National Council of Social Service
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| Formed | 1 May 1992 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
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Parent Ministry | Ministry of Social and Family Development |
Child agencies |
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| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GB0034K |
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 organization was formerly known as the Singapore Council of Social Services (SCSS).[1]
The organisation is the national coordinating body for Social Service Agencies (SSAs) in Singapore. SSAs are non-profit organisations 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
- ↑ Wong, Loong Mun; Tan, Nixon; Toh, Kong Chian; Cheah, Jason (18 April 2015), "Ages and Stages: Five Decades of Community and Residential Services in Singapore", Singapore's Health Care System, World Scientific Series on Singapore's 50 Years of Nation-Building, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 305–336, doi:10.1142/9789814696067_0026, ISBN 978-981-4696-04-3, retrieved 6 August 2026
