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Beyond Social Services

The website is to connect with the youths and to tell them about the delinquency among disadvantaged young people and their families and to move them beyond their problems. The website also want to develop young people who respect the law, value education and seek to become responsible persons.

Beyond Social Services also run a range of preventive, restorative and developmental programmes and services that are designed to fight delinquency among children and youths. They also believe that youth offending is the product of young people’s environment and not inherent in them. With appropriate support, young people from disadvantaged and troubled backgrounds can escape the cycle of poverty, violence and crime and be contributing members of our community.

National Addictions Management Services

The National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) was incorporated in Aug 2008. Located at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), NAMS includes the Specialist Outpatient Clinic C (SOC C) as its outpatient arm, and the inpatient Serenity Centre, which provides residential detoxification and rehabilitation. NAMS treats problem gambling and other behavioural addictions (internet, gaming, etc), and substance addictions (alcohol and drugs).

NAMS MISSION

1. Provide high quality, accessible and affordable care that is evidence-based and localised to suit our population.
2. Educate and engage the public on addiction prevention and treatment.
3. Reduce stigma and barriers to seeking treatment.
4. Raise standards of care through training and education.

National Crime Prevention Council

The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a non-profit organisation committed to promoting public awareness of and concern about crime and to propagate the concept of self-help in crime prevention. The Council comprises representatives from the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as from the public sector and the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The NCPC is incorporated as a charity and depends entirely on donations and sponsorships to run its programmes and activities. It is registered as a society with the Registry of Societies. 

Objectives of the council are: 

• to raise the level of the public awareness and concern about crime
• encourage self-help in crime prevention
• examine, develop and recommend crime prevention measures suitable to the public
• coordinate efforts of organisations in crime prevention