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 has been running the Tak Takut Kids Club (“TTKC”) pilot, a community space that engages vulnerable children and youth aged 7 to 14, especially those living in rental flat communities.
Quantedge Foundation is also committed to supporting TTKC’s model of engagement as a proof of concept for scaling in other rental flat communities under the Philanthropreneur-in-Residence programme.
More than just a drop-in centre, TTKC recognises the need to build a village of care that respects, listens and responds to children. Their unique child-centric and community-based approach stems from the belief that building trusting relationships and enabling the children to develop relatedness, autonomy and competence are key to them thriving.
Occupying a ground floor shophouse in Boon Lay Drive, TTKC welcomes any child who walks in. Participatory activities that span across the arts, freestyle play, reading, sports, cooking and permaculture are curated to meet the interests and needs of the community. This creates an inclusive and safe space where children can express and discover themselves as well as connect and learn from one another.
Quantedge Foundation is also committed to supporting TTKC’s model of engagement as a proof of concept for scaling in other rental flat communities under the Philanthropreneur-in-Residence programme.
More than just a drop-in centre, TTKC recognises the need to build a village of care that respects, listens and responds to children. Their unique child-centric and community-based approach stems from the belief that building trusting relationships and enabling the children to develop relatedness, autonomy and competence are key to them thriving.
Occupying a ground floor shophouse in Boon Lay Drive, TTKC welcomes any child who walks in. Participatory activities that span across the arts, freestyle play, reading, sports, cooking and permaculture are curated to meet the interests and needs of the community. This creates an inclusive and safe space where children can express and discover themselves as well as connect and learn from one another.
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TTKC complements ComLinks’s effort in fostering integrated social support by bringing in child-centric perspectives and community-based interventions. Through daily interactions with children, TTKC can identify early and often unnoticed signs of distress, and help to coordinate interventions with relevant partners.
TTKC is a part of the Singapore Together movement.
TTKC is a part of the Singapore Together movement.
Outcomes since 2021:
Building a safe social space
Building a safe social space
- Engaged 465 children and their families through TTKC programmes
- Engaged over 131 new children at TTKC through sustained outreach efforts in 2024
- Provided casework support to 65 children annually
- Collaborated with 89 community partners and engaged 210 volunteers to deliver integrated support
- Based on an evaluation conducted in May 2024,
- Autonomy: 55% of children demonstrated improved self-awareness and self-management skills
- Relatedness: 76% of children feel safe at TTKC, and 73% feel supported by the TTKC community
- Competency: 58% reported notable improvements in life skills, such as cooking and teamwork
Our Partners:
Find out more:
- Tak Takut Kids Club
- Singapore Together
- Ministry of Social and Family Development’s Community Link pilot
- Tak Takut Kids Club in the news
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.