Tak Takut Kids Club
We share 3Pumpkins’ vision of building stronger communities to empower and uplift children and youth from challenging backgrounds.
For children and youth who may lack consistent guidance and a stable family environment, strong community relationships and support can have a transformative effect - nurturing them into confident and resilient individuals.
We are excited to support Tak Takut Kids Club, to pilot a model of engagement which aims to develop an organic and resilient community support system for children and youth from rental households.
In partnership with Jurong West ComLink¹, 3Pumpkins will be running the Tak Takut Kids Club (“TTKC”) pilot, a community space that engages children and youth at Boon Lay Drive, especially those living in rental flat communities.
Complementing ComLink’s efforts to better coordinate community work and social services to provide integrated support for vulnerable children and youth, TTKC offers a paradigm shift in purposefully building trusting relationships as the foundation to encourage positive self-identity and community belonging.
Through an open space concept that facilitates activities according to the needs on the ground, TTKC welcomes children and youth aged 7 to 16 in the neighbourhood to visit and engage in arts, freestyle play, games, sports and craft. This creates an inclusive and safe space where they can express and discover themselves as well as connect and learn from one another.
Complementing ComLink’s efforts to better coordinate community work and social services to provide integrated support for vulnerable children and youth, TTKC offers a paradigm shift in purposefully building trusting relationships as the foundation to encourage positive self-identity and community belonging.
Through an open space concept that facilitates activities according to the needs on the ground, TTKC welcomes children and youth aged 7 to 16 in the neighbourhood to visit and engage in arts, freestyle play, games, sports and craft. This creates an inclusive and safe space where they can express and discover themselves as well as connect and learn from one another.
A glimpse into a week at TTKC:
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While its core practice is rooted in the arts, 3Pumpkins works closely with other ComLink partners to provide a variety of programmes at TTKC, tailored to the needs of the community. In the long-term, TTKC seeks to catalyse a transformation of practitioners, participants and contributors who are actively collaborating and co-creating knowledge and resources to support the development of children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.
TTKC is a part of the Singapore Together movement.
TTKC is a part of the Singapore Together movement.
Desired outcomes:
- Build a positive sense of self and community
- Support socio-emotional development and positive behavioural change
- Advance multi-disciplinary and cross-sector collaboration and knowledge sharing to provide integrated support
Our Partners:
Find out more:
- Tak Takut Kids Club
- Singapore Together
- Ministry of Social and Family Development’s Community Link pilot
¹ The Community Link (ComLink) pilot was launched at four sites by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in 2019 to provide proactive and integrated support to families with children in rental housing so that they can achieve stability, self-reliance and social mobility. MSF will be scaling up the ComLink initiative over the next 2 years nationwide to 21 towns and it is expected to benefit 14,000 families with children living in rental housing across Singapore.
¹ The Community Link (ComLink) pilot was launched at four sites by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in 2019 to provide proactive and integrated support to families with children in rental housing so that they can achieve stability, self-reliance and social mobility. MSF will be scaling up the ComLink initiative over the next 2 years nationwide to 21 towns and it is expected to benefit 14,000 families with children living in rental housing across Singapore.