Our Social Initiatives
As a registered social enterprise in Singapore, we have several regular initiatives such as pro/low bono floral workshops and flower repurposing (wherein we bring post-wedding flowers to a community group). We also make efforts to provide empowerment opportunities for women from challenging backgrounds.
Therapeutic Floral Workshops for Communities
Recognising the therapeutic effect of flowers and desiring to increase accessibility for all to experience healing, empowerment and restoration through flowers, we hope to bring this love of flowers to multiple different communities through therapeutic floral workshops! Up till today, we have worked with social service agencies and organizations such as SASCO Senior Citizen's Home, NeuGen, Hush Tea Bar, APSN Chaoyang, Rainbow Centre, SADeaf, Be Kind SG, Babes Pregnancy, St Andrew Autism Centre, St. Vincent's Home and more!
Feel free to get in touch with us if there are any communities which would enjoy a therapeutic floral workshop! We would love to spread the love and joy of flowers!
Handpicked! Floral Repurposing Initiative
Handpicked! is our flower repurposing initiative where a group of volunteers would bring post-wedding flowers to enjoy together with a community group.
It started when we found it such a pity that many of our fresh flowers get disposed of after they have served their purposes during wedding events. Furthermore, friends and customers of Hello Flowers! have expressed interested in volunteering through floristry!
This initiative first began in 2020 with the seniors at Ling Kwang Home, and have since been run at other social service agencies such as Sunbeam Place @ Children’s Society, Safe Place by Lakeside Family Services, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), KampungKakis, SASCO Senior Citizen's Home, Renci, DSA and counting.
Read our volunteers' reflections here!
Giving Back
We believe that flowers can do more than brighten someone’s day. They can bring hope, comfort, and connection.
Through our online playform, we regularly fundraise and sponsor floral gifts for:
- Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support Ltd
- 3Pumpkins - Tak Takut Kids Club
- Ambulance Wish Singapore
Past Social Initiatives
Kins by Hello Flowers!
Kins by Hello Flowers! aims to create spaces where women from all backgrounds, no matter how challenging, can participate meaningfully in society without discrimination and labels. We had worked with social service agencies to equip ladies with crafting and simple entrepreneurial skills to help them earn extra income and support their daily expenses and beyond.
Inclusive & Interim Employment
At Hello Flowers!, we’re passionate about creating opportunities that heal, empower, and uplift.
We provide inclusive and interim employment, along with on-the-job floral design training, for individuals from vulnerable backgrounds and those seeking respite, including persons on a career break or recovering from burnout. Through this process, we walk alongside them as they regain confidence, build new skills, and work toward financial independence.
We also believe deeply in nurturing the next generation. Hello Flowers! regularly welcomes student interns and has the privilege of collaborating with the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Social Work to host social work students as part of their field placements.
This unique partnership allows students to experience the intersection of social work, social enterprise, and the art of floristry, offering a rare opportunity to learn how creativity, business, and compassion can come together to make a difference in the community.
Food Distribution - Community Outreach
Together with volunteers from all walks of life, Hello Flowers had distributed food to the residents residing in the Chinatown/Chin Swee neighbourhood once a month. Through food distribution sessions, we got to build relationships with the residents at Chin Swee, whether they are elderly couples or young families. We believed that Hello Flowers! has been placed in Chin Swee for a purpose and thus, we hoped to build a community where residents care and look out for one another, just like during the old days of a kampung spirit.
