go further and deeper into the mechanisms of social innovation

CHALLENGE WHAT YOU know about the world around you. Through hands-on workshops, community trails, and meeting local change-makers, build a multifaceted perspective on the issues below the surface, identify assets, and assemble your own toolkit of knowledge, frameworks to design, implement, and evaluate innovative solutions to social challenges!

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

create an impact in your community.

• Pick up a powerful combination of soft and hard tools that will empower you to think laterally, look beyond the surface and identify obscured assets and empathise with diverse communities

• Through fun and engaging workshops, gain transferable skills, such as Design Thinking, the Theory of Change, Social Business Model Canvas, and more - and put them into practice via a challenge to present your own project ideas for your home communities

• Be inspired by examples of social innovation that are making an impact across different spheres of society, discuss the opportunities and challenges within the sector with Singaporean social entrepreneurs

• Get to know a side of Singapore that few locals even know about, through trails and exchanges with your local peers — gain valuable perspectives to the garden city and explore the role of narratives in nation-building and national development

course fees

Fees will differ according to your needs - please contact us for more information. All programmes run with an organised group, with a minimum of 10 participants.

Fees typically include the following:

• Accommodation & meals (we make socially and environmentally responsible choices as far as possible!)

• Transport (including flights and airport transfers)

• Entrance fees for attractions

• Course materials

• Insurance cover

• Engaging experts & 24/7 experienced facilitators

Your investment in our courses also enables Skillseed to further our social mission by empowering local communities through employment or job creation. It also goes towards course development (we do intensive consultations with key organisations and conduct project site visits!) and provides opportunities for course alumni to further develop their skills and passions with us or our partner organisations.

eligibility

Best suited for people who:

• Are at least 15 years of age and in good health

• Have no strict vegan diet requirements or severe allergies or debilitating allergies, and don't require prescription medicine that requires constant refrigeration

• Are fluent in English (written & spoken)

• Passionate about social change, entrepreneurship, and urban issues!

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