Description of Organization

The objects of the Charity are as follows:
-To help and benefit the community in terms of the promotion of health and to provide
-Relief to those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or
-Other disadvantages by:
a) Creating accessibility to ensure that every older adult above 60 has the opportunity to age well;
b) Ensuring that what is needed to age well be made affordable to those who are vulnerable;
c) Promoting the ageing experience as exhibiting independence and quality of life;
d) Providing customised health solutions delivered to seniors in the form of community-based interventions and centre-based programming;
e) Building awareness among and imparting skills to seniors and equipping volunteers, caregivers and care professionals locally & overseas; and
f) Advocating for how ageing can be made empowering and positive to the public and industry stakeholders through community outreach.

Intended use of funds through the YFC 2023 programme

Our key programme/activity throughout the year is in physical frailty reversal – our GYM Transformation Programme. It helps Seniors through an intensive strength/stamina building and balance exercise regime which would last at least 12 weeks to bring their physical fitness level and also their personal confidence up to the point where they can independently leave their homes and navigate safely within their local community environments.

The tangible goal set for them is the “Go for Your Mountain – GYM2020 edition” challenge; they conquering their mountain – climbing up Mount Faber on 3 October 2020.

We train and equip Seniors through direct programmes, and/or training other trainers and volunteers. We are also collaborating with GERI and NUS-Duke University in research study projects in physical frailty reversal amongst Seniors.

We hope to get our advocacy message out – to the young and through them: that Seniors are NOT too old to dream.

Engaging and involving the YFC participants

That they can understand our mission, be inducted and be our passionate advocates.

Once they are converted, we could collaborate in the new media communications, creating greater public awareness amongst the young people.

Fundraising would then be a natural outcome when they could articulate the mission, in their own internalised ways.

We are the residential Physical Fitness/Wellness partner at Cornerstone Senior Centre @Cheng San Court; this would provide a physical location for them to experience the transformative movement that has been going for the past year or so. We trust and believe that this transformation could happen in every precinct of Singapore. We are rallying for more to come on board with us – especially the young ones!