Acknowedgements
We would like to thank the following organisations and individuals for their participation and their contributions towards the Lower-Income Families Colabs series:
Our Brain Trust Members:
- Ang Bee Lian, Director General Social Welfare, Ministry of Social and Family Development
- Elaine Loo, Director, Service Strategy & Innovation, National Council of Social Service
- Elysa Chen, Executive Director, Youth Work, Campus Impact
- Faith Aw Yong, Deputy Director, Development and Partnerships, Tote Board
- James Tan, CEO, TOUCH Community Services
- Joyce Ang, Group Head, TOUCH Community Services
- Justin Lee, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Social Lab, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
- Kee Kirk Chuen (Kirk), Senior Director, Temasek Foundation
- Lee Seng Meng, Executive Director , SHINE Children and Youth Services
- Nur Fadhli, Assistant Director, Assistant Director, SHINE Children and Youth Services
- Rachel Loh, Grant Manager (Social), Tote Board
- Saleemah Ismail, Executive Director, New Life Stories
- Sharon Eng, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Maybank
- Tony Leong, Director, Youth Work, Campus Impact
Lower-Income Families Colabs Participants:
- Adalia Tan, Development Bank of Singapore People of Purpose, Assistant Vice President, Development Bank of Singapore
- Adrian Sandler, Executive Director, Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD), National University of Singapore
- Ahmad Syakir, Marriage Hub @ Insprasi, AMP Singapore
- Amos Chua Wei Wen, Youth Support (At-Risk), Head of Department, YMCA of Singapore
- Andrew Ong, Co-founder, Break the Cycle
- Anil Kumar Singh, Founder, Agape Connecting People
- Audrey Ng, Philanthropy Manager, SymAsia Foundation
- Carol Lee, Head, Philanthropy and Grants, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
- Cassandra Ler Yiying, Assistant Manager, Development & Partnerships (Social), Tote Board
- Charis Chan, Director, Global Engagement & Community Engagement, Singapore Red Cross
- Charlotte Goh, Executive Director, Playeum
- Charmaine Leung, Managing Director, National Council of Social Service
- Cheryl Seah, Director, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
- Chew Ping Phoon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Development), NTUC First Campus
- Chia Kun Liang, Lead, Communications, Marketing and Fundraising, Playeum
- Chiang Keen May, Executive, Family LifeAid, Singapore Red Cross
- Choy Yee Mun, Vice President, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) Foundation, Development Bank of Singapore
- Clara Cher, Programme Executive, Family, Children and Youth Department, Filos Community Services
- Corman Tan, Volunteer manager, Blossom Seeds
- Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie, EXCO ONE Fresh Food Programme, ONE (SINGAPORE)
- Dalvin Sidhu, Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Senior Programme Manager (Research), Singapore Management University
- Dawn Tan, Head, Philanthropy Advisory APAC, SymAsia Foundation
- Donovan Tan, Founder & Creative Director, Loupe
- Eileen Ng, Blossom Seeds
- Eliada Hng, Family Services, Social Worker, REACH Community Services
- Elisha Paul Teo, Senior Social Worker, REACH Family Service Centre
- Elysia Goh Chiao Yee, Senior Executive, Corporate Social Responsibility, CapitaLand
- Ezzat Md Mustasar, Marriage Hub, Counsellor, AMP Singapore
- Fang Xinwei, Yishun Family Service Centre, Deputy Director, Singapore Children’s Society
- Fannie Lim, Executive Director, Daughters of Tomorrow
- Felicia Lau, Program Manager, Octava Foundation
- Fiona Lioe, Executive, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
- Firdaus Masrani, Programme Executive, Conjunct Consulting
- Francis Foo, Family Services, Cluster Director, Methodist Welfare Services
- Freddie Low, Executive Director, Morning Star Community Services
- Gabriel Ng, Assistant Vice President, Sales, Worldwide Hotels
- Garry Gan, Executive, Family LifeAid, Singapore Red Cross
- Georgiana Lim, Youth Worker, REACH Community Services
