Category Archives: Happenings

Second Minister for Education, Dr Maliki Bin Osman, was the guest of honour during Bapa Sepanjang Hayat’s first education forum on Sunday 18 September 2022 at the Lifelong Learning Institute. He shared his takeaways from his parenting journey of over 20 years – the ABCs of parenting. Dr Maliki’s children two children are 24 and […]

As Singapore moves into the endemic phase, we’re celebrating fathers who have overcome the challenges of the pandemic while balancing work, co-parenting and household responsibilities and strengthened their families because of their resilience and courage. This year, Celebrating Fathers is heralding Father’s Day with a line-up of events to spotlight fathers’ contributions as they supported […]

In conjunction with the Year of Celebrating SG Families, Centre for Fathering (CFF) and MUMs for Life (MFL) have launched Ibu Sepanjang Hayat (ISH) [MUMs for Life for the Malay Muslim Community], at MUMs Day Out event – a joint mothers’ celebration by MFL and Families for Life (FFL) on Sunday, 8 May 2022. Minister […]

The Centre for Fathering Charity Golf event returned on 3 March 2022 at the Laguna National Masters Course! This event took place in 2018 and 2019 but when we were planning for the next edition, we were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and had to shelve our plans for the next two years. Despite the […]

Centre for Fathering Charity Golf 2022 Guest of Honour Message by Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Fathers take on different but important roles throughout their children’s lives – a playmate, a disciplinarian, a counsellor, and a friend – to help them become their best selves. Their […]

Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development has announced the formation of a task force that will strengthen families in the in the Malay Muslim community. On his Facebook post on 21 February 2022, he shared, “Yesterday, I had the chance to meet with […]

Fathers from over 120 pre-schools, primary and secondary schools as well as institutes of higher learning will be participating in the Back to School with Dad initiative for the next academic year in 2022. Among these, fathers from 93 schools are taking part in Back to School with Dad for the first time. Organised by […]

To build stronger father-daughter relationships, fifteen pairs of fathers and daughters took part in Detik Istimewa Bersama Ayah (Special Moment With Dad) on Sunday, 12 December 2021 from 2pm to 5pm at Asli Village, Downtown East. Detik Istimewa Bersama Ayah is an event of the Malay Muslim Fathering Month (Bulan Kebapaan), an initiative by Centre […]

To encourage Singaporeans to forge stronger bonds with their families, employers were encouraged to allow employees to leave work at 5pm on 19 November 2021, Friday, to have a meal with their families. In a special edition of Eat With Your Family Day, about 100 families enjoyed a Made For Families evening of fun and […]

As part of a community effort to build stronger family bonds amidst COVID-19, 19 families in need living in Yishun received home-delivered meals on Eat With Your Family Day (EWYFD) on Friday, 3 September 2021. The meal delivery is organised by Centre for Fathering, DADs for Life and MUMs for Life, in partnership with MWS […]