Our Work:
Programmes
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Activities
Meaningful partnerships with community, corporate, and religious groups enhance and fortify HCSA’s efforts for our beneficiaries. The resources and expertise of such partners enable us to connect and serve better.
Partnerships and collaborations
GivePlease - More Seamless Way to Give Digitally
In collaboration with GivePlease, a leading payment technology company specialising in seamless giving, HCSA introduced a new digital platform that makes donating a secure and convenient experience for donors.
Utilising technology, the inconvenience from traditional donation boxes is completely removed through kiosk-enabled payment installations that accept donations digitally. In addition, this giving platform is approved by GovTech and connected with SingPass via a QR Code for instant donor enrolment with automated email and SMS tax receipts.
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX)
Another year of pandemic restrictions meant the SGX Bull Charge charity run was held virtually once more. But this did not hamper the enthusiasm of HCSA’s staff, beneficiaries, and volunteers, who joined other participants in Singapore and across other major cities worldwide to clock in miles as a show of support.
In line with then-prevailing SMMs, Sony Haq, our Head of Academy represented HCSA in the Chief Challenge too. In total, we received a generous donation of $340,105.13 from the proceeds raised during this event.
Hongkong Land 2021 Partnership
HCSA is proud to have found a generous and supportive partner in Hongkong Land to provide our beneficiaries across HCSA DRTC, HCSA SPIN, and HCSA Academy with the means to uplift the lives of numerous abused teenage girls, single-parent children and at-risk youths.
Our beneficiaries under HCSA DRTC and HCSA SPIN have benefited from greater and better access to supplementary schooling and tuition, as well as gained access to digital notebooks to facilitate online learning. In addition, more at-risk youths had access to scholarships to enroll in HCSA Academy’s WSQ Higher Certificate in Food Services (Culinary Arts) and gained employable culinary skills and certification to kick start a sustainable career in the F&B sector with our industry partners.
Our teenage girls at HCSA DRTC also benefitted from the professional expertise and insights of Hongkong Land’s employees through its Community Engagement Program Career Coaching Workshop.
Academy Scholarship Programmes
HCSA Academy is thankful to continue to receive scholarship support from the following partners:
1. Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
2. The Majurity Trust
3. Ishk Tolaram Foundation
4. Octava Foundation
5. Rotary Club of Singapore
Their sponsorship has enabled trainees hailing from disadvantaged backgrounds to cover the cost of course fees, training materials, and uniforms, and allowed them to successfully complete their training and gain their WSQ Higher Certificate in Food Services (Culinary Arts). A majority of our graduates go on to secure gainful employment through job placements with our industry partners.
Fundraising by The Closet Lover
In collaboration with The Closet Lover (TCL), HCSA co-created the ‘HCSA Gladiolus Tote Bag’, a specially designed tote bag inspired by the image of the Gladiolus flower, which represents strength, hope, and resilience. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the tote bag was donated to HCSA DRTC and HCSA SPIN. In total, a total of 284 tote bags were sold, raising $1,902.80 for the above-mentioned programmes.
ChariTrees 2021
HCSA was part of the ChariTrees 2021 annual fundraising event, where specially designed Christmas trees acknowledging community heroes and donors were lit up along the Marina Bay precinct. In support of HCSA’s work, The Rice Company Limited donated $1,500 through Mind the Gap 200.
Fundraising by Le Craftsmen and Creative Jewellery Studio
With support from Gold Tree Foundation, Le Craftsmen and Creative Jewellery Studio banded together and assembled a team of jewellery designers to contribute unique pieces of fine and fashion jewellery for sale. All proceeds were donated to HCSA and Singapore Red Cross. Through this event, Le Craftsmen raised a total of $2,644 for HCSA.
Donations from SG Cares Giving Week 2021
As part of SG Cares Giving Week 2021, SG Cares organised several projects in partnership with various corporates and sponsored care packs and goodie bags for our beneficiaries.
