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Every Colour MattersA n n u a l R e p o r t F Y 2 0 0 9 / 2 0 1 0

ContentsOur Vision, Our Mission and Our Core Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

President’s Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Highlights and Achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Significant Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Board of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sub-Committees and Senior Management Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Board of Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Management Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Compliance with IPC Standards and Code of Governance . . . . 42

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Rainbow Centre 501 Margaret DriveSingapore 149306Tel: (65) 6475 2072Fax: (65) 6473 9739

UEN: S92SS0061AIPC No: IPC000298

Auditors: David Yeung & Co PAC Public Accountants and Certified Public Accountants

Bankers: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited United Overseas Bank Limited

EVERY COLOUR MATTERS

Every colour comes in different shades, hues and tones to convey a complete narration of a portrait. This colour theory symbolises a child with special needs, who through education and training, is able to realise a quality life.

The building block of colours on the cover represents Rainbow Centre’s management, staff, volunteers, parents, students and the public-at-large working hand in hand to reach beyond disabilities and maximising potential through dedication, compassion, integrity, respect and teamwork.

OUR VISIONLeading in Special Education – Making A Difference

OUR MISSIONWe are committed to enhancing the quality of life of children with special needs through education and training to enable them to achieve their fullest potential by:

* providing a holistic developmental programme for our children;* collaborating with parents and the public and private sectors;* committing to the professional development and personal fulfilment of our staff;* contributing to the training and development in the field of special education

locally and regionally; and* engendering greater public awareness, understanding and acceptance of

children with special needs.

OUR CORE VALUESWe serve with dedication, integrity, compassion and respect for our children,

parents and colleagues. We strive to achieve excellence in our services for the betterment of our children. We believe in teamwork to bring the best out of

our team and those we serve.

Bey

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d Disabilities, Maximising Potential

Annual Report 2009/2010 | 11

President’s ReviewThe past year has been very eventful for Rainbow Centre. The highlight of the year was the Official Opening of Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School and the Early Intervention Centre on 1 October 2009. Our Guest of Honour, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence commended us on the design and layout of the school, and was pleased with the efficient use of space and the brightness of the school environment. The support of our distinguished guests from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry for Community Development, Youth and Sports, the National Council of Social Service, sister agencies and schools, sponsors, donors, parents and performances of our children made the event memorable for all of us. Despite the economic downturn, we were able to raise funds for our programmes through the generosity and support of many well-wishers and benefactors. Two very successful fundraising events for our EIPIC Fund were organised last year. The first was the screening of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in June 2009 which was graced by Ms Ho Ching, Executive Director, Temasek Holdings as the Guest of Honour. The other was the “Splash for Cash,” a joint fundraising event with the Tanglin Club in November 2009. The Guest of Honour for this event was Professor Tommy Koh, Patron of Rainbow Centre and Ambassador-At-Large for Singapore. Both events were very successful and raised almost $300,000. On behalf of the Board of Rainbow Centre, I would like to thank the Guests of Honour, the Toteboard, the Tanglin Club, all our sponsors, donors and supporters for their support and contributions. Many thanks also to the members of the organising committees, staff and volunteers who worked very hard towards the success of these two events. The field of Special Education continues to be very challenging and is still evolving in Singapore. In this regard, the Board and Senior Management successfully held a Board and Senior Management Staff Retreat for strategic planning and visioning for 2015 on 26 - 27 June 2009. A

In Rainbow Centre, we believe that our staff is the most precious asset that we have. In addition to providing opportunities for our staff in educational and professional development, we continued to strengthen our ongoing efforts and initiatives to acknowledge the dedication and contributions of our staff so that they can continue to give of their best to our children and their families.

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review of the current challenges and needs in Rainbow Centre and the sector was made, and a roadmap was developed to provide strategic direction for Rainbow Centre to enhance organisational development, service delivery and to ensure the sustainability and relevance of our mission to serve our children.

I am pleased to report that the Board and Senior Management have also ensured that Rainbow Centre complies with all the requirements of the Code of Governance. Rainbow Centre received many local as well as overseas visitors during the year under review. Among them was Mrs Nathan, wife of President S R Nathan who visited Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School.

In Rainbow Centre, we believe that our staff is the most precious asset that we have. In addition to providing opportunities for our staff in educational and professional development, we continued to strengthen our ongoing efforts and initiatives to acknowledge the dedication and contributions of our staff so that they can continue to give of their best to our children and their families. In this regard, the Board undertook a review of salary scales of teachers and allied health professionals to align salaries to reflect a more realistic value for the work of our staff. The revised salary scales will help us to attract and retain good staff.

John Donne, a renowned metaphysical poet of the 17th centrury wrote, “no man is an island, entire to itself,” and we in Rainbow Centre recognise the need to have good collaborations and relationships with all our friends in the Special Education sector. We established new collaborations and strengthened existing ones with preschools, mainstream schools, tertiary institutions in educational activities and research, and also provided internship attachments for allied health professionals in our programmes. We continued our partnership with

the Social Service Training Institute (SSTI), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and the IndoCare in Indonesia to provide training, consultation and research opportunities.

Rainbow Centre recognises the need to involve family members and the community in the care and education of the children. A number of activities were organised for our students’ families. Parent training, support groups, forums and social activities were held throughout the year to provide emotional, educational and social support for the siblings and families. We held open houses to create public awareness and strengthen collaborations with our sister agencies, schools and the corporate sector. The management and staff of many corporations such as MediaCorp, Standard Chartered Bank, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Barclays Bank adopted our programmes as one of their community projects. We have benefited from their generous support.

Last but not least, I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the National Council of Social Service, all our generous donors, supporters, volunteers, our dedicated Board members, staff and our community partners whose many contributions have benefited our students and their families. I would also like to express my appreciation to the parents of our students for their support and cooperation.

Professor (Dr) Lee Eng HinPresident, Rainbow Centre


supporters of Rainbow Centre were treated to special performances by our pupils and a tour of the facilities to gain insight into the programmes and services offered at the school and our Early Intervention Centre. The Guest of Honour and guests were impressed with the design and spaciousness of the premises and the

programmes.

Highlights and AchievementsOFFICIAL OPENING OF RAINBOW CENTRE YISHUN PARK SCHOOL AND EARLY INTERVENTION CENTRE ON 1 OCTOBER 2009

The official opening ceremony of Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School and Early Intervention Centre at 15 Yishun Street 61 on 1 October 2009 was a significant milestone for Rainbow Centre. It was a memorable day for all especially the pupils and staff who had moved from their former Balestier School building at McNair Road.

The opening of the new building with purpose-built facilities was graced by the Guest of Honour, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence. 200 guests from the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), corporate donors, special education sector, community partners and

The opening of the new building with purpose-built facilities was graced by the Guest of Honour, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence.


ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR PUPILS AND ACHIEVING THEIR POTENTIAL

Rainbow Centre continued to be a significant player in the social service sector providing quality and sustainable early intervention and special education programmes for children with special needs associated with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, global developmental delay and other neurological conditions.

The provision of a range of specialised programmes with good staff-pupil ratios, committed and trained personnel, differentiated curriculum and intervention approaches, purpose-built facilities, close partnership with parents and ongoing professional training and development for our staff is key to achieving our mission to enhance the quality of life and developing the potential of our pupils.

Pupils and parents had benefited from the holistic intervention programmes. Our allied health professionals continued to provide intensive therapy intervention in either pull out therapy sessions, group therapy or class consultations for our pupils. Home Exercise Programme with diagrams were provided to caregivers by the physiotherapists. Training sessions for caregivers and parents were also conducted. Seating systems, feeding groups, language and music groups, sensory-motor groups and handwriting groups were implemented by the Occupational Therapy Department (OT) for the Early Intervention Programme for Infants & Children (EIPIC) pupils. Services such as psychological assessments for our pupils for external referrals and behaviour modification intervention and staff and parent training were provided by the psychologists. A unique feature in Rainbow Centre is the multi-disciplinary team approach to intervention.

Ongoing efforts were made to serve as many children as possible from the long wait list especially those waiting for

our early intervention programme. A total of 1,156 children aged between two months and 18

years benefitted from our specialised and holistic programmes and services during the year under review. As at 31 March 2010, the total pupil enrolment was 949, an increase of 108 pupils or 13% over the past year.

Programmes

Total No. of Childrenserved in FY 09/10

Enrolment as at 31 March 2009

New Pupils

RCEIP@MDS 170 70 240

RCEIP@YPS 156 100 256

RCMDS 140 42 182(STEP)

RCMDS 116 23 139(PPMD)

RCYPS 169 61 230(STEP)

RCYPS 90 19 109(PPMD)

Total 841 315 1,156

No. of PupilsTransferred/Deregistered in FY 09/10

From RCMDS to RCYPS 3

From RCYPS to RCMDS 5

Pathlight School 19

Eden School 9

St Andrews Autism School (SAAS) 19

Autism Youth Centre (AYC) 1

Metta School 2

Handicap Welfare Association (HWA) 1

Association for Persons with 2Special Needs (APSN)

MINDS 25

Grace Orchard School 2

Spastic Children’s Association 6School/Cerebral Palsy (CP) Centre

Singapore School for the Deaf 1

Lighthouse School 1

Mainstream School 17

Mainstream Kindergarten 32

Alternative Intervention 21

Self Withdrawals/Overseas/Home 41Schooling/Medical/Deceased/Childcare Problems/Others

Total 207


Highlights and Achievements

The year saw the continuous efforts of all our programmes to further advance our mission to develop the potential of our children. Opportunities were created and new initiatives were introduced.

OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL OF OUR PUPILS

Besides the semestral educational outings, our pupils were given opportunities to be exposed to different life learning experiences outside of their classrooms to enhance their potential. Here are some of the activities:

IMPACTSACTIvITIES

RCMDS Sports Day at Queenstown Stadium on 6 and 7 March 2009

7th National Special Olympics Games on 5-8 June 2009 at the Yishun Stadium. Our pupils took part in Swimming, Equestrian, Bocce and Athletics

HILL & KNOWLTON Global Green Day on 22 September 2009 at the Botanic Gardens in support of World Green Day

Republic Polytechnic Sports Carnival on 2 October 2009

Inaugural E STEP Camp 2009 at RCMDS

Studio Wu Code Edge Hip Hop Dance

Pupils learnt social skills, gross and fine motor skills in the various events.

After months of practices, our pupils performed to their best and some of them even had the experience of staying overnight at the Games village at the NUS hostels with other special Olympians from other special schools and countries.

volunteers worked with our pupils in completing puzzles and riddles activities. Pupils learnt problem solving skills. Created awareness of our pupils to the volunteers.

Pupils learnt social skills, gross and fine motor skills in the various events. Created awareness of our children’s needs to the staff and students of the polytechnic.

Opportunity to reinforce independent skills, social interaction and communication.

Our pupils participated in the Code Edge Hip Hop competition as guest performers. They thrilled the audience with the energy and perfect timing of the steps and coordination.

While my family has been experiencing rainy days with Timothy, he is blessed to have very good teachers who are committed, compassionate, patient and professional. Rainbow Centre has been like the rainbow after the rain. Thank you to all at Rainbow Centre for enhancing the quality of life of children with special needs like Timothy, to enable them to achieve their fullest potential.

Parents of Timothy


PROJECTS

MILESTONES OF THE AUGMENTATIvE AND ALTERNATIvE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMore children benefited from the Augmentative and

Alternative Communication or AAC system led by the Speech & Language Therapy

Department (SLT). At RCMDS, the SLT support and induction of two

new AAC subject teachers has effectively expanded the pool of highly trained teachers who are able to guide the ongoing implementation of AAC in the classrooms. The formation

of an AAC Re-Assessment Team comprising OTs and SLTs

to address ongoing positioning, access and language issues led to

higher competency levels of the pupils using AAC. Caregivers were also taught

how to use the communication board or the high-technology equipment to facilitate the usage of the AAC system at home. Teachers also underwent Level 2 training on this system, and it included PAC (Partner Assisted Communication), communication matrix and teaching literacy-theory and its application. The AAC has also helped pupils from the Structure Teaching for Exceptional Pupils (STEP) with greater core vocabulary have achieved increased initiation, spontaneity and motivation in communication, greater vocabulary, longer sentence length, reduced frustration levels and better classroom behaviour.

ART APPRECIATION PROJECTA committee of teachers and therapists led by Ms Trina Liew, Speech Language Therapist brought theatre and dance performances such as the Room on the Broom by ABA Productions and 3 Com, Mouse Bakes a Cookie by NTUC Income and The Wiggles Live in Concert by The Wiggles into the lives of our pupils. Monetary support from various bodies had enabled our pupils and family members to enjoy these performances in the community settings. WELLNESS PROJECTA pilot project with two STEP classes was initiated at RCMDS. A series of specific exercises targeted the children’s upper body and coordination of upper and lower limbs were systematically structured and taught. The result was encouraging with improvements

observed in muscular tone, behaviour, communication, social interaction, self-regulation and endurance. AQUATICS AND TRACK AND FIELD TEAM RCYPS set up a team with Northland Primary School and Chung Cheng High School to train a team of athletes once a week for national competitions.

IT CLUB @ RCYPS An IT Club was officially formed to enhance pupils learning through the use of IT equipment such as digital cameras and videos, and to also provide opportunity to nurture the interest and talent in ICT in our pupils.

REPOSITIONING OF RCYPS MINIMART & PREvOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT The project has further upgraded to provide prevocational training in the areas of retailing, packing, advertising and promotion design, and cash management. The project has gained popularity and support from the school’s community partners. An interesting project by the department was the Lunar New Year Hamper sale with the sale of 150 hampers to parents, staff and supporters.

MOE SPED DAY

Both RCMDS and RCYPS participated in the MOE Excelfest 2010 on 5 and 6 March 2010 at Suntec City. Our schools featured the AAC project and the Resource Library at the event. Both projects were well received and attracted interest from the participants.

The school provided a nurturing environment for my kid to learn at his own pace. The basic life skills he acquired had helped him to adapt to different environments and people. The teachers were wonderful role models and guides who went beyond their scope to assist and help the kids. I cannot say enough ‘Thank You’ to them for the patience, love and dedication.

Parents of Ke-Gan


Pink Ribbon Walk on 23 September 2009 at East Coast Park

Moon Cake Festival on 23 September 2009 at East Coast Park

Kite Flying Day at “Punggol Field Walk” on 31 January 2010

In support of the Breast Cancer Society

Rainbow Centre volunteer Group

Rainbow Centre and the Singapore Kite Association

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Rainbow Centre embarked on research opportunities on areas for improvement and benefits to our pupils. The SLT Department at RCMDS collaborated with Dr Tan Seok Hui from the National University of Singapore’s Psychology Department on a research project that investigated whether teaching new words using a multi-modal strategy to children with Down syndrome (DS), Developmental Delay (DD) and Global Developmental Delay (GDD) helps improve communication and language skills. The research project involved 11 children with Down syndrome and 6 children with DD or GDD. We would like to thank the parents for their consent of their children in the study. There were also requests from post-graduate students to do research studies with Rainbow Centre.

ENHANCING PARTNERSHIP FOR GREATER PARENTAL INVOLVMENT

The success and advancement of our programmes depend on our partnership with parents and their positive involvement in the education and activities of their children. The year saw a number of activities and events organised to enhance parental involvement. Apart from the semestral case conference meetings, home visits, involvement in sessions with teachers, therapists and psychologists, communication book and in school celebrations such as National Day, and Children’s Day, the following events were organised for our pupils and their families:

ACTIvITIES ORGANISATIONS

First Social Interviews for New Referrals

Financial Assessment and Counselling on Budget Planning and Prioritisation

Individual Counselling excludes financial counselling

Couple Counselling

External Transfer and Transition Planning

Home Support

Information and Referral

Others

Total

313

405

99

11

129

39

191

123

1,310

ENHANCING FAMILY’S EFFECTIVENESS FOR SUCCESSFUL LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THEIR CHILDREN

Led by the Head of Family Life Services with her team of one Family Life Educator, 10 social workers and two social work assistants, the team provided a range of services to provide emotional, social and financial support to families of our pupils at Rainbow Centre.

At Rainbow Centre, we believe that families who are well supported by our staff, and knowledgeable about their child’s condition will have a higher chance of them engaged positively in their child’s development and learning.

During the year under review, a total of 313 new referrals were seen by our social workers team with the highest of 244 for our EIPIC and E STEP programmes. Another 69 new referrals for our RCMDS and RCYPS were seen for first social interview. The team had a busy year providing the following services:

TYPES OF CASEWORK NUMBER OF CASES



The past year also saw support programmes organised for parents and siblings.

ACTIvITIES & IMPACTS PARTICIPANTS

MALAY SUPPORT GROUP Parents learnt how to manage their stress by engaging in leisure activities and set aside time for themselves. They also acquired skills to better manage their emotions and improved self-esteem. All felt that they were supported by the other group members.

MANDARIN SUPPORT GROUP Participants gained insight on the topic of autism and were enskilled with basic intervention strategies on their children’s behaviours. Majority of the participants found the peer sharing and support beneficial to their journey of caring for their children with Autism Syndrome Disorder (ASD). A few parents have become volunteer parents helping in various school activities.

MOvING ON All parents felt that they had benefited from hearing the experiences from other parents and the opportunity to share their personal journeys. They felt supported from the sessions. The Theory of Grief helped them on the facts of their journey as a natural and normal process of coping.

KOPI-TALK Informal sessions held during school hours for waiting parents and caregivers. Topics included enskilling and education for them.

P2P Parents found the topics on Sibling Matters and Preparing Your Child with ASD for Primary One useful. They felt that they needed to be opened to the experiences and ideas shared by their children and relate to them as best as they could.

PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS Parents found the two workshops very useful. * Hands-on workshop on Aquatic Physiotherapy (Hydrotherapy) for parents of children with

severe disabilities. * Seminar on Planning for the Financial Security and Care Needs of Your Child with Special

Needs. Representatives from MCYS were invited to share on the Special Needs Trust Company and the Mental Capacity Act.

S.T.A.R.S. CAMP The participants learnt about the different types of disabilities and understood the unique needs of their special siblings.

TOTAL

11

46

32

14

72

172

27

374


BUILDING CAPABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY

Rainbow Centre believes in investing in our assets which are our manpower resources and to share our knowledge and expertise by working in collaboration with other organisations. The Board and Senior Management recognise the need for trained and experienced professionals, and aim to have all staff trained and equipped with the knowledge and skills for the benefit of our clients.

Many of our staff continued to receive sponsorships to attend relevant specialised training courses in special education, autism, neuro development therapy (NDT), leadership and management skills and other intervention approaches and conferences related to the intervention and treatment of children with special needs. All staff attended the MOE Semtrex Training for preparation of emergencies in school.

