here: https://bit.ly/2L1SFjg
💆 PlayAPart in achieving work-life harmony: Share your thoughts on how we can build an environment conducive for fulfilling both work and our personal, family aspirations here:
➡️https://bit.ly/2YwURCN
Also check out:
📱MSF Facebook: https://bit.ly/2FUjQst
💞 CELEBRATING LOVE & FAMILY 👨👩👧👦
The June school holidays witnessed 2 important and heartwarming activities -- Ideas for refurbishment of our ROM Building and the emergence of our newly minted #Famchamps.
💞🏠 A more ROMantic ROM: About 150 students from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic will be redesigning the ROM building. Senior Parliamentary Secretary Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim recently met with TP students who shared their design inspirations. One student plans to use a diamond 💎 motif in her design. It looks pROMising indeed!
👨👩👧👦🏆 Raising Family Champions: #FamChamps recently concluded its activities where youths were taught important family values such as communication and empathy. 130 youths joined and graduated 🎓 to become champions of family values amongst their peers and loved ones.
➡️ Want to play a part in making Singapore a great place for families? Find out more at:
http://famchamps.sg/take-action/
➡️ Also check out what our youths have to say at http://famchamps.sg/blog-page/
The June school holidays witnessed 2 important and heartwarming activities -- Ideas for refurbishment of our ROM Building and the emergence of our newly minted #Famchamps.
💞🏠 A more ROMantic ROM: About 150 students from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic will be redesigning the ROM building. Senior Parliamentary Secretary Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim recently met with TP students who shared their design inspirations. One student plans to use a diamond 💎 motif in her design. It looks pROMising indeed!
👨👩👧👦🏆 Raising Family Champions: #FamChamps recently concluded its activities where youths were taught important family values such as communication and empathy. 130 youths joined and graduated 🎓 to become champions of family values amongst their peers and loved ones.
➡️ Want to play a part in making Singapore a great place for families? Find out more at:
http://famchamps.sg/take-action/
➡️ Also check out what our youths have to say at http://famchamps.sg/blog-page/
🎉🥳 We wish all our new subscribers a very Welcoming Wednesday! 🎉🥳
Today, we bring you exclusive footage 🎞 on the behind-the-scenes of helping Singaporeans in need!
Filmed 🎥 and edited 📽 by our student interns, Xavierlyn Tan from NTU and Ong Ci Wen from NUS, see how the Social Service Office (SSO) came together with IMH, Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre, Punggol FSC and Mendaki to develop a coordinated plan 📝 (what we call our Case MAP) to support one of our beneficiaries.
We shall not say more 🤐 and let the video do the talking 📢 (literally!)
https://www.facebook.com/MSFSingapore/videos/2368911260045804/
Today, we bring you exclusive footage 🎞 on the behind-the-scenes of helping Singaporeans in need!
Filmed 🎥 and edited 📽 by our student interns, Xavierlyn Tan from NTU and Ong Ci Wen from NUS, see how the Social Service Office (SSO) came together with IMH, Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre, Punggol FSC and Mendaki to develop a coordinated plan 📝 (what we call our Case MAP) to support one of our beneficiaries.
We shall not say more 🤐 and let the video do the talking 📢 (literally!)
https://www.facebook.com/MSFSingapore/videos/2368911260045804/
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of helping Singaporeans in need?
TGIF! 🎉 Welcome back to another edition of #MustShareFridays! Because good things... Must Share!
🗺 Mapping Singapore’s Footpaths:
#throwback 1990: A university lecturer, his students and Public Works officers removed obstacles to wheelchair users and made Orchard Road more accessible.
#fastforward 2019: The little changes have since paved 🔨the way 🛣 for a greater project in the form of the CBD Accessibility Mapping Day, held on Wednesday. Find out how the Disabled People’s Association along with MSF, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Singapore Poly students and DP Architects came together, and tapped on technology to make the Central Business District more accessible.
