Good For Us

Good For Us

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
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Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision: A good life is one that helps others to live a good life.
Mission: To work with and empower you to make a good life possible for everyone.

We all want a good life...

We all want to live a good life...

We all want to know that our actions contribute to making the world a better place, for our family, or community, and for everyone. But we know that the world has big problems. We know there is poverty, slavery, environmental destruction, war and more.
And at the back of our minds, we know that the companies we buy from play a part.
Though we try to buy from good companies, marketing and spin makes it near impossible to discern good companies from companies with good PR.
Too many people have resigned themselves to living a life of collateral damage. Too many have reluctantly accepted that harming others is an unavoidable consequence of living in the modern world.
But we know that with the right information, and the right inspiration, we can make choices that are good for everyone.
We work with you to help create a world where a good life is possible for everyone.
At Good for Us we:

• Cut through the spin and the hype to find out which companies are really Good for Us.
• Connect the dots in ways that excite people about making the world a better place.

- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.WUCuCW9A.dpuf

To work with and empower you to make a good life possible for everyone. - See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpufT

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life. - See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpufA

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life. - See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life.

Mission

To work with and empower you to make a good life possible for everyone.

We all want to live a good life...

We all want to know that our actions contribute to making the world a better place, for our family, or community, and for everyone. But we know that the world has big problems. We know there is poverty, slavery, environmental destruction, war and more.
And at the back of our minds, we know that the companies we buy from play a part.
Though we try to buy from good companies, marketing and spin makes it near impossible to discern good companies from companies with good PR.
Too many people have resigned themselves to living a life of collateral damage. Too many have reluctantly accepted that harming others is an unavoidable consequence of living in the modern world.
But we know that with the right information, and the right inspiration, we can make choices that are good for everyone.
We work with you to help create a world where a good life is possible for everyone.
At Good for Us we:

• Cut through the spin and the hype to find out which companies are really Good for Us.
• Connect the dots in ways that excite people about making the world a better place.

We give you back the power to live a good life.
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpuf

Vision

A good life is one that helps others to live a good life.

Mission

To work with and empower you to make a good life possible for everyone.

We all want to live a good life...

We all want to know that our actions contribute to making the world a better place, for our family, or community, and for everyone. But we know that the world has big problems. We know there is poverty, slavery, environmental destruction, war and more.
And at the back of our minds, we know that the companies we buy from play a part.
Though we try to buy from good companies, marketing and spin makes it near impossible to discern good companies from companies with good PR.
Too many people have resigned themselves to living a life of collateral damage. Too many have reluctantly accepted that harming others is an unavoidable consequence of living in the modern world.
But we know that with the right information, and the right inspiration, we can make choices that are good for everyone.
We work with you to help create a world where a good life is possible for everyone.
At Good for Us we:

• Cut through the spin and the hype to find out which companies are really Good for Us.
• Connect the dots in ways that excite people about making the world a better place.

We give you back the power to live a good life.
- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.SoxV7n1G.dpufa
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We all want to know that our actions contribute to making the world a better place, for our family, or community, and for everyone. But we know that the world has big problems. We know there is poverty, slavery, environmental destruction, war and more.

And at the back of our minds, we know that the companies we buy from play a part.

Though we try to buy from good companies, marketing and spin makes it near impossible to discern good companies from companies with good PR.

Too many people have resigned themselves to living a life of collateral damage. Too many have reluctantly accepted that harming others is an unavoidable consequence of living in the modern world.

But we know that with the right information, and the right inspiration, we can make choices that are good for everyone.

We work with you to help create a world where a good life is possible for everyone.

At Good for Us we:

• Cut through the spin and the hype to find out which companies are really Good for Us.
• Connect the dots in ways that excite people about making the world a better place.

 

 We all want to live a good life...

We all want to know that our actions contribute to making the world a better place, for our family, or community, and for everyone. But we know that the world has big problems. We know there is poverty, slavery, environmental destruction, war and more.
And at the back of our minds, we know that the companies we buy from play a part.
Though we try to buy from good companies, marketing and spin makes it near impossible to discern good companies from companies with good PR.
Too many people have resigned themselves to living a life of collateral damage. Too many have reluctantly accepted that harming others is an unavoidable consequence of living in the modern world.
But we know that with the right information, and the right inspiration, we can make choices that are good for everyone.
We work with you to help create a world where a good life is possible for everyone.
At Good for Us we:

• Cut through the spin and the hype to find out which companies are really Good for Us.
• Connect the dots in ways that excite people about making the world a better place.

