Collective for a Stronger Society

Child Development Support – Graduating Children Bursary & Celebration Event

KidSTART

What It Does:

Supports early childhood development for lower-income families with children.

How It Works:

The programme bridges the transition from preschool to formal education while celebrating Kindergarten 2 graduates. It offers bursaries to support their continued learning and connects families to essential support networks.

Goal/Impact:

To empower young children during their most formative years by fostering essential skills, promoting learning and addressing developmental gaps early.

Child development support – Learning Packs, Resources & Journeys

KidSTART

What It Does:

Provides age-appropriate learning packs and enriching experiences to foster holistic development in children.

How It Works:

The programme provides curated learning packs with developmental resources and organises engaging learning journeys to nurture creativity and brain development.

Goal/Impact:

To give children a good start during their formative years by providing opportunities for early development, creativity and holistic growth through experiential learning.

Club Treasure

Calvary Community Care

What It Does:

Provides literacy-based after-school support for children, fostering academic growth, creativity, and a sense of community.

How It Works:

Operates as an after-school centre that offers homework help, engaging activities like arts and crafts and games to cultivate creativity, critical learning, and a love for reading.

Goal/Impact:

To empower children from lower-income families and foster academic growth while building friendships, creating a sense of community in a nurturing, literacy-focused environment.

ComLink+ Package for Debt Clearance

ComLink+

What It Does:

Reduces families’ debt distress and financial burdens through a debt repayment matching scheme.

How It Works:

The programme helps families pay off verified debts by matching their repayments dollar-for-dollar with licensed creditors.

Goal/Impact:

To reduce debt-related stress and allow families to focus on long-term financial planning.

ComLink+ Package for Employment

ComLink+

What It Does:

Supports working adults in lower-income families by providing financial and CPF incentives to encourage stable, long-term employment, benefiting the entire household.

How It Works:

Provides financial top-ups via cash and CPF payouts for consecutive months of employment, with additional incentives for dual-income families.

Goal/Impact:

To empower families to achieve long-term self-sufficiency by encouraging sustained employment and reducing financial vulnerabilities.

Family Strengthening Programme

New Life Stories

What It Does:

Provides systemic support to children of incarcerated individuals and families, fostering educational and emotional stability while preparing parents for reintegration.

How It Works:

Delivers weekly befriending sessions, family counselling, play therapy, and case management. Facilitates meaningful family connections through visits, and initiatives like book writing and story recordings to strengthen bonds.

Goal/Impact:

To empower children with life skills, resilience, and personalised care to overcome challenges. The programme aims to foster both emotional well-being and long-term success through tailored support and professional intervention.

KeyStart

South Central Community Family Service Centre

What It Does:

Provides comprehensive housing assistance to help families transition from public rental flats to home ownership.

How It Works:

Supports families with children living in public rental flats by providing grants, guidance, and budget management. Equips them with the necessary skills and resources to achieve and sustain home ownership.

Goal/Impact:

To empower families to achieve stable home ownership, building long-term security and financial independence. With plans to expand, the programme aims to uplift even more families in the future.

KidsExcel

Catch Them Young Ltd

What It Does:

Provides weekly sports and academic enrichment programmes for Primary and Secondary students, fostering holistic development and leadership skills.

How It Works:

The year-long programme’s curriculum incorporates both academics and sports across the course of 50 sessions. Classes are conducted with a blend of sports like netball and football with academic subjects such as English, Maths, and Science. Biannual sports camps further enhance engagement, mentorship, and leadership development.

Goal/Impact:

To engage students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and help them build academic and athletic growth, leadership development, and peer mentorship. Older students can be role models for younger peers in building confidence for lifelong success.

Monthly Financial Assistance Scheme (MFAS)

ITE

What It Does:

Provides financial support to ITE students, reducing their reliance on part-time work and enabling them to focus on their education

How It Works:

The scheme provides a monthly allowance to students from lower-income families who display good attendance and conduct, which will help to cover their meal and transport expenses.

Goal/Impact:

To ease financial burdens, enabling students to focus on their studies, fostering academic success, and supporting equitable opportunities for future career advancement.

