Filos Community Services
Filos: Family, Children & Youth programmes
Filos Community Services provides educational, enrichment, befriending and mentoring programmes that build resilience, character, and life skills for children and youths, including needy, vulnerable, special needs, and students-at-risk. Offerings include tuition, reading support, sexuality education, and holiday activities.
Overview
- A suite of Family, Children & Youth programmes by Filos Community Services designed to build resilient families and support children and youths from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Parenting Programmes (Parents Plus) offer evidence-based workshops to help parents build positive relationships and manage emotional and behavioural issues, with modules tailored to children across age groups (1–6, 6–12, 11–16) and a special needs track for parents of children and young adults (11–25).
- Children & Youth Programmes promote educational equity through literacy and numeracy support, including weekly Reading Room (storytelling), Little Sprouts Phonics (preschool phonics), Early Learning (age-appropriate literacy/numeracy), and Tuition (P1–P6 core subjects run by volunteers).
- Holistic development initiatives foster life skills, resilience, and healthy habits via Green Spot activities, Total Recall (elderly-awareness life skills), and Project P.E.E.R. (Play. Eat. Exercise. Rest) that shares health messages on socialisation, nutrition, physical activity, and sleep.
- Activities may include enrichment sessions, meaningful holiday programmes, and family outings to strengthen parent-child bonding and promote well-being within the community.
Scheme type
ChildrenYouthYouth-at-RiskSpecial NeedsEducation Support
Who qualifies
Eligibility groups
Children
Youth
Youth-at-risk
Students
Persons with special needs
Low income
What you receive
Befriending services
Educational programmes
Eligibility details
Children and youths, including:
- Primary school students (Primary 1–6), particularly those who are needy.
- Pre-school children aged 4–6 from vulnerable backgrounds.
- Children aged 7–12 and youths aged 12–18.
- Students in Primary, Secondary, Polytechnic, ITE.
- Special needs students and students-at-risk. Specific programme age/level applies (e.g., eTeens for Secondary 3, JC, ITE).
How to apply
Contact the organization for more information via phone or at this page: https://www.filos.sg/contact
Agency details
Important Information
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