COMMUNITY – Creating Positive Social Impact with the Most Connected Communities
We are committed to driving positive change by empowering the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our communities, through corporate giving, volunteerism and driving social change through innovation.
Giving time and talent
We give employees one day of paid leave per year to volunteer for causes they are passionate about. Singtel business units are also encouraged to adopt VolunTeaming, or department team building with a volunteering element. Last year, the annual Singtel Carnival hosted 1,500 students from special education schools, including beneficiaries of the Singtel Touching Lives Fund. Two thousand staff volunteers planned and organised the event, which is now in its fifth year.
In Australia, Optus employees are similarly enthusiastic about volunteering and advocate developing the education and employability opportunities for youths. Since becoming a founding member of the Australian Business and Community Network in 2008, we have helped build the skills and raise the aspirations of over 7,700 students across Australia through mentoring and workshop facilitation.
We have also widened the scope of skills-based volunteering, such as in our Singtel Group Future Makers social innovation programme.
The spirit of giving back transcends boundaries as employees across the Group actively participate in “Better Together”, our annual overseas volunteering programme. More than 70 volunteers from Airtel, AIS, Globe, Optus and Singtel participated in three community projects in India, Thailand and the Philippines. Volunteers conducted English lessons for Bharti Foundation school students, organised an English camp for scholarship holders of AIS' Good Kids Great Hearts programme, and held cyber wellness lessons for children from economically disadvantaged families and a shoreline clean-up in the respective countries.
Australian students learn how to use technology safely and responsibly at a Digital Thumbprint workshop organised by Optus and Kids Helpline.
We are committed to driving positive change by empowering the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our communities, through corporate giving, volunteerism and driving social change through innovation.
Giving time and talent
We give employees one day of paid leave per year to volunteer for causes they are passionate about. Singtel business units are also encouraged to adopt VolunTeaming, or department team building with a volunteering element. Last year, the annual Singtel Carnival hosted 1,500 students from special education schools, including beneficiaries of the Singtel Touching Lives Fund. Two thousand staff volunteers planned and organised the event, which is now in its fifth year.
In Australia, Optus employees are similarly enthusiastic about volunteering and advocate developing the education and employability opportunities for youths. Since becoming a founding member of the Australian Business and Community Network in 2008, we have helped build the skills and raise the aspirations of over 7,700 students across Australia through mentoring and workshop facilitation.
We have also widened the scope of skills-based volunteering, such as in our Singtel Group Future Makers social innovation programme.
The spirit of giving back transcends boundaries as employees across the Group actively participate in “Better Together”, our annual overseas volunteering programme. More than 70 volunteers from Airtel, AIS, Globe, Optus and Singtel participated in three community projects in India, Thailand and the Philippines. Volunteers conducted English lessons for Bharti Foundation school students, organised an English camp for scholarship holders of AIS' Good Kids Great Hearts programme, and held cyber wellness lessons for children from economically disadvantaged families and a shoreline clean-up in the respective countries.
Australian students learn how to use technology safely and responsibly at a Digital Thumbprint workshop organised by Optus and Kids Helpline.
PROMOTING CYBER WELLNESS AND DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE
Singtel is committed to creating empowered, educated and responsible digital citizens who thrive in today’s digital world. We strive to protect their well-being by equipping them with the knowledge and behaviour they need to benefit from the power of technology while staying safe online.
Our Digital Thumbprint Programme partners community organisations to deliver workshops teaching primary and secondary school students positive online behaviour. Introduced in 2013, the programme has reached over 430,000 students in Singapore and Australia. A similar programme run by Globe in the Philippines has also reached over 16,000 students since 2016. To augment the workshops, we organised our inaugural Digital Smarts Day at the Optus campus in Sydney, Australia. A team of staff volunteers educated primary and high school students on digital citizenship and online safety in a fun and interactive way.
Singtel is also a strategic partner of the #DQEveryChild programme, following our collaboration with the DQ Institute. The DQ Institute is an international coalition spearheaded by Singtel and NTU in association with the World Economic Forum to improve digital education through cross-sector collaborations, global dialogue and research.
#DQEveryChild aims to nurture and measure digital intelligence among children. A pilot study of #DQEveryChild conducted in Singapore last year found that children who completed the programme showed a 13% improvement in their Digital Intelligence Quotient or DQ score and a corresponding 18% reduction in cyber risks.
With a combination of online education tools and real-time assessment, the 8- to 12-year-olds learnt to deal with cyber issues and use digital technology responsibly and safely.
The programme will be rolled out to all primary schools in Singapore after the successful pilot.
Primary school students learn how to use the internet safely and responsibly at the #DQEveryChild workshop organised in collaboration with the DQ Institute.
PROMOTING CYBER WELLNESS AND DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE
Singtel is committed to creating empowered, educated and responsible digital citizens who thrive in today’s digital world. We strive to protect their well-being by equipping them with the knowledge and behaviour they need to benefit from the power of technology while staying safe online.
Our Digital Thumbprint Programme partners community organisations to deliver workshops teaching primary and secondary school students positive online behaviour. Introduced in 2013, the programme has reached over 430,000 students in Singapore and Australia. A similar programme run by Globe in the Philippines has also reached over 16,000 students since 2016. To augment the workshops, we organised our inaugural Digital Smarts Day at the Optus campus in Sydney, Australia. A team of staff volunteers educated primary and high school students on digital citizenship and online safety in a fun and interactive way.
Singtel is also a strategic partner of the #DQEveryChild programme, following our collaboration with the DQ Institute. The DQ Institute is an international coalition spearheaded by Singtel and NTU in association with the World Economic Forum to improve digital education through cross-sector collaborations, global dialogue and research.
#DQEveryChild aims to nurture and measure digital intelligence among children. A pilot study of #DQEveryChild conducted in Singapore last year found that children who completed the programme showed a 13% improvement in their Digital Intelligence Quotient or DQ score and a corresponding 18% reduction in cyber risks.
With a combination of online education tools and real-time assessment, the 8- to 12-year-olds learnt to deal with cyber issues and use digital technology responsibly and safely.
The programme will be rolled out to all primary schools in Singapore after the successful pilot.
Primary school students learn how to use the internet safely and responsibly at the #DQEveryChild workshop organised in collaboration with the DQ Institute.
