Skillseed: Resilience Trails

School Levels

Secondary, Post-Sec

Join a 3-hour walking trail in Ang Mo Kio to hear real stories from community guides and gain a deeper understanding of social mobility and inequality.

Details

Resilience Trails is Skillseed’s place-based, asset-driven and community-led initiative that provides flexible, high wage and home-oriented work opportunities to lower-income families, through the medium of paid community trails in our Community Guides’ neighbourhoods.

Each Resilience Trails consists of a 15-min pre-trail briefing, followed by a 2.5h learning trail in the Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood. The learning trail will comprise a walking trail, a conversation with a resident Community Guide, and reflections and debrief with a Skillseed facilitator. Each Community Guide runs a unique trail and covers different social issues. Skillseed can curate the reflections segment to best suit learning objectives.

Learning Objectives:

Hear firsthand from our Community Guide on their journey of empowerment from a beneficiary to an active volunteer
Contrast our initial assumptions & perceptions with newly gained perspectives of the community
Observe and identify strengths of the individual, community and environment, and how they have created value to further develop the community for themselves
Learn about social mobility and inequality in an engaging and respectful manner.

Target Audience: Sec 1 to 4/5, Post-Sec (JC/Poly/ITE)

Runtime: All year round

Programme Fee: Please email for more details

Modality: In-person

Duration of Session: 3 hours

Programme Capacity: 10-15 per trail, inclusive of chaperones

Website: https://www.skillseed.sg/resilience-trails (opens in new tab)

Mode of Registration: Online through website link

Due Date for Registration: Minimum of 3 weeks lead time required

Contact Info: Contact form at https://www.skillseed.sg/contact (opens in new tab) or email us directly at sheryl@skillseed.sg

Skillseed partners on a Resilience Trail