➡️Read what Minister Desmond Lee had to say: http://bit.ly/2xMA2rb
📺ST Hangouts to Find Out about Fostering: What is fostering? 🧐 Many confuse fostering and adoption as the same thing. So last night one of our foster mothers, Ms Tay Li Ping, Boys' Town representative Ms Lee Pei Yu, and NTU students shared with Straits Times about fostering 👨👩👧👦👨👩👦👦 and debunked its common myths.
➡️Watch on from 14:07 to find out more: bit.ly/2JFsOL0
Play Your Part
👨👩👧👦Interested to be a foster parent? Check out our upcoming roadshows this weekend:
👉🏼13 July: Library@Harbourfront (10 am – 5pm)
👉🏼13 July: Keat Hong CC Activity Group Room #03-03 (10 am – 3pm)
👉🏼14 July: Our Tampines Hub, Central Plaza (12 – 5pm)
👉🏼14 July: Jurong Regional Library, Level 3, Project Room 1 (10 am – 3pm)
🇸🇬❤️The SG Cares “Celebrating our Culture of Care” event is happening this weekend (13 & 14 July) at Chong Pang Amphitheatre! Come down and personalise your own tote bag or contribute to our mural! Details can be found here 👇🏼👇🏼
🗺 Mapping Singapore’s Footpaths:
#throwback 1990: A university lecturer, his students and Public Works officers removed obstacles to wheelchair users and made Orchard Road more accessible.
#fastforward 2019: The little changes have since paved 🔨the way 🛣 for a greater project in the form of the CBD Accessibility Mapping Day, held on Wednesday. Find out how the Disabled People’s Association along with MSF, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Singapore Poly students and DP Architects came together, and tapped on technology to make the Central Business District more accessible.
➡️Read what Minister Desmond Lee had to say: http://bit.ly/2xMA2rb
📺ST Hangouts to Find Out about Fostering: What is fostering? 🧐 Many confuse fostering and adoption as the same thing. So last night one of our foster mothers, Ms Tay Li Ping, Boys' Town representative Ms Lee Pei Yu, and NTU students shared with Straits Times about fostering 👨👩👧👦👨👩👦👦 and debunked its common myths.
➡️Watch on from 14:07 to find out more: bit.ly/2JFsOL0
Play Your Part
👨👩👧👦Interested to be a foster parent? Check out our upcoming roadshows this weekend:
👉🏼13 July: Library@Harbourfront (10 am – 5pm)
👉🏼13 July: Keat Hong CC Activity Group Room #03-03 (10 am – 3pm)
👉🏼14 July: Our Tampines Hub, Central Plaza (12 – 5pm)
👉🏼14 July: Jurong Regional Library, Level 3, Project Room 1 (10 am – 3pm)
🇸🇬❤️The SG Cares “Celebrating our Culture of Care” event is happening this weekend (13 & 14 July) at Chong Pang Amphitheatre! Come down and personalise your own tote bag or contribute to our mural! Details can be found here 👇🏼👇🏼
Have a Not-So-Mundane Monday with a life lesson (and newsflash!)
👩🏻🏫 Life lesson #1:
Managing work 💼 and family 👨👩👧👦 commitments will make for happier lives.
📺 Newsflash #1:
A new 🗣 Citizens Panel on Work Life has been formed to help Singaporeans manage work and family commitments.
➡️ Register your interest here
https://www.ideas.gov.sg/public/CitizensPanel_WorkLifeHarmony
and stay committed 🤝 to this important issue with us!
👩🏻🏫 Life lesson #1:
Managing work 💼 and family 👨👩👧👦 commitments will make for happier lives.
📺 Newsflash #1:
A new 🗣 Citizens Panel on Work Life has been formed to help Singaporeans manage work and family commitments.
