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National Council of Social Service
Agency overview
Formed1 May 1992; 31 years ago (1992-05-01)
Preceding agency
  • Singapore Council of Social Service
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters170 Ghim Moh Road #01-02
Ulu Pandan Community Building
Singapore 279621
Ministers responsible
  • Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health
  • Desmond Lee, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Sun Xueling, Minister of State for Social and Family Development
  • Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development
Agency executives
  • Anita Fam, President
  • Tan Li San, CEO[1]
Parent MinistryMinistry of Social and Family Development
Child agencies
  • Social Service Institute
  • Community Chest
Websitewww.ncss.gov.sg

The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Social and Family Development of the Government of Singapore.

The organisation is the national coordinating body for Social Service Agencies (SSAs) in Singapore. SSAs sre non-profit organisation that provides welfare or social service to vulnerable or disadvantaged groups in Singapore, and in 2018, were renamed from the term Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs).

SSAs are members of NCSS. A SSA is therefore not a legal structure (they can be registered as societies or companies limited by guarantee), but a classificatory category used to describe a subset of voluntary organisations in the business of providing direct welfare services.  

The Social Service Institute and the Community Chest are part of the National Council of Social Service.

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Chief Executive Officer to be appointed to the National Council of Social Service". National Council of Social Service. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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