cdc Community Development Councils care Annual Report We Care FY2013 mission To Assist the Needy, Bond the People and Connect the Community. ASSISTING THE NEEDY To help the less fortunate through local assistance schemes and programmes. BONDING THE PEOPLE To bond the community through projects and programmes to bring them closer to one another. CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY To develop strategic partnerships with corporate and community partners to better serve our residents. contents 08 Strengthening Social Support 14 Caring for the Silver Community 18 Promoting & Integrating Community Health 22 Championing Environmental Responsibility 26 Promoting Volunteerism Chairperson Dr Amy Khor’s Message he CDCs were formed in 1997 to help strengthen On the whole, CDCs have increased and deepened community bonds and build a more caring and their outreach by connecting the 3Ps (Public, Private and Tcohesive society. In 2001, the administration of the People) in FY2013. For instance, the engagement with national social assistance scheme was decentralised to corporate partners rose to 588, a 6 percentage point the five CDCs to make it easier for residents to access increase. The number of volunteer-initiated projects also assistance. This decentralised approach has worked well. grew by about 10 per cent to 566. To support efforts in In July 2013, this structure has been further decentralised deepening resident engagement, CDCs continued to with the setting up of 20 Social Service Offices (SSOs) by focus on building the capacity and capability of interest the Ministry of Social and Family Development. This has groups. In FY2013 alone, over 1,100 interest groups, a 3.5 made it even more convenient for residents to access per cent increase, were formed. These groups went on to assistance. attract over 145,000 members, or a growth of some 11 per cent. With the return of the national social assistance scheme to the Ministry, the CDCs will continue to carry CDCs have also proactively supported government on with the mission of Assisting the Needy, Bonding the agencies in their outreach to the community. In 2013, we People and Connecting the Community at the District worked with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agency level. The CDCs will redouble their efforts in working with for Integrated Care (AIC) to promote awareness of community and corporate organisations on assistance Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS). To encourage programmes such as transport, meals and food vouchers, entrepreneurship, we also partnered Spring Singapore bursaries and free tuition for students at the local level to open a heartland-based Small and Medium Enterprise to further strengthen the social safety net. The CDCs will (SME) centre at each of the five CDCS. draw on the support and participation of an increasing number of corporate organisations and their employees to Looking ahead, with the refined functions of compliment the efforts of the grassroots organisations. CDCs (i.e. Aggregator, Builder and Connector), CDCs will Together the CDCs have initiated more than 100 local continue to strive to rally the government agencies, assistance programmes for the benefits of some 92,500 more companies and their employees as well as other residents this year. community organisations to support our local assistance 08 Strengthening Social Support programmes and community projects to uplift the lives of Despite the 8 per cent decline in overall corporate residents. donations in Singapore, the five CDCs still saw an increase 14 Caring for the Silver Community in donations. The two biggest sponsorships, pledged in To all our District councillors, partners, sponsors, October and November 2013, were from the Serial System volunteers and residents, we thank you for your selfless Limited and Zhi Zhen Tan Dao Xue Hui (Singapore) which contributions and continuous support. Let’s work more 18 Promoting & Integrating Community Health jointly donated $2.25 million over three years; and from closely together to strengthen our nation’s heartware and Dr Tor Lam Huat, founder of Ginvera, who gave $1 million emerge as a more close-knitted society. 22 Championing Environmental Responsibility to the five CDCs. In all, the donations received by CDCs increased to almost $11.8 million up from $10.8 million in Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan FY2012. Chairperson, Mayors’ Committee 26 Promoting Volunteerism Mayor of South West District 04 Council Community Development Council Governing Council DR AMY KHOR LEAN SUAN MR TEO SER LUCK Chairman of Mayors’ Committee Mayor of North East District Mayor of South West District Chairman of North East CDC Chairman of South West CDC District: District: Aljunied GRC, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, Chua Chu Kang GRC, Jurong GRC, Tampines GRC, Hougang SMC and West Coast GRC, Hong Kah North Punggol East SMC SMC, Pioneer SMC and Yuhua SMC SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Community Development Council Community Development Council The JTC Summit 300 Tampines Ave 5 #06-01 8 Jurong Town Hall Road #26-06 NTUC Income, Tampines Junction Singapore 609434 Singapore 529653 Tel: 6316 