Singapore Red Cross Youth

Singapore Red Cross Youth (RCY)
新加坡红十字青少年

Singapore Red Cross Youth Logo
Abbreviation	RCY
Motto	Humanity In Our Hands
Formation	1952
Type	Uniformed Group
Headquarters	Red Cross House
Location	15 Penang Lane Singapore 238486
Director	Mr. Sahari Bin Ani
Affiliations	Singapore Red Cross Society
Website	http://www.redcross.org.sg/articles/management-team

Singapore Red Cross Youth 60th Anniversary Logo. Celebrating 60 years of Spirit and Service Video

Red Cross Training Campsite. 62, Jalan Khairuddin, Singapore 457524

In Singapore, Red Cross Youth (RCY) is a Uniformed Group for Primary School and Secondary School students. It has a membership of about 1500 Links (Primary School Students) and about 2500 Cadets (Secondary School Students) as of January 2015. There is also a non-uniformed wing - the RCY Chapters. There are currently 41 Link Units, 43 Cadet Units and 10 Chapter Units. RCY is one of the active divisions in the Singapore Red Cross. It also finances its own operations and activities.

History

The Red Cross Youth was formed in 1952, with Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) having its first cadet unit. The Red Cross runs school-based youth programmes and is a Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) recognized by the Ministry of Education as an avenue for Character and Citizenship Education in Singapore schools. The Red Cross Youth has two programmes – one for the Primary School children (Link Programme) and another for Secondary School youths (Cadet Programme). The organization of youth activities under this approach has produced good results with both the Link units and Cadet Units, enthusiastically pursuing a series of activities ranging from social/recreational to community programmes.

Red Cross Youth Chapters (RCYC or RCY Chapters), previously known as the Red Cross Humanitarian Network (RCHN) was incorporated into Red Cross Youth from 1 July 2011.^[1]

Mission, Vision & Values

Mission: The Red Cross Youth (RCY) is committed to engaging our youths in various local and international humanitarian programmes, including:

• Community Service
• Blood Donation and Donor Recruitment
• Disaster Management and Support

The 7 Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement shall guide leaders of RCY in developing and delivering programmes that will help the youths realise their fullest potential as responsible global citizen and confident team players

Vision: Confident and competent youths who are leaders within their communities, serving humanity and furthering the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

Values: Compassion, Passion & Professionalism

Structure

The Singapore Red Cross Youth comes under the command of Singapore Red Cross Society with the following appointments:

Appointment	Incumbent
Patron	President of the Republic of Singapore
Chairman	Mr. Tee Tua Ba

The Singapore Red Cross Youth is also organised in a National Headquarters level with the following appointment:

Appointment	Incumbent
Director	Mr. Sahari Ani

Red Cross Youth Song

Come let us pledge again, Each heart and hand, To thee the flag we serve, Friends in every land.

Come let us give anew, Each thought and mind, To be a light to shine, Over all mankind.

So may our emblem be proudly unfurled, To link the chain of youth for service through the world.

Oh give us strength to prove, Sure and sublime, To make the cause we serve, Shine over the hills of time.

Red Cross Youth Promise

We, as members of the Singapore Red Cross Society, promise to serve our country, and to join with others all over the world to help the sick and the suffering.

— Singapore Red Cross Youth

Incentive Badges Scheme

The objective of the Incentive Badge Scheme is to encourage Link and Cadet members to take an interest in subjects outside their normal academic curriculum and to widen their interests by carrying out these activities during trainings. Such activities may also be organized by their respective Districts. Certain activities are also organized by Red Cross Headquarters.