➡️ Register your interest here
https://www.ideas.gov.sg/public/CitizensPanel_WorkLifeHarmony
and stay committed 🤝 to this important issue with us!
www.ideas.gov.sg
Citizens' Panel on Work-Life Harmony
We will be convening a Citizens' Panel to shape a new consensus on work-life harmony together.
🇸🇬 Majulah Singapura! 🇸🇬
The gotong royong spirit of Singaporeans burnt brightly🔥🔥at the NCSS Social Service Summit today. 60 years ago, many 👭👬 individuals came together to help, and gave birth to the social service sector 🏩 of today.
Today’s 🗓 social service agencies are able to provide more coordinated help 🤝 to target the increasingly complex needs of our beneficiaries.
Our newest addition, Temi, created by MI Robotic (a Singapore headquartered developer of applied robotics technology), is a robot which could be helping to take on labour intensive tasks 🔧 from social workers. This will allow social workers to focus on providing better 👍🏼 services to the needy. 👵🏼👴🏼👶🏻👧🏻👦🏻
By harnessing the power of community 👥 and leveraging on 💻 new technologies, we have done so much, and can do so much more.
Let’s keep the gotong royong spirit of Singapura alive as we progress forward. Because Singapore Cares. ❤️
➡️ Catch a glimpse 👀 of the rich history 🎞 of Singapore’s social service sector here: https://youtu.be/VGMXlheKi9o
The gotong royong spirit of Singaporeans burnt brightly🔥🔥at the NCSS Social Service Summit today. 60 years ago, many 👭👬 individuals came together to help, and gave birth to the social service sector 🏩 of today.
Today’s 🗓 social service agencies are able to provide more coordinated help 🤝 to target the increasingly complex needs of our beneficiaries.
Our newest addition, Temi, created by MI Robotic (a Singapore headquartered developer of applied robotics technology), is a robot which could be helping to take on labour intensive tasks 🔧 from social workers. This will allow social workers to focus on providing better 👍🏼 services to the needy. 👵🏼👴🏼👶🏻👧🏻👦🏻
By harnessing the power of community 👥 and leveraging on 💻 new technologies, we have done so much, and can do so much more.
Let’s keep the gotong royong spirit of Singapura alive as we progress forward. Because Singapore Cares. ❤️
➡️ Catch a glimpse 👀 of the rich history 🎞 of Singapore’s social service sector here: https://youtu.be/VGMXlheKi9o
YouTube
Social Service in Singapore - Past, Present, Future
Watch the video on the milestones of the sector throughout its 60 years of structured social services in Singapore.
🙌🏼 Celebrating our Unsung Heroes 👩🏻🍳
How about some heartwarming personal stories 📖 from our Public Service Officers to warm your hearts 💕? For today’s #MustShareFriday, we bring you a #MustShareFilm 🎞 ‘Finding L’, story of Natashah, our Senior Youth Guidance Officer 👩🏻💼 at the Singapore Girls’ Home.
For Natashah, being a Youth Guidance Officer is more than a job. It is a commitment and her passion 🌈.
When L (not her real name) did not return to the Home 🏠, Natashah 👩🏻💼 went beyond 🏔 the call 📞 of duty to find her so that L could continue her rehabilitation. It helps to have someone cheering 💪🏼 our youth on and rooting 🙌🏼 for them.
Natashah was awarded 🏆 the PST Award (Exemplary Service Excellence Category) at the Public Sector Transformation Awards Reception today, which recognised public officers 👮♀️ and public agencies 🏢 for excellence 👍🏼 in their work and organisational practices.
➡️ Watch ‘Finding L’: https://youtu.be/gjR3qbGCvmo
Play your Part
👧🏻👦🏻 Give the Best to Our Children, Shape Our Tomorrow
Non-teaching staff such as cooks 👨🏻🍳, cleaners 👷🏼♂️ administrative staff 👨🏻💼and early childhood educators all give our children a safe and nurturing environment to learn 📝 and grow 🌳.