1616 Tel: 6424 4000 Fax: 6316 7250 Fax: 6424 4066 Vice Chairmen Vice Chairmen MR ARTHUR FONG MR MASAGOS ZULKIFLI BIN Member of Parliament for West MASAGOS MOHAMAD Coast GRC, Adviser to West Senior Minister of State, Coast GRC, Adviser to Ministry of Home Affairs and Clementi Grassroots Organisations Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC, Adviser to Tampines West Grassroots Organisations MR ZAQY MOHAMAD Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC, MR ZAINAL BIN SAPARI Adviser to Keat Hong Member of Parliament for Pasir Grassroots Organisations Ris-Punggol GRC, Adviser to Pasir Ris East Grassroots Organisations MR ONG KIM HUAT, DAVID BBM Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC, Adviser to Jurong MDM CYNTHIA PHUA GRC, Adviser to Jurong GRC Executive Director, Grassroots Organisations Retail Planning Consultancy and Research, Retail Marketing and Leasing, Knight Frank Pte Ltd, Singapore Head Office 05 Community Development Council Council DR. MOHAMAD MALIKI BIN OSMAN DR. TEO HO PIN MR SAM TAN CHIN SIONG Mayor of South East District Mayor of North West District Mayor of Central Singapore District Chairman of South East CDC Chairman of North West CDC Chairman of Central Singapore CDC District: District: District: East Coast GRC, Marine Parade GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Nee Soon Ang Mo Kio GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh Joo Chiat SMC, Mountbatten SMC GRC, Sembawang GRC and GRC, Moulmein-Kallang GRC, and Potong Pasir SMC Bukit Panjang SMC Tanjong Pagar GRC, Radin Mas SMC, Sengkang West SMC and Whampoa SMC SOUTH EAST NORTH WEST CENTRAL SINGAPORE Community Development Council Community Development Council Community Development Council 10 Eunos Road 8 #02-01 900 South Woodlands Drive HDB Hub Bizthree Singapore Post Centre #06-07 Woodlands Civic Centre 490 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh Singapore 408600 Singapore 730900 #07-11 (Lobby 2) Tel: 6243 8753 Tel: 6767 2288 Singapore 310490 Fax: 6243 3130 Fax: 6219 1176 Tel: 6370 9901 Fax: 6370 9928 Vice Chairmen Vice Chairman Vice Chairmen MR SEAH KIAN PENG MR HAWAZI DAIPI DR LAM PIN MIN Deputy Speaker Senior Parliamentary Member of Parliament for Member of Parliament Secretary, Ministry of Sengkang West SMC, for Marine Parade GRC, Education & Ministry of Adviser to Sengkang West Adviser to Marine Parade GRC Manpower. Member of Grassroots Organisations Grassroots Organisations Parliament for Sembawang GRC, Adviser to Marsiling Grassroots Organisations MS DENNIS PHUA MS JESSICA TAN Member of Parliament for SOON NEO Moulmein-Kallang GRC, Member of Parliament for East Adviser to Kampong Glam Coast GRC, Adviser to Grassroots Organisations East Coast GRC Grassroots Organisations MR HRI KUMAR Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Adviser to Bishan-Toa Payoh Grassroots Organisations 06 About CDC Community Development Council About CDCs At the CDCs, we believe in bringing out the big-heartedness of our community. After all, home is where the heart is, and we want to make this home a caring and better one for all. We hope to achieve this more effectively through the five areas of focus of our work. They are, STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SUPPORT CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY PROMOTING AND INTEGRATING COMMUNITY HEALTH CARING FOR THE SILVER COMMUNITY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM STRENGTHENING SOCIAL haze and other public hygiene and seniors were engaged, a notable SUPPORT environmental issues. 30% above the target of March 2013. We will continue to work with A caring and compassionate home PROMOTING AND GROs and VWOs to assess the is where no one gets left behind. INTEGRATING COMMUNITY needs of our silver population and Thus, one of the CDCs’ main areas HEALTH encourage more able residents and of work is assisting the needy organisations to step forward as through customised local assistance A fit and healthy body keeps volunteers and corporate partners. programmes. We work closely with us happy! And the CDCs are relevant government agencies as well strong advocates of a healthy PROMOTING as organisations on the ground such lifestyle. A great example is our VOLUNTEERISM as Voluntary Welfare Organisations strong brisk-walking movement (VWOs), Grassroots Organisations of 111,000 briskwalkers! With Every small effort makes a (GROs) and residents to understand the CDCs’ help, more than 650 difference and the CDCs hopes needs and challenges of the Residents’ Committees (RCs) and that more Singaporeans are able to vulnerable within our population. The Neighbourhood Committees were volunteer. Your help may just touch result is a team effort, where the able to set up their own walking someone’s life. With a wide range of more able of our society such as our clubs within the past three years. social programmes, the CDCs hope volunteers and corporate partners More holistic projects that focus on to attract more people to join us as chip in to help the less able. health and social integration as well volunteers. To better engage our as ground-up initiatives for our silver volunteers, we also develop more CHAMPIONING community were also carried out.