Volunteering

COMPANY OF GOOD

To give back, Standard Chartered keeps an eye on the practical and long-term

The bank, which has operated in Singapore for over a century, believes its sustainability thrives on society’s prosperity

Noah Tan, one of the winners at the inaugural UOL X ART:DIS Art Prize in 2023, runs a workshop on textured art techniques.
COMPANY OF GOOD

UOL gives back through inclusive arts and youth empowerment

Its CSR approach demonstrates the ‘power of collaboration’, says group CEO Liam Wee Sin

IPC runs a joint venture with local businesses in Vietnam and Thailand to set up “glamping” sites, which have the potential to become tourist attractions.
TAKING HEART

IPC Group banks on community-based travel to bring ‘tangible benefit’ to locals

This tourism model creates positive economic, social, cultural and environmental impact

UOB partners Central Singapore CDC to equip children with digital-making skills such as robotics through digital bootcamps as part of UOB My Digital Space, supported by UOB Heartbeat volunteers.
GREAT SINGAPORE GIVE

90 years on, UOB remains committed to supporting art, children and education

Since its founding, the bank’s CSR journey has evolved from one-off efforts to longer-term programmes across the region

VolunteerInc has helped Coface establish a partnership with Allkins Singapore to support senior beneficiaries on a long-term basis.
TAKING HEART

SBF initiative VolunteerInc helps companies kick-start their corporate volunteering journey

The SME-focused programme provides easily accessible, ready-to-use resources, training and frameworks

From left: Tony Soh, CEO of NVPC; David Neo, acting minister for culture, community and youth and senior minister of state for education; Jeanette Lee, director of Bettr Group; Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin, vice-chair of NVPC.
TAKING HEART

NVPC partners SUSS to boost social impact of PVPA 2025 winners, finalists

The 13th edition of the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards 2025 has 16 winners across 12 categories

The volunteers installing the light and battery packs in the villagers’ homes.
TAKING HEART

UOB’s Kampung Solar initiative lights up homes in remote Malaysian village

Volunteers travel to rural Perak to install 150 units of solar panels for more than 70 residents

Kwan Yi Rui (left), a third-year student from the NUS Faculty of Science, and Ng Zhi Ying (right), a third-year student from NUS Business School, recently completed a course where they befriended socially vulnerable seniors.
TAKING HEART

Mapletree donates S$3 million to NUS for service-learning courses to uplift 60,000 beneficiaries

The contribution will sustain and expand programmes that focus on seniors and vulnerable families

More than 500 StanChart employees, along with their families, volunteered at the National Family Festival 2025.
BANKING ON THE COMMUNITY

Standard Chartered brings families, community together for National Family Festival

It is one of various family focused community initiatives in June, which is also the bank’s Global Employee Volunteering Month

Lin Sufei, director of corporate and industry partnerships at NVPC, says the flexibility of the programme allows companies to "contribute to an area of need while maintaining their day-to-day operations".
TAKING HEART

NVPC’s Flexi Volunteering Programme makes giving back more accessible for companies

Around 60 companies will work with 10 community partners in the newly launched initiative to establish more sustainable volunteering efforts