Rainbow Centre invested a total of $134,155 in the learning journey of our staff despite many of the training courses were heavily subsidised by the vWOs Capability Fund (vCF). Staff training for our RCMDS and RCYPS was covered by the Staff Training vote.

OFFER OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPSTo cope with the shortage of trained speech language therapists and educational psychologists in Singapore, Rainbow Centre embarked on a scholarship scheme to promising professionals for recognised degree and post graduate courses. Rainbow Centre offered two scholars to attend the NUS Master in Speech Language Pathology with the support of scholarships from the Lee Foundation and the Toh Kian Chui Foundation. In addition, scholarships were also extended to Ms Tan Sze Wee, Head of Family Life Services through the Professional and Leadership Development Scheme for social workers, to Ms Faridah Chang for the Master of Arts by Research with the National Institute of Education, to Mr Jimson Tham for his Bachelor in Occupational Therapy with the La Trobe University, Australia.

RAINBOW CENTRE TRAINING & CONSULTANCY (RCTC)

Rainbow Centre Training & Consultancy continued to gain a strong clientele of training partners for training and consultancy services. It has achieved the mission of Rainbow Centre in contributing to the training and development in the field of early intervention, inclusive education issues and special education locally and regionally.

Despite the lean staff strength in RCTC of only two full-time trainers/consultants, the unit was able to commit to several training programmes for professionals, volunteers and caregivers with customised courses and workshops to meet the training needs of the participants, and consultation services for integrated childcare centres and kindergartens.


With Rainbow Centre’s services and programmes, I am now able to walk using a Kaye Walker, stand up from a chair by myself and even climb up and down the stairs alone. I will keep on working hard and learn how to walk without my walker.

Hashim, a student from Rainbow

Centre


WORKSHOPS NO. OF TRAINING ORGANISATIONS TRAINEES HOURS

Certificate in Teaching Preschoolers with Special 23 216 RCTC developed the trainingNeeds in Integrated Childcare Programme course and conducted the training (CICP) for childcare and preschool teachers for the 6th and 7th intakes.

Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood 31 171 Ngee Ann PolytechnicIntervention (Special Needs) for preschool and early intervention teachers RCTC staff, Executive Director and other RC senior staff were appointed as adjunct lecturers for specific modules for the 3rd intake.

Hanen More Than Words for parents of children 28 102 Developed and conducted by RCwith autism Senior Speech Language Therapist.

Specific SSTI courses related to special needs for 258 98.5 Social Service Training Institute (SSTI)vWOs RCTC developed and conducted the training for SSTI.

NUS Masters in Speech Language Pathology 39 16 RCTC and SLTs of Rainbow CentreProgramme for the students taking the course were involved in specific modules.

Neuro Developmental Treatment (NDT)/Bobath 24 240 Organised by RCTC with overseas 8 week Certification Course in Treatment trainers from the United States of of Children with Cerebral Palsy for speech America and Canada. language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists

Understanding the Special Needs of a Child in a 96 67 Customised course by RCTC.Mainstream Setting for Cherrybrook Kindergarten and Cambridge Child Development Centre

Developing valued Practitioners Programme 13 46 Customised course by RCTC.(DvP) for Iyad (Perdaus) Child Development

OT Consultation for RCMDS and RCYPS 20 194 In-house consultation by RCTC.

Regional Training and Consultation in Jakarta 601 153 Customised and conducted byfor IndoCARE, and seminars and conferences RCTC. for professionals and parents in Indonesia on Early Intervention, Special Education, Inclusive RCTC staff & Executive Director Education were speakers at the conference.

Parent Training Workshops: 71 17 Customised and conducted by* Developing valued Parent Mentor (DvPM) RCTC. for DSA parents* Sensory Integration * Positioning for Success* Sensible Strokes and Printing Success

(7.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.)

(7.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m. and

some weekends)


Since commissioned by MCYS to run the Certificate in Teaching Children with Special Needs in Integrated Childcare Programme (CICP), RCTC completed the course for the 6th intake and started the 7th intake in the year under review. It is very heartening for us to see a culture of acceptance of children with special needs at these centres, and the staff adopting the right inclusionary practices within their centres.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) continued to engage RCTC staff including the Executive Director as adjunct lecturers for the ADECISN course for the 3rd intake.

RCTC maintained a strong collaboration with IndoCARE by providing continued training and consultation to their staff. In addition, RCTC staff and Mrs June Tham, the Executive Director were invited to speak at their International Conference on A Multi Pronged Approach to Effective ASD Educational Intervention on 13 November 2009 in Surabaya. Mrs June Tham together with Ms Faridah Chang and Mr Manoj Pathnapuram were invited to speak at the Conference on Inclusive Education of Children with Special Needs on 11 March 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mrs June Tham, Executive Director and Mr Manoj Pathnapuram, Head of RCTC, were invited by the Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Caritas CCAMH) to Cambodia on 29 March 2009 for a feasibility study to explore training collaboration with Rainbow Centre to help Cambodia build professional capacity in special education.


COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ENGENDERING AWARENESS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The past year saw continued collaborations with existing corporate partners and started new community partnership. Open houses were held at both our RCMDS and RCYPS campuses for schools from the West 6 Cluster and North Cluster respectively. The objectives were to showcase our mainstream preparatory classes with the goal in mind to achieving social and academic integration with mainstream schools as well as to share Rainbow Centre’s strengths in its services. Possibilities of collaboration were explored for staff exchange through learning journeys and sharing of resources with the mainstream schools. The outcome of the open houses was the collaboration plan set up with Northland Primary School with our RCYPS and Green Ridge Secondary School with RCMDS.

The school did a fantastic job in helping my daughter improve. When she enrolled in school, she was not able to talk well, had difficulty controlling her temper and unable to do many things. She left the school able to communicate, could do things like buying things, counting, telling the time and many more. Parents of Shafikah

About 20 children from the Cherrybrook Kindergarten took part in MY PALS. RCTC also conducted teacher workshops on understanding disabilities, managing behaviour and classroom management of children with special needs in an inclusive setting. Additionally,

consultation sessions were also conducted with the teachers to address specific issues. We hope that the future MY PALS programmes will be “an all systems” inclusive programme with disability awareness offered to teachers, parents and children in the mainstream kindergartens and schools.


ENHANCING CORPORATE SERVICES AND QUALITY SERVICES

With a staff strength of over 300 employees and an annual budget of about $14 million, there was an urgent need for Rainbow Centre to strengthen its corporate services. A Human Resource Executive, IT Executive and a Public Relations Executive were recruited.

In addition to the multi-disciplinary team of speech language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, music therapists, psychologists and social workers, Rainbow Centre added an art therapist to help our pupils relieve stress, reduce anxiety, facilitate appropriate social behaviour and improve their outlook in life. Art therapy can also offer them an opportunity to work through emotional obstacles that are impeding their educational progress.

FINANCE

Despite the economic downturn, Rainbow Centre was able to maintain a healthy financial state for all programmes. This was due to the ongoing efforts to exercise prudent financial management and control of the budgets, and fundraising efforts by Rainbow Centre. Establishing and maintaining relationship with our community partners was another factor to achieving regular support from individual as well as corporate donors.

Rainbow Centre continued to receive per capitation funding from MOE and NCSS for our special education school programmes. Funding for our Early Intervention Programme for Infant & Children (EIPIC) continued to be received from MCYS based on their means-test funding model. Due to the economic downtown, Supplementary Fund and the EIPIC Support Grant were provided by MCYS to relieve the hardship of parents. As

a result of the additional funding, the plan to review the programme fees for parents upwards was postponed. However, Rainbow Centre continued to engage in raising funds for our EIPIC Fund which was set up to ensure that we have adequate funds to maintain the relevance and sustainability of our Early Intervention Programme for Infant & Children (EIPIC), and to continue providing the quality programme for our ASD and non ASD preschool children in Rainbow Centre.

Rainbow Centre was also a recipient of Job Credits for all our programmes according to the number of employees.

The headcount of employees increased from 290.5 to 325 or 11.8% as at 31 March 2010. The increase was mainly due to the increase of children enrolled into our programmes.



Staff RC RCTC RCMDS RCYPS RCEIP RCEIP

Head Office (MDS) (YPS)

Executive Director 1

Finance Manager 1

Senior HR Executive 1

Executive Officer 1

Public Relations Executive 1

Head of RCTC 1

Principal Trainer & Consultant 1

Principal 1 1 0 0

vice Principal 0.5 1 0 0

EIPIC Manager 0 0 0.5 0.5

Head of STEP 1 1 0 0

Head of PPMD 1 1 0 0

Head of EIPIC 0 0 1 0

Senior Teacher 6 6 4 3

Teacher 41 56.5 22 20

Developmentalist 18 24 8 10

Teacher Support 10 8 2 4

Class Support 2 1 0 0

Head of Speech Therapy Dept 1 1 0 0

Senior Speech Language Therapist 0 0 1 1

NO. OF STAFF AT RAINBOW CENTRE AS AT 31 MARCH 2010

Speech Language Therapist 2 2 0 0

Senior Physiotherapist 1 0 0 1

Physiotherapist 1 2 1 0

Senior Occupational Therapist 0 1 0 0

Occupational Therapist 2 2 2 2

Senior Psychologist 0 0 1 0

Psychologist 0 0.5 0 1

Assistant Psychologist 1 0 0 0

Music Therapist 1 1 0 0

Art Therapist 0.5 0.5 0 0

Head of Social Work Dept 0 0 1 0

Senior Social Worker 1 1 0 1

Social Worker 1 3 1 1

Senior Parent Trainer 0.5 0.5 0 0

Social Work Aide 0 1 1 0

Family Support Officer 0.5 0 0 0

Accounts Executive 1 1 1 0

IT Executive 0.5 0.5 0 0

Admin Assistant 1 2 2 1 1

Nursing Aide 0.5 0.5 0 0

Support Staff 3 3 1 1

Total 5 3 100 122 48.5 46.5

Below is the breakdown of the staff strength of Rainbow Centre as at 31 March 2010:


For the past year, staff cost constituted an average of 79.14% of the operating budget. This is an increase of 2.67% over the past FY, and it was due to the increase in manpower resources and increase in salaries for the teaching staff and allied health professionals. The increase of salaries for the teaching staff was a result of the MOE and NCSS salary review for teachers for special schools effective from April 2009. The Board extended the salary review to all teachers in our Early Intervention Centres to ensure that all teachers are given the same consideration and acknowledgement regardless of which programme in Rainbow Centre that they are teaching. The table below shows the annual remuneration of the three top key executives of Rainbow Centre.

