January 2017

Meet Our SPD Youth Aspiration Award 2017 Recipients

Administered by SPD and sponsored by NatSteel Holdings, the SPD Youth Aspiration Award provides a $5,000 grant that allows youths with disabilities to develop their interests and talents in the [...]

Singapore Ranked 28th in the World in Giving

Since 2010, the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in the United Kingdom has been publishing the World Giving Index Report annually, providing insights to global giving behaviour. SPD advocacy senior analyst [...]

Benefits of Exercise for People with Dementia

About 10 per cent of people aged 65 and over has dementia. SPD physiotherapist Gerda de Jong shares in this article how exercise can have a positive impact on the [...]

SPD Education Programme Extends Its Support to Students with Sensory Disabilities

More than 30 years after the SPD Education Programme (EP) was launched to support students with physical disabilities from low-income families in mainstream schools, it now extends its support to [...]

NatSteel-SPD Education Progamme Bursary Brings Youth Closer to His Dreams

Jagdish Singh, 16, is no stranger to the SPD Education Programme Bursary Awards, this year being the seventh consecutive year that he is receiving it. The bursary programme has opened [...]

SPD Education Programme 2017 – Speech by Mr Ashish Anupam

Speech by Mr Ashish Anupam, President and CEO of NatSteel Holdings for the SPD Education Programme Awards Presentation Ceremony on Saturday, 14 January 2017, at 11.30am at Holiday Inn Atrium [...]

SPD Education Programme 2017 – 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, 14 January 2017, at 11.30am at Holiday Inn Atrium Hotel

Youth with Profound Hearing Loss Gets Support in Developing Talent in Drumming

Graduation Parties 2016

Take a look at the graduation ceremony and performances as we celebrated the achievements of the children enrolled in our Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (EIPIC), as well [...]

In Conversation with Speech Therapist Valerene Tan

Speech therapists are a rare breed in Singapore. Even with an increased demand for speech therapy services across different settings in Singapore, it is heartening to know that working in [...]