Labour Movement Sponsors $1.5 Million Worth Of Family Fun Fiesta Packages For Lower-Income Union Members And Families

Formerly known as the Family Recreation & Fun (FRF) carnival, NTUC Club has renamed its meaningful annual event as Family Fun Fiesta (F3) from this year onwards. NTUC Club will hold three runs of F3 for U Care’s LIFT-Up union members. The first run will kick-start on 17 July 2016 at Downtown East with Special Guest Mary Liew, President of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) gracing the occasion. 

The F3 is organised and sponsored by NTUC Club, in support of the Labour Movement's U Care initiative. F3, then known as FRF, was first started in 2008 and through its annual runs, NTUC Club has been contributing $1.5 million worth of sponsorship to reach out to some 10,000 union members each year. The $1.5 million sponsorship also kick-starts the Labour Movement’s fundraising efforts to raise $10.5 million this year to continue assisting our U Care beneficiaries. 

"We are pleased to provide our union members and their families with opportunities to unwind as well as to bond together by taking care of their well- being through our F3 weekends. These F3 carnivals at Downtown East have helped reach out to many union members who may not have the means to spend on recreational activities for the whole family. With F3, we aim to remove such a barrier and enable them to achieve a better work-life balance with their families," said Mr Yeo Khee Leng, Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Club. 

Among the slew of activities, there will be a special mass family activity titled My Family. My Little Red Dot. The activity will invite 31 families to complete pieces of artwork from local artiste Mr Edmund Chen’s colouring series - My Little Red Dot. Completed drawings will be put together to form a huge photo frame. By getting the families to work as one to complete the picture, we hope to foster family togetherness and bonding through this mass activity. 

The mass activity also gives a glimpse of the new range of U Care programmes which aims to go beyond providing financial assistance to our LIFT-Up members. Bearing the same acronym, the new LIFT-Up initiative will provide our U Care beneficiaries with greater access to a range of educational workshops and parent- child bonding activities. More details will be unveiled later. 

Mr Zainal Sapari, Assistant Secretary-General and Director, Care and Share Department, NTUC, said, “We are very grateful to NTUC Club for the F3 sponsorship which provides our members and their families with the opportunity to enjoy a day of fun and bonding without having to worry about the cost. This sponsorship gives us a good start towards our fundraising target of $10.5 million this year. With challenging times ahead, the NTUC-U Care Fund will continue to provide assistance to our members in need and we look forward to the continued support from NTUC Club and all our donors. Beyond financial assistance, we also hope to be able to do more for them through the LIFT-Up programme.”