Singapore Children's Society

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The Singapore Children's Society (abbrev: SCS; Chinese: 新加坡儿童社会) is a charitable organisation which looks after the welfare of children. It is committed to protect the physical, emotional and mental well-being of disadvantaged children.

1 History
- 1.1 Founding of the Singapore Association for Retarded Children
- 1.2 More programmes
2 Volunteer Work
3 External links

[edit] History

The SCS was founded on 17 April 1952 by a group of civic-minded citizens. The group started with a convalescent home for malnourished children in Changi that was subsequently gazetted as a Place of Safety in 1988. It was also the pioneer voluntary welfare organisation to provide opportunities for training of social work undergraduates from the then University of Malaya.

[edit] Founding of the Singapore Association for Retarded Children

During the 1960s, the SCS founded the Singapore Association for Retarded Children. That same year, the Society also opened the Social Work Service office in Toa Payoh.

[edit] More programmes

Recognising a social trend towards dual income families, the SCS launched a pilot project that reached out to latchkey children in 1979. Then in 1982 and again in 1984, the United Nations Association of Singapore awarded the SCS the "Most Outstanding Civic Organisation" Gold Award.

The year 1984 also saw the SCS launch Tinkle Friend, a hotline dedicated to children aged between 7 to 12 for them to voice out their problems. Four years later, in 1988, the Society initiated and developed voluntary services for the prevention of child abuse. The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Standing Committee was formed to provide guidance and direction for the work undertaken.

In the 1990s, a series of developments took place that led to the opening of a Family Service Centre and the establishment of a Research Grant for Social Work.