Repair and DIY Volunteer
Use your hands-on skills to fix, mend, or improve items, bringing practical help to those in need.
To provide practical help to low income elderly in simple home improvement or repairs. This program recruit, train and deploy volunteers to perform simple wall painting, home electrical, plumbing or carpentry work.
You will get to interact and befriend the elderly residents and contribute to their successful ageing and ageing-in-place.
Frequency: Once a Month
Location: East
Contact Number: 6788 6625 / 8870 0447
Email: tle@ecss.org.sg
The use of wheelchairs as a mobility aids by seniors has grown exponentially due to the ageing society of Singapore. The commercial servicing and repair of wheelchairs can be expensive and lacking. This programme aims to recruit, train and deploy volunteers to carry out servicing and simple repair work. The volunteers will also be trained to befriend the wheelchair-bound seniors who are typically more socially isolated and lonely.
You will be trained to befriend the wheelchair-bound seniors who are typically more socially isolated and lonely, and be engaged and enriched to serve the community through this programme.
Frequency: Once a Month
Location: East
Contact Number: 6788 6625 / 8870 0447
Email: tle@ecss.org.sg
Join us as a Coach to help others learn useful skills on simple and common home repairs and empower them to acquire practical DIY (Do-It-Yourself) skills. As a volunteer coach, you will help to facilitate the Handyman Courses conducted by SL2 Impact.
Frequency: Others
Location: Central, East, Central
Contact Number: -
Email: repairkopitiam@sustainablelivinglab.org
National Repair Day happens on the last Sunday of every month. Trained coaches and new volunteers in our repair coach training programme will gather to guide the public in repairing their own items.
Frequency: Once a Month
Location: Please refer to repairkopitiam.sg for RK locations
Contact Number: -
Email: repairkopitiam@sustainablelivinglab.org
Volunteers can join the ranks of Repair Kopitiam coaches by signing up for a 10-Sunday programme over 3 months via the website - repairkopitiam.sg/volunteer. Details of our volunteer programmes and volunteering locations can be accessed via the sign-up form from the website.
Frequency: Others
Location: Please refer to repairkopitiam.sg for RK locations
Contact Number: -
Email: repairkopitiam@sustainablelivinglab.org
Repair Kampung Singapore's goal is to bring back the kampung spirit of "neighbours helping neighbours". Through this volunteer programme, you can help to support public events organised by RKgS and provide repair services like basic home repairs, wheelchair and bike repairs for the community.
Frequency: Others
Location: North-East, Central
Contact Number: -
Email: repairkopitiam@sustainablelivinglab.org
Our therapeutic repair programme is targeted at improving elder activities associated with simple repairs and getting residents involved in these repairs. The learning and sharing of repair culture builds friendship, teaches new skills, enhances motor skills, maintains good cognitive psychology and improves mental health through innovatively diagnosing faults and creating solutions to repair them. Our program will run in active ageing centres and places where the elderly will gather.
Frequency: Others
Location: -
Contact Number: -
Email: repairkopitiam@sustainablelivinglab.org
The "Mobility Aiders" programme supports seniors by repairing mobility aids like wheelchairs weekly, enhancing users' quality of life. Experienced volunteers mentor newcomers, fostering a skilled community. Its outreach includes schools and the community, featuring a ""wheelchair experience"" where participants learn about wheelchair types, safe use, and empathy by simulating challenges faced by users. This programme promotes inclusivity while maintaining essential mobility equipment.
Frequency: Once a Week
Location: West, East
Contact Number: 6749 8509
Email: corporatecomm@kampungsenang.org