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About us (˶' ꒳ '˶)
Singapore Children's Forum (SCF) is a platform for young people to come together to discuss issues that impact their lives— from mental health and academic stress to online safety and climate change.
We're an initiative under Singapore Children's Society, a non-profit organisation working towards a future where every child and youth can thrive in strong families and caring communities, championing children’s wellbeing through advocacy, partnership, and lasting social change.
We are also a member of Child Rights Coalition (CRC) Asia, a regional network championing children's rights across the Asia-Pacific.
What we do
Co-create with you
We work with young people, not just for them. You help shape the work we do.
Keep it safe
We create spaces where you can share your thoughts and feelings freely, without fear of judgment.
Include everyone
We actively seek out a wide, representative range of voices— not just the loudest or most confident ones.
Bring adults along
We help adults understand child rights and why child participation matters, and encourage them to contribute.
Shape conversations and influence change
Your views don't disappear into a void. We bring them into conversations with the government, tech companies, parents, non-profit organisations, and other decision-makers who can actually act on them.
Keep you looped in!
Speaking up shouldn't feel like shouting into the dark. We're building better ways to share what happens after you speak up — so you know your voice made a difference :)
Our journey through the years
➙ 2020 to 2022 ⋆˚࿔
Deeper youth engagement
We started building longer-term spaces for youth engagement. Across 2021–2022, youths explored issues like mental health, the digital world, climate change, and digital safety, shaped their own projects, and grew their advocacy skills.
➙ 2023 ⋆.˚
Growing our reach
We joined CRC Asia and expanded our focus: raising awareness of the UNCRC, strengthening child participation locally, and creating opportunities for youth in Singapore to connect with regional conversations through workshops, dialogues, and collaborative engagements.
➙ 2025 ✎ᝰ.
Youth voices shaping policies
Young people shared their experiences, priorities, and recommendations through consultations that will inform Singapore Children’s Society’s UNCRC alternative report. We are also working alongside a group of youths to draft their own report, recognising that young people are experts in their own lives and play a vital role in shaping policies that affect them.
➙ Today ➶
Still evolving
Our work continues to evolve alongside children and youth. Whether through local workshops, regional forums or advocacy initiatives, young people are not just participants— they are contributors, collaborators, and changemakers helping to shape the future of our community.
➙ 2013 to 2019 ✰
SCF is born
Singapore Children's Society started organising a local forum, the Singapore Children's Forum, in between the regional ones. We began by working with children aged 10–12, creating spaces for them to share views on issues that mattered to them.
➙ 2010 ᯓ✦
The region gets involved
ASEAN countries launched the ASEAN Children's Forum, a regional platform rotating between countries every two years to bring young voices across Southeast Asia together.
➙ 1995 ⭑.ᐟ
Singapore makes a promise
Singapore signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and committed to uphold children's rights, including the right to be heard on issues that affect them.