NTUC First Campus’ Learning and Sharing Festival 2019 saw the launch of ‘🍚 Recipes with Love 💕’ which features some of these important non-teaching staff across My First Skool’s centres. And not to mention 21 healthy recipes for children! 😋
This Learning and Sharing Festival will be open to the public on 21 July, where parents 👪 can sign up and participate in workshops 👩🏻🏫 cooking demo sessions 🍽 and showcase booths🔬.
➡️Event details at https://www.myfirstskool.com/event/l&s2019
👥🏢 The Unlimited Possibilities of Inclusive Hiring
How can we play our part to make Singapore 🇸🇬 a more inclusive 👬 and caring 💞 place for everyone, regardless of ability?
For some businesses, getting started on the journey 🛣 of hiring disabled persons may be daunting 🧐. To bridge 🌉 this gap, UOB is partnering 🤝 SG Enable, Autism Resource Centre (ARC), Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) and SPD to provide training and support to both employer 👴🏼 and employee 👨🏻before, during and after the hiring process. By doing so, more businesses and disabled persons will be connected for suitable and sustainable employment. 🙆🏻♂️🙆🏻♀️
➡️Find out more about ‘The Unlimited’🙌🏼: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/uob-launches-initiative-help-business-103000567.html
How about some heartwarming personal stories 📖 from our Public Service Officers to warm your hearts 💕? For today’s #MustShareFriday, we bring you a #MustShareFilm 🎞 ‘Finding L’, story of Natashah, our Senior Youth Guidance Officer 👩🏻💼 at the Singapore Girls’ Home.
For Natashah, being a Youth Guidance Officer is more than a job. It is a commitment and her passion 🌈.
When L (not her real name) did not return to the Home 🏠, Natashah 👩🏻💼 went beyond 🏔 the call 📞 of duty to find her so that L could continue her rehabilitation. It helps to have someone cheering 💪🏼 our youth on and rooting 🙌🏼 for them.
Natashah was awarded 🏆 the PST Award (Exemplary Service Excellence Category) at the Public Sector Transformation Awards Reception today, which recognised public officers 👮♀️ and public agencies 🏢 for excellence 👍🏼 in their work and organisational practices.
➡️ Watch ‘Finding L’: https://youtu.be/gjR3qbGCvmo
Play your Part
👧🏻👦🏻 Give the Best to Our Children, Shape Our Tomorrow
Non-teaching staff such as cooks 👨🏻🍳, cleaners 👷🏼♂️ administrative staff 👨🏻💼and early childhood educators all give our children a safe and nurturing environment to learn 📝 and grow 🌳.
NTUC First Campus’ Learning and Sharing Festival 2019 saw the launch of ‘🍚 Recipes with Love 💕’ which features some of these important non-teaching staff across My First Skool’s centres. And not to mention 21 healthy recipes for children! 😋
This Learning and Sharing Festival will be open to the public on 21 July, where parents 👪 can sign up and participate in workshops 👩🏻🏫 cooking demo sessions 🍽 and showcase booths🔬.
➡️Event details at https://www.myfirstskool.com/event/l&s2019
👥🏢 The Unlimited Possibilities of Inclusive Hiring
How can we play our part to make Singapore 🇸🇬 a more inclusive 👬 and caring 💞 place for everyone, regardless of ability?
For some businesses, getting started on the journey 🛣 of hiring disabled persons may be daunting 🧐. To bridge 🌉 this gap, UOB is partnering 🤝 SG Enable, Autism Resource Centre (ARC), Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) and SPD to provide training and support to both employer 👴🏼 and employee 👨🏻before, during and after the hiring process. By doing so, more businesses and disabled persons will be connected for suitable and sustainable employment. 🙆🏻♂️🙆🏻♀️
➡️Find out more about ‘The Unlimited’🙌🏼: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/uob-launches-initiative-help-business-103000567.html
YouTube
P.S. Finding L
What happens when a young girl fails to return Home after curfew?
