Programmes by Yellow Ribbon Fund

Yellow Ribbon Fund STAR Bursary

Launched in 2010, the Yellow Ribbon Fund STAR (Skills Training Assistance to Re-start) Bursary aims to aims to provide bursaries to financially needy ex-offenders for vocational and skills training to help them achieve employment and self-sufficiency.

• Support exoffenders to build viable futures for themselves and their families through upgrading employability and self suffciency; and
• Prevent ex-offenders from reoffending and encourage them to be law abiding citizens; and
• Create positive role models and success stories of reformed exoffenders through vocational skills training and assistance; and
• Provide adequate financial support to needy exoffenders to facilitate their reintegration into society and family.

Eligibility

• Inmates who are due for release soon and wish to pursue training after release, as well as ex-offenders who have been released not more than 2 years before the time of application
• A monthly gross household income equal or below $2,500 or monthly gross per capita income not more than $650.
• An acceptance letter from their school, indicating the course of their studies
• Approved courses include those from WSQ SPUR, Shatec, ITE and Polytechnic courses.
• Applicants must be a Singaporean or Permanent Resident

Contacts

For enquiries please contact Yellow Ribbon Fund Secretariat at:

Tel: 62142 816/867
Email: yellow_ribbon_proj@yahoo.com.sg

Yellow Ribbon Emergency Fund

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