- Glendon Wee, Programmes Department (Assistant Manager, Special Projects), Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Huang Weilin, Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD), National University of Singapore
- Intan, Acting Head and Programme Executive, Family, Children and Youth Department, Filos Community Services
- Irin Ng, Centre for Applied Philanthropy, Principal Consultant, Community Foundation of Singapore
- Jamie Ng, Youth Worker, REACH Community Services
- Jasmine Goh, Partnerships, Viddsee
- Jean Bristow, Associate Director, Programmes, Temasek Foundation
- Jean Ng, Social Worker, REACH Family Service Centre
- Jill Wong, Senior Director, Resilience and Engagement Division, Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth
- Jing Yng Ng, Strategy and Innovation, Manager, SG Enable
- Jo, Solve n+1
- John Teen, Manager, Care Corner Singapore
- Joyz Tan, Senior Assistant Director, Fei Yue Family Service Centre and the Child Protection Specialist Centre
- Kanak Muchhal, Women’s Strategic Development, Daughters of Tomorrow
- Kelly Low, Care Corner Singapore
- Ko Wei Lin, Social Worker, Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre
- Kong Kum Peck, ComCare and Social Support Division, Ministry for Social and Family Development
- Kwek Shilin Shirin, Independent Living and Caregiver Support, Manager, SG Enable
- Lee Poh Ling, Financial Assistance Unit, Social Worker, Singapore Children’s Society
- Lee Yanting, Manager, Care Corner Singapore
- Leeta Behera, Coordinator, ONE Emergency Fund, ONE (SINGAPORE)
- Lewin Low, Project Consultant, Solve n+1
- Liao Liwen, Social Worker, Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre
- Lily Sulastri, Head, Social Programmes & Services, Yayasan MENDAKI
- Liu Rongwei, Shaun, Training and Trainer, Covering Case Manager, Morning Star Community Services
- Loh Shu Ting, Service Planning and Funding Group, Manager, National Council of Social Service
- Lou Wei Sim, Regional Strategy & Government Affairs, Lazada Group
- Marceline Chin, Service Strategy & Innovation, Assistant Director, National Council of Social Service
- Marlina Binte Mohamed Yased, Family Transformation Programme, South Central Community Family Service Centre
- Martin Chok, Deputy Director, Care Corner Singapore
- Matthew Wee Yik Keong, CEO, Yellow Ribbon Singapore
- Mei Ling Wu, General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, YMCA of Singapore
- Michael Switow, Founder and Executive Committee Member, ONE (SINGAPORE)
- Michele Gan, Senior Counsellor, Family Services, Asian Women’s Welfare Association
- Mohammad Faizal Bin Mohammad Nor, Family Services, Case Officer, AMP Singapore
- Mr Yap Chee Siong, Senior Manager, Programmes Planning, Wishing Well
- Muhammad Sufri Bin Ramli, Outreach, Development & Mentorship, Lead Manager, Tasek Jurong
- Nadira Talib, Research & Design department, Assistant Director, Yayasan MENDAKI
- Ng Weng Lin, Assistant Manager, Research, Lien Centre for Social Innovation
- Nicole Teo, Associate, Impact & Engagement, Standard Chartered Bank
- Nina Catrina Sara, Social Worker, REACH Community Services
- Nina Chun, Senior Manager, Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI) & Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD)
- Nupur A Bahadur, Co-Founder, Supporting SG’s Frontline
- Nur Alisa Binte Taha, Projects and Community Engagement, Playeum
- Nur Amira, Marriage Hub, Counsellor, AMP Singapore
- Nur Rahimi Mohamed Azmi, Senior Manager, Team Lead for Southeast, Yayasan MENDAKI
- Nurain Binte Zainal Abidin, Manager, Corporate Communications, New Life Stories
- Nurul ’Ain Azman, Senior Manager, Outreach, Development & Mentorship, Tasek Jurong
- Nurul Fathain Abdul Ghani, Marriage Hub, Social Work Associate, AMP Singapore
- Patrice Lim, Social Worker, Kampong Kapor Community Services
- Pearlyn Tseng, Director Communications and Marketing, National Council of Social Service
- Petrina Lee, Social Worker, Eldercare Department, Filos Community Services
- Phua Huijia, Director, Skillseed
- Pooja Bhandari, Deputy Director, Corporate Development Services, Asian Women’s Welfare Association
- Pow Lay Kuan, Director, SG Cares VC@Sembawang, Blossom Seeds
- Rachel Sim, Community Engagement Executive, Filos Community Services
