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| − | <big>“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” </big>
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| − | <big>― '''Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage'''</big> | + | <big>“I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning."</big> |
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| − | *Page to the [[Community Development Network|Community Development Network]]
| + | <big>― '''Michel Foucault, French philosopher and social theorist'''</big> |
| − | [[File:Photo-1550409174-1dec67685101.jpg|thumb|There are many definitions of community development, and each are informed by specific values and ideologies, and specific contexts in time. But all appear to focus on empowering communities to be more self-reliant. Photo: Multi-coloured old shophouse stairwells by [https://unsplash.com/photos/CTvk_0UCqWU CJ Dayrit/Unsplash]]]
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| | == Definitions == | | == Definitions == |
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| − | [Here, we will take stock of how others have defined these terms, and arrive at our own definitions so that it can encompass the wide array of work and the relevant key constructs (e.g. participation, empowerment, social justice etc). Also how different groups define it could vary, eg government, social workers, community workers etc, so we should take note of this][[File:Boys-cellphone-facial-expression-1036804 small.jpg|thumb|The issues or problems in the community are defined by external parties in community work, while in community development, groups and members in the community are supported to identify issues, problems or concerns that affect them. Photo: Boys chatting while seated relaxedly on a sofa by [https://www.pexels.com/photo/men-sits-of-sofa-1036804/ Afta Putta Gunawan/Pexels]|350x350px|left]]
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| − | ==== Community Development ====
| + | Mental Disorders |
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| − | S Vasoo (Assoc Prof, NUS Social Work Dept) has [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02185370108434179?needAccess=true defined it] as "planned changes undertaken through the efforts of the government, corporate sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to promote community better and and community problem solving" - ostensibly the goal is to promote self-help. Seems to be the government's existing way of understanding it?
| + | ==== Background and History of Mental Health in Singapore ==== |
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| − | '''[Empowerment, Social Justice]'''
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| − | A democratic process where the community comes together to take collective action to determine its own needs and how they should be met ([https://books.google.com.sg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fZmyAAAAQBAJ&oi Ife, 2016]; [https://books.google.com.sg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xEEhCwAAQBAJ&oi Ledwith, 2016]).
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| − | Expounded by the principles of social and environmental justice, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xEEhCwAAQBAJ&oi Ledwith (2016)] describes community development as the practice of “seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary” rooted in the vision of a far, just and sustainable world (p. 5).
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| − | Core values: Empowerment, co-operation and collective learning, espousing the ideology of equality including respect, dignity, trust, mutuality and reciprocity (Ledwith, 2016).
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| − | "Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline concerned with the organisation, education and empowerment of people within their communities" ([https://www.iacdglobal.org/ International Association for Community Development]) <ref>https://www.iacdglobal.org/</ref>
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| − | ==== Community Work ====
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| − | * Not the same as community development, which refers to the processes of developing community structures
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| − | The National Social Work Competency Framework defines it as a direct practice that involves direct contact with clients and beneficiaries at the community level to address their needs. The key responsibility area for community work in the NSWCF is to: “Develop new community support systems which bring about enhanced psycho social well-being of the community.”
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| − | ==== Community Engagement ====
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| − | == Background and History of Community Development in Singapore == | |
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| − | ==Issues Faced by Community Workers / Organisations== | + | ==Issues Faced by People with Mental Health Issues== |
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| − | ==== Issue 1 Research Capability of Community Workers ==== | + | ==== Issue 1: ==== |
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| | '''Existing Resources''' | | '''Existing Resources''' |
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| − | Lee Choon Guan Research Fund
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| − | https://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/swk/research/mrs_lee_choon_guan_trust/lee_choon_guan_grant - serves to promote social service research among practitioners in the community. Successful applicants will work with an acad. from social work department in NUS and they get access to NUS research resources. This fund is limited to practitioners with social work qualifications.
