Our CSR programme encourages our people to take a more active
role in their communities, as individuals, or as a team through what
we call VolunTeaming. Besides providing financial support, we want
our people to work alongside our beneficiaries and other Voluntary
Welfare Organisations (VWOs).
Singtel gives each full-time employee one day of paid volunteer
leave per year. In FY2012, over 20,000 hours of volunteer time
was given to community and environmental projects. This included
the special tenth anniversary STLF Flag Day when about 7,000
volunteering hours were clocked. |
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| Volunteering hours and Number of employee volunteers |
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| We saw strong momentum for VolunTeaming in the company. Around
8,000 hours were undertaken by about 1,700 employees across 24
different activities and 14 unique beneficiaries. This is a significant
increase from the previous financial year which saw about 4,000
volunteering hours by about 800 employees across 18 activities with
10 unique beneficiaries. |
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| We also introduced our first Overseas Volunteering Programme for
our people. During the year, we arranged two expeditions: one in
conjunction with Globe in Cebu, the Philippines, and one with AIS in
Ayutthaya, Thailand. |
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| Painters for a day |
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On a sweltering afternoon on 19
August, 32 colleagues from NCS
Human Capital Management unit
had a VolunTeaming activity
at the Idea Employment
Development Centre run by the
Movement for the Intellectually Disabled |
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of Singapore (MINDS). The Centre offers services
and facilities for its students with intellectual disability to
develop their vocational skills and employability.
The NCS team came up with the idea of ‘Bringing colours to
the homes’ to foster stronger bonds among team members
and help the community at the same time. They decided
to paint the four walls and the doors of the stores at the
Centre, and also sponsored the paints and tools needed.
One team played games with the students while the rest
moved the cupboards and cleaned the place before the
painting task. After the hard work, the team toured the
Centre’s workshop and sales store. Wowed by the art tiles
that the students had drawn, they went on a shopping
spree – almost wiping out the store’s shelves! |
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