RESILIENCE TRAILS
In partnership with Allkin Singapore
Embark on a Learning Journey
of Empowerment, Empathy and Endless Possibilities
Resilience Trails is our flagship community programme where we partner with Allkin Singapore (formerly known as AMKFSC Community Services) and engage individuals with disabilities, single mothers and other individuals from under-resourced communities to co-create and co-run community trails in their own neighborhoods. Through these Trails, we hope to bring participants on a journey of empowerment, empathy and endless possibilities, while providing our Guides with dignified, flexible and home-oriented employment.
Through this programme, we hope to change perspectives of these communities by showcasing their skills and experiences as experts of the community. These unique individuals, whom we refer to endearingly as our Community Guides, are either former or current beneficiaries of Family Service Centres run by Allkin Singapore.
Who might our trails be suitable for?
Our trails are suitable for participants aged 15 and above. We have facilitated our trails with corporates, social sector partners, government agencies and schools.
YOU can make a difference.
The 2.5h that you spend on these consciously co-created trails will impact our guides on the following three levels.
Every step you take empowers the voice, agency and assets of our guides in an authentic manner.
Financially, your support goes towards providing our guides with dignified, flexible and home-oriented employment at respectful remuneration rates, enabling them to earn as much as 6 - 7 times the hourly rate of a typical F&B service crew.
This provides them with more time, resources, and bandwidth to care for their families, thus building a positive cycle in the longer term. By engaging our guides in these trails, you will contribute to building better futures for our Community Guides and their families.
About Our Trails
Anchored in the Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood, each trail is uniquely themed and co-designed based on each Guide's strengths and lived experiences.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Dates: Upon request and subject to availability
Language: English
Trail Area: Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood (route varies between every trail)
No of pax: 10-15 participants for each trail led by a Community Guide
Fees per trail: Upon enquiry
In this learning trail, we will
Hear firsthand from our Community Guides on their journey of empowerment from a beneficiary to an active volunteer
Contrast our initial assumptions & perceptions with newly gained perspectives of the community
Observe and identify the strengths of the individual, community and environment, and how they have created value to further develop the community for themselves
Consider how to adopt an asset-based lens / approach in our daily lives / respective fields of work
Our Impact
Click to learn more about the impact of Resilience Trails on our community guides!
As seen on
OUR GUIDES
Here are our Community Guides! Click on their names to read their full profiles and learn more about them.
“It is not the magnitude of our actions but the sincerity behind them that makes a difference”
“Hope that through love and listening, we can help others in need.”
“You don’t need a reason to be good to others.”
“If you listen properly, you will surely find and learn something.”
"There will always be light at the end of the tunnel."
“I hope people know it’s okay to ask for help and know where to seek help when they need it. #donotfeelpaiseh”
"I may not have money to give to others, but I can contribute my time and energy!”
our Graduated guides
“Everyone deserves a chance, especially those who wish to turn over a new leaf despite their past.”
AN EXCLUSIVE PEEK
into how we brought our Trails to life
Enjoyed reading about our Resilience Trails and Community Guides?
Click here for an insider perspective of this dynamic yet heartwarming programme.
How might our Resilience tRails meet your CSR or Professional development needs?
Option 1: Deep Learning Model
E.g. Skillseed trains a client partner in Empathy and / or ABCD and concludes with the Resilience Trails as a practicum
(A holistic learning experience)
Option 2: A Sponsorship Experience
E.g. Client partner supports a new Guide’s onboarding and gets to experience the new Guide’s trail later
(Sponsorship with yield)
Option 3: Purposeful Skilled Volunteerism
E.g. After experiencing the trails, client partners directly apply their talents to Skillseed’s Guides’ community initiatives and / or Skillseed’s RT programme
(Doubling the good)
Interested in arranging a curated neighbourhood trail for your organisation?
If you are keen to join a trail, please let your organisation know so that we can organise a group trail for you.
If you are keen to embark on one of our trails, do email us at info@skillseed.sg to further the conversation.
Find out more by downloading our information deck here.
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