LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES

SINDA Youth Club’s (SYC) leadership programmes offer opportunities and platforms to youths aspiring to develop and hone their leadership potential.

SINDA Young Leaders Programme (SYLP)

A 4-month leadership programme that nurtures the leadership potential of youths and shapes them into active contributors in the community.

ITE Leadership Programme (ITELP)

A 5-month leadership programme that grooms ITE students into effective leaders through a leadership camp, soft-skill modules and community engagements.

SINDA Youth Leaders Seminar (SYLS)

SYLS is a 3-day annual leadership seminar where youths from diverse backgrounds are groomed into youth leaders who strive to be agents of change in the community.

SINDA Youth Empowerment Camp (SYEC)

SYEC is a 3-day camp for Secondary 3 students to learn more about themselves, cultivate self and community leadership, and be prepared for life after secondary school.

Young Adults Engagement

Young Adults Engagement nurtures a young adult community that supports personal and professional development for future-ready young adults through interactive workshops, dialogues and industry visits.

SINDA Sports Initiative (SPIN)

A sports programme that grooms holistic perspectives of health in individuals, through training sessions, workshops and events.

Strengthening Families

SINDA’s family programmes aim to build stronger ties within families and empower every member of the family with support, skills and resources, while cultivating stable and resilient families.

Parenting Workshops

SINDA’s parenting workshops impart knowledge to strengthen parent-child bonds and reinforce the importance of supporting children during their significant growth stages.

Workshop themes include:

• Early Childhood Development

• Nurturing Early Learners

• Positive Parenting

• Health & Nutrition Workshops

• Mental Wellness

Starter Series

This series is targeted at parents of children transitioning to the next stage of their education –Pre-school, Primary 1, Secondary 1 and Tertiary-level. It equips parents with the necessary knowledge to help ease the transition for their children and support their social and emotional wellbeing.

Family Bonding Activities

A series of exciting family-bonding activities throughout the year to help strengthen familial bonds. These include father-child bonding workshops to help fathers better relate to their children and foster lasting bonds.

Project Athena

Project Athena empowers Indian single mothers to effectively raise their families through individual counselling and group therapy. By providing a strong support network, single mothers are encouraged to build stronger bonds with their children.

Let Her Shine! – Women Empowerment Programme

This series equips young Indian women with the skills and resources to grow into strong and confident women, with workshops focusing on career growth, health and women empowerment.

Social And Financial Assistance

SINDA’s Family Service Centre is a one-stop information and referral centre that provides social work and counselling services to individuals and families in need. In addition to this, complementary intervention programmes by other SINDA divisions ensure that holistic support is available to all clients to overcome their challenges and strive towards a better future.

Information & Referral

Social work practitioners identify and assess the needs of individuals or families and link them to the relevant assistance offered by various national agencies.

Casework & Counselling

Social work practitioners help individuals and families with their parenting, marital, financial, family violence and interpersonal issues.

Legal Clinic

Free legal services to disadvantaged Indian families, where lawyers from accredited law firms advise clients about the relevant legal procedures and terms on a pro-bono basis.

Prison TrueCare

The Prison TrueCare programme offers workshops to incarcerated individuals while providing social and financial support to their families. Inmates are also supported with continued reintegration services, upon their release.

EDUCATION-RELATED ASSISTANCE SCHEMES

SINDA offers several education-related assistance schemes and additional support to students from pre-school to tertiary levels and their family members.

These education-related assistance schemes include:

Bursaries

Bursaries at SINDA support low-income and deserving families with education-related financial assistance from pre-school up till their post-secondary education.

• Pre-School Bursary

• SINDA Bursary (For Primary and Secondary students)

• Post-Secondary Bursary

Before and After School Care Subsidy (BASC)

Available to low-income families with children enrolled in non-profit BASC centres.

Education Assistance Fund

Supports low-income Indian families who face difficulties in paying for their children’s school fees.

Comcare Assistance Scheme (with MSF)

Financial assistance for beneficiaries in need of urgent assistance, on a case-by-case basis.

Home Access (with IMDA)

Supports low-income families with affordable home internet connectivity. Eligible Singaporean families can enjoy two years of subsidised fibre broadband connectivity, with an option to bundle it with a tablet or smartphone.

NEU PC Plus (with IMDA)

Offers low-income households with students or persons with disabilities the opportunity to own a computer at an affordable price.

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Foundation

Free copies of mainstream newspapers for students from low-income households, to keep them up-to-date on current affairs.