📺 Film Screening: Fairytales of Growth (2026)
Post-Growth × Malay/Muslim Perspectives on Environmentalism

As we begin a new year, how might we rethink the systems we are part of and move towards ones rooted in care, balance, and collective well-being? 🌱

Fairytales of Growth brings together leading thinkers and campaigners to explore why systemic change matters, and how people-powered movements can help shape a more just and sustainable future.

Following the screening, join a reflective discussion on the resonances between post-growth ideas and Malay/Muslim perspectives on environmentalism, and what these insights mean for our local context. ✨

📅 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
📍 Venue: Common Ground Civic Centre
  21 Bedok North Street 1, Level 3 Auditorium
💰 Free admission (registration required)
🔗 Register at: tiny.cc/fairytalesofgrowth

Organised by Post Growth SG, Lepak Conversations, and Green FiTree

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✉️ Letters to Grief

Some feelings never quite find words.
And during the festive season, grief can surface quietly, through memories, absences, or moments that catch us off guard.

Letters to Grief by The Life Review is an invitation to gently write to your grief.

Not to fix it. Not to explain it.
Just to give it a place to land.

You can take part in two ways:

🌿 Option A: Write on your own
Use our gentle writing guide and write in your own time.
Share your letter only if and when you feel ready.
🔗 https://thelifereview.org/resources/letters-to-grief-writing-guide

🌿 Option B: Join a Letters to Grief workshop
A calmly facilitated space to slow down, breathe, and write alongside others, at your own pace.

📅 24 Jan (Sat) | 28 Mar (Sat)
⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
🔗 https://thelifereview.org/letters-to-grief

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🧠 SG Mental Health Matters 2026: Public Consultation Launch

It has been over two years since the launch of the National Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy (NMHWS) (Oct 2023). As part of SG Mental Health Matters 2026, a public consultation will gather insights on how Singaporeans and mental health practitioners have experienced the strategy in practice.

An introductory session, co-organised with RICE Media, will mark the first phase of a multi-stage study on awareness, experiences, and impact of the NMHWS.

What to expect
• Engage with a beta Public Consultation survey
• Share what’s working, what’s not, and what’s missing
• Reflect on lived experiences and real-world impact

Event details
📅 Wed, 21 Jan 206
📍Limited seats available

Insights gathered will inform the public launch of the consultation survey, focus groups, and recommendations to the National Mental Health Office later this year.

🔗 Register early: http://tiny.cc/nmhwsconsultation

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👶🏻🍼Fostering, Unfiltered: An Open Conversation with a Foster Care Worker

What does fostering really look like beyond the brochures and assumptions?

Join to have an honest, grounded conversation with a foster care worker as they unpack common misconceptions about fostering, share what the journey truly involves, and explore how safe, steady adults can make a meaningful difference in a child’s life.

You don’t need to be ready to foster.
Just come with curiosity, openness, and a heart to learn. 🤍

📅 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📍 Venue: Lifelong Learning Institute
  Level 4, Beach Room
  11 Eunos Rd 8, Singapore 408601

🔗 Register at: tiny.cc/boystownfostering

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Digital Mental Wellness Workshop by Digital Defence Alliance Singapore

This is a fun and interactive event to help you navigate the digital world safely, build positive online habits, and use technology for both learning and play💻

You will learn:

✅How technology impacts your emotions and wellbeing
✅Positive digital habits & how to avoid online harms
✅Digital tools that support mental health
✅Strategies to manage screen time and tech stress
✅How to collaborate, discuss, and share ideas with peers

🔴23 Jan 26, Friday
🔵 6pm-9.30pm
🗺️ Sengkang Community Club, Lvl 3 Auditorium
💵 FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/ddasworkshop

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Community Mental Health Webinar on Sleep

Sleep is more than rest.😴🧠

It plays a critical role in our mental well-being, emotional regulation, and daily performance. Join them for a practical session to better understand how sleep impacts both mind and body🤓

🎤 Speaker:
• Dr Ho Eu Chin, Senior Consultant, The ENT Clinic

🎙 Moderators:
• Alex Yeo, Executive Director, Caring for Life
• Lanurse Chen, Counselling Psychologist, Breathe & Be Psychology

🔴7 Feb 26, Saturday
🔵 2pm-3.30pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
💵 FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/sleepxmentalhealth

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Sibsunite 2026 community gathering

Sibsunite is a groundup volunteer-run support group for siblings of persons with special needs.

They aim to support siblings through different phases of life and drive the conversation around the complex challenges faced by siblings in Singapore💪🏻

They are starting off 2026 coming together as siblings, to reconnect and plan for their community as one. Join them to design SibsMeet for the first of three installments, from Jan to Apr 26🙌🏻

🔴24 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵 10am-12pm
🗺️ Caregiver's Pod, Enabling Village, S(159053)
💵 FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/sibsunitejan26

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Singapore Youth Film Festival 2026

Singapore Youth Film Festival (SYFF) serves as a national platform celebrating the achievements of exceptional young filmmakers while fostering a deeper appreciation for local films and filmmaking🤩

This festival brings together 44 short films by young creatives, with talks and workshops that discuss about the craft behind the camera 📸

🔴29 Jan 26 to 8 Feb 26
🗺️ Various locations
💵 Get free tickets with promo code "SYFF-FREE" until 28 Jan 26

Find out more and sign up at: https://syff.sg

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💻 Online Gathering — Ruwāyah: Stories of Ṣumūd

Looking to begin 2026 with reflection, connection, and meaning? Join Echoes of Gaza for their first online event of the year, centred on storytelling as an act of steadfastness — remembering, resisting erasure, and returning.