$50,000 - $100,000 1

$101,000 - $150,000 1

$151,000- $200,000 1

The salary bands include salary, annual wage supplement, variable bonus, performance bonus and employer’s CPF contributions.

With the weekly physiotherapy session at Rainbow Centre, I can now walk with the assistance of my Kaye Walker instead of creeping on my belly to move around. I am also proud to be involved and able to swim in the Special Olympic.

Shi Ying, a student from Rainbow Centre



FUNDRAISING EVENTS Two very successful fundraising events were organised by Rainbow Centre to raise funds for our EIPIC FUND.

CHARITY SCREENING OF “THE TRANSFORMER : THE REvENGE OF THE FALLEN” on 24 June 2009 at the Cathay Cineplex. We were honoured to have Ms Ho Ching, Executive Director of Temasek Holdings as the Guest of Honour. A total of S$146,808 was raised from the event.


“SPLASH FOR CASH: 24 HOUR SWIM,” a joint event by the Tanglin Club and Rainbow Centre held on 20-21 November 2010 at The Tanglin Club. Our Patron, Professor Tommy Koh was the Guest of Honour for the event. The event raised S$148,112.23.

The Board wishes to thank Ms Ho Ching, Professor Tommy Koh, the Tanglin Club, organising committees, the Toteboard, the East of Anfield and many generous sponsors and donors for their contributions towards the success of the two events.

RAINBOW CENTRE RESERVES POLICY Rainbow Centre has a reserves policy to maintain reserves for sustainability of all the Rainbow Centre’s programmes and continuity of its services to its beneficiaries in the contingency that it incurs an operating deficit in any year. For this purpose, Rainbow Centre aims to build up reserves that are equivalent to three years of its operating expenses less regular grants that can be expected to receive from the government and NCSS. The reserves can only be used with the approval of the Board of Governance.

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

All the Board members and staff are required to declare on an annual basis that they do not have any personal or private business or associates that might be a conflict to their functions or employment with Rainbow Centre.

VOLUNTEERS (RAINBOW LINK)

Rainbow Centre is blessed to have a dedicated team of volunteers whose involvement has benefited our programmes and pupils. We would like to thank our medical volunteers, dental surgeons, orthomologists, ENT surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, corporate volunteers from Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Studio Wu, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), schools, tertiary institutions and Japanese Women’s Association, and many others for being part of our Rainbow Centre Family.


ATTACHMENTS TO RAINBOW CENTRE PROGRAMMES

Rainbow Centre supported attachments for local and overseas professionals and internships from the NUS and other institutions of higher learning.

VISITORS

The year received several local and overseas requests to visit Rainbow Centre to learn about our programmes and service models. We were honoured to host Mrs S R Nathan, wife of our President of Singapore to Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School on 10 February 2010. She enjoyed her private visit and interaction with our staff and pupils. Mrs Nathan also launched the Lunar New Year Hamper for the Minimart and Pre-voc officially during the visit.

Other visitors included management and staff from the Chulalaongkom University, Bangkok, staff and pupils from the Wheelock College, management and staff from our corporate partners.

The recommendations were approved by the Board and shared with the Senior Staff Retreat in March 2010.

Moving forward with the 2015 vision for Rainbow Centre, the following plans were approved:

• Clarify RC’s brand communication and coremessaging to key stakeholders to complement the internal culture-building communications and HR initiatives branding and positioning;

• Internal re-organisation to further strengthenthe Corporate Services and Organisational Development functions;

• Collaboration with related partners in thepreschool, mainstream, and the social service sector for transition and seamless services;

• ReviewandfocusonChildCentreApproach;

• EnhanceManagementofOutcomesandQualityof Programmes;

• ExpandtheTraining&ConsultancyUnit;

• Continuetocollaboratewithtertiaryinstitutionsinresearch in early childhood and special needs issues;

• Explore feasibility of starting therapy servicesto serve more children on wait list and children with special needs in the mainstream preschool setting;

• RelocateEIPICatRCMDStoanotherpremisestocope with the increasing demand for physical capacity for our RCMDS; and

• Succession Planning and Renewal of BoardMembers.

To reflect a generic representation of our children and youths with multiple disabilities, the Board had approved to rename the former Programme for Children with Multiple Handicaps (PCMH) to Programme for Pupils with Multiple Disabilities (PPMD) which serves these pupils up to 18 years old.

REVIEW OF VISION AND MISSION BY THE BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT

The Board and Senior Management team embarked upon a Strategic Planning Retreat on 26-27 June 2009 to review the relevance, purpose and mission of Rainbow Centre, to establish a roadmap to enhance organisational effectiveness and sustainability, and to enhance a shared vision of Rainbow Centre.



1986 A TASK FORCE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR KENNETH LYEN, conducted a needs assessment on the number of children with multiple disabilities who were not receiving services. 150 children were found to be not receiving any services.

1987 BIRTH OF MARGARET DRIvE SPECIAL SCHOOL (MDSS) for children with multiple disabilities at 501 Margaret Drive. The school also started the Early Intervention Programme for Infants & Young Children aged 4 years and below.

1989 INTRODUCTION OF THE STRUCTURED TEACHING FOR ExCEPTIONAL PUPILS (STEP) for children with autism spectrum disorder from two to 12 years old in February. Registration of MDSS with the Ministry of Education under the Education Act.

1990 OFFICIAL OPENING OF MDSS on 26 May by Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education.

1992 BIRTH OF RAINBOW CENTRE to expand beyond MDSS to cope with long wait list. MDSS came under the umbrella of Rainbow Centre which was registered with the Registry of Societies under the Charities Act. Dr Ee Peng Liang became the first Patron of Rainbow Centre.

1993 INTRODUCTION OF PARENT EDUCATION & TRAINING for parents or caregivers of children registered on our wait list.

1995 BIRTH OF BALESTIER SPECIAL SCHOOL as a sister school of MDSS at 8 McNair Road to cope with the long wait list.

1996 OFFICIAL OPENING OF BSS on 1 October by Dr Wee Kim Wee, the former President of Singapore, and the Patron of Rainbow Centre.

1997 CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIvERSARY OF MDSS on 3 October with a concert at the Singapore Labour Foundation Auditorium, and the publication of ‘Rainbow Dreams’ first edition, a book for parents and professionals. The book was edited by Dr Kenneth Lyen, Professor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin and Mrs June Tham.

1998 A NEW PURPOSE-BUILT SCHOOL FOR MDSS at the same site.

1999 OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW MDSS on 19 July by Dr Aline Wong, Senior Minister of State of Education.

2001 LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIvES : RAINBOW DENTAL CLINIC AND THE PRESCHOOL INTEGRATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME (PRIEP) on 24 September by Professor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin, President of Rainbow Centre. PRiEP was introduced to provide training and professional support to preschool centres with children with special needs.

Significant Milestones2002 RAINBOW CENTRE CELEBRATED HER 10TH ANNIvERSARY with the launch of the second edition of ‘Rainbow Dreams’ which was edited by Professor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin and Mrs June Tham.

2003 MCYS COMMISSIONED PRIEP TO RUN TRAINING COURSES for its maiden Integrated Childcare Centre programme (ICCP) for teachers and heads of these centres. Launch of the Rainbow Centres website.

2004 RAINBOW CENTRE COLLABORATED WITH AUTISM RESOURCE CENTRE to submit a joint paper “Project Platinum” to the Ministry of Education. As a result, Pathlight School was started.

2005 LAUNCH OF FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP PROGRAMME to provide peer emotional support for caregivers and family members.

LAUNCH OF KEvIN’S WORLD, a children’s picture book about autism by Min Lim and June Tham.

10TH ANNIvERSARY OF BSS on 1 October with a carnival and publication of a coffee table book.

2006 RENAMING OF ALL RAINBOW CENTRE’S PROGRAMMES using Rainbow Centre as the prefix to promote the brand name of the organisation. PRiEP was renamed to Rainbow Centre Training & Consultancy. 2007 CELEBRATION OF THE 20 YEARS OF ACHIEvEMENTS OF RAINBOW CENTRE MARGARET DRIvE SCHOOL (RCMDS) with a inspiring concert “I See Your True Colours” on 23 October at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre.

2008 RAINBOW CENTRE BALESTIER SCHOOL AND THE EIPIC PROGRAMME MOvED TO A NEW PURPOSE-BUILT BUILDING AT 15, YISHUN STREET 61 in June. The school and EIPIC were renamed as Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School and Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) respectively.