- Rachel Tan, Assistant Manager (Grant Management, Policy & Research), Tote Board
- Raine Ong, Senior Course Manager & Community Builder, Skillseed
- Rajesh Varghese, CTO, South Central Community Family Service Centre
- Reagan Foo, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) Foundation, Vice President, Development Bank of Singapore
- Rick Lee, Deputy Director, Morning Star Community Services
- Ruth Yeo, Community Engagement Executive, Filos Community Services
- Ryan Lim, Principal Advisor, External Affairs, Rio Tinto
- Sandra Yu, Social Worker, REACH Family Service
- Sapna Kewalramani, Director Philanthropy, KRF
- See Toh Huixia, Deputy Director, Family Services, Asian Women’s Welfare Association
- Selene Ong, Head, Community Resilience, Singapore Red Cross
- Shahrul Bahriyah Bt Rhazaly Noentil, Senior Manager & Lead Psychotherapist, New Life Stories
- Shaikh Loqman, Marriage Hub, Amp
- Sheena Lim, Assistant Manager, Fei Yue Family Service Centre
- Siti Aisyah Shaik Nordin, Senior Executive, Yayasan MENDAKI
- Siti Hairin Binte Mohd Rahman, Case Management Services – Assistant Senior Social Worker II, Singapore After-Care Association
- Soraya Begum, Senior Psychotherapist, New Life Stories
- Stephanie Leong, Programmes Department, Senior Programme Executive, Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Steve Loh, Lien Centre For Social Innovation, Director, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
- Stuart Yeo, Partnerships, Viddsee
- Susan See Sok Tin, Silver Generation Division, Cluster Head, AIC
- Sylvia Phua, AVP, Impact & Partnerships, GIC
- Tan Bee Joo, Yishun Family Service Centre, Senior Director, Singapore Children’s Society
- Tan Rui Min Tavis Hartanto, Head of Partnership, The Signpost Project
- Tan Wei Wen, Assistant Senior Social Worker, Kampong Kapor Community Services
- Tan Yong Chuan Willy, Regional Strategy & Government Affairs, Lazada Group
- Tasleem Banu, Partnerships & Programmes Executive, Friendzone
- Tham Jun Han, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Friendzone
- Trivia Yeo, Volunteer, Programme Lead, Cahaya Community
- Victoria Fong, Assistant Senior Social Worker, REACH Family Service Centre
- Vikki Lim, Community Manager, Solve n+1
- Walter Edgar Theseira, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Yasmine Tan, Executive Director, Conjunct Consulting
- Yassemin Md Said, Marriage Hub, Counsellor, AMP Singapore
- Zatan Tan, Assistant Director (Partnership), Membership & Partnership Division, People’s Association
- Zhou Qixiang, Manager, SSO Coordination Branch, Service Delivery and Coordination Division, Social Policy and Services Group, Ministry of Social and Family Development
- Zhu Huijuan, Membership & Partnership Division, Manager (Partnerships), People’s Association
- Zubaida Binte Mohamed Ali, Community Outreach Coordinator, Family Transformation Programme, South Central Community Family Service Centre
Special thanks to:
- Colabs Panelists: Lim Zhong Hao, Rajesh Varghese, Kong Kum Peck, Huijia Phua, Francis Foo, See Toh Huixia
- Daughters of Tomorrow for conducting the Poverty Sensitisation Workshop for Colabs participants
- Justin Lee for supporting the formation of the Lower-Income Families Empowerment (LIFE) Network
- Rhindon Strategy and Design in partnering with NVPC in co-designing the Lower-Income Families Colabs series and in developing the post-Colabs report: Joshua Teo, Billy Kwan
- With Content in partnering with NVPC in co-designing the Lower-Income Families Colabs website and refining the post-Colabs report
- Sharul, Alex, Norah, Janet and Julie for sharing their personal experiences
Our NVPC Colleagues & Colabs Team:
- Tony Soh, Melissa Kwee, Ng Soek Mun, Lenard Pattiselanno, and Marcus Tang
- Our board members
- Our facilitators and notetakers
- Core Team: Sari Atiqa Ramli, Alia Binte Abdul Aziz Alkaff, Syasya Nur Hidayati Bte Norhisham
- Past Team Members: Gloria Arlini, Amanda See
- With thanks to our interns: Bhavya Matta, Audrey Ng, Emilia Chow, Kimberly Giam, Wei Qi Ng, Sharon Jerusha
This report underwent a co-creation process from January to May 2023, following the Lower-Income Families Colabs series held from November 2022 to January 2023.