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| | '''Gaps and Their Causes''' | | '''Gaps and Their Causes''' |
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| − | Community Fellowships (e.g. https://www.artstrategies.org/programs/creative-community-fellows/)
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| − | ==== Issue 2 Community Conflicts ====
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| − | Recent examples - [https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/neighbour-from-hell-drove-6-families-away 'neighbour from hell']
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| − | [https://www.mlaw.gov.sg/content/cmc/en.html Community Mediation Centres] under Ministry of Law
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| − | | + | [https://www.limitless.sg/zen-dylan-koh-fund The Zen Dylan Koh Fund] - A fund that supports youths with mental health issues in need of therapy. |
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| − | == Local Initiatives ==
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| − | Lin Shiyun and team. -- a community artist and her works in and with the community include: Let’s Go PLay OutSide! (https://artswok.org/article/letsgoplayoutside), The Rubbish Prince (https://www.facebook.com/therubbishprince/) and more.
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| | ==Resource Directory== | | ==Resource Directory== |
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| | === Stories === | | === Stories === |
| | + | Tapestry Project |
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| − | ==== Our Grandfather Story ====
| + | Our Grandfather Story |
| − | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsiZ4QJyWTdbtB2cfyDPApA/featured
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| − | A digital video publisher that documents, curates and retells authentic stories across Southeast Asia.
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| − | === Professional Associations ===
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| − | https://www.iacdglobal.org/
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| − | International Association for Community Development
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| − | === Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation ===
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| − | https://democracycollaborative.org/
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| − | Founded in 2000 at the University of Maryland as a research center dedicated to the pursuit of democratic renewal, increased civic participation, and community revitalization
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| − | https://community-wealth.org/
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| − | Resources on building community wealth, set up by the Democracy Collaborative
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| − | https://participedia.net/
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| − | "A global community sharing knowledge and stories about public participation and democratic innovations"
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| − | Sorted by case studies and approaches (eg participatory budgeting, deliberative polling, citizen's jury). You can post your own cases too.
| + | == Voluntary Welfare Organisations == |
| | + | [https://www.amkfsc.org.sg/what-we-do/psychological-services-unit AMKFSC - Psychological Services Unit (PSU)] |
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| − | === ABCD Resources ===
| + | [https://www.amkfsc.org.sg/what-we-do/mindcare AMKFSC - MindCare] |
| − | https://www.abundantcommunity.com/ | |
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| − | Useful starter kit for practitioners who want to do Asset-Based Community Development
| + | [http://www.clubheal.org.sg/ Club HEAL] |
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| − | Saul Alinsky texts:
| + | [https://www.clarity-singapore.org/web1/ Clarity Singapore] |
| − | * ''[https://chisineu.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/saul-alinsky-rules-for-radicals-1989.pdf Rules]''
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| − | * ''[https://www.historyofsocialwork.org/1946_Alinsky/1946%20-%20Saul%20Alinsky%20-%20Reveille%20for%20Radicals.pdf Reveille]''
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| − | == Voluntary Organisations that do Community Work ==
| + | [https://www.psaltcare.com/ PSALT Care] |
| − | [http://www.beyond.org.sg/ Beyond Social Services] | |
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| − | [https://www.sccfsc.sg/ South Central Community Family Service Centre] | + | [https://www.sos.org.sg/ Samaritans of Singapore] |
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| − | [https://www.mpfsc.org.sg/ Marine Parade Family Service Centre] (comm outreach team working with the homeless at East Coast) | + | [https://www.silverribbonsingapore.com/ Silver Ribbon] |
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| − | [https://www.amkfsc.org.sg/ AMK Family Service Centre] | + | [https://www.samhealth.org.sg/ Singapore Association for Mental Health] |
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| − | [https://tsaofoundation.org/towards-successful-ageing/comsa/community-development Tsao Foundation Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA)] | + | [http://www.wecare.org.sg/ WE CARE Community Services] |
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| | === References === | | === References === |
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