Family Life Society (FLS)
   
 
 
Family Life Society (FLS) is a non-profit organisation that offers counselling and care services as well as educational programmes and resources to families and individuals.

They provides 15 programmes and services to reach out to families and individuals, regardless of their background, race or religion, in promoting pro-family and pro-life values. Their mission is to promote a deep understanding and reverence for marriage, family and human life and to make their services available to all.
   
 
  >> Key Personnel
         
 
 
President
:
Dr John Lim Kai Liang
 
Vice-President
:
Thomas Chia
 
Hon. Treasurer
:
Christopher Murugasu
 
Hon. Secretary
:
Victor Ong
 
 
Committee Members
:
Bro Colin Wee
 
  Daniel Ee
       
Thio Ying Ying
 
 
Robert Conceicao
 
 
Staff
 
Executive Director
:
Sheryl Khong
   
Programme Manager
:
Michelle Soliano-Lew
 
Administrative Executive
:
Catherine Wee
   
Administrative Assistant
:
Katherine Khoo
   
Programme Executive
 : Alvin Tay
   
Programme Executive
:
Maria Plengsangtip
   
Programme Executive
 : Laura Rebecca Jonathan
   
Marketing Executive
 : Susie Wee
 
     
 
Counsellors
 
Principal Therapist
:
Theresa Bung
 
Therapists
 : Vijoo George
 
     
 
FLS Programme Coordinators
 
Counselling Services
:
Theresa Bung
   
Celebration of Life
:
Michelle Soliano-Lew
 
Joyful Parenting
:
Pamela Lim
 
Pregnancy Crisis Centre
:
Rose Boon
 
     
 
FLS Affiliate Coordinators
 
Beginning Experience
:
Joseph Chew, Lim Kim Joo, Sue Teo
 
Choice
:
Colin & Magdalene Lauw
 
Couple Empowerment Programme
:
Dr Bernard & Ying Thio
 
Couples for Christ
:
Patrick & Yvonne Thong
 
Engaged Encounter
:
Patrick & Linette Hia
 
Marriage Encounter
:
Patrick & Rachel Tee
 
Marriage Preparation Course
:
Anthony & Ann-Marie Chua
 
Natural Family Planning
:
Dr Ian Snodgrass
 
Retrouvaille
:
Lawrence & Christina Tan
 
     
  >> Programmes and Activities
       
       
 

 
FLS Programmes
At FLS, they provide counselling services to anyone who needs help and support from marital, psychological, and social to unwanted pregnancies. The counselling function is staffed and managed by our experienced therapists.

FLS also provides counselling education and training to aspiring counsellors. The aim of FLS is to nurture and grow the number of counsellors from parishes in order for them to engage at the grassroots level. These trainings aim to provide “soft skills” and strategies to enable counsellors to serve in their communities.


Counselling & Care:
Pregnancy Crisis Service (PCS) >>
 A hotline and counselling service for expectant mothers facing unwanted pregnancies.
   
Joyful Parenting >>
 This service reaches out to mothers or mother-to-be with breastfeeding advise and support.
   
Family & Marital Therapy (FMT) >>
A confidential service managed and provided by experienced family and marital therapists for those with marital, psychological and social problems.
   
Counselling in Parishes >>
FLS provides free counselling services by our trained lay counsellors in different parishes across Singapore.


Celebration of Life (Education and Formation):
Celebration of Life (COL) >>
This is the educational outreach programme of the Family Life Society to promote pro-life and pro-family values in society especially through the schools and the parishes.
   
Schools Family Education (SFE) >>
 The Schools Family Education or SFE is a programme initiated by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). It is a holistic family learning model – equipping parents with effective parenting skills and training them to be parents, facilitators, helping school staff to enhance their family life, and providing students with life skills training.


Affiliates Programmes:
Beginning Experience (BE)
 A peer support programme for the divorced, widowed and separated.
Tel
:
9675-6940
Website
:
   
Choice
A weekend stay-in program for singles aged 18 to 35 years, with the aim of discovering self and the importance of relationships within the family, with friends and the larger community
Tel
:
9307-7752 / 9671-0767
Website
:
   
Couple Empowerment Programme (CEP)
Helping newly married couples understand common issues and build emotionally intelligent marriages/families.
Tel
:
9787-9705
Website
:
   
Couples for Christ (CFC)
A family life renewal program for married couples, youth and children.
Tel
:
6284-1880
Website
:
   
Engaged Encounter (EE)
A marriage preparation stay-in programme for couples planning to get married.
Tel
:
6782-3912
Website
:
   
Marriage Encounter (ME)
A weekend stay-in marriage enrichment programme for married couples.
Tel
:
6289-5349
Website
:
   
Marriage Preparation Course (MPC)
A six-weekend program for engaged couples preparing for marriage.
Tel
:
6256-6353
Website
:
MPC in Catholic News (PDF Filesize: 4.17MB)
   
Natural Family Planning (NFP)
A natural form of family planning based on the fertility periods during a woman's menstrual cycle.
Tel
:
6281-0502
Website
:
   