Through its ‘Adopt a Bag’ initiative, HCSA received a total of 113 food ration bags from SAFRA and delivered these to our beneficiaries homes with the help of volunteers. 20 corporate volunteers from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) provided 150 care packs filled with healthcare and personal grooming items to our residents at HCSA Highpoint and HCSA DRTC. Our single parent families from HCSA SPIN also received care packs from A*Star corporate volunteers.
Support from church partners
HCSA Highpoint celebrated Christmas with its beneficiaries through three festive events held by our church partners. These events, held in line with SMMs, were organised by Community of Praise Baptist Bible Church, The Bible Church Singapore, and Thomson Road Baptist Church. These events helped spread much needed Christmas cheer to our beneficiaries.
‘Donate Your SRV’ campaign with One Faber Group
As part of their CSR initiatives, One Faber Group organised a ‘Donate Your SingapoRediscovers Vouchers’ campaign to fund ‘experience’ outings for our beneficiaries at Mount Faber and Sentosa. Through the generous donation of the public, over 10 beneficiary families from our HCSA Highpoint and HCSA SPIN programmes enjoyed ‘Gai Gai’ tours.
Resumption of ‘Lunch & Learn’ corporate engagement sessions
We resumed our Lunch & Learn engagement sessions virtually in 2021 as a way for our longstanding partners, collaborators and donors, and corporate employees to understand our programmes on a deeper level – and to thank them for their continued support for HCSA.
In September 2021, we invited corporate employees from Empact for one such session. To enhance the engagement process, we brought in our HCSA DRTC team and an alumna where they shared insights and a testimony of her experience, respectively. Bento meals prepared by our HCSA Academy trainees were also delivered to Empact’s corporate employees.
Fundraising Campaigns
HCSA 25th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, HCSA launched its HCSA 25th anniversary fundraising campaign through various online donation platforms: HCSA website, Giving.sg, and Give.Asia. The fundraiser was held in support of HCSA’s programmes that have helped provide transformative support to its beneficiaries of ex-offenders, abused teenage girls, single parents, and at-risk vulnerable in our community over the past 25 years.
Through the generous support of our donors and partners, HCSA raised $230,102. This amount was also matched dollar-for-dollar by the Tote Board and the Singapore government as part of the Enhanced Fund-Raising Programme (EFR).
Gift25ive Campaign
In conjunction with our 25th Anniversary fundraising campaign, HCSA launched ‘Gift25ive’, a virtual Christmas fundraiser to tap on the season of giving. Upon making a donation, donors had the opportunity to ‘hang’ a virtual decorative ornament on a virtual Christmas tree, and to share a message of encouragement to our beneficiaries. A total of $81,010 was raised during the ‘Gift25ive’ campaign.
Volunteer Engagement
Achievements
We were awarded a certificate of achievement for completing the NCSS Volunteer Management Capability Development Consultancy Project 2021.
Regular trainings for volunteers
We also conducted five types of trainings to equip our volunteers with the appropriate skills and knowledge to help support our beneficiaries better.
Training topics revolved around:
- Social service in Singapore
- Healthy youth development:
Types of abuse - Crisis management
- Managing trauma responses in the moment
- Communication
Our volunteers shared that they found the information and framework provided in these trainings helped them to navigate the unexpected.
Brenda Ng, HCSA SPIN volunteer
Ashima Thomas, HCSA volunteer
Long-term Volunteer Partnerships with Corporates
Our corporate supporters continued to lend their support and organised a wide range of events to help our beneficiaries .
These companies have volunteered on a regular basis to befriend, assist, and plan for our beneficiaries:
- Acting Up
- Adam Khoo Learning Technologies
- Beautiful People
- Bedok Methodist Church
- Children’s Society
- Citi-Visa
- City on a Hill
- NUS Bizad Club
- NYP
- PROMPTS
- SGX
- SMU Pro Bono Centre
- Thomson Road Baptist Church
Celebrations
To honour and thank our volunteers for their hard work, we held our annual volunteer appreciation virtually on 3 December 2021. We were honoured to have the event graced by Ms. Denise Phua, Mayor, Central Singapore District.
