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Oct 2023
“You’re beautiful just the way you are and every one of us is created in a unique way.” In light of World Mental Health Day, BCS introduces SLAY QUEENS, a one-day beauty workshop conceptualised by our BCS youth team to spark conversations about healthy body image and self-esteem amongst youths, while equipping them with soft skills to manage fair expectations of themselves....
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19
Jan 2022
“Have you ever thought of what meaning could evolve out of the packet of food that you send to the elderly?” asked Yoke Yee, our senior Social Worker at Bethesda Care Services’ Elderly Services department (ESD) at the department’s virtual Partner’s Appreciation Night last October. We invite you to take a read through the following excerpt from her speech which speaks volumes about her heart of service and passion to light up the lives of our elderly beneficiaries....
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05
Jan 2022
Our annual BCS Bursary Award Ceremony was successfully held on 19 November 2021. A total of $121,150 was awarded to 319 students...
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29
Apr 2021
Over the course of 6 months, 9 volunteers from Elevate the Streets used street dance as a medium of engaging our youths and teaching them life values....
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15
Jan 2021
This year, a team of 4 students from ITE College East participated in the Youth For Causes project and helped raise funds for Bethesda Care Services as well as their fellow schoolmates who have been affected by COVID-19. One of the team members, Trisha, shares about her experience: ?The beginning of my Youth for Causes (YFC) journey was very demanding...
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24
Jul 2019
Scenario: You rush home from work, making sure to pack something nice for dinner. Hopefully this would incentivise your son to be more cooperative and study after dinner. You reach home and spot him sprawled on the sofa, fixated on his phone, not even out of his school uniform. Anger wells up. You flare up and scream at him to get into the shower. That?s 30mins less study time for tonight, an unhappy parent, and an unhappy child. There?s no quick fix for the above scenario. But perhaps the following tips and......
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09
Oct 2018
On Friday, 28 September, MOE announced 6 Changes to Singapore?s Education System. Understandably, the news was received with mixed feelings for many parents. We went ahead and tried to capture what some of our children at Sunshine Club felt about having fewer examinations....
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13
Apr 2018
Inch-thick dust, moldy furniture, long expired food, pest infested cabinets, stained tiles, filthy toilets not cleaned for years, along with piled up trash, clutter. They knew what awaited them, they came prepared and armed with masks, gloves, bleach cleaning detergents and extra doses of passion....
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26
Apr 2017
"I have learnt that there are people out there who need our helping hand. Looking at how they are doing saddens me. I?d love to help out more in future.?...
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21
Sep 2016
The days leading up to BAW was loaded with both excitement and anxiety. Many of our services and programmes would benefit significantly if we could get more volunteers.....
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