A father’s role is ever evolving. As their children grow, fathers are constantly adapting to them, learning how to nurture them and be there for them at every stage of their lives. This June, Celebrating Fathers commemorates the lifelong journey of fatherhood and honours all fathers – from new dads to dads of adult children
Over 7,000 thousand children from 39 madrasahs and mosques are honouring their fathers or father figures with words of affirmation and appreciation through handwritten Father’s Day cards. The initiative, helmed by Centre for Fathering (CFF), Bapa Sepanjang Hayat (BSH), MENDAKI (Council for the Development of Singapore Malay/Muslim Community) and MUIS (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore),
On 15 April 2023, Bapa Sepanjang Hayat (DADs for Life) and Chao Chu Kang GRC organised a Ramadan event featuring breaking of fast with Dad using a Tray. The Sedulang Bersama Ayah event is organised annually by Centre for Fathering and Bapa Sepanjang Hayat. This is the first year it is being organised in collaboration
Centre for Fathering, DADs for Life and MUMs for Life are excited to share that a father group has been formed in Kebun Baru – the first based in a constituency. Launched on 15 April 2023 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Mr Henry Kwek, Advisor to Kebun Baru GROs at the Kebun Baru
Five organisations from the public, private and people sectors have been selected as winners of the Great Companies for Dads Awards 2023. 22 companies participated in the awards this year These organisations received awards from President Halimah Yacob at the Centre for Fathering Charity Ball on 10 February 2023. They hail from industries such as
Fathers from 200 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 2023. The dates for Back to School with Dad 2023 are 3 and 4 January 2023. This represents an increase of nearly 67
Themed Rekindling The Hearts of Fathers, this year’s DADs for Life conference aims to rally fathers with school-going children and inspire them to be the best dad they can be for their kids. Besides hearing from dads Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Patron of Centre for Fathering, Mr Keith Magnus, Chairman of Centre for Fathering and Mr
About 400 family members enjoyed a fun-filled Made For Families evening with a picnic and family-bonding activities at the Eat With Your Family Day (EWYFD) event held at Bishan Park on Friday,18 November 2022. This picnic event marks the last EWYFD of the year, with participation from 42 companies. The picnic is organised 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
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
