Creating Enterprise Opportunities - i'mable Collective

At the National Day Parade 2020, President Halimah Yacob donned a cotton-silk scarf and enamel brooch from the Utama Collection. These were presented by our i’mable Collective, which fosters multi-sectoral collaborations to develop a viable market for quality merchandise and services made by and with persons with disabilities.

The accessories featured art of two clients from the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), with design adaptation and craftsmanship by our corporate partners Binary Style and Royal Insignia. A Singapore Fashion Runway (SFR) embroidery artist with disability added a final accentuating touch to the scarf.

Building Capabilities of Social Service Agencies

Between January and May 2020, the i’mable Collective worked with 10 undergraduates from National University of Singapore’s School of Design and Environment for a 14-week “design sprint”, to reimagine product ideas that leverage the strengths and talents of artists from Arts@Metta. The students proposed product ideas that Metta could implement and new work processes to improve their capabilities. The students in turn gained greater awareness of the potential of persons with disabilities.

Enabling Village Mooncake Gift Set

In celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival, i’mable Collective produced the Enabling Village Mooncake Gift Set in collaboration with our SSA partners Metta Cafe and MINDS. The mooncakes were baked by persons with disabilities from the SSAs, and paired with quality tea from teapasar, a tenant partner in Enabling Village. A total of 1,600 sets of mooncakes were sold and the proceeds went to the SSA partners.

Encouraging Meaningful Corporate Gifting

In FY20, we encouraged meaningful corporate gifting by promoting i’mable Collective products. This was supported with social procurement by organisations such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, security firm AETOS and Singapore International Foundation.

i’mable Gift Market at Istana

Following the success of the inaugural i’mable Gift Market (IGM) at the Enabling Village in 2019, we held the IGM at the Istana Open House for the first time on 26 January 2020. More than 4,800 people visited the IGM and shopped for Lunar New Year festive gifts. President Halimah Yacob visited every booth and bought many items!

Virtual i’mable Gift Market

Later that year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted and held the IGM virtually from 5 to 12 December 2020. We collaborated with our Enabling Village partner, teapasar, to organise the virtual retail event and enabled our SSA partners to go online and showcase their products to a larger consumer market.