In Channel News Asia Insider December 19, 2019: “Since the start of an initiative to enhance the skills of bakers in rental communities, the women involved have found support from …
Ground-Up Efforts at Community Development in Singapore
The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised a workshop to showcase findings from two case studies conducted by IPS on organisations that adopt ground-up approaches to community building: Beyond Social …
A Fire Brought Together An Unlikely Group of Do-Gooders
In the stories section of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, May 7 2019: 50 years ago, something prompted a Buddhist monk, Catholic missionaries and service clubs to come together …
Giving Choices Back
In ArtsWokCollaborative E-Newsletter Issue #2, Dec 19, 2018 Community development is “about giving the choices back to the community” says Izzaty Ishak, a theatre-maker and community worker with Beyond Social Services. …
Youths living in rental flats feel empowered when engaged with their communities: Study
In Mothership newspaper Nov 21, 2018 “The research project looked at how children, youths, and their parents living in three different HDB rental estates viewed their living conditions as well …
Meet Diljan, home baker, cook, and mummy to her AMK neighbours
In TodayOnline newspaper November 21, 2018: “’The kids also come to us with problems… Parents come to me and say their kids are doing well, and share incidents,’ said the …
How Beyond Social Services scheme gets rental block residents to help one another
In Straits Times newspaper Nov 21, 2018: “It is such strong neighbourly ties that Beyond Social Services hopes to foster through its Youth United Programme. It facilitates the building of …
International Foster Care and Kids United Home
Author: Kaisa Clark Kids United Home is a short-term residential care program run by Beyond Social Services for children aged 7 to 14 that are unable to stay home for …
Competent Communities Overview
Authors: Gerard Ee, Kokila Annamalai, Samuel Tang Renewing our focus on bringing together people from different walks of life and empowering them requires us to reframe our role from professional …
Activating Local Community
Author(s): Samuel Tang, Gerard Ee for publication in “Mobilising Diverse Community Assets to meet Social Needs” IPS Exchange Series (2017) 12: 104-122 This article outlines the reasons and approach that …
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