Landlease’s volunteer programmes are usually ground-up initiatives borne out of employee passion.
“There are about 3-5 per cent of Singaporeans who have special needs”, said Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) president Victor Tay, adding that they are at risk of falling through the cracks.
Armed with the conviction that this group of people can also contribute to the economy, APSN’s Centre for Adults (CFA) has been helping them integrate into the society since 1997 by getting them employed.
“They are more focused on their job, are attentive and do not mind voluminous and repetitive job nature,” said Mr Tay, who is also chairman of APSN-CFA.
The centre has courses in four different sectors which include hospitality and landscaping. To allow the adults at APSN-CFA to have hands-on experience, a special project task force was set up in Lendlease – along with its business partners – to create a hospitality training facility to teach them housekeeping skills. . .
To read more about this Company of Good, visit The Business Times.