- See more at: http://www.goodforus.info/about#sthash.WUCuCW9A.dpuf

Find out more about the Good Living Design Jam (a project that interns will be working on):

http://blog.goodforus.info/design-jam/

What are they looking for?

Opening 1:

Did you know that the easter eggs you buy could be contributing to the haze?
Woud you like to make sure that the workers behind the clothes you wear get a fair wage?
Are you concerned about child slave labour behind everyday products?

Good for Us helps to make visible link between things we buy and how they impacts lives around the world. 

In September 2014, Good for Us will be organising the first Hackathon focused on conscious consumption and creating exciting ways for consumers to make more conscious decisions.

Join Good For Us in building a world where your actions make a good life possible for everyone!

No. of interns:
2 interns

Job Title: 
Events Agent

Job Description:
- Volunteers to join the event planning team and assist in the organisation of the event.
- Engage with potential sponsors to raise funding and in-kind sponsorship for the event.
- Liase with the speakers and help to promote the event to participants.
- Learn how to find suitable speakers for an event
- Create an exciting experience for participants and rallying the participants to build something for social good.

Job Requirements:
- Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills
- Be a self starter who takes initiative, highly reliable and able to prioritise and manage multiple assignments.
- Past experience in project management or event coordination desirable
- Passion for understanding consumer behaviour, digital media and design or social responsibility.
- Please indicate in your submission why you want to be part of the event planning team.


Working hours:
5 days a week equivalent
Half day on saturdays, time taken off in lieu on weekdays.


Opening 2:

No. of interns: 
2 interns

Job Title:
Graph Developer

Job Description:
- Developing social applications that enable people to connect with and support truly good brands- brands that are using their power for good to create a world that is Good for Us.

Learn:
- Using software and social media as a tool to change the world.

- Develop the Good Graph- a social graph protocol for describing, sharing and championing ethical behaviour.
- Quality assurance and test frameworks
- Test driven and behaviour driven development
- Developing mashups and working with open API's
- Development of quality assurance framework. 

*Interns will be working directly with the founder of Good for Us, a former quality assurance manager on a customer portal for Australia's largest internet services provider.

Job Requirements:
- Applicants should have experience in object oriented development languages (e.g: Java, Ruby, C++)
- Familiarity with Ruby, Javascript, CSS, TDD and Backbone a bonus but not essential.
- Applications should include: name, email, phone number, CV, and a short description of why you want to be involved.


Working hours:
5 days a week equivalent
Half day on saturdays, time taken off in lieu on weekdays.

Dialogue In the Dark

                                                              
Photo Credits to: http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7092/13287165323_69e5d5a6cb.jpg
Dialogue In The Dark

Dialogue in the Dark is a social enterprise that supports organizations worldwide with the implementation of Dialogue in the Dark exhibitions. The mission of Dialogue in the Dark is to facilitate social inclusion of marginalized people. Dialogue in the Dark aims to raise awareness and create tolerance for “otherness” in the general public and creating jobs for disadvantaged people by turning deficits into potential. There are many events under Dialogue in the Dark such as Dinner in the Dark and the exhibition, where participants are required to perform a series of activities in total darkness. This serves as a platform for us to better understand the difficulties faced by the blind. 

For more information, visit http://www.dialogue-in-the-dark.com

What are they looking for? 
 1) No. of interns:
7 for a month (split into 2 groups) OR 4 for a 2-month period
2) Job Requirements:
Running the facilities on a day-to-day basis and help plan a concert by the blind which is on 11 July 2014. Help for the concert can be provided in terms of managing logistics and stage management.Interns follow a 2 weeks work- 1 week break - 1 week work schedule (monthly)

Eco Travel

Photo credits to: http://www.ecotravelservices.com/Photos
Eco Travel  
Eco Travel Services is a social enterprise that provides educational tours for Singapore schools that include a community service or service learning component. Eco Travel crafts overseas outreach programmes that provides experiential learning platform for the Singaporean youths to learn through services.   

For more information: http://www.ecotravelservices.com/

What are they looking for?
1) No. of interns:
3 interns
2) Job Requirements:
- Interested in OCIP in Southeast Asia
- Doesn't mind travelling
- Independent workers
- Have initiative, able to contribute on its own
- Having experience working in this sector/ Non-profit organisation
- Have experience in OCIP
- Passionate about developing overseas commitments
- Creative
- Driven
- Meticulous
- Interested in developing their own ideas
  3) Job Scope:
- Program development (Planning programs that can include more learning process, involving more stakeholders, brainstrom on workshops to do)
- Marketing for Eco Travel
- Create voluntary platform to connect past participants, where they can contribute ideas and get support
- Liasing with overseas partner
- To stay connected to know about what they are working on (Be updated on the needs of the countries)
- Daily work at scape 
4) Extra Requirements 
Requires personal interview.

