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Stepping up and catalysing change may not always mean pioneering a huge project. Sometimes, it could look like reminding yourself you’re not alone in investing in your community.

What small yet meaningful acts can you take to step up and catalyse change in your own way? If you need some inspiration, read on for her words of advice ✍️💨🔥

🍏 BRAT SUMMER THIS, BRAT SUMMER THAT... Have you tried out everything on your summer to-do list before this season ends?

If your list does not include giving back to the community yet, we say give being a part-time facilitator a go!

For you, this simply means carving out a few hours out of your week or month (this is an ad hoc, paid opportunity). But to the youths part of our impact programmes, your guidance could be pivotal and may even have a tangible impact on their lives moving forward 🙌

👉 If giving sounds like your thing this season, learn more at halogen.sg/volunteer today!

Stepping up and catalysing change may not necessarily always mean pioneering a huge project. Sometimes, it could look like learning other people’s stories without preconceptions, according to Claire.

What small yet meaningful acts can you take to step up and catalyse change in your own way? If you need some inspiration, read on for his words of advice ✍️💨🔥

Refer a friend as a paid facilitator to Halogen at bit.ly/halogen-facilitator-referral and stand a chance to win a prize of your choice! Learn everything you need to know ➡️

Additional benefits of participating:
On top of winning a prize of your choice, each referral pair will earn a $10 FoodPanda upon the referred attending our shadowing session at a school. The referred will also earn an additional $5 Food Panda upon completion of the workshop.

*The winner who comes in first place will get to choose their prize of choice first, followed by the second winner. The third place winner will receive the final prize that is available.

If you have any questions on this contest, do drop us a DM and we’ll help you out! May the best referrer win 🙌

We’ve had staff come and go over the past 20 years who were all equally important to us, and last week, we bid farewell to two of our long serving and cherished members of Halogen who have journeyed with us for 7.5 and 12 years respectively. As we celebrated their time here with too many chaotic rounds of ‘Who said that?’ and looots of pizza, we also celebrated the culture that has been fostered over the years here, supporting everyone in their endeavours, even if it means moving on from .

👀 Swipe on to see what we’re always cracking up over at work (a staff compiled their best hits into a slideshow)

Shoutout to Sean and Puden for being such warm and lively colleagues to all of us, we wish you only the best for your next chapter in life! With that, see you at the upcoming Halogen volunteering events 👋🤓👍

We want to hear you! 🗣️ Come join us and other youths in a focus group discussion (FGD) about your lives, your interests, and your concerns, on Saturday, 20 April 2024, and receive a $10 Golden Village gift voucher for your participation! 🎟️

If you are between the age of 14 to 19, sign up for this FGD and invite a friend along!
🔗 Register at http://bit.ly/youth-fgd

We hope to see you there!

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." 👣

We just had our first LinkedIn Career Roundtable of 2024!

✏️ On the first day, our youths took their first step to attend the LinkedIn Career Roundtable, and they started with learning LinkedIn 101 by Ms. Helen Lee! We conducted profile coaching sessions to enhance and optimise profiles, making them more appealing to potential employers.

🎙️Our mentees gained valuable insights into career growth and progression on Day 2 of the Linkedin Career Roundtable during a keynote speech by Ms. Georgina O’Brien. They had the opportunity to engage in discussions about the future of the working world, exploring the increasing influence of AI. This insightful Fireside Chat was skillfully moderated by Ms. Grace Seow and guided by our esteemed panelists, Mr. Shannon Ludovissy and Mr. Wilson Yap. We ended with a career coaching session and a networking event that our youths can leverage down the road!

🎓 To all the youths who attended this mentoring session, we hope you went home with a clearer idea of their future career pathway!

If you've missed this session of career guidance, worry not! Our LinkedIn Mentoring session is still open for registration until 15 March 2024! 🌟 Find out more at halogen.sg/linkedin-programmes.

So you've heard all about our official vision, but what are the visions of Halogen's various departments in getting us there?

We asked our Fundraising and Finance team to hear what they have to say 🗣🔥

👉 Want to be part of our expanding team? Visit halogen.sg/careers

We've launched the Mentoring Programme with Allianz Asia Pacific! During the launch, we connected youths comprising para-athletes and university students to experienced mentors from a diverse range of backgrounds. For the next 6 months, our mentor-mentee pairs will discuss topics like how to find the right career pathway for yourself and navigating the challenges of a youth in transition. 👩‍🎓🌟

Thank you to Anusha Thavarajah, Regional CEO of Allianz Asia Pacific, Dr. Teo-Koh Sock Miang, President of Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC), and Halogen's CEO Ivy Tse for your insightful speeches to our youths.

To our newest cohort, here's to an exciting and enriching next 6 months!

Curious about joining our next exciting mentorship programme? DM us!