SIGNING OF MOU WITH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND SPECIAL EDUCATION BRANCH, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND INDOCARE, INDONESIA for training of teachers and therapists of special needs.

2009 OFFICIAL OPENING OF RAINBOW CENTRE YISHUN PARK SCHOOL AND THE EARLY INTERvENTION CENTRE on 1 October by Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of Education and Second Minister for Defence.


Board of Management

Professor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin Mr Alban Kang Choon Hwee

Mr Teo Teong HoMrs Saras Sivagnanaratnam

Mr John Tan Yew How

Dr Kenneth Reginald Lyen

Mr Yew Teng Leong Mr vincent Chen Wei Ching

Dr Yvonne Ling Li-Fang Associate Professsor (Dr) James Hui Hoi Po

Assistant Professor Dr Kenneth Poon Kin Loong

Mr Damien Tan Lip Wui Ms Toh Leng Leng Mrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen

Ms Fauziah Ahmad

Professor Tommy KohAmbassador-At-LargeRepublic of Singapore

HONORARY PATRON


BOARD OF GOVERNANCE

PAST PRESIDENTDr Kenneth Reginald Lyen

PRESIDENTProfessor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin

vICE PRESIDENTMr Alban Kang Choon Hwee

HONORARY SECRETARYMrs Saras Sivagnanaratnam

HONORARY TREASURERMr Teo Teong Ho

ASSISTANT TREASURERMr John Tan Yew How

COMMITTEE MEMBERSMr Yew Teng LeongMr vincent Chen Wei ChingDr Yvonne Ling Li-FangAssistant Professor (Dr) Kenneth Poon Kin LoongMr Damien Tan Lip Wui

Ex-OFFICIO (ExECUTIvE DIRECTOR)Mrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen

Board of Management

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN Mrs Saras Sivagananaratnam SUPERvISORProfessor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin SECRETARYMs Fauziah Ahmad (Principal, RCYPS)Ms Jessie Holmberg (Acting Principal, RCMDS)

TREASURERMr Teo Teong Ho

COMMITTEE MEMBERSMr Yew Teng LeongMr vincent Chen Wei ChingAssociate Professor (Dr) James Hui Hoi PoAssistant Professor (Dr) Kenneth Poon Kin Loong

MOE REPRESENTATIvEMdm Toh Leng Leng

ExECUTIvE DIRECTORMrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen


ADMISSION AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEECHAIRMANDr Kenneth Reginald Lyen

MEMBERSAssociate Professor (Dr) James Hui Hoi PoDr Yvonne Ling Li-FangAssistant Professor (Dr) Kenneth Poon Kin LoongExecutive DirectorPrincipals and vice PrincipalsEIPIC ManagerSenior Staff and Therapy StaffSocial Workers FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEECHAIRMANMr vincent Chen Wei Ching

MEMBERSExecutive DirectorFinance Manager APPOINTMENT COMMITTEECHAIRMANProfessor (Dr) Lee Eng Hin

MEMBERSMr Yew Teng LeongMr Alban Kang Choon Hwee SENIOR MANAGEMENT STAFFExECUTIvE DIRECTORMrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen

PRINCIPALMs Fauziah Ahmad

ACTING PRINCIPALSMrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen (till September 2009)Ms Jessie Molly Holmberg (since October 2009)

vICE PRINCIPALSMs Jessica Wee Keok Mrs Linda Prebhash

EIPIC MANAGERMs Jaizah Hj Embek

HEAD OF RCTCMr Manoj Pathnapuram

HEAD OF FAMILY LIFE SERvICESMs Tan Sze Wee

Sub-Committees and Senior Management StaffFUNDRAISING COMMITTEECHAIRMANMr Teo Teong Ho

MEMBERSMr Yew Teng LeongMr Alban Kang Choon HweeMrs Jane SohMr K venkaMrs Audrey Ruyters-LimMrs June Tham-Toh Syn YuenMs Faridah Ali ChangMr Derek Lauchengco (till 31 Mar 2010)

HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEECHAIRMANMr Yew Teng Leong

MEMBERSMr vincent Chen Wei ChingMr Alban Kang Choon HweeMr John Tan Yew HowMrs June Tham-Toh Syn Yuen

EDUCATION COMMITTEECHAIRMANAssistant Professor (Dr) Kenneth Poon Kin Loong

MEMBERSMrs Saras SivagnanaratnamDr Yvonne Ling Li-FangMrs Anna LiuMrs June Tham-Toh Syn YuenMs Fauziah Ahmad

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT COMMITTEECHAIRMANMrs Saras Sivagnanaratnam

MEMBERS Dr Yvonne Ling Li-FaiAssistant Professor (Dr) Kenneth Poon Kin LoongMrs Anna LiuExecutive DirectorEIPIC ManagerHead of RCTCHead of FLS


Sub-Committees and Senior Management Staff Board of Governance

School ManagementCommittee (SMC)

SUPERvISOR

Board of GovernancePRESIDENT

Early Intervention Programme @ Margaret Drive and Yishun ParkEIPIC MANAGER

Family Life Services and

Parent Education Training and

Family Support Group (FSG)

Strategic and Service Planning Finance Fundraising Human

ResourceTraining and

DevelopmentPublic Relations / Public Education

Admin / Governance

Rainbow Centre Training andConsultancy

(RCTC)HEAD

Rainbow Centre - Margaret

Drive SchoolSUPERvISOR

Rainbow Centre -

Yishun Park School

PRINCIPAL

Headquarters (HQ)ExECUTIvE DIRECTOR Sub Committees


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Management Structure

RCEIP@ Margaret Drive

@ Yishun ParkEIPIC MANAGER

HQFINANCE MANAGER

HR MANAGERExECUTIvE OFFICER

PR ExECUTIvEIT ExECUTIvE

RCTCHEAD OF RCTCCONSULTANTS

TRAINERS

FLSHEAD OF FLSFAMILY LIFEEDUCATOR

FAMILY SUPPORTSOCIAL WORKERS

Head OfficeExECUTIvE DIRECTOR

Admin / FinanceADMIN ASSISTANT

ACCOUNTS ExECUTIvE

Allied Health ProfessionalsHEADS OF DEPARTMENT

THERAPISTSPSYCHOLOGISTS

Special EducationHEAD OF PPMDHEAD OF STEP

SENIOR TEACHERS

EIPICHEAD OF EIPIC

SENIOR TEACHERSTEACHERS

DEvELOPMENTALISTSTEACHER SUPPORT

Allied Health Professionals

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

COORDINATORS THERAPISTS

PSYCHOLOGISTS

Admin / FinanceADMIN ASSISTANT

ACCOUNTS ExECUTIvE

Allied Health ProfessionalsHEADS OF DEPARTMENT

THERAPISTSPSYCHOLOGISTS

Special EducationHEAD OF PPMDHEAD OF STEP

SENIOR TEACHERS

RCYPSPRINCIPAL

vICE PRINCIPAL

RCMDSPRINCIPAL

vICE PRINCIPAL


Financial Statements

Table of Contents PageReport of The Independent Auditors to The Members of Rainbow Centre 26

Rainbow Centre - Balance Sheet 28 - Statement of Financial Activities 29

Rainbow Centre - Margaret Drive School - Balance Sheet 30

- Income and Expenditure Statement 31

Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School - Balance Sheet 32 - Income and Expenditure Statement 33

Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) - Balance Sheet 34 - Income and Expenditure Statement 35

Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) - Balance Sheet 36 - Income and Expenditure Statement 37

Margaret Drive Special School Building Fund - Balance Sheet 38 - Income and Expenditure Statement 39

Balestier Special School Building Fund - Balance Sheet 40 - Income and Expenditure Statement 41

Note: Full audited statements are available upon request.


REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OFRAINBOW CENTRE

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Rainbow Centre (the “Association”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 March 2010, and the statement of financial activities, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in general and specific funds and cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes as set out on pages 4 to 28.

Board of Governance’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

The Board of Governance of Rainbow Centre are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice (“RAP 6”) and Singapore Financial Reporting Standards. This responsibility includes: devising and maintaining a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide a reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorised use or disposition; and transactions are properly authorised and that they are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of true and fair statement of financial activities and balance sheet and to maintain accountability of assets; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Singapore Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Board of Governance, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion,

(a) the accompanying financial statements are properly drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Rainbow Centre, the Statement of Recommend Accounting Practice (“RAP 6”) and Singapore

RAINBOW CENTRE (UEN: S92SS0061A) (IPC No: IPC000298)


RAINBOW CENTRE (UEN: S92SS0061A) (IPC No: IPC000298)

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF RAINBOW CENTRE

Financial Reporting Standards so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association as at 31 March 2010 and the statement of financial activities, changes in funds and cash flows of the Association for the year ended on that date;

(b) the accounting and other records required by the regulation enacted under Societies Cap. 311 to be kept by the Association have been properly kept in accordance with those regulations;

(c) the total fund-raising expenses of the entity did not exceed 30% of the total gross receipts from fundraising;

(d) the use of donation money received is in accordance with the Association objectives; and

(e) the fund-raising appeals held during the financial year have been carried out in accordance with regulation 6 of the Charities (Fund-raising appeals) Regulations 2007 issued under the Charities Act, cap. 37 and proper accounts and other records have been kept of the fund-raising appeals.