#psshortfilmseries #findingL
#psshortfilmseries #findingL
It can be very difficult for a family when a loved one is diagnosed with dementia - losing his or her ability to make decisions - but has not made an LPA.
📑 What is an LPA❓
The Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows persons to appoint a family member or friend to make decisions for them if they lose mental capacity.
Here are three reasons why you should make an LPA!
➡️ From 1 August this year, the waiting period before an LPA can be registered will be halved from 6 weeks to 3.
➡️ Application fee is waived until 31 August next year.
➡️ You can access your registered LPA through our new online portal. - also from 1 August.
👩🏻⚕️👵🏼More Comprehensive Support for Caregivers
And let’s not forget about our Caregivers!
We have been working to improve our support for Caregivers and family members of those who lose mental capacity, such as dementia patients. This is the focus of the Committee to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (we know it’s a mouthful, let’s call it RERF Committee for short).
👥 RERF Recommendations
RERF has been rather busy and the Committee has suggested two improvements!
1. Simplify the application process for caregivers to appoint a “Deputy”, making it more affordable.
PS: What is a “Deputy”? When an LPA has not been made, family members need to apply to the Court to be appointed a “Deputy” so they can make important decisions for their loved ones.
2. More support for Deputies - for example, access to training so they can carry out their duties more confidently.
➡️ We want to hear from you!
Have something to say about the recommendations? Join us at our upcoming public consultation exercise! Stay tuned 📺
Check out the 2 media facts below for more information 👇🏼
📑 What is an LPA❓
The Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows persons to appoint a family member or friend to make decisions for them if they lose mental capacity.
Here are three reasons why you should make an LPA!
➡️ From 1 August this year, the waiting period before an LPA can be registered will be halved from 6 weeks to 3.
➡️ Application fee is waived until 31 August next year.
➡️ You can access your registered LPA through our new online portal. - also from 1 August.
👩🏻⚕️👵🏼More Comprehensive Support for Caregivers
And let’s not forget about our Caregivers!
We have been working to improve our support for Caregivers and family members of those who lose mental capacity, such as dementia patients. This is the focus of the Committee to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (we know it’s a mouthful, let’s call it RERF Committee for short).
👥 RERF Recommendations
RERF has been rather busy and the Committee has suggested two improvements!
1. Simplify the application process for caregivers to appoint a “Deputy”, making it more affordable.
PS: What is a “Deputy”? When an LPA has not been made, family members need to apply to the Court to be appointed a “Deputy” so they can make important decisions for their loved ones.
2. More support for Deputies - for example, access to training so they can carry out their duties more confidently.
➡️ We want to hear from you!
Have something to say about the recommendations? Join us at our upcoming public consultation exercise! Stay tuned 📺
Check out the 2 media facts below for more information 👇🏼
Partnerships Make A Difference
Who is a peer? 👥 A peer is someone who is there to help you when you're down. A group of 20 community partners came together as PEERS Network to figure out how to better support people who sleep in public. Leveraging on each other's strengths, they were able to reach out a hand to rough sleepers, offer them a safe place to rest, and help them find assistance to get back on their feet. Go PEERS Network!
➡️Read the story of how they came to be on Minister Desmond Lee's Facebook post: https://bit.ly/2MgCpLd
Who is a peer? 👥 A peer is someone who is there to help you when you're down. A group of 20 community partners came together as PEERS Network to figure out how to better support people who sleep in public. Leveraging on each other's strengths, they were able to reach out a hand to rough sleepers, offer them a safe place to rest, and help them find assistance to get back on their feet. Go PEERS Network!
➡️Read the story of how they came to be on Minister Desmond Lee's Facebook post: https://bit.ly/2MgCpLd
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Desmond Lee
<<Partnerships make a difference>> We first met a group of these passionate volunteers in late 2017. Each of them, in their own community groups, have been going around different parts of Singapore...