Retrouvaille
For couples facing troubled marriages but who want their marriages to work.
Tel
:
6749-8861
Website
:
 
   
 
       
       
       
  >> Beneficiaries
   
 
       
   
 
Family & Marital Counselling
 
Type of Cases 
YR2010
  
 
 
Marital & Family
190
 
Teens/Parenting
26
 
Personal/Mental/Sexuality
44
   
Pregnancy Crisis Related
7
  
 
TOTAL
267
 
 
       
   
 
Para-Counselors
 
Year
YR2010
  
 
 
Number of Clients
202
 
 
       
       
       
   
 
Celebration of Life
 
YR2010
  Topics
Presentations
 Target Audience
No. of Participants
   
Characters Development
30
Students
3000
 
Sexuality Education
25
Students/ parents (PARISH LEVEL)
4300
 
Team-building
27
Students/ Parents/ Teachers
740
 
Parent-child bonding
34
Students/ Parents
1700
 
Parenting talks
540
Parents
8500
 
Theology of the body
14
Parishioners
1000
 
Student workshop
40
Students
12,000
 
Total
710
31,240
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Pregnancy Crisis Service
 
Nature of Calls
No. of Calls (YR2010)
 
   
 
Total Number of Calls
552
 
Day (9am-5pm)
372
 
Night (after 5pm)
150
 
Face to Face Counseling/intervention
75
 
Confirmed number of pregnancies carried to term
35
         
 
   
 
       
   
 
   
 
Joyful Parenting
 
Hotline Calls
No. of Calls (YR2010)
 
   
 
Breastfeeding
1,115
 
Parenting
26
 
Others
19
   
Total
1160
  
         
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Choice
 
No. of Choice Weekends
No. of
Participants (YR2010)
  
   
 
4
101
         
 
       
       
   
 
   
 
Couple Empowerment Programme
 
No. of programmes
No. of
Couples (YR2010)
 
   
 
2
54
         
 
   
 
       
   
 
   
 
Marriage Preparation Course
 
Year 2010 in review
Total
   
Total no. of engaged couple
292
 
No. of Catholic couples
38%
 
No. of mixed couples (one partner is Catholic)
58%
 
No. of couples where neither partner belonged to the Catholic faith
4%
   
 
         
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Engaged Encounter
 
Couple Combination
No. of Couples (YR2010)
 
   
 
Catholic (both partners are Catholic)
249
 
Mixed (one partner Catholic)
362
   
Attending RCIA
4
  
   
Total
607
  
         
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Marriage Encounter
 
Encountered
No. of Couples (YR2010)
 
   
 
Married Couples

175
   
Priests
5
  
   
Religious
2
  
   
Total
182
  
     
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Couples for Christ
 
Ministries
Membership YR2010
  
 
 
Couples for Christ
532
 
Servants of the Lord
25
 
Handmaids of the Lord
65
 
Singles for Christ
441
 
Youth for Christ
126
 
Kids for Christ
198
 
 
       
       
       
   
 
Natural Family Planning
 
No. of Clients Taught
YR2010
 
   
 
New
337
   
Repeats
614
  
   
Total
951
  
 
       
       
       
   
 
Retrouvaille
 
Weekends
Both Roman Catholic

 YR2010

  
   
 
 
1st 
6
14
   
2nd 
5

14

  
   
3rd
6

11

  
   
Total
17
39
  
           
 
       
       
       
   
 
Beginning Experience
 
Weekends
Women
Men
YR2010
  
   
 
1st
12
2
14
   
2nd
11
1
12
  
   
Total
29
5
26
  
             
 
       
       
       
       
  >> Corporate and Contact Information
       
       
   
As directed by the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore, the Family Life Society was established as the Family Life Bureau in 1983 and registered in February 1985 as a society (RoS No. 0223/1989) and a charity (Reg. No. 00649) in 15 Apr 1989. It has Institution of Public Character (IPC) status (IPC000350) currently from 1 Nov 2010 to 31 Oct 2012.


Financial Year End
:
31 December
     
Auditors
:
Fiducia LLP. CPA
     
Organisation Name
:
Family Life Society (FLS)
     
Address
:
2 Highland Road, #LG-01
    Singapore 549102
Tel (Gen)
:
6488-0278
Fax
 : 6285-5311
Website
:
     
Contact Person
:
Sheryl Khong
Tel
:
6488-0278
Email
:
 
       
       
       
       
  >> Financials
       
       
    Financial Snapshot
 
Financial Year
YR2008
YR2009
YR2010
  
 
 
Receipts and Expenses
   
Total Receipts
$1,007,168
$1,181,015
$1,147,915
  
   
Total Expenditure
$876,806
$1,016,128
$1,002,055
  
   
Surplus/(Deficit)
$130,362
$164,887
$145,860
  
 
   
Balance Sheet
   
Total Assets
$352,078
$533,164
$693,575
  
   
Total Liabilities
$33,372
$49,571
$64,122
  
   
Accumulated & Specific Funds
$318,706
$483,593
$629,453
  
   
 
   
 
       
   
   
 

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