DAvID YEUNG & CO PACPublic Accountants andCertified Public Accountants

Singapore, 31 AUG 2010


BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETSNon-current asset Plant and equipment 3 38,514 6,584 Current assets Training fee receivables 4 33,782 30,682 Other receivables 5 1,006 12,480 Prepayments 1,387 6,503 Amounts due from inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 6 30,756 37,795 - Rainbow Centre - Margaret Drive School 6 11,414 4,281 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 6 99,930 378,168 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 6 133,150 44,965 Fixed deposits 7 2,258,527 1,783,239 Cash and bank balances 7 881,712 636,569 Total current assets 3,451,664 2,934,682 TOTAL ASSETS 3,490,178 2,941,266 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Funds Accumulated fund 355,931 310,422 Restricted Funds 8 3,106,581 2,531,564 Total Funds 3,462,512 2,841,986 Current liabilities Other payables 2,447 - Accruals 9 1,385 40,514 Deferred revenue 23,834 58,766 Total liabilities 27,666 99,280 TOTAL FUNDS AND LIABILITIES 3,490,178 2,941,266

RAINBOW CENTRE


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Unrestricted Restricted Incoming resources Funds Funds Total Total Note S$ S$ S$ S$ Incoming resources from generated funds voluntary income Donations 10 365,926 505,122 871,048 720,005 Activities for generating funds Training fee - 169,941 169,941 276,884 Workshop - 2,928 2,928 - Income from fundraising activities 11 - 294,920 294,920 100,504 Income from programme activities - 2,246 2,246 6,851 Income from NCSS carnival - - - 3,252 Miscellaneous sales 3,085 1,975 5,060 2,952 Membership fee 180 497 677 975 Investment income Interest income 2,377 4,199 6,576 15,442 371,568 981,828 1,353,396 1,126,865 Other incoming resources Gain on disposal of plant and equipment - - - 1,999 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 371,568 981,828 1,353,396 1,128,864 Less: Resources expended Costs of generating funds Cost of training - 56,982 56,982 73,631 Cost of fund raising activities - 27,148 27,148 24,291 Cost of NCSS carnival - - - 1,811 Programme activities expenses - 1,246 1,246 4,407 - 85,376 85,376 104,140 Governance costs - 400 400 752 Other operating and administration expenses 12 326,059 287,333 613,391 566,642 TOTAL RESOURCES ExPENDED 326,059 373,109 699,167 671,534 Net movement in funds 45,509 608,719 654,229 457,330 Fund balances at beginning of the year 310,422 2,531,564 2,841,986 2,330,960 Net movement in specific funds - (33,703 ) (33,703 ) 53,696 Fund balances at end of the year 355,931 3,106,580 3,462,512 2,841,986

RAINBOW CENTRE


BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETS Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 3 4,609,271 4,858,464 Current assets Inventories, at cost 14,106 16,475 School programme fee receivables 5,819 5,436 Deposits, prepayments and other receivables 4 60,749 103,055 Amount due from inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 5 1,988 21,662 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 5 - 2,178 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 5 55,019 12,271 Fixed deposits 6 1,172,977 872,072 Cash at bank 6 1,495,462 731,497 Cash in hand 6 2,000 2,000 Total current assets 2,808,120 1,766,646 Total assets 7,417,391 6,625,110

FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Funds Accumulated surplus 1,804,901 652,750 Building re-development fund 7 4,509,709 4,767,480 Deferred capital donation/grant 8 43,315 45,255 Specific funds 9 753,617 663,988 Total funds 7,111,542 6,129,473 Liabilities Current liabilities School programme fees received in advance 5,230 3,986 Accruals and other payables 10 53,649 12,034 Amount due from inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre Headquarter 5 11,414 4,281 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 5 65 - Amount due to National Council of Social Services 11 192,545 443,446 Advance from MOE 24,475 - MOE Edusave Grant 12 18,471 23,175 School Pocket Money Fund 13 - 8,715 Total current liabilities 305,849 495,637 Total funds and liabilities 7,417,391 6,625,110

RAINBOW CENTRE - MARGARET DRIVE SCHOOL


RAINBOW CENTRE - MARGARET DRIVE SCHOOL

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ INCOME School programme fees 265,185 295,052 Grant from National Council of Social Service (NCSS) - current year 939,986 873,273 - supplementary funding 10,083 - MOE Capitation Grant 4,182,258 4,161,666 Grant from MOE - temporary occupation licence 249,658 293,715 Other government grant (include jobs credit scheme) 277,763 112,426 Donations 362 218,975 NCSS special assistance to clients 7,106 - Miscellaneous income 18,023 20,454 Interest income 4,178 12,857 Amortisation of deferred capital donation/grant 8 59,996 15,085 6,014,598 6,003,503

Less: EXPENDITURE Client transport cost 254,548 249,884 Communications 3,789 4,435 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 14 49,478 62,420 Equipment 15,478 30,078 Goods and services tax expenses - 216 Gratuity to foreign staff 2,709 5,753 Headquarters allocation (from NCSS) 85,817 64,101 Insurance (3,991 ) 38,711 Maintenance 84,569 69,651 Others and costs of sales 12,895 10,160 Professional and other services 4,922 14,399 Public education 255 2,898 Rental of equipment 7,847 9,249 Recruitment 3,418 8,116 Salaries and allowances 4,225,771 4,109,190 School functions 5,634 5,128 Share of parent trainer EOM 16,393 953 Special assistance to clients 7,106 - Staff default payment received - (3,424 ) Staff welfare 33,140 37,952 Supplies and materials 71,503 76,683 Temporary occupation licence 249,658 293,715 Transport 3,160 4,251 Utilities 94,569 95,917 (5,228,668 ) (5,190,436 )Operating surplus for the year 15 785,930 813,067 Add: Under funding by NCSS in prior years 366,221 75,014 Net surplus for the year 1,152,151 888,081


RAINBOW CENTRE - YISHUN PARK SCHOOL

BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETS Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 3 11,782,373 12,267,677 Current assets Inventories, at cost 13,930 10,648 School programme fee receivables 5,902 5,772 Deposits, prepayments and other receivables 4 53,282 192,262 Amounts due from National Council of Social Service 5 44,436 - Amounts due from inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 6 45,866 4,037 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 6 - 2,546 Fixed deposits 7 2,337,419 1,337,066 Cash at banks 7 1,342,732 620,511 Cash in hand 7 2,000 2,000 Total current assets 3,845,567 2,174,842 Total assets 15,627,940 14,442,519

FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Accumulated surpluses 3,025,836 484,174 Building re-development fund 8 11,180,986 11,592,194 Deferred capital donation/grant 9 555,895 633,414 Specific funds 10 481,920 457,642 Total funds 15,244,637 13,167,424 Current liabilities School programme fees received in advance 3,716 2,719 Accruals and other payables 11 261,432 233,082 Amounts due to National Council of Social Services 5 - 875,992 Amounts due to inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre Head Quarter 6 30,756 37,795 - Rainbow Centre Margaret Drive School 6 1,988 21,662 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 6 1,569 - - Balestier Special School Building Fund 6 1,000 22,117 MOE dues account 12 73,911 73,911 MOE edusave grant 13 8,931 6,187 School pocket money fund 14 - 1,630 Total current liabilities 383,303 1,275,095 Total funds and liabilities 15,627,940 14,442,519


RAINBOW CENTRE - YISHUN PARK SCHOOL

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ Income Amortisation of deferred capital donation/grant 9 198,008 84,292 Designated donation 128,191 242,008 Gain on disposal of plant and equipment - 3,650 Grant from National Council of Social Services (NCSS) 1,257,494 1,047,869 Interest income 5,672 7,587 Jobs credit 254,923 73,634 MOE grant:- - Capitation Grant 4,855,979 3,845,681 - Contract Teacher Grant 25,947 66,644 - Temporary Occupation Licence 399,645 405,238 Miscellaneous income 8,820 18,937 School programme fees 355,892 294,181 7,490,571 6,089,721 Less: Expenditure Staff costs:- 15 - Other teaching staff 3,083,787 2,542,816 - Professional staff 548,276 472,860 - Supporting staff 404,777 348,048 - Contract staff 29,893 66,644 - Gratuity to EP/WP staff 10,925 8,174 - Housing allowance 18,928 14,495 Recruitment 4,197 4,357 School official opening ceremony 18,123 - Staff welfare 12,682 17,931 Specific assistance to clients 392,245 335,968 Parent trainer 16 36,272 32,550 Temporary occupation licence 418,022 421,459 Supplies and materials 85,023 60,717 Headquarter’s allocation (from NCSS) 92,830 75,074 Specific expenditure against donation 128,191 242,008 Professional and other services 10,085 15,756 School functions activities 17,600 15,611 Transport 3,735 10,224 New equipment and furnitures 40,644 12,529 Rental of equipment 12,396 8,359 Replacement of equipment - 125 Re-instatement works - 113,800 Maintenance and contract manpower 94,569 50,522 Insurance 24,660 16,458 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 17 216,613 94,614 Utilities 129,744 121,731 Communications 5,301 6,053 (5,839,518 ) (5,108,883 )Operating surplus 1,651,053 980,838 Overfunding from NCSS written back 698,661 - Underfunding from NCSS in prior years 191,948 - Net surplus for the year 2,541,662 980,838


RAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (MARGARET DRIVE)

BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETS Non-current assets Plant and equipment 3 501 301 Current assets School programme fee receivables 9,320 3,058 Other receivables 4 72,656 232,547 Prepayment 500 9,100 Cash at bank 567,391 254,840 Cash in hand 1,000 1,000 Fixed deposit 5 100,000 - Amount due from Inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 6 1,569 - - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme 6 11,005 - Amounts due from National Council of Social Service (NCSS) 9 35,723 - Total current assets 799,164 500,545 Total assets 799,665 500,846 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Funds Accumulated surplus 587,489 278,334 Specific funds 7 13,980 13,854 Total funds 601,469 292,188 Current liabilities School programme fees received in advance 2,270 688 Other payables and accruals 8 7,757 20,351 Amount due to inter-related parties:- - Rainbow Centre Headquarters 6 121,921 44,965 - Rainbow Centre - Margaret Drive School 6 55,019 12,271 - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 6 - 756 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 6 - 4,230 - Rainbow Centre - Training and Consultancy 6 1,229 - - Rainbow Centre - EIPIC Fund 6 10,000 - Amounts due to National Council of Social Service (NCSS) 9 - 125,397 Total current liabilities 198,196 208,658 Total funds and liabilities 799,665 500,846


RAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (MARGARET DRIVE)

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ Income School programme fee 379,665 279,661 Support grant 305,476 231,439 Grant from Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) - current year 630,975 727,288 - temporary occupation licence fee 23,193 27,286 Grant from National Council of Social Service (NCSS) - current year 509,406 635,033 - supplementary funding 374,964 - - head quarter allocation 26,163 18,798 Interest income 585 1,153 Grant from job credit 112,956 31,221 Miscellaneous income 2,531 1,855 Donations 260 3,200 2,366,174 1,956,934 Less: Expenditure Communication 1,283 1,431 Depreciation on plant and equipment 3 201 100 Function and event 1,900 1,221 Headquarters allocation (from NCSS) 23,826 18,798 Insurance - 459 Licence and permit 55 513 Miscellaneous 330 301 Office equipment and supply 17,451 14,297 Tokens of appreciation 274 1,250 Professional fee and service 6,039 7,945 Programme activities 10 73,906 72,558 Repair and maintenance 34,216 27,454 Share of headquarter’s expenses 11 2,733 3,153 Staff costs 12 1,876,693 1,564,010 Temporary occupation licence fee 23,193 25,011 Transport 1,180 2,096 Utility 26,391 27,042 (2,089,671 ) (1,767,639 )Surplus for the year 276,503 189,295 Underfunding in prior year - MCYS 3,996 67,973 - NCSS 58,638 86,565 Overfunding in prior years - MCYS (29,982 ) - Net surplus for the year 309,155 343,833


RAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (YISHUN PARK)

BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010

2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETS Non-current assets Plant and equipment 3 89,700 102,064 Current assets Programme fee receivables 4,443 4,320 Prepayments - 7,559 Other receivables 4 68,671 234,934 Amounts due from inter-related parties: - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 5 - 4,230 - Balestier Special School Building Fund 5 - 12,285 Fixed deposit 6 280,000 - Cash at bank 196,597 193,673 Cash in hand 1,000 1,000 Total current assets 550,711 458,001 Total assets 640,411 560,065 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Funds Accumulated surpluses 352,359 39,806 Specific funds 7 24,023 16,771 Deferred capital donation/grant 8 72,906 95,658 Total funds 449,288 152,235 Current liabilities Programme fees received in advance 1,070 3,124 Other payables and accruals 9 33,252 22,159 Amounts due to inter-related parties: - Rainbow Centre Head Quarter 5 99,930 378,168 - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Margaret Drive) 5 11,005 - - Rainbow Centre - Margaret Drive School 5 - 342 - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 5 45,866 4,037 Total current liabilities 191,123 407,830 Total funds and liabilities 640,411 560,065


RAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (YISHUN PARK)

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ Income School programme fees 358,737 214,817 Grant from Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) - current year 597,053 585,150 - temporary occupation licence fee 32,638 42,616 - early intervention programme support grant 188,984 72,547 Grant from National Council of Social Service (NCSS) - current year 485,441 510,853 - head quarter’s allocation 26,163 18,798 - early intervention programme support grant 62,164 128,972 - supplementary funding 321,841 - Donations 2,797 15,930 Rental income 20 - Interest income 45 197 Grant from job credit 98,897 24,128 Miscellaneous income 1,751 901 Amortisation of capital donation 8 35,036 13,665 2,211,567 1,628,574 Less: Expenditure Advertisement - 165 Auditors’ remuneration 1,300 1,690 Bank charges 32 936 Depreciation of plant and equipment 3 31,039 19,406 Special assistance to client (NCSS) 2,797 - Functions and events expenses 2,547 1,457 Tokens of appreciation - 138 Head quarter’s allocation (from NCSS) 23,826 18,798 Hospitality - 114 Insurance - 67 Licence and permit 610 - Miscellaneous expenses 665 1,870 Printing, stationery and postages 4,685 4,195 Professional fees 3,571 6,059 Programme activities 10 78,588 83,322 Rental of equipment 4,612 2,936 Repair and maintenance 27,950 18,897 Share of head quarter’s expenses 11 2,733 2,776 Staff costs 12 1,665,897 1,263,908 Telecommunications 816 1,600 Temporary occupation licence fee 34,139 43,940 Utilities 36,594 33,576 (1,922,401 ) (1,505,850 )Operating surplus 289,166 122,724 Under funding in prior years - NCSS 15,474 64,384 Under funding in prior years - MCYS 7,913 52,206 Net surplus for the year 312,553 239,314


BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 ASSETS Note S$ S$ Current assets Interest receivables 860 4,421 Amount due from a inter-related party:- - Balestier Special School Building Fund 3 - 200,000 Fixed deposits 4 817,223 710,834 Cash at bank 115,683 163,760 Total assets 933,766 1,079,015 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES FUND Accumulated funds 5 932,966 1,078,215 LIABILITIES Current liabilities Accruals 800 800 Total fund and liabilities 933,766 1,079,015

MARGARET DRIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING FUND


INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 Note 2010 2009 S$ S$ Income Interest income 2,828 12,789 Less: Expenditure Bank charges 30 50 General expenses 56 156 Redevelopment construction and equipment costs 6 - 76,134 Professional and other services 800 800 (886 ) (77,140 )Surplus/(Deficit) for the year 1,942 (64,351 )

MARGARET DRIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING FUND


BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2010 2010 2009 Note S$ S$ ASSETS Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 3 - - Current assets Other receivables 4 - 138,571 Amounts due from inter-related parties: - - Rainbow Centre - Yishun Park School 5 1,000 22,117 Cash at bank 76,154 277,607 Total current assets 77,154 438,295 Total assets 77,154 438,295 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES FUNDS Accumulated funds 6 70,248 71,109 Deferred capital donation/grant 7 - - Designated donation 8 3,375 14,996 73,623 86,105 LIABILITIES Current liabilities Other payables 2,675 139,049 Accruals 856 856 Amounts due to inter-related parties: - - Rainbow Centre Early Intervention Programme (Yishun Park) 5 - 12,285 - Margaret Drive Special School Building Fund 5 - 200,000 Total current liabilities 3,531 352,190 Total funds and liabilities 77,154 438,295

BALESTIER SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING FUND


INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010 Note 2010 2009 S$ S$ Income Interest income 25 31 Less: Expenditure Auditors’ remuneration 700 700 Bank charges 30 90 Fund raising expenses - 314 General expenses 156 197 Professional fee - 200 (886 ) (1,501 )Deficit for the year (861 ) (1,470 )

BALESTIER SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING FUND


The Board and Senior Management continued to ensure compliance with the IPC standards and the Code of Governance. We are pleased to report that Rainbow Centre as a big charity has complied with all the requirements, where applicable, of the Code of Governance. Below is the Code of Governance checklist for the FY 09/10.

RAINBOW CENTRE CODE OF GOVERNANCE EVALUATION CHECKLIST FOR FY 09/10

S/N Code Description Code ID Compliance Explanation (If Compliance in Progress, Not Complied or Not applicable)

BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Board Roles, Composition and Bylaw

1. The Board is wholly independent from the 1.1.2a Complied RC staff do not sit on the paid executive management of the charity. Board as members but If the Governing document permits paid staff only as ex-officio. to become Board members, they should comprise not more than one-third of the Board. 2. Paid staff does not chair the Board 1.1.2b Complied The Board is chaired by a President who is a volunteer and a member of Rainbow Centre. He/She is elected at the AGM.

3. There is a maximum term limit of four years for 1.1.6. Complied According to the Rainbow the Treasurer (or Equivalent) Position. Centre constitution, the term limit is two years for the Treasurer with a break of one term before he/she can be elected again for the Treasurer position.

4. The Board conducts self-evaluation to assess its 1.1.10 Complied A self evaluation checklist is performance and effectiveness. given to all Board members annually on their attendance and participation in RC’s meetings and activities.

COMPLIANCE WITH IPC STANDARDS AND CODE OF GOVERNANCE


Board Structure

5. There are Board committees (for designated 1.2.1. Complied Current Board Committees Board members) with documented terms of include the Admission & reference in place to oversee the following Assessment Committee, Audit areas where appropriate: Committee, Appointment a. Audit Committee, Fundraising b. Programme and Services Committee, Human Resource c. Fundraising Committee, Education d. Appointment/Nomination Committee & Programme e. Human Resource Management Committee, f. Investment each with a two-year term. All Committees are appointed by the Board with specific terms of reference. In view of the annual funding model for our programmes, the funding received each year is to cover the annual operating budgets. Excess funds are placed in Fixed Deposits which can be withdrawn to meet increasing need for expenses. Hence it is not advisable and applicable to have an Investment Committee. However, when there are substantial surplus accumulated and the need for an Investment Committee in the future, the formation of this committee can then be considered.