The different badges are as follows:

Cadets Members

Achievements

• Director's Award Badge

Proficiency badges

• First Aid (Standard, Gold)
• Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Red Cross Knowledge (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Red Cross Service Learning (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Disaster Management (Bronze, Silver, Gold)

National Education badges

International Exchange Programme to Japanese Red Cross, Hyogo. Visit to a Red Cross Hospital in Hyogo

• Total Defence (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• National Day Parade
• Singapore Youth Festival
• National Camp
• National Heritage
• SANA Anti-Drug and Inhalant Abuse

Fundamental Badges

• Foot Drill

Enrichment badges

• International Friendship
• Link-Cadet

Link Members

Core Subjects

• Basic First Aid (Foundation, Formative)
• Basic Red Cross Knowledge (Foundation, Formative)
• Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Foundation, Formative)
• Red Cross Service (Foundation, Formative)

UG Fundamental Subjects

• Basic Outdoor Activities (Foundation, Formative)
• Basic Foot-Drill (Foundation, Formative)

Achievements

• Director's Award Badge

Non-Core Subjects

• Environment Education (Foundation, Formative)
• Health Education (Foundation, Formative)
• International Friendship
• Performing Arts (Foundation, Formative)
• Sports Education (Foundation, Formative)

Annual Events

Red Cross Youth hosts a variety of major events, performances, competitions and programmes. The events are as follows:

Type	Programme/Event
Competitions	First Aid Competition, Current Affairs Competition
Training	Modular Workshops, Unit Leaders' Programme, Unit Instructors' Programme, Volunteer Instructors' Programme, Unit Officers' Programme, Volunteer Officers' Programme
Celebration/Recognition	Awards & Recognition Day, World Red Cross Day Celebrations
Others	Red Cross Youth Challenge, Linkamania Camp, Youth Officers' Sharing Session, Overseas Humanitarian Programme, International Youth Exchange Programme

Uniform

Male Cadet

Female Cadet

Rank structure

Rank sructure with illustrations

All listed ranks are in order of hirchy, from top to bottom, left to right.

Link	Cadet	Volunteer Instructors	Youth Officers	Divisional Officers	Appointment Ranks
Bronze Star	Private	Assistant Cadet Officer^2	Assistant Youth Officer^3	Assistant Divisional Officer	Deputy Director^6
Silver Star	Lance Corporal	Cadet Officer	Youth Officer^4	Divisional Officer	Director^6
Gold Star	Corporal	Senior Cadet Officer	Senior Youth Officer	Senior Divisional Officer^5
	Sergeant	Principal Cadet Officer
	Staff Sergeant
	Warrant Officer
	Senior Warrant Officer^1

¹Granted to outstanding cadets who have passed the Unit Leaders' Programme (ULP).

²Granted to Volunteer Instructors who have passed the Volunteer Instructors' Programme (VIP).

³Granted to Volunteer Instructors, aged 21 and above in the year of promotion, who have completed the Volunteer Officers' Programme (VOP).

⁴Granted to teachers who have completed the Unit Officers' Programme (UOP), or Assistant Youth Officers who have shown continued service.

⁵This is the highest possible rank an Officer can be promoted to.

⁶These are Appointment Ranks appointed by The Council.

Volunteer Instructors (VI)

Volunteer Instructors

Volunteer Instructors (VIs) are usually graduated cadets of various RCY units who wish to continue rendering service to the organization, at the school and/or headquarter level. Volunteer Instructors are required to undergo the Volunteer Instructors' Programme (VIP) organised by Red Cross Youth Headquarters. Trainees will undergo training to equip them with knowledge and skills to be an instructor in Red Cross Youth. All Instructors are required to obtain the Standard First Aid Certificate. When trainees successfully pass out from VIP, they will be appointed the rank of Assistant Cadet Officer.

Duties of a VI includes:

• Assisting the Youth Officer (YO) in preparing the unit's training work plan.
• Assisting in conducting training and organising of activities within the core curriculum of the RCY.
• Assisting in the organisation of activities for the respective district.
• Providing proper guidance and counselling to cadets and links, as well as to take charge of their welfare.
• Attending meetings at unit committees as a co-opted member to provide advice and expertise.

Awards and Commendations

Lanyards

A Cadet's Lanyard

Lanyard are awarded to cadets with outstanding performance in terms of leadership and/or skills in the following programmes/events. Lanyards are usually worn on the left shoulder as shown above. However, if a cadet attains more than one lanyard, he/she can only wear one.