SACS

 SACS

 Singapore Anglican Community Services (previously known as Singapore Anglican Welfare Council) reaches out to people in need, with the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. We provide refuge and relief for the psychiatrically disabled and people in crises. We aim to be an excellent caring Christian welfare organization effectively accomplishing the total rehabilitation of those under our care.

In our crisis shelter, FCC provides refuge and counseling for families in crises, battered wives, single parents and their children. For the psychiatrically ill and emotionally disturbed, the four mental health centres help clients to regain their confidence through the provision of counseling, spiritual devotion, work therapy, vocational training and job placement.

SACS also organises public seminars and exhibitions to raise public awareness of the problems faced by the psychiatrically disabled and of people who meet crises in their lives. In-house training are provided for staff and volunteers to provide our best support and services to the needy.

Our Motto
To Counsel, to Restore and to Equip  

For more information, find us at: http://www.sacs.org.sg/

 

 Photo credits to: http://www.sacs.org.sg/services.html
What are they looking for?

Project 1: Something Old, Something New 
1) No. of interns:
3 interns
2) Job Title:
Marketing and Publicity Intern
3) Job Description:
There are 3 thrift shops in HDB estates that serve the community by providing items at relatively low cost. We are looking for interns to help us plan:
a) how to publicise our stores to the residents of the communities
b) how to market our items better
c) how to utilise free online media to create awareness 
4) Job Requirements: 
- Interns need to be willing to work with people recovering from mental illness, to understand and empathise with them. To have a heart of compassion is important for us.
- Interns should have some level of skills and interests in marketing, to be able to speak and write in English and one other local language.
-Interns should also be able to be independent workers and be willing to get their hands dirty.
Project 2: MOSES @City Link

1) No. of interns
2-3 interns
2) Internship Title
Visual Merchandising
3) Working Hours
Negotiable
4) Job Requirements
Visual flair and a desire to help people recovering from mental illness or victims of domestic abuse.
5) Job Description
We run 3 thrift shops and 1 gift shop. We need people with creativity and display flair to help us with the display of our items for sale.
Project 3: Moses and Mother and Children Project
1) No. of interns
1-2 interns
2) Internship title
Design interns
3) Working hours
Negotiable
4) Job Requirements
A willingness to help and work with our clients. Design skills is a given. A creative mind. A respectful heart.
5) Job Descriptions
We have 2 social enterprises that create gift items for sale. The items are created by our clients who are recovering from mental illness or are victims of domestic abuse. We are looking for design interns who will like to work with our in house designer to create items which our clients can replicate easily and well

ExtraOrdinary Horizon

Extra Ordinary Horizon (EO Horizon)
EO Horizons stands for ExtraOrdindary Horizons.

Registered in 2011, ExtraOrdinary Horizons is a social enterprise for deaf that is based in Singapore. The aims of EO Horizons are to bring about awareness and knowledge about the Deaf community to the rest of the world, and help Deaf to better integrate into mainstream society and to be accepted for who they are.

We hope to promote deaf awareness, empowerment and passion through courses, seminars/talks & workshops, performances and other avenues. Also, we hope to develop and support Deaf arts scene in Singapore.

Find out more information at: http://www.eohorizons.com/About-Us

What are they looking for?

1) No of interns:
1 intern
2) Position offered:
Marketing assistant
3) Working hours: 
Flexible
4) Job Requirements:
- Have a knowledge of sign language would be an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of designing skills would be an added advantage.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Passionate with excellent project management, planning and organisation skills
- A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Self motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage and multi-tasks in a time sensitive environment
- Have an accounting knowledge.
 

5) Job Description:
- Responsibilities include event/ project planning, budgeting, marketing.
- Provide administrative and translating support to the team
- Coordinate volunteer management
- Assist in the planning and designing curriculum content. 

Silver Spring

Silver Spring (Elderly)

Silver Spring aims to help displaced professionals return to the workforce. Silver Spring partner mature Professionals, Managers, Executives, and retired professionals to rediscover their value and fulfill re-career options. Silver Spring acts as the bridge, matching displaced professionals to suitable organizations. Chatters @ Ren Ci under Silver Spring is set up to give caregivers a second career chance. 

