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SPLAT! engages youths in Singapore to reflect deeply about the concerns and challenges which youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders face through sharings in educational institutions, musicals, visual art exhibitions and knowledge sharing with educational institutions and social service organisations.

Sharings

Aftercare Officers from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Crime Prevention Officers from the National Crime Prevention Council, Officers from the Singapore Prison Service and ex-youth offenders share their little-known personal experiences about the causes and effects of youth delinquency with youths and educators from SPLAT!'s partner educational institutions.

Extracts from our musicals If I Could Have and Picking the Pieces revolving around at-risk behaviour and youth delinquency are also screened.

Since 2008, 27 sharings have been held to 18,900 students and 1,080 educators from 23 educational institutions listed here.

If you believe such sharings will benefit your educational institution or social service organisation, contact us.

Musicals

Aftercare supervisees and discharged youth offenders from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, youths from educational institutions and youth artistes from community arts groups produce and perform SPLAT!'s musicals If I Could Have and Picking the Pieces.

Our musicals revolve around themes reflecting the concerns and challenges which youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders face, explore the vital roles played by families, educators, peers and the community in helping youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders to realise the consequences of their actions, and become more capable and resilient in overcoming life's challenges.

SPLAT!'s musicals comprise the selection and training of youths-at-risk, youth offenders, ex-youth offenders and other youths for a full-length musical production to the public. Our musicals align expressive arts pedagogies with service-learning by harnessing the multi-sensory and transformational nature of the performing arts and the desire and drive in youths to engage the public into accepting and offering second chances to youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders.

Since 2008, four performances have been held to 960 guests.

Visual Art Exhibitions

Youths aged between 13 and 25 conceputalise, produce and contribute artworks which revolve around themes reflecting the concerns and challenges that youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders face. Their contributions are curated by SPLAT!'s Visual Art Advisory Panel before touring at public venues as part of our visual art exhibition HeARTbeat.

HeARTbeat harnessess the inspirational and therapeutic nature of the visual arts to educate the public abouit the concerns and challenges which youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders face while providing a platform for winners of the SPLAT! visual art competions between 2007 and 2009, and other youths to showcase and be visibly recognised for their artistic talents.

Since 2008, 49 artworks from the Singapore Boys' Home, Singapore Girls' Home and eight educational institutions have been exhibited at three venues to 1,500 visitors.

Talent Showcase

Youths-at-risk, mentored by other youths and professionals, produce and present SPLAT!'s talent showcase Mapping Our Aspirations.

A showcase of performing, culinary and visual arts, Mapping Our Aspirations celebrates the strengths of youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders. A musical showcase, culinary art exhibition and visual art exhibition highlight the challenges which youths involved in delinquent activities face. Our showcase reiterates the message that all youths can realize their potential as dignified and self-actualising individuals when empowered by their families, educators, peers and the community.

Adapted from the true experience of an ex-youth offender, our musical showcase is an inspiring experience about how and why some youths descend into delinquency, and how rehabilitation in partnership with the community help them in realising their potentials and inspire them to give back to the community.

The inaugural SPLAT! Mocktail, which symbolises the diverse challenges, strengths and aspirations of youths, is served as part of our culinary art exhibition.

We are looking for more instructors and professionials to be part of our musical productions. If you enjoy interacting with youths and believe in changing the lives of others through the arts, contact us.

Knowledge Sharing

SPLAT! delivers presentations, facilitates workshops and grants interviews to share about service-learning and youth delinquency in Singapore. An e-resource about the behaviours, contributing factors and management of youth delinquency and the helping processess for youths-at-risk and youth offenders, is available to educational institutions and social service organisations.

Since 2009, 19 presentations and workshops have been delivered and facilitated for 780 staff, students and volunteers from 17 educational institutions and social service organisations listed here. In addition, presentations have been delivered to participants and observers at regional and local platforms listed here.