Category Archives: Happenings

Dads for Life (DFL) Camp 2018 was a highlight in the nation-wide Celebrating Fathers movement to recognise the important role fathers play in their families and to encourage active fatherhood. 200 father-child pairs participated in the fun-filled, sports-themed camp which began in the afternoon of 16 June and ended in the morning of 17 June […]

Centre for Fathering-Dads for Life (CFF-DFL), in partnership with Mediacorp, announced the kickoff of this year’s Celebrating Fathers 2018 at a press conference on 17 May 2018. This nationwide initiative to honour fathers continues a tradition of month-long celebratory activities over June, and culminates in a Dad’s Day Out event on Father’s Day. Celebrating Fathers this […]

Centre for Fathering-Dads for Life (CFF-DFL), in partnership with Mediacorp, is honouring fathers this Father’s Day with Celebrating Fathers 2018. To reinforce the important role of fathers and its impact on families and the next generation of families; the theme for this year’s month-long series of activities will be: “A Dad is for Life—Honouring Fathers from Generation to […]

Into its third year, the Dads@School Forum at Queensway Secondary School on 7 April 2018, was filled with 200 fathers, father support group leaders, parent support group leaders, and educators from over 70 schools. To encourage the continuity of their involvement in father support groups from primary to secondary school, this year’s theme was: “Who’s […]

Centre for Fathering (CFF-DFL) conducted a Rite of Passage programme for Queenstown Secondary School’s students and their dads on 27 January 2018. A pilot programme, Rite of Passage consists of engaging interactive activities culminating in a ceremony for the fathers to ‘release’ their teens to become young adults –with the assurance that they will continue […]

CFF – DFL conducted a Shared Parenting Lunchtime Talk at global investment house, Schroders, on 25 October 2017, as part of its Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Month. Participants gathered to glean insights from Trainer/Co-founder of CFF, Mr Edwin Choy, to address challenges faced by contemporary families. These include competing priorities; the need to juggle schedules; […]

Teacher-in-charge of fathers@QtPSG (fathers@Queenstown Parent Support Group), Mr Tan Cheow Seng (left), relates to us the joy of working with dads at Queenstown Primary School (QtPS) to promote father-child bonding. fathers@QtPSG also known as “Fathers’ Club” is led by an organising committee that constantly comes up with new programmes and activity ideas. At Queenstown Primary School, I have been much […]

A core group of 11 from fathers@QtPSG (fathers@Queenstown Parent Support Group) catch up at a coffee shop once a month to plan activities for the school’s children and their dads. Hear their stories of how they have developed deeper relationships with their children and dedicated themselves to nurturing strong and enduring bonds. At Queenstown Primary […]

The Centre for Fathering partnered with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music to host a Charity Concert of light classics to benefit the Centre’s programmes and causes. $165,000 was raised in the recent Gift of Wings Charity Concert held at the magnificent Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. It was a night to truly […]

Almost 200 parents were in attendance at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport for a parenting seminar and book launch organised jointly between the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) and Centre For Fathering Singapore (CFF). “The foundation of a strong family, and consequently, resilient children, is a strong marriage,” Dr Faishal declared, as he outlined the […]