Awards and Recognition
Social Enterprises
The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) was set up to raise awareness on social entrepreneurship and raise support for social enterprises in Singapore. raiSE hopes to strengthen the social enterprise sector in Singapore and encourage the growth
of social enterprises as a sustainable way to address social needs.
raiSE will provide a range of services to
help social enterprises from start to mature stages, such as funding, business advisory, training, relevant resources and networks. raiSE will also look to encourage collaboration and sharing of information between social enterprises and social service
agencies. raiSE welcomes the support of corporations and individuals who would like to contribute or play a role in the social enterprise sector.
PDPA / DNC
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2012 established a data protection law that comprises rules governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal data. Social service agencies have to comply with the PDPA, as well as other relevant laws when
handling personal data in their possession. The Data Protection Provisions of the PDPA came into effect on 2 July 2014.
On this webpage, NCSS has consolidated key information on the PDPA, as extracted from the Personal Data Protection Commission website. To ensure that you are complying with the PDPA, SSAs can access the customised guidelines and consent templates by clicking on the “PDPA
Advisory Guidelines for Social Service Sector” and “Consent Templates” buttons.
>> Read more on PDPA General Advisory Guidelines.
Do Not Call (DNC) Registry
The Do Not Call (DNC) provisions under PDPA, in effect since 2 January 2014, generally prohibit agencies from sending unsolicited commercial telemarketing messages in the form of voice calls, text or fax messages to Singapore telephone numbers, including
mobile, fixed-line, residential and business numbers, registered with the DNC Registry. Messages promoting charitable or religious causes do not fall under the purview of the DNC and are therefore still allowed. Please see chapters 3.8 to 3.13 of
the DNC Advisory Guidelines for details.
If you are a social service agency intending to conduct telemarketing activities to users of Singapore telephone numbers, you will need to submit your list of telemarketing phone numbers for checking
against the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry. Click on the “Getting Started” button for instructions regarding this.
