Volunteer

Join us as we help individuals with learning differences achieve! #CARE, SUPPORT & ENGAGE

Calling for committed and compassionate volunteers to join us in our journey as we spread awareness to the general public, parents, schools and educators! We believe in early intervention and how you can contribute in various ways to make our DAS students’ learning journey an easy and confident one.

Volunteers play a vital role in supporting students with dyslexia and especially those from low-income families. Here at DAS, we understand how volunteerism cares and supports our mission by engaging with our team and beneficiaries.

Do indicate your area of expertise in our volunteer sign up form and keep a lookout in our opportunities board for periodic volunteer recruits! Do not hesitate to email us at [email protected] should you have any questions or would like to submit a volunteering proposal.

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS

We welcome corporate volunteers together with your organisation expertise to come forward to create changes and make an impact on our student beneficiaries.

Support our annual events, quarterly public screenings & seminars. Through these events, corporate volunteers get to gain insights on dyslexia and have the opportunities to connect with our students & educators.

These connections do sometimes spark off some very interesting conversation and turn the ordinary into extraordinary experiences!

 

Collaborate with us!

If your organisation is keen to take greater action to help individuals with dyslexia by collaborating with DAS, do give us a shout out to discuss how we can make it happen.

We can provide material resources, awareness talks for the purpose of educating and fundraising.

Please write to us at [email protected] or give us a call at 6444 5700 for a discussion.

Micron and HP volunteered in our DAS Charity Golf & Dinner 2023 at Tanah Merah Country Club in August 2023

UOB volunteers supporting our primary school screening in July 2023

HP volunteers supported our primary school screening in March 2023

HP volunteers supporting our pre-school seminar in March 2023

Micron volunteers supporting our public screening at Jurong Point learning centre in 2021

Marina Bay Sands (MBS) volunteers supporting our public student screening in 2018

UOB Business Banking volunteers in our Christmas event and Paint by the River event in 2018

VOLUNTEER UPDATES

Volunteer Appreciation Award Day 2023

On 25 March 2023, we hosted our Volunteer Appreciation Award Day to recognise the dedicated work from our volunteers.

Angeline Poon was awarded the ‘Volunteer Commendation Award’ and Vicki Lu was awarded the ‘Volunteer of the Year Award’. It was a great session together with our CEO, Lee Siang, to share and celebrate their contribution and each recipient was presented with a complimentary e-course at our very own DAS Academy, a certificate and voucher.

Volunteer of the Year Award 2023

Vicki Lu

“We are very thankful to have Vicki as our volunteer. She is proactive and always reaches out to seek volunteering opportunities. She has excelled in all her volunteering roles thus far. She was especially helpful during the Move for Dyslexia launch where she ushered all our participant despite the heavy rain. It is heartwarming to see her passion for the DAS! I look forward to working with her again in 2023!”

– Rizwana Fatima (FAVOR Officer)

Volunteer Commendation Award 2023

Angeline Poon

“This current batch of volunteers have really been a God sent. They really go all out to interact with the kids and contribute ideas for the production. Angeline have been pitching ideas for the play which have been really helpful.”

– Corinne Ang (Senior Educational Therapist)

Volunteer Appreciation Award Day 2021

On 27 March 2021, we hosted our first Volunteer Appreciation Award Day virtually to recognise the dedicated work from our volunteers. A total of five awards were given based on their volunteer hours and commendation project works. It was a great virtual session together with our CEO, Lee Siang, to share and celebrate their contribution and each recipient was presented with a plaque, certificate and voucher. Our top volunteer clocked over 80 hours in our learning centre while others were commended for their creative efforts in assisting DAS in our various videos editing.

Volunteer of the Year Award 2019 & 2020

Angeline Lim (2019)

“Angeline is lively and proactive in taking initiative. She has a positive attitude towards learning. She is very committed to her tasks at Tampines Learning Centre. She is always willing to help with any tasks given. She has even helped the Educational Therapists prepare teaching resources when there was a need.”

– Jolin Goh – Manager, Tampines Learning Centre

Sri Valli (2020)

“Amazing Volunteer! Extremely responsible and meticulous. Sri always takes the initiative, is very committed to her duties at Queenstown and is not afraid to take on additional tasks. Thank you, Sri!”

– Bala Krishnan, Manager, Queenstown Learning Centre

Volunteer Commendation Award 2019 & 2020

Dana Chua (2020)

“Dana was very prompt and active in communicating with the DAS Staff in ensuring that the objectives and the requirements for the video is met. Upon providing the requirements for the video, Dana provided the first draft of the video within 6 days only! Our Publicity and publications (PnP) team was also impressed by the draft video that Dana has submitted. Upon meeting with the PnP team, there were minor edits to be made and Dana promptly made the changes accordingly. Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the DAS Outreach team”

– Nur Atiqah, DAS Outreach and Awareness Officer

Lihui (2020)

“Having her own experience in creating videos, Lihui did an awesome job in creating her first draft for the online awareness talk video trailer. We were amazed at her ability to incorporate animations into the video trailer to make it more interactive. Despite having minor video software issues, Lihui persevered to ensure that she is able to provide her best video trailer for the online awareness talk. Thank you for your wonderful contribution to DAS Outreach team.”

– Nur Atiqah, DAS Outreach and Awareness Officer

Liau Kee Wei (2019)

“He is helpful and kind, always willing to go the extra mile especially for the WDL kids who have had to wait around at the Library corner if they are too early while waiting to be picked up by their parents. He even donated to WDL 4 coloured bean-bag stools to make our Library corner comfier and welcoming for our kids”

– Hashimah Omar, Student Service Associate, Woodlands Learning Centre

Online Course for Volunteers

As part of the volunteer sustainability programme, it is essential that we equip our volunteers with the relevant knowledge. An online e-course was offered to our volunteers to help them gain valuable insight into understanding dyslexia. This is a collaborative project between DAS Academy and the Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS) under the Uni Learn initiative.

This course will provide learners with a useful foundation about specific learning differences, the assessment and support of students of dyslexia. This is an online course and learners can self-pace at their own time to complete the course within the month.

To find out more about this course visit the DAS Academy website

Testimonials

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

If you are 15 years old and above, you may volunteer at DAS. 

Please register here (link to registration form) and you will be contacted within the week. Subsequently we will invite you to attend our mandatory “Volunteering at DAS” briefing. This process may take two weeks to a month. If you need more information, please feel free to call us at 6444 5700 or email us at [email protected]

You will be asked for your preferred Learning Centre when you attend the “Volunteering at DAS” briefing and we will try our best to accommodate according to your request. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will get in touch with you to work out the next best alternative. 

Every volunteer has to commit to at least 4 hours per week for 10 weeks. 

However, DAS is open to discuss alternatives if there is a clash in scheduling or you may wish to consider volunteering for our ad-hoc projects and events. 

Volunteers will be able to interact with our students when they do buddy reading with them and provide administrative support at Learning Centres. However, volunteers will not be able to interact with our students in the classrooms when lessons are ongoing.

If you have a pre-arranged appointment and cannot be present for your duties, you have to inform your Learning Centre Manager in advance, ideally a week beforehand. For last-minute emergencies i.e. sick, please inform your Learning Centre Manager as soon as possible.

Yes, we do award CIP hours for volunteering at DAS.

All volunteers will have to attend a mandatory “Volunteering at DAS” briefing before they can begin volunteering. Volunteers who are interested to do buddy reading with DAS students will be required to go for the relevant training. All trainings fees are borne by DAS.