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NTUC First Campus rolls out socio-emotional modules for low-income children to equip them for primary school
Kalila and her family at her Kindergarten graduation ceremony When Kalila Binte Herman was in Nursery 2 two years ago, she faced challenges in language and literacy. She had difficulties recognising letters and their sounds, struggled to write, and needed…
Celebrating 15 years of creating bright futures for children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds
NTUC First Campus’s Chief Child Support Officer Louisa Chng (left) and Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How (seated, centre) at a Bright Horizons Fund event held at the Singapore Discovery Centre. When Muhammad Adam Muhammad Faizil, a…
Preschoolers from My First Skool and day care seniors raise funds for a good cause through creating beautiful flower pots
Guest of Honour Mr Seah Kian Peng, Speaker of Parliament and Group Chief Executive Officer of NTUC Enterprise (second from left) posing with two children from My First Skool at Braddell Heights and My First Skool’s General Manager Ms Thian…
NTUC First Campus’s Bright Horizons Fund broadens the horizons of children from disadvantaged backgrounds through educational experiences
Bright Horizons Fund’s Chairman and Senior Minister of State for Defence Mr Heng Chee How (front centre, in green) poses with beneficiaries at a FAST event held at the Singapore Discovery Centre on 5 August 2023. On Saturday (5 Aug),…
Cultivating a love of reading through the gift of books
Mr Heng Chee How, Chairman of Bright Horizons Fund (BHF) launched the ‘BHF Book Hamper’ initiative at My First Skool at Blk 19 Jalan Sultan. On 1 February 2023, Mr Heng Chee How, Chairman of Bright Horizons Fund (BHF), NTUC…
NTUC Campus’s preschools offer holistic and up-to-date programmes, ensuring high-quality preschool education
Picture: BERITA Mediacorp The government is committed to giving every child a good start in life, regardless of their background, and so is NTUC First Campus. My First Skool, operated by NTUC First Campus, was featured in the first part…
Pre-schools step up to help families during pandemic
In a feature story on how pre-schools in Singapore are helping families in need amid the pandemic, Straits Times reported that NTUC First Campus’ (NFC) Bright Horizons Fund has channelled about $2.4 million in 2021 to bridge the income and…
NTUC First Campus launches S$350,000 Food and Nutrition Programme to support 2,500 low-income families
Families and children will benefit from food packs including daily necessities, Kopitiam cards and health and nutrition workshops every quarter. Singapore, 11 May 2021 – NTUC First Campus (NFC) today unveiled plans for a S$350,000 Food and Nutrition Programme to…
NTUC First Campus contributes an estimated S$2 million to provide a one-time Child Development Account top-up and to launch an “NTUC First Campus Sponsored NTUC Membership Programme” to give an estimated 4,000 low-income families and their children a good start to the Lunar New Year
● A one-time payout of S$400 will be provided into each eligible child’s Child Development Account (CDA) to provide low-income families with financial support for various child-raising expenses [1]. ● The “NTUC First Campus Sponsored NTUC Membership Programme” will provide…
FairPrice Foundation donates S$500,000 to NTUC First Campus’ Bright Horizons Fund and NTUC Health’s Eldercare Trust to boost digital literacy for low-income families and seniors
● S$250,000 goes towards supporting NTUC First Campus’ Digital Kampung Programme, which bridges the digital divide for more than 2,000 low-income families and their children over three years, by enhancing digital access and strengthening digital literacy ● S$250,000 will support…
More than 20,000 children will benefit from the extension of partial fee offset provided by NTUC First Campus’ pre-schools for the extended Circuit Breaker period in May
NTUC First Campus unveils $500,000 “Bright Horizons Fund Care Package for COVID-19” to provide 100% fee offset off the net fees payable, for low-income families who face reduction in household income or loss of job. NTUC First Campus (NFC) had…
An estimated 19,500 children will benefit from partial fee offset provided by NTUC First Campus’ pre-schools to support them through this crucial period
NTUC First Campus (NFC) announced today that all 167 of its pre-schools will support the latest Government announcement on fee offsets, along with other Anchor Operators (AOP). NFC will provide a partial offset of the net fees for the month…
CapitaLand launches S$750,000 programme with NTUC First Campus to prepare low-income pre-school children for primary school
CapitaLand-Bright Horizons Fund programme to benefit 2,000 My First Skool pre-school children in support of Singapore government’s efforts to strengthen early childhood education More than S$660,000 CapitaLand Cares @ CDC programme to support over 5,000 vulnerable elderly and children Singapore,…
OCBC Bank and staff contribute S$1 million to kickstart the OCBC-NTUC First Campus Bridging Programme, which will help to make pre-school education free for children from low-income families
Supporting Singapore’s national agenda to make pre-school education more accessible, the five-year programme will fund an average of two years of childcare fees for all eligible new enrolments at My First Skool and offer financial literacy workshops for these families…
Beyond financial assistance, more children from low-income families benefitting from more support programmes
NTUC-U Care Fund continues to support programmes that give children from less privileged backgrounds a good start in life. Committed to giving all children a good start in life, NTUC’s Bright Horizons Fund (BHF) has stepped up its efforts to…