Board Meetings

6. The Board meets regularly with a quorum of at 1.3.2. Complied The Board meets quarterly and least one-third or three members (or as required as and when necessary with a by the governing document) quorum of at least one-third of the Board.

COMPLIANCE WITH IPC STANDARDS AND CODE OF GOVERNANCE (CONTINUED)


STRATEGIC PLANNING Vision & Mission

7. The Board periodically approves and reviews 2.1.1. Complied A Board and Senior the vision and mission of the charity. They are Management retreat is held documented and communicated to the public every two years to review its or its members. vision and mission for relevance and sustainability. They are shared with all staff and in annual reports.

Operational Plans

8. The Board regularly approves and reviews a 2.2.2. Complied This is done at the Board and strategic/work plan for the charity to ensure that Senior Management retreat. the activities are aligned to the charitable objectives.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Related Party Transaction

9. There are documented procedures for Board 3.1.1. Complied All Board members and staff members or paid staff to declare actual or are required to sign a Conflict potential conflicts of interest to the Board. of Interest declaration form annually.

10. Board members with conflicts of interest do not 3.1.2. Complied Board members are required vote or participate in decision making in the to declare potential or actual matter. conflicts of interest and this is documented in the minutes.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGMENT Staff & Volunteers

11. There are documented human resource 5.1.1. Complied Human Resource policies for policies approved by the Board for paid staff paid staff are approved by the (and volunteers, where appropriate). Board. Approval of review of salaries is documented in the minutes of meetings.

12. There are systems for regular supervision, 5.1.5. Complied Systems such as annual appraisal and personal development of the performance appraisal executive head, paid staff (and key volunteers, exercise and career where appropriate) development plan and training are in place.



13. No paid staff or Board member (where applicable) 5.1.6 Complied Rainbow Centre does not pay is involved in setting his own remuneration. Board members with any remuneration. Staff salary proposals are approved by the Executive Director or the President & HR Committee, depending on the staff level.

14. There is a system to address grievances and 5.1.11 Complied The system is in place and resolve conflicts for staff and volunteers documented in the S.O.P.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & CONTROL Budget Planning & Monitoring

15. The Board approves an annual budget for the 6.1.1. Complied Annual work plan and budgets charity’s corporate and programme plans and are presented and approved monitor its budget expenditure regularly. by the Board. Financial reports are also tabled at the RC Board meetings.

Operational Controls

16. The Board ensures periodic internal reviews on 6.2.2. Complied Proper management and controls, processes, key programmes and events. control procedures are in place for implementation and control.

17. The charity ensures internal control systems are in 6.2.3. Complied The system is in the Rainbow place with documented procedures, approved Centre’s Standard Operation by the Board, for financial matters. Procedures (S.O.P.)

ASSET MANAGEMENT

18. The charity discloses its reserve policy in the 6.3.1. Complied The Reserves policy annual report. is disclosed in the RC Annual Report.

19. The Charity invests its reserves, if governing 6.3.5. Complied In view of the annual funding document permits in accordance with an model for our programmes, the investment policy approved by the Board. It funding received each year is obtains advice from qualified professional to cover the annual operating advisors, where appropriate. budgets. Excess funds are placed in Fixed Deposits which can be withdrawn to meet increasing need for expenses.



DISCLOSURE & TRANSPARENCY

20. The charity makes available to its stakeholders 8.1.1. Complied Copies of the Rainbow Centre an annual report. (Financial accounts are tabled Annual Report are distributed at the Annual General Meeting, if required by to RC members, MOE. MCYS, the governing document). NCSS and relevant authorities at or after the Annual General Meeting. 21. Board members are not remunerated for their 8.1.2.a Complied Board members do not receive Board services. any remuneration and benefits. 22. The Charity discloses the exact remuneration 8.1.2.b Not Applicable Board members do not receive and benefits received by each individual Board any remuneration and benefits. member in the annual report. 23. The charity discloses annual remuneration of the 8.1.3 Complied The annual remuneration of the top three key executives in salary bands of less top three key executive is than $100,000, and subsequent bands of disclosed in the Annual Report. $50,000 in the annual report. Public Relations & Corporate Communication

24. The Charity communicates its mission, 9.1.1 Complied Information is made available programmes or activities to key stakeholders. on the corporate website and publications such as annual reports.



Our heartfelt thanks to the following organisations and individuals for the grants/donations which have been received in support for our schools’ programmes, activities, EIPIC FUND, Rainbow Centre Training & Consultancy (RCTC), Family Services Group (FSG), Rainbow Dental Clinic and the Balestier Special School Building Fund during the financial year 2009/2010.

GovernmentMinistry of Education (MOE)Ministry or Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS)

National Council of Social ServiceCommunity ChestPresident’s Challenge

ACI Worldwide (Asia) Pte LtdAdelina Koh Kui HongAmica Law LLCAndrea DowlingAng Eng KimAngela MakAnkur KhandelwalAscott International Management (2001) Pte LtdAsia Works (S) Pte LtdATMD Bird & Bird LLPAudrey De Silva

Cathay Photo Store (Pte) LtdChangi Golf ClubChen Cheng MeiChen Wei Ching vincentCheong MichelleChey Chor WaiChoo WendyChow PeterChua Kheng Yeng JennieChung Edmund CSE Global Ltd

D.S. Brown Singapore Pte Ltd

East of Anfield Pte LtdEastern Multitrade Pte LtdEK Ang Trading & TransportEu Pui SunEu Pui Wai

Fam S K RichardFaridah Ali ChangFook Ai Ng victorFrederick Francis

Gaelic Inns Pte LtdGan Teck Chye DionGary PrkyeGoh Say Jim

Han Hsing HaoHo Bin JooHo Mei Ngo violetHo Tian YeeHong Leong FoundationHoong Sin Fatt DavyHow Kok KeongHSBC Trustee (Cook Islands) Ltd as trustee of Ian Ferguson FoundationHuntington Holdings Pte Ltd

Isetan Foundation

Kalyanam venkateshKHL Printing Co Pte LtdKhoo DawnKim Eng Securities Pte LtdKris WiluenKwa Kim Li

Lai Yew Seng Pte LtdLau Chee PengLee Boon KiangLee Eng Hin Lee Fen SharonLee FoundationLee Foundation SingaporeLee Hock Tan CliffordLee Hsien LoongLee Kim Tah FoundationLee Mui Khee

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Lena EngLila Roosmalla & Moray ArmstrongLim Chye Luan WendyLim Kin SinLim Mien Leng EstherLim Sieu PinLim Tau KokLim Yeong PhangLow Hui EngLow RoystonLow Thian Khye AndrewLu Kuo Fan Mark

Mak PatrickMatthew Sim Zhi WeiMediaCorp Pte Ltd (Publishing)

Neo Kok LipNg Chee Choong David Ng JohnNg RyanNg Siew Li CindyNg Swee Liang BenedictNgoi Surgery Pte LtdNomanbhoy Daniel KhaizarNorth West Community Development Division

Oh Poh Lan YvetteOng Goon TatOng Hien YeowOng Yuh HwangOriginal Media Pte Ltd

Pathnapuram ManojPayroll Express Pte LtdPeople’s AssociationPoh Kay PingPow Ai LinPrem Kumar

Rajiv SinghReal Estate Developers’ Association of S’poreRichard Andrew

S G Sarah AbdullahShincee LeonardiShun Fung Holdings (Pte) LtdSiemens Pte Ltd

Singapore Totalisator BoardSoh Chung Hian DanielSoh Foong ChaiSoh Yee HowStinis SingaporeSTT Communications LtdStudio Wu International Pte LtdSukumaran

Tan Seow PingTan Sheik Ping NerineTan SusieTay Kim Teng TonyTay Seow Poh MarcusTeo Soon ChyeTham-Toh Syn Yuen JuneThe Rotary Club of Pandan valleyToh Kian Chui FoundationTotal Swimming Pte Ltd

Universal Integrated Corporation Consumer Products Pte Ltd

Water’s Edge Pte LtdWatkins Syndicate Singapore Pte LtdWilna/GladysWong Wee KiongWu Choy Peng

Yahya Abdulhussain Lukmanji Sarf Charity TrustYap Harn ShingYew Teng Leong

Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: • allotherdonorsfortheirgenerouscontributionsincash

and in kind; • allourcorporatesponsorsfortheirkindsponsorshipand

services rendered; • alldonorswhowishtoremainanonymous;and• all volunteers, friendsandsupportersofour fundraising

events and projects.

A BIG THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (CONTINUED)


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CORPORATE INFORMATION

RAINBOW CENTRE HEAD OFFICERAINBOW CENTRE FAMILY LIFE SERVICES

501 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149306

Tel: (65) 6475 2072 Fax: (65) 6473 9739

Email: rchq@rainbowcentre .org .sg

RAINBOW CENTRE TRAINING & CONSULTANCY501 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149306

Tel: (65) 6475 2072 Fax: (65) 6473 9739

Email: rctc@rainbowcentre .org .sg

RAINBOW CENTRE MARGARET DRIVE SCHOOLRAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (MARGARET DRIVE)

501 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149306

Tel: (65) 6472 7077 Fax: (65) 6475 9739

Email: mdss@rainbowcentre .org .sg

RAINBOW CENTRE YISHUN PARk SCHOOLRAINBOW CENTRE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (YISHUN PARk)

15 Yishun Street 61, Singapore 768548

Tel: (65) 6482 2592 Fax: (65) 6482 2593

Email: rcyps@rainbowcentre .org .sg

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