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Focus on Abilities — Our Partners
As of August 2024
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- SG Enable, the focal agency for disability and inclusion in Singapore, enables persons with disabilities to live, learn, work and play in an inclusive society. They create equitable opportunities for persons with disabilities through thought leadership, sustainable social innovation and impactful partnership. Guided by their core values of professionalism, innovation and empathy, they envision a more inclusive Singapore and enabled lives. Set up by the Ministry of Social and Family Development in 2013, they are a registered charity and an Institution of a Public Character.
- SG Enable is constantly seeking like-minded partners to build an inclusive society, and enable lives. They provide resources to equip organisations with the necessary knowledge and skills to be ready to embark on disability-inclusive employment.
- Find out how you can be a champion for disability inclusion here: https://www.sgenable.sg/your-first-stop/hiring-employment/employers
- If you’re an athlete and you’re looking for a job, check out SG Enable’s resources and network here: https://www.enablingguide.sg/im-looking-for-disability-support/training-employment
spexBusiness
- Singapore Sport Institute’s mandate focuses on helping athletes strive towards the pinnacle of sporting excellence whilst preparing for a successful transition into life after sports.
- spexBusiness is the customised scheme under the Singapore Sport Institute to help our Team Singapore athletes strive towards the pinnacle of sporting excellence. spexBusiness looks into empowering athletes to take charge of their future through a dual career opportunity and prepare them for a successful transition into life after sports.
- Through forming a network of companies from diverse industries, spexBusiness collaborates with its athlete-friendly partners to offer various career development support (such as employment opportunities and workplace flexibilities) to Team Singapore athletes. The list of partners can be found here: https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/
spexbusiness-network-partners/ - Companies can join the athlete-friendly partner network by contacting Sport_TeamSingapore@sport.gov.sg.
- Inclus is a social enterprise empowering persons with disabilities to reach their fullest potential in life through gainful employment and independence. Inclus empowers employers to hire persons with disabilities (PWDs). They can help you recruit and support employees with disabilities at work, and will also work with different levels of your organisation in building processes and systems to create deeper integration and inclusion in the workplace. Inclus also works with many partner organisations, including SDSC, to train up and expose persons with disabilities to the highest level of relevancy to match what employers and their industries need. Find out more here: https://inclus.sg/organisations/
- For persons with disabilities, Inclus provides employment opportunities with their partners who work closely with them to help PWDs find long-term gainful employment. They have job opportunities across industries such as IT, Cybersecurity, Finance, F&B, Hospitality, and many more. They will support your transition and integration into your job by understanding and matching your needs with suitable opportunities. Find out more here: https://inclus.sg/people/
Singapore Para Athletes Commission
- The Singapore Para Athletes Commission (SPAC) serves as the collective voice of para athletes in Singapore and seeks to represent their interests and views. They also provide effective input into decision-making so that para athletes train and compete within a supportive and transparent system. SPAC members are the link between Singapore National Paralympic Council (SNPC), Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) and Singapore para athletes.
- If you’re a para athlete and would like to be connected with fellow athletes and receive updates and support on careers via a Telegram group chat, do drop an email to nurul_taha@snpc.org.sg to indicate your interest!
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Theresa Goh (theresa.goh@sdsc.org.sg), who oversees athlete life at SDSC.
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