Useful links

Understanding Social Issues for your social enterprise

Assess guidance and support for your business needs.


Disability Employment

by SG Enable

Enhancing employability and employment options for persons with disabilities through working with employers, the disability community and their caregivers.

"Who Cares" Publication & "We Care" Toolkit

by National Council of Social Services

If you are working with supporting caregivers, this publication and set of tools to help you spark conversations and aid in caring for them

The Path To...Better Life by Design

by Design Singapore

The Path To… Better Life by Design: Designing for persons with disabilities presents the global trends, insights and design concepts that arose from the study.

Design for Ageing Gracefully

by Design Singapore

The Asian Insights & Design Innovation unit conducted a design ethnography study in 2014, with the objective to understand the needs and experiences of the elderly population in Singapore, their caregivers, and their interactions with public health systems here.

Empathetic Technology for Ageing

by Design Singapore

The Asian Insights & Design Innovation unit conducted a design ethnography study in 2014, with the objective to understand the elderly population in Singapore and their use of technology in managing their health and wellness.

Social Issues by NCSS

by National Council of Social Services

NCSS has publications that introduces in depth prevalent social issues in Singapore

Unmet Social Needs

by Lien Centre for Social Innovation

The Lien Centre for social innovation research articles aimed at understanding the social gaps in Singapore society and providing sustainable solutions in collaboration with the public, private and social sectors

Lien Foundation

Lien Foundation focuses on areas such as eldercare, early childhood education, and water and sanitation.

Singapore International Foundation

The SIF aims to strengthen mutual understanding, ties and trust between global communities. Their programmes seek to bring Singaporeans and our friends from overseas communities together,
to connect and collaborate for positive change.

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

IPS is a research centre of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. It examines issues of critical national interest across a variety of fields, such as economics, politics and on demography and family, which is pertinent to the social service sector.