SPOTLIGHT #1: POWERING IMPACT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
Lasting change is never achieved in isolation. Tackling complex social and healthcare challenges requires collective effort. Through close collaboration with partners across sectors, communities, and individuals, we are able to deliver more holistic, sustainable care. These collaborations have strengthened our reach and deepened our impact.
Nationwide Push to Redefine Community Care
In February 2025, MWS soft-launched The Healing Nation – a Methodist-led national mission to mobilise the community to give back to Singapore – at the 140th anniversary celebration of The Methodist Church in Singapore.
The initiative is the culmination of MWS’ commitment as laid out in a White Paper response to the refreshed Forward SG social compact – to strengthen outreach, build capabilities and capacity to meet growing community needs, and shape a vibrant and sustainable, volunteer powered care ecosystem.
The Healing Nation has two bold ambitions: to raise $1.4 million to fund critical social and healthcare services beyond MWS’ own programmes, and to mobilise 1.4 million hours of volunteer service over two years. Facilitating the latter will be TheHealingNation.sg – an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-empowered digital platform that was developed in partnership with Give.Asia to match volunteers to opportunities based on their interests and skills.
MWS and ACS Partner to Launch New SPED School
In 2023, MWS and Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) announced a strategic partnership to establish a special education (SPED) school. Known as ACS (Academy), it will be Singapore’s fifth SPED school that supports students on the autism spectrum with no intellectual impairment, and who are able to access the National Curriculum.
MWS will draw on its strengths in social services and healthcare to provide a holistic suite of support – including psychosocial care, family life education, therapy services, and vocational training – to help students reach their fullest potential.
In FY2024/25, outreach efforts and preparatory work intensified, particularly around the development of the interim site at Teck Whye Crescent, as the school prepares to welcome its inaugural cohort in 2026.
Strengthening Community-based Palliative Care
through Partnership
Strengthening Community-based Palliative Care through Partnership
On 21 March 2025, MWS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National University Hospital (NUH) to expand access to home-based palliative care.
This collaboration enables more terminally ill patients to receive medical and emotional support in the comfort of their homes – empowering them with dignity, choice, and relief from financial and access barriers. MWS was one of 11 partners formalising this effort to strengthen community-based palliative and supportive care services.
The MoU builds on an existing partnership with NUH, established on 1 July 2024, to support end-stage renal failure patients on conservative treatment through MWS’ palliative care programme.
Partnering Seniors as Co-creators of Care
As MWS continues to adopt a collaborative model of care, we ramped up on empowering seniors as cocreators of care solutions that support them. This strengths-based approach recognises seniors as individuals with invaluable skills, experiences, and wisdom to contribute.
A standout example is Ling Ling Time, a monthly initiative rolled out in July 2024 at our Active Ageing Centres (AACs) in GreenTops@Sims Place and Kebun Baru. Inspired by the Chinese phrase “lin li le ling” (“seniors in the neighbourhood”), the programme nurtures neighbourly ties through physical, social, and cognitive activities planned and run by senior volunteers. Ling Ling Time has proven especially effective in reaching socially isolated seniors – at MWS AAC – Kebun Baru, over 70% of the 641 participants were first-time visitors to the Centre.
By partnering seniors in the design and delivery of programmes, MWS ensures that care solutions are tailored to their needs and preferences, while promoting their sense of agency in building a stronger, more connected community.