Needy Student Fund

Republic Polytechnic

What It Does:
Provides financial aid to students facing economic challenges, helping them focus on their education without the strain of excessive part-time work.

How It Works:

The scheme includes two components: the Student Pocket Money Scheme (SPMS), offering $150 monthly for three months each semester, and the Student Emergency Money Scheme (SEMS), a one-time $1,000 disbursement for urgent family situations.

Goal/Impact:

To support students by easing their financial burden and ensuring equitable access to education for the financially disadvantaged, fostering academic focus for long-term success.

STAR

SHINE Children and Youth Services

What It Does:

Offers long-term mentorship and parenting support to children from lower-income families, focusing on educational success and social mobility.

How It Works:

The eight-year programme guides children through key milestones in school. Full-time mentors and Parenting Support Specialists provide consistent mentorship and targeted interventions when needed to address educational gaps and foster holistic development.

Goal/Impact:

To empower children to overcome educational and social barriers, fostering resilience, essential life skills, and opportunities for long-term success.

Stepping Stones

Assumption Pathway School

What It Does:
Supports lower-income students at risk of dropping out after failing PSLE, equipping them with life skills, resilience, and vocational training for success.

How It Works:

The six-year programme consists of two phases. The first four foundational years at Assumption Pathway School will see students develop life skills and resilience with the Positive @ APS framework that includes initiatives like the Year 1 Special Programme, iStay, and the APS Challenge.

They will go on to further their education through vocational training and job placements at the Assumption Pathway Academy in their final two years.

Goal/Impact:

To transform educational and career outcomes of at-risk students by building life skills, fostering resilience, and providing the vocational tools they need for sustained success.

Tak Takut Kids Club

3Pumpkins

What It Does:

Provides a safe space embedded in rental flat estate for children to socialise, engage in recreational activities, and seek guidance from fun-loving and caring adults.

How It Works:

The drop-in centre offers structured activities and mentorship to children navigating complex challenges such as family separation, bereavement, or mild intellectual disabilities.

Goal/Impact:

To foster emotional resilience, a sense of belonging, and holistic development for children in vulnerable situations.

Touch Young Arrows & YouthPhoria

TOUCH Community Services

What It Does:
Provides holistic support for children and youth through mentoring, academic enrichment, and values-based activities that foster social mobility and personal growth.

How It Works:

Supported by a committed team of volunteers and professionals, Touch Young Arrows supports the development of children through volunteer-led activities across 24 clubs in Singapore. YouthPhoria, the follow-up programme for graduates of Young Arrows, supports the physical and mental development of its youths by providing academic coaching and mentoring on a weekly basis.

Goal/Impact:

To empower underprivileged children and build social, emotional, and educational growth to break the cycle of poverty, enhancing social mobility for lower-income families.

X-Quest

Care Corner

What It Does:

Supports children through an early intervention initiative that develops executive functioning skills and strengthens family engagement.

How It Works:

Focuses on enhancing children’s social and self-regulation skills through structured activities. The programme also engages the whole family unit by encouraging parents to advocate for their children. That way, parent and child can communicate better during the child’s developmental progress, ensuring a collaborative approach to nurturing essential life skills.

Goal/Impact:

To help families communicate better, to foster stronger family relationships for developmental success.

You Sparkle

SunCare SG

What It Does:

Provides tailored mentoring and well-being programmes, including a community choir for children.

How It Works:

Operates as a hub for children and youth, includes programmes like the You Sparkle community choir, organised in partnership with ComLink+ and Voices of Singapore.

Goal/Impact:

To help children build confidence, self-esteem, and cultivate friendships while enhancing their emotional well-being through creative and collaborative expression.

Youth Mentorship

Tasek Academy and Social Services Limited

What It Does:

Supports youths from lower-income families in building life skills, resilience, and confidence through tailored mentoring programmes.

How It Works:

Offers a three-tiered approach: general group mentoring to build foundational values; targeted support to provide tailored guidance for specific needs; and intensive professional care for psychosocial issues.

Goal/Impact:

To help youths develop life skills, resilience with tailored support, and professional intervention to overcoming challenges, so as to achieve emotional well-being and long-term success.