January 2016

ASEAN Para Games Medallists Join Youths with Disabilities in Getting Education and Talent Development Support

The SPD Education Programme Awards Presentation Ceremony 2016 was held at The Chevrons on 23 January. We invited Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth as the Guest-of-Honour. [...]

SPD Education Programme 2016 – Speech by Ms Grace Fu

Speech by Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth at the SPD Education Programme Awards Presentation Ceremony on Saturday, 23 January 2016, at 10am at The Chevrons

SPD Education Programme 2016 – Speech by Mr Ashish Anupam

Speech by Mr Ashish Anupam, President and CEO of NatSteel, at the SPD Education Programme Awards Presentation Ceremony on Saturday, 23 January 2016, at 10am at The Chevrons

SPD Education Programme 2016 – Speech by Ms Chia Yong Yong

Speech by Ms Chia Yong Yong, President of SPD, at the SPD Education Programme Awards Presentation Ceremony on Saturday, 23 January 2016, at 10am at The Chevrons

Youths with Disabilities, Including ASEAN Para Games Medallists, Get Support in Education and Talent Development

SPD Youth Aspiration Award presented to four youths with physical disabilities to support their pursuits in sports, performing arts and community service. More than $56,000 in bursaries awarded to 84 students [...]

SPD Starts the Year with Motivated Staffers

SPD started the year on a high as close to 300 staff from all SPD’s centres gathered for a day of fellowship on 15 January. The annual Staff Day kicked [...]

Celebrating Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists (OT) play an important role in the rehabilitation journey of those coping with some form of impairment. Many health and community care organisations around the world recognise the [...]

LTA Helps SPD Clients Familiarise with the New Downtown Line

The opening of Downtown Line 2 (DTL) in December adds to Singapore’s growing public transportation network which makes more places around the island accessible to people with disabilities.

Students with Disabilities Can Do Well with Inclusive Education Network

In this letter published in Today’s Voices on 21 January 2016, SPD’s executive director Mr Abhimanyau Pal shares how inclusive education can help to realise the potential of students with [...]

A Season of Fun and Giving

Everyone looks forward to the year-end celebrations and ending the year on a high note. We’ve had the privilege to do so, thanks to volunteers and partners who came up [...]