Category: Happenings

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

The White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, which arose from a year-long conversation on women development in Singapore, surfaced recommendations for 25 action plans to better look after the interests of women. As a father to three sons and a daughter, I am encouraged that Singapore is progressing towards a future where men and women