Giving Back
SC Global Tennis For Every Child
Giving back to the community has been an integral part of the SC Global ethos from sponsoring international art exhibitions and sporting events, to working with local students and funding free tennis classes for children.
The pursuit of excellence and passionate determination to be the best in your craft offers a powerful inspiration to us all. SC Global is committed to being a responsible and community-minded sponsor, with our focus on creating free access for the young and the development of platforms to inspire new home-grown talents.
The “SC Global Tennis For Every Child (TFEC)” community programme was introduced in 2014 as part of the Group’s sponsorship of the WTA Finals, with the aim of increasing access and participation in tennis and building a lasting legacy for the sport. The programme aims to increase participation in local primary schools by providing them with free equipment, after school programmes, teacher training, and mentorship to develop tennis programmes. The programme was successfully introduced into 26 primary schools, bringing the joys of tennis to over 50,000 students over 5 years. The programme became an integral part of the WTA Finals success story with students from the programme participating in the official handover of the WTA Finals Tournament to Shenzen.
The “SC Global Tennis For Every Child (TFEC)” community programme was introduced in 2014 as part of the Group’s sponsorship of the WTA Finals, with the aim of increasing access and participation in tennis and building a lasting legacy for the sport. The programme aims to increase participation in local primary schools by providing them with free equipment, after school programmes, teacher training, and mentorship to develop tennis programmes. The programme was successfully introduced into 26 primary schools, bringing the joys of tennis to over 50,000 students over 5 years. The programme became an integral part of the WTA Finals success story with students from the programme participating in the official handover of the WTA Finals Tournament to Shenzen.
The programme had a multi-level approach, providing schools with free mini-tennis equipment as well as regular coach training workshops. The programme gave each primary school the necessary resources for them to teach mini-tennis to all their students as part of their PE curriculum, as well as providing fully sponsored training by Singapore Tennis Association certified coaches. The programme included the sponsorship of free weekly after-school tennis programmes in local schools for students with a keen interest in the sport, as part of the school’s after-school co-curricular activity.
Annual carnivals open to all primary schools in Singapore provided students with the opportunity to learn the format of tennis competition through fun activities, with winners of the leagues scoring free tickets to the WTA Finals and the opportunity to meet WTA players in person.
One of the great success stories of the programme is the work that has been done with students from the MINDS special education schools. TFEC started its partnership with MINDS Towner Gardens in 2015 and MINDS Lee Long China Gardens School in 2016 with free weekly tennis sessions.
Annual carnivals open to all primary schools in Singapore provided students with the opportunity to learn the format of tennis competition through fun activities, with winners of the leagues scoring free tickets to the WTA Finals and the opportunity to meet WTA players in person.
One of the great success stories of the programme is the work that has been done with students from the MINDS special education schools. TFEC started its partnership with MINDS Towner Gardens in 2015 and MINDS Lee Long China Gardens School in 2016 with free weekly tennis sessions.
SC Global employees were also actively involved in the outreach programme, wholeheartedly giving their time to the management, development, fund-raising and marketing of the TFEC programme. As part of the company’s CSR programme, SC Global staff were encouraged to volunteer as coaching assistants in the weekly classes and at the programme carnivals, an initiative that proved very successful with many volunteers signing up on a regular basis.