🎙 Featuring Singaporean voices
• Jason Soo: Filmmaker of Al Awda (2024)
• Weihui: Social worker working in Gaza

Event details
🗓 31 Jan 2026, Sat
🕗 8–10pm (SGT)
📍 Online (Google Meet)

🔗 Register here: http://tiny.cc/Ruwayah

Every small, steady step matters 💚

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🖐🏽 Unbent: Artist Talk & Workshop
Part of Rotan Rattan: Meditations

How do our childhood “lessons” linger in our bodies, memories, and ways of being?
Unbent invites us to gently explore how childhood discipline shapes our inner worlds, and how we might begin to reimagine them.

Through art, local research, and shared reflection, this session opens space to learn, unlearn, and make room for change.

What to expect
🎨 Exhibition walkthrough with artists Yanyun Chen & Dave Lim, reflecting on childhood discipline and artistic process
📊 Research sharing from Singapore Children’s Society on physical discipline
🌿 Guided reflection to release, keep, or reframe personal memories

Event details
📅 6 Feb 2026, Fri | 6.30–8.30pm
📅 8 Feb 2026, Sun | 2.30–4.30pm
📍 Esplanade Tunnel, Basement 1

🔗 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/rotanrattan

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🌱 Living the Good Life 🌱
Community Museum & Workshops

What does it mean to live the good life as we age, right here in our neighbourhood?

Co-created with seniors from the Goodman Community Farm and nearby communities, this community museum shares lived experiences from a year-long research journey with NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SAGE project), exploring how food, nature, and community connection support health and ageing well.

✨ Expect:
🖼️ Photovoice exhibition
🌾 Guided community farm tours
🫜 Hands-on workshops (botanical beverages, gardening)
🥣 Conversations on food, health & purpose

🎟 Free exhibition | Workshops from SGD 5
🔗 Register here: http://tiny.cc/goodlifecommunitymuseum

Living the good life is something we build, together 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

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🌍 Climate Advocates: For People & Planet
Wild Conversations by Stranger Conversations

Curious about climate change and wondering how you can turn your concerns into action? This interactive workshop unpacks the science of climate change in an accessible, engaging way, and explores how everyday people can become climate advocates for both people and planet.

Facilitated by Climate Fresk Singapore, you’ll learn through a hands-on, collaborative card game based on internationally recognised scientific reports. Expect learning, conversation, and connection with fellow climate-curious folks. ✨

Event details
📅 12 Feb 2026, Thurs
⏰ 7.00 – 9.00pm
📍 Stranger Conversations, 195 Pearl’s Hill Terrace #02-38D
💰 Entry: Minimum $5
🔗 Register here

In collaboration with Wild Space
Supported by SG Eco Fund

Come curious. Leave informed, and inspired to act.

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Mapping What Matters in Holland Village

Join The Club to map places that matter to people. They seek to map out the local assets and strengths in Holland Village!

Through this mapping, they hope to empower the community to take collective ownership of the space, so it stays meaningful and responsive to community needs✨

🔴7 Feb 26, Saturday
🔵 3.30pm-5.30pm
🗺️ MyX at Holland VIllage – 44 Jln Merah Saga, #01-46, Singapore 278116
💵 FOC

Sign up by 4 Feb at: tiny.cc/HVmapping

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Youth Caregiver Workshop by Carepillars

Whether you’re actively caregiving, helping around at home, or simply curious, this session is designed to support you in understanding your role, communicating with care, and managing the emotional load of carrying more than your age💪

🔴13 Feb 26, Friday
🔵 7pm-9.30pm
🗺️ SCAPE the Treetop
💵 FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/youthcaregiver

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Seeds of Change: A Systems View of Marine Conservation in Singapore

Curious about marine conservation in Singapore? 🤔

Join them for a hands-on 3D Mapping workshop, an immersive systems thinking experience that uses physical objects to visualize complex challenges, detect patterns, and uncover actionable opportunities for our local waters. In the session, you will get to:

🙌Co-create a shared, bird’s-eye view of Singapore’s marine conservation challenges
👀 Identify leverage points to focus your efforts where they matter most
🧐 Walk away with practical insights to contribute to healthier local marine ecosystems

🔴6 Mar 26, Friday
🔵 6.30pm-9.30pm
🗺️ Palo IT Singapore, 11 Beach Road #06-00
💵 $30

Sign up at: tiny.cc/SeedsofChange

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Sexual Assault First Responder Training

This Sexual Assault First Responder Training helps familiarise participants with trauma reactions and symptoms to better contribute to a survivor’s well-being. In this workshop, they will share more on the following:

✅Definition of sexual assault and harassment
✅Recognising Singapore’s legal framework
✅Understanding consent
✅Understanding the impact of sexual assault and trauma on survivors
✅Role of a first responder
✅Providing support to survivors of sexual assault
✅Resources available for help
✅Key skills such as ensuring safety, active listening and empathy

🔴28 Feb 26, Saturday
🔵 2pm-5.30pm
🗺️ AWARE Centre, 5 Dover Cres, #01-22, S(130005)
💵 $37.78

Sign up at: tiny.cc/awarefirstresponder

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