MINDS was founded in May 1962 under the name of Singapore Association for Retarded Children (SARC). A group of philanthropists saw the need to provide equal opportunities for children with intellectual disabilities to receive education and later, to be integrated as contributing and responsible citizens in Singapore.
Thus far, MINDS has grown to be one of Singapore’s largest and oldest Voluntary Welfare Organizations serving more than 2,300 clients with moderate to severe ... Read More
MINDS was founded in May 1962 under the name of Singapore Association for Retarded Children (SARC). A group of philanthropists saw the need to provide equal opportunities for children with intellectual disabilities to receive education and later, to be integrated as contributing and responsible citizens in Singapore.
Thus far, MINDS has grown to be one of Singapore’s largest and oldest Voluntary Welfare Organizations serving more than 2,300 clients with moderate to severe intellectual disability from age 7 to a ripe old age. Our services encompass:
• 4 Special Education Schools
• 3 Employment Development Centres (aka Sheltered Workshops)
• 8 Training and Development Centres (aka Day Activity Centres)
• 1 Multi-service Residential Home – which includes a Home, a Hostel and a Children’s Wing
• Caregivers Support Services Centre
• Home-based Care Services
• Me Too! Club (A befriending programme to PWIDs who are socially isolated or are unable to participate in community-based services.)
• Appropriate Adult Programme (Since the start of 2016, MINDS was appointed by the National Council for Social Service (NCSS) as the service administrators for the Appropriate Adult (AA) programme which provides support to Singapore Police Force (SPF), Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) during the investigating interviews involving detainees, victims or witnesses suspected of having Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Mental Health issues
To date, MINDS serves more than 3000 beneficiaries in our 14 facilities located island-wide and aims to become a world-class VWO that advances the development, well-being and aspirations of PWIDs and their integration into mainstream society.
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