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Awards and Commendations

Awards

Every accolade is a testament to the dynamic and progressive work that RP has achieved both locally and internationally in the field of Service-Learning. Check out some of our recent awards and accolades below!

 

 

Make A Difference (MAD) Service-Learning Award

MAD Service-Learning Award was instituted to confer deserving students who have achieved excellence and made a significant contribution to service-learning programs, both local and overseas. It aims to recognize and commend contributions made by students whose achievements will serve as an inspiration to other students.

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Make a Difference

 

Friends of the Community Care Awards (2021)

The Friends of Community Care (FOCC) Awards was launched by the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) in 2020 as a pinnacle award to recognise partners that have achieved excellence in supporting and growing the community care sector.

RP School of Sports, Health and Leisure, School of Hospitality, and School of Management and Communication have come together to advocate mental health and senior health support in many service-learning projects. These projects have been implemented alongside Community Care organisations, leading RP to be awarded this accolade in the Government and Public Institution Category.

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Friends of the Community Care Awards

 

NWCDC – Outstanding Partner Award
(2020, 2019, 2018)

RP was awarded the NWCDC Outstanding School Partner Award for 3 consecutive years in recognition of our valuable contributions towards building a Caring & Healthy North West Community. RP won the Gold Award in 2020 and 2019, and the Silver Award in 2018.

NWCDC – Outstanding Partner Award

 

PAYM Project Accolade Award (2019)

RP won the PAYM Project Accolade Award for incorporating Service-Learning on a large scale in our E112 Engineering Design module.

PAYM Project Accolade Award

 

National Integration Council Award (2019)

RP was conferred the National Integration Council Award in 2019 for the efforts of One Heart, an annual joint polytechnic service-learning project which promotes friendship among students of different cultural backgrounds, through the common goal of serving the elderly.

Both local and international students demonstrated their passion and camaraderie to make a difference to the community in this project, forming friendships and developing cross-cultural interaction skills at the same time.

National Integration Council Award

 

3i Super Star Project Award Winner (2018)

The Service-Learning team won the 3i Super Star Project Award 2018 by designing an “Introduction to Service-Learning Game”. This game enhances the learning experience for students embarking on their service-learning journeys.

The 3i Project Awards recognises RP staff’s efforts and contributions towards innovation.

3i Super Star Project Award Winner

 

Commendations

 

Care Corner has a strong partnership with various faculties in RP. From One Heart and school tours to online engagements and community service learning under Youth Corps Leaders Programme (YCLP). RP students have shown a genuine passion in serving the community. They have also consistently produced good quality and creative programmes to engage our seniors. We look forward to partnering more students in co-creating innovative programmes to support our seniors to age well in place.

 

Miss Sharon Tang
Manager (Active Ageing Group)
Care Corner Seniors Services Ltd

 

It has been an absolute pleasure working with RP and the RP students through various engagement and activities for the beneficiaries under the care of CCSS. The student volunteers have put in their time, talent and treasures in making sure the activities are well planned and executed in excellence. This is an annual partnership that we always look forward to!

 

Amy Lin
Head, Community Partnership Team
Care Community Services Society

 

One of the programmes which Youth Corps is partnering with Republic Poly (RP) is the Youth Corps Leaders Programme. We have been collaborating on this programme since 2018 and RP has been the strong and dedicated partner especially through the support from the Office of Student and Graduate Affair’s Service-Learning staff. We continuously work together to develop and grow batches of student leaders to serve the community in various causes. RP is a very supportive partner in rendering help and investing resources to ensure that the RP student leaders would have a positive and meaningful volunteering experience and a platform to hone their leadership skills. RP student leaders and their volunteers demonstrated commitment and passion to support the community partners while ensuring that their project initiatives catered to the needs of the clients.

 

Aubrey Lee
Manager, Senior Manager
Youth Corps Singapore

 

The Volunteer Management team at Dementia Singapore always looks forward to the energy, creativity, and enthusiasm that the students and staff at Republic Polytechnic bring to each of the volunteer sessions with our clients at our New Horizon Centres. From engaging persons with dementia with fun-filled activities and games to raising dementia awareness among their peers, the various groups of volunteers have shown that the opportunities to support our dementia community are endless. The planning and facilitating of these sessions together with the dedicated volunteers are as meaningful as the outcome and impact.

As a long-time partner of Republic Polytechnic, we hope to continue this meaningful journey of serving those impacted by dementia together.

 

Mr Sherwan Sharip
Director, Fundraising & Volunteer Management
Dementia Singapore

 

I have work with RP DEAFining since 2019 to organise meaningful events for the deaf community in Singapore, age ranging from children all the way to working adults. My experience working with the students have always been heartening to see each of them having so much passion in wanting to pick up soft skills such as learning Singapore Sign Language and Event Management skill. Sincerely grateful to observe the club being excited to organise events; so together with the deafies and the members of the club can enjoy. Thank you!

 

Luke Lim
Executive (Community Outreach)
TOUCH Silent Club
TOUCH Community Service