Faq
Q: What are the objectives of the Group?
A: To help the aged, needy and destitute in Singapore.
Q: Is the Group affiliated to any religion?
A: No. The Group is not affiliated to any religion. Q:
Who can join?
A: Membership is open to all, regardless of age,sex, race or religion.
Q: How can we help?
A: You can volunteer your services and look after
one or more needy family/families.Or you can make a
donation to the Group. All outright donations
are double tax exempt. This means that for every
dollar
you donate, the Government deducts two dollars
from your taxable income.
Q: What about the poor and needy in other countries?
A: Because of our tax exempt status, we can only
help the poor and needy in Singapore if we are
using funds
donated to the Breadline Group.
Q: How do you find the poor and needy in Singapore?
A: The majority of cases are referred to us by the
Social Workers / Medical Social Workers from various
organisations in Singapore.
Q: How does the Group decide that these cases
should be helped?
A: The Family Advisory Committee, currently made
up of 3 experienced Social Workers, will assess
each case and make their recommendations to the
Executive Committee.
Q: We would like to volunteer our services but
we do not know what to do when we visit
the families.
A: An experienced Breadline volunteer will guide you.You
will accompany the volunteer on his/her visits
to the family/families under his/her care and
observe what needs to be done.Once you are comfortable,
you
will be assigned an existing or new family. You
are under no obligation at any time, you can decide
not to continue the assignment if it is not suitable.
However, if you decide to stop after taking on
a family, do let the any Breadline committee
member know so that a replacement can be found.
Q: Are we expected to give the money
to the poor and needy families out of our
own pockets?
A: For funding of recipient/family, each volunteer
can either
a) make a claim for reimbursement from the Hon
Treasurer every 1, 2 or 3 months; or
b) pay out of own pocket and make no claim for
reimbursement; or
c) make a claim for reimbursement but give donation
(any amount) to The Breadline Group.Tax
exempt receipts will be issued for
donations given. |