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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 14 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	:	Rev Fr Charles Sim SJ
Vice-President	:	Mr John Ooi
Hon. Treasurer	:	Mr Bernard Yu
Hon. Secretary	:	Dr Teresa Koh

Committee Members	:	Dr John Lim,
		Dr Francis Heng,
		Ms Stephanie Gault,
		Mrs Agnes Wan,
		Mrs Maria Van der Straaten,
		Mr Francis See,
		Mr Gabriel Khoo,
		Mr Joseph Kwok

Staff
Manager	:	Mr Jerry Ow
Senior Executive	:	Mr Andrew Kong
Principal Programme Executive	:	Mrs Michelle Soliano-Lew
Marketing Executive	:	Mr Nick Chui
Administrative Executive	:	Ms Catherine Wee
Administrative Assistant	:	Ms Bernadette Kam
Catholic research Centre (Associate Researcher)	:	Ms Maria Pleangsantip

Counsellors
Principal Therapist	:	Mrs Susanne Richmond
Therapists	:	Mrs Theresa Bung,
		Ms Chow Kit Seen,
		Mrs Catherine Tyrer

FLS Programme Coordinators
Couselling Services	:	Mrs Susanne Richmond
Celebration of Life	:	Mr & Mrs John & Joanna Ooi
Joyful Parenting	:	Mrs Pamela Lim
Pregnancy Crisis Centre	:	Mrs Rose Boon
Youth Life-line	:	Ms Maria van der Straten

FLS Affiliate Coordinators
Beginning Experience	:	Ms Sue Teo
Choice	:	Mr & Mrs Colin & Magdalene Lauw
Couple Empowerment Programme	:	Dr Bernard & Ying Thio
Couples for Christ	:	Mr & Mrs Eddie & Angela Low
Engaged Encounter	:	Mr & Mrs Patrick & Linette Hia
Marriage Encounter	:	Mr & Mrs Daniel & Shelley Ee
Marriage Preparation Course	:	Mr & Mrs Sebastian & Aileen Chow
Natural Family Planning	:	Dr Ian Snodgrass
Retrouvaille	:	Mr & Mrs 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:


	Pregnancy Crisis Service (PCS) >> A hotline and counselling service for expectant mothers facing unwanted pregnancies.

	Joyful Parenting >> This service resaches out to mothers or mother-to-be with breastfeeding advise ad 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.

	Couselling in Parishes >> FLS provides free counselling services by our trained lay counsellors in different parishes across Singapore.

	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	:	http://www.besingapore.com/

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	:	www.choice.org.sg

Couple Empowerment Programme (CEP)
Helping newly married couples understand common issues and build emotionally intelligent marriages/families.

Tel	:	9787-9705
Website	:	www.freewebs.com/cep_singapore

Couples for Christ (CFC)
A family life renewal program for married couples, youth and children.

Tel	:	6284-1880
Website	:	www.cfc.org.sg

Engaged Encounter (EE)
A marriage preparation stay-in programme for couples planning to get married.

Tel	:	6782-3912
Website	:	http://www.veritas.org.sg/ceespore/

Marriage Encounter (ME)
A weekend stay-in marriage enrichment programme for married couples.

Tel	:	6289-5349
Website	:	http://www.marriage-encounter-sg.org/

Marriage Preparation Course (MPC)
A six-weekend program for engaged couples preparing for marriage.

Tel	:	6256-6353
Website	:	http://www.catholic.org.sg/MPC/

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	:	http://www.catholic.org.sg/nfp/

Retrouvaille
For couples facing troubled marriages but who want their marriages to work.

Tel	:	6749-8861
Website	:	http://www.helpourmarriage.sg/

>> Beneficiaries

	Family & Marital Counselling

		Type of Cases	YR2006

		Marital	213
		Family	24
		Teens/Parenting	37
		Personal/Mental/Sexuality	48
		Pregnancy related	13
		School-based	16
		TOTAL	351



	YR2006
	Institutions	Presentations

Catholic Secondary Schools	7	27
Non Catholic Sec Schools	12	35
Post Secondary Schools	3	5
Institute of Technical Educations	1	4
Primary Schools	1	3
Catholic Parishes	6	9
Others	1	7

	School Family Education (SFE)

		No.	Schools

		1	St Patrick's Secondary School
		2	CHIJ Katong Convent Secondary
		3	Yio Chu Kang Secondary
		4	Cedar Girls School
		5	Singapore Sports School

	Pregnancy Crisis Service

		Nature of Calls	No. of Calls (YR2006)

		Pregnancy Related	266
		Concerning Human Sexuality	11
		Distressed Calls	69
		Inquires	31
		Frequent Callers/Others	111
		Total	488

	Face to Face Counselling & Intervention

			YR2006

		No of clients	47

	Youth Life Line

		Nature of Calls	No. of Calls (YR2006)

		Relationship Issues	128
		Examination Stress	13
		Family Problems	21
		Sexual Orientation	27
		Finance	6
		Illness	18
		Peer Pressure	4
		Pregnancy	1
		Assault	0
		General	476
		Voice Messages	191
		Repeat Callers/Others	121
		Total	1006

	Joyful Parenting

		Hotline Calls	No. of Calls (YR2006)

		Breastfeeding	745
		Parenting	26
		Others	19
		Total	790

	Choice

		No. of Choice Weekends	No. of Participants

		9	160

	Marriage Preparation Course

		Couple Combination	No. of Couples in 2006

		Catholic (both partners are Catholic)	89
		Mixed (one partner Catholic)	176
		Non-Catholic	14
		Total	279

	Engaged Encounter

		Couple Combination	No. of Couples in 2006

		Catholic (both partners are Catholic)	193
		Mixed (one partner Catholic)	355
		Total	548

	Marriage Encounter

		Encountered	No. of Couples in 2006

		Married Couples	171

	Couples for Christ

		7 Pillars	Projects

		Evangelisation and Mission	Organising Family camps, Retreats, Youth Camps, Kid's Camp and Father –son Bonding Camps

		Family Ministries	Comprised of ministries of CFC, Servants of the Lord, Handmaids of the Lord, Single for Christ, Youth for Christ and Kids for Christ

		Social Ministries	Comprised of building the church of the poor, visits to Filipino Women Rehab Centre, Assisi Home for the Aged and Missionaries of Charity

		Special Ministries	Comprised of work of building the church of the future

		ANCOP	39 houses for the poor in GK Merlion Village. Raised $12,000 to support mission in Timor Leste

		Pro-Life	promotion of natural family planning, human sexuality, chastity education, advocacy for pro-life legislation.

		Pastoral Support	Addressing the spiritual needs of its members

>> 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 Oct 2007 to 30 Sept 2010.

Financial Year End	:	31 December

Auditor	:	Paul Hooi & Co.

Organisation Name	:	Family Life Society (FLS)

Address	:	2 Highland Road, #LG-01
		Singapore 549102
Tel (Gen)	:	6488-0278
Fax	:	6285-5311
Website	:	www.familylife.sg

Contact Person	:	Mr Jerry Ow
Tel	:	6488-0278
Email	:	jerryow@veritas.org.sg

>> Financials

Financial Snapshot

	Financial Year	YR2005	YR2006	YR2007

	Receipts and Expenses
	Total Receipts	$332,088	$759,272	-
	Total Expenditure	$423,985	$493,522	-
	Surplus/(Deficit)	($91,897)	$265,750	-

	Balance Sheet
	Total Assets	$97,132	$377,606	-
	Total Liabilities	$11,467	$38,926	-
	Accumulated & Specific Funds	$85,665	$338,679	-


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