18 Aug 2022 | 1930-2130
Transit Point
Providing temporary shelter and more, learn more about how Transit Point @ Margaret Drive addresses the complex challenges faced by rough sleepers in Singapore.
About the Programme
What you’ll do
Meet your host
More Details
What you’ll do:
For rough sleepers in Singapore, Transit Point may be the closest thing they have to a home. Learn more about how Transit Point @ Margaret Drive supports the rough sleeping community in Singapore on a tour of their facility in Queenstown. Participants will also get to co-design an experience with the rough sleepers during this programme.
Introduce yourself
I am Martina and I’m presently employed as a senior social worker and team Lead at Transit Point at Margaret Drive. I also help to lead another shelter for ex-offenders located at Spooner Road. I have been in social and public services for over 13 years now and enjoy a career that allows me to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
To me, Home is…
where you feel safe, at ease and loved for just being who you are.
What is your favourite thing about your home?
Transit Point, operated by New Hope Community Services, is special because it is the first model of its kind that leverages on the spirit of community partnerships and the idea of social compact to help homeless persons transit out of homelessness.
About Transit Point
Transit Point @ Margaret Drive is an interim shelter for rough sleepers managed by New Hope Community Services. The facility is staffed by social workers who work with the occupants to meet their interim and longer-term housing needs through empowering them with new skills and linking them up with relevant social service providers. Since its opening in March 2020, the shelter has served over 100 male and female rough sleepers and displaced persons.
Website:
- https://www.newhopecs.org.sg/tp-md (Transit Point @ Margaret Drive)
- https://www.newhopecs.org.sg/ (New Hope Community Services)
Attire
- Participants should be dressed respectfully in smart casual (i.e. collared shirt, long pants and covered shoes). Sleeveless attire, shorts/miniskirts or sandals are strictly not allowed.
- Participants will be denied entry if they dress inappropriately.
What to bring
- Participants should bring along an umbrella and a bottle of water.
- Asthmatic individuals are encouraged to bring their inhaler.
Parking availability
- Parking is unavailable at the event premises. The nearest carpark to Transit Point is at Block 30 Margaret Drive (30 Margaret Dr, Singapore 141030). (Approx. 3 min)
Programme Details
Date(s) and Time(s)
Ticket Price
(excluding Eventbrite service fee)
$10
$10
Meeting Point
Entrance to Transit Point (51 Margaret Dr, Singapore 149296)
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Programme Details
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Meeting Point
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MEET THE HOST!
Meet your host
Introduce yourself
I am Martina and I’m presently employed as a senior social worker and team Lead at Transit Point at Margaret Drive. I also help to lead another shelter for ex-offenders located at Spooner Road. I have been in social and public services for over 13 years now and enjoy a career that allows me to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
To me, Home is…
where you feel safe, at ease and loved for just being who you are.
What is your favourite thing about your home?
Transit Point, operated by New Hope Community Services, is special because it is the first model of its kind that leverages on the spirit of community partnerships and the idea of social compact to help homeless persons transit out of homelessness.
About Transit Point
Transit Point @ Margaret Drive is an interim shelter for rough sleepers managed by New Hope Community Services. The facility is staffed by social workers who work with the occupants to meet their interim and longer-term housing needs through empowering them with new skills and linking them up with relevant social service providers. Since its opening in March 2020, the shelter has served over 100 male and female rough sleepers and displaced persons.
Website:
- https://www.newhopecs.org.sg/tp-md (Transit Point @ Margaret Drive)
- https://www.newhopecs.org.sg/ (New Hope Community Services)
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More Details
Attire
- Participants should be dressed respectfully in smart casual (i.e. collared shirt, long pants and covered shoes). Sleeveless attire, shorts/miniskirts or sandals are strictly not allowed.
- Participants will be denied entry if they dress inappropriately.
What to bring
- Participants should bring along an umbrella and a bottle of water.
- Asthmatic individuals are encouraged to bring their inhaler.
Parking availability
- Parking is unavailable at the event premises. The nearest carpark to Transit Point is at Block 30 Margaret Drive (30 Margaret Dr, Singapore 141030). (Approx. 3 min)
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