For more information, visit http://silverspring.com.sg

What are they looking for?
1) No.of interns:
1 intern
2) Job Description:
-Interns can participate and help see how best to operationalise Silver Spring. 
-They can focus on the activities that will help build up the database of PMEs ( the supply ) as well as activities to reach out to more potential employers to embrace mature job seekers.
-Interns who are interested in running a Cafe as a social enterprise can be attached to Chatters to observe and support, and help out especially using technology to job redesign and reach out to more potential customers.

Young Speaker

                            Photo credits: http://www.youngspeaker.org/blog/

  YoungSpeaker (Youth Development)

YOUNGSPEAKER is a leadership development company centered on youth-oriented and industry-relevant trainings and events. Our mantra is IGNITE. ENCHANT. LEAD - Leadership And Talent Development From Young. We aim to nurture all aspiring youths to become better talents, persuasive speakers and thinking leaders.

To know more: http://www.youngspeaker.org/page/about-us/

What are they looking for?

1) No. of interns:

 2/3 interns

2) Job requirements: 
Independent learner, pro-active, creative, can communicate well with people, good with social media, knows the trends with young people, willing to help and to learn

3) Job descriptions: 

-Help out in the new project to make inspiring T-shirts based on reflections given by young people.
-Help with publicity and marketing of YoungSpeaker. 

-Organise workshops and develop social media outreach.

4) Job commitment:

 3-4 days a week, flexible working hours, can work from home

Everything You Want 2 Be

 Photo Credits: http://www.everythingyouwant2be.com/

Everything You Want 2 Be (Food and Beverages)

A company set up with the desire of promoting healthy and conscious living in Singapore, Everything You Want 2 Be aims to provide Singaporeans with a healthier choice in their daily consumption. While providing a healthier choice to Singaporeans, the company aims to increase awareness about Girl Power in developing countries like Aghanistan and South Africa. This is in lieu with the global "Girl Rising" campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the plight of disadvantaged girls in developing countries through storytelling and encourage individuals to support the movement. 

For more information, visit  http://www.everythingyouwant2be.com/

What are they looking for?

1) No. of interns:

 No fixed number 

2)Internship Period:

Flexible and depending on the interns but a minimum of 1 month

3) Job Requirements:

- Outspoken individuals who are keen in running a business or F&B

- Independent as meetings with companies will be alone most of the time 

- Individuals need to understand that the cause is not local and that direct help cannot be given.

4) Job Description:

- Calling and book appointments with the companies

- Meeting companies to advocate the cause and the products

- Kitchen work for those who are interested in F&B.

Nutriville: Your Social Kampong

Photo Credits to: https://www.facebook.com/nutriville

Nutriville aims to build a social village for seniors to actively age while bridging generations and carrying traditions forward. With emphasis on nutrition, culture and community, Nutriville seeks to engage people of all ages in helping seniors remain active and independent for as long as possible while creating meaningful experiences and friendships for all. Nutriville also has a signature program called the GoldHealthy FoodArt, that aims to deliver message on healthy eating through fun activities like painting using food. 

Internship opportunities

1) Job Requirements:   
-Responsible , highly committed and passionate for seniors 
-Must work a minimum of 44 hours a week (can work from home) 
-Requires personal interview

2) Job Description:
-Planning stage to raise awareness of nutriville 
-Help nutriville in its rebranding 
-Plan and improvise existing activities
-Brainstorm and propose feasible ideas that will bridge the gap between youth and elderly
-Seek sponsorship, planning in fundraising 

3) No. of Interns:
4 interns

4) Commitment period:
June- Aug 2014

MINDS

Photo Credits to:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Movement-for-the-Intellectually-Disabled-of-Singapore-MINDS/321907964506468

Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) was founded in May 1962. The advocate the causes and interests of people with intellectual disability. To do so, they aim to maximise the development and well-being of persons with intellectual disability through the provision of a comprehensive range of quality services. MINDS has grown to be one of the largest Voluntary Welfare Organisations in Singapore, serving some 2,400 clients from past the age of six to their ripe old age. MINDS’ services include four special schools, three employment development centres, three day training and development centres, and one multi-service residential home. 

What are they looking for?

1) Job Requirements:   
Proficient in design software, photo-taking, writing and coming up with interesting human-interest stories to angle our pitch. 
2) Job Description: 
-Develop and design marketing collaterals for our sheltered workshop/social enterprises.  
-Research on overseas social enterprises and sheltered workshops, to identify and find out how employment of persons with moderate to severe ID fare outside of Singapore. 
-Examine the models/structures of their employment and policies surrounding the issue. 
-Research on what industries in Singapore are suitable for persons with moderate to severe ID and how MINDS can go about embarking on these ventures. 
3) No. of interns:
1 intern 
4) Commitment period:
June- Aug 2014