've launched the Mentoring Programme with Allianz Asia Pacific! During the launch, we connected our youths, comprising para-athletes and university students, to experienced mentors coming from diverse range of backgrounds. For the next 6 months, our mentor-mentee pairs will journey through topics like how to find the right career pathway for yourself and navigating the challenges of a youth in transition. 👩‍🎓🌟

Thank you to Anusha Thavarajah, Regional CEO of Allianz Asia Pacific, Dr. Teo-Koh Sock Miang, President of Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC), and Ivy Tse, CEO of Halogen, for your insightful and inspiring speeches to our youths.

To our inaugural cohort of Allianz mentees, here's to an exciting and enriching 6 months journey!

Curious about joining our next exciting mentorship programme? DM us!

So you've heard all about our official vision, but what are the visions of Halogen's various departments in getting us there?

Today, we present you the Communications and Community team to share what they have to say 🗣🔥

👉 Want to be part of our expanding team? Visit halogen.sg/careers

Welcome back to the classrooms Halogen trainers 🧑‍🏫📖🖋 Here's to a year of more exciting and fulfilling sessions with our youths!

We're ending 2023 on a high note with Huddle! Our annual hurrah gathers our community of youth development partners and volunteers, where we show our appreciation for the time and energy they have invested into growing our youths.

From team games to singing together, tonight was all about building connections - strengthening the bonds that make our Halogen+ community thrive, as we celebrate another year of youth empowerment.

Thank you all for helping to develop our youths into future-ready young people, emboldening them to touch lives and create change that ripples out into the communities around them. Here's to your time, energy and dedication, and an inspiring 2024 ahead!

HALOGEN WRAPPED 2023 JUST DROPPED! Thank you to all our volunteers, partners, and staff for being by our side during Halogen's 20th year of impacting and serving young people, and for making this such a memorable year for our team! ❤️‍🔥👏💡

Want to be part of next year's numbers? Head over to halogen.sg/halogenplus

Last week, our Fellows celebrated Christmas early with HSCA Highpoint! Over an evening of dinner, games, and performances, our community of fellows learned more about the lives of ex-offenders and the challenges they face in reintegrating into society.

The past few months have been an incredibly fulfilling time for our Fellows, one that has been rich with opportunities for them to explore, learn, and discover. In Peeling Problems with Shuo Yan Tan, they dived into frameworks and exercises to redefine problems and gained fresh perspectives into the complexities of tackling issues that they care about.

Our Fellows also had the opportunity to be a part of three community engagement sessions with EQUAL+! Behind-the-scenes guided tours and supporting EQUAL+'s programmes and Christmas celebrations were just some of the highlights they shared. Through this, they engaged closely with the special needs community, befriending, and connecting with them as they interacted with horses.

As we turn the page to a new year, our Fellows are excited to continue learning, forging connections, understanding diverse perspectives, and leading positive change in 2024. Here's to a future filled with continued growth, and impactful endeavours!

Finally, the holiday vibes are upon us 😌🙏🌴 Just as you're easing into self-reflection mode, the Halogen team is doing the same... FROM BINTAN!

2023 has been such an eventful year for us. Our team has taken the past week to unwind, celebrate our Ws, and intentionally set goals for next year, over lots and lots of tasty Indonesian cuisines.

Swipe on to catch a glimpse of what a staff retreat looks like in Halogen!

TikTok, to our mentees, is not just a video app associated with dance challenges or fan edits of their favourite celebrities anymore. After attending today’s TikTok X Halogen youth mentorship launch at TikTok’s Global Headquarters, it is now a space where they can come together to gain clarity on their future career navigation path while speaking to experts from a wide range of industries.

During today’s launch of the mentorship programme, our Guest of Honour, Mr. Tan 陈圣辉, Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Ministry of Trade and Industry, shared with our first cohort of 54 mentees the importance of building networks through mentoring, and for mentors as well as mentees to keep an open mind towards learning from each other throughout the process.

We hope the panel discussion on the benefits of having a mentor, managing triumphs and challenges in your journey, and ways to cultivate a stronger relationship with your mentors was insightful! Wishing all our mentees an exciting next 6 months!

Want to join the next exclusive mentorship programme with us? DM us for more information!

Ahoy and cheers to the crew of 2023's Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Graduate Mentorship Programme!

Today, the 6-month journey officially comes to an end for last year's batch of NFTE graduates, where mentees and mentors connected monthly to discuss the mentee's personal and professional development.

To our graduates: As you navigate the uncharted waters of early adulthood, we encourage you to not only cherish the invaluable lessons imparted by your mentors, but to actively apply these to your daily lives - whether that means allowing these to inform your actions or guiding your peers with the knowledge you've gained.

A huge shoutout to all our mentors and mentees for committing your time and energy to this programme. We hope that the connections fostered will continue to ripple through your seas for years to come!

Find out more about this programme at halogen.sg/programmes/nfte/gmp