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The Inclusive Support Programme at My First Skool benefit children with developmental needs through providing support to integrate them into the classrooms
Corrine Elizabeth Peters, Early Interventionist at My First Skool at Block 248 Kim Keat Link, is engaging two children in an educational activity. Lianhe Zaobao published a feature story on the benefits of the Inclusive Support Programme (InSP) at participating pre-school…
17 NTUC First Campus employees were recognised at Singapore National Co-operative Federation’s inaugural Co-operative Movement Night
Convincing parents to enrol their children with developmental needs in an Early Intervention Programme is not an easy task. But that is what Senior Manager of the Child Support Services Department at NTUC First Campus (NFC), Ms Deniece Bidhiya, strives…
NTUC First Campus buffers families from rising costs amid inflation
Mr Ng, a school bus driver, had to tighten his purse strings when petrol prices rose significantly in the last few months. He had to reduce the pick-ups he made to save on petrol costs, impacting his overall income. Mr…
Types of social support that pre-schools offer
A teacher once alerted Meera Krishnan, a senior Child Enabling Executive (CEE) at NTUC First Campus (NFC), that a two-year-old child often brought feeding bottles that were old and mouldy. When Meera realised it was because his parents could not afford a new…
NFC’s inclusive pre-schools – Natural setting with slight modifications
NTUC First Campus’ (NFC) two inclusive pre-schools will support children with special needs from February 2022. NFC’s philosophy is to keep the classroom setting as natural as possible with slight modifications to better support the needs of the children. An example would be…
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…
NTUC First Campus and National Institute of Education embark on a 3-year research study on holistic Child Support Model for pre-school children from low-income families
The study will help pre-school operators and policy makers understand the impact of first-of-its-kind Child Support Model in addressing social and developmental needs of these children, and its positive effects on inequality and social mobility issues. Singapore, 5 December 2018 –…
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…