Programme	Duration	% of cohort
Unit Instructors' Programme	Nov-Dec	10
Unit Leaders' Programme	May–June	10
Red Cross Youth Challenge	Dec	10

Long Service Awards

Long Service Medals

Long Service Medals are awarded to Red Cross Volunteers as an appreciation for their active contributions in Singapore Red Cross.

Length of Service	Award
5	Red Cross Bronze Star
10	Red Cross Silver Star
15	Red Cross Gold Star
20	Red Cross Platinum Star
25	Red Cross Diamond Star

The UnI Channel

In order to allow the cadets to stay connect with Red Cross Youth and interact with other cadets. In 2009, Red Cross Youth publicity team launched a Facebook group and blog, both named The UnI Channel. The blog provides regular updates on Red Cross-related issues such as works of ICRC and IFRC to provide cadets with additional information pertaining to the work of the Red Cross. Besides factual information about the Red Cross, the blog would also discuss problems regarding unit management, teamwork and youth-related issues. Moderators would also put up photos of recent RCY events that have occurred (like the ones mentioned above). The blog has achieved high readership since its launch in 2009, as of August 2015, it has over 623,000 views.

The UnI Channel also include a UnI Youtube Channel and a Facebook account which contains photographs of various events that happen within the Red Cross Youth Spectrum. More recently, they launched Twitter and Instagram accounts to update readers on the Red Cross Red Crescent scene, both locally and internationally.

School Units

Schools are categorised into four districts, namely the North, South, East and West. Below are the districts and their respective schools. Award section updated on 23 Feb 2014

North District School EUA CSA Ang Mo Kio Primary School Gold Gold Compassvale Primary School - Gold Greendale Primary School Gold Gold Mayflower Primary School - - Naval Base Primary School Gold Silver Northland Primary School Pei Xin Primary School Peiying Primary School Gold Gold Rivervale Primary School Gold Gold Sembawang Primary School Silver Silver Admiralty Secondary School Silver Gold Compassvale Secondary School Gold Gold Evergreen Secondary School Gold Gold Greendale Secondary School Gold Gold Hougang Secondary School Silver Gold Marsiling Secondary School Bronze - Nan Chiau High School Gold Gold Northbrooks Secondary School Gold Gold Punggol Secondary School - - Sembawang Secondary School - - Seng Kang Secondary School Bronze - Serangoon Secondary School Gold Gold Serangoon Garden Secondary School Bronze - Woodgrove Secondary School Gold - Yio Chu Kang Secondary School Gold Gold South District School EUA CSA Ai Tong School Blangah Rise Primary School Silver Silver Cedar Primary School Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) Silver Gold Holy Innocents' Primary School Gold Gold Jing Shan Primary Bronze - Kheng Cheng School Silver Gold Queenstown Primary School Bronze - River Valley Primary School Gold Gold South View Primary School Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Gold SAA(5 Years) Gold Bartley Secondary School Gold SAA(5 Years) Gold Bendemeer Secondary School Gold Gold Cedar Girls' Secondary School Gold Gold CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) Gold - Crescent Girls' School Gold Gold Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) Gold Gold Guangyang Secondary School Bronze Bronze Queenstown Secondary School Gold Gold Raffles Girls' School Silver Bronze Raffles Institution Gold Gold Singapore Chinese Girls' School Gold Gold St. Gabriel's Secondary School Bronze Gold St. Margaret's Secondary School Bronze Bronze East District School EUA CSA Bedok West Primary School Silver Gold Casuarina Primary School Bronze - Chongzheng Primary School Coral Primary School Gold Gold East View Primary School Silver Silver Eunos Primary School Gold Bronze Feng Shan Primary School Silver Gold Griffiths Primary School Gold Gold Haig Girls' School Gold Silver Meridian Primary School St. Stephen Primary School Temasek Primary School Xinghua Primary School Gold - Broadrick Secondary School Gold Gold Coral Secondary School Gold Gold Dunman Secondary School Silver Gold Pasir Ris Secondary School Silver - Tanjong Katong Girls' School Silver - Tanjong Katong Secondary School Gold Gold Victoria School Gold - West District School EUA CSA Boon Lay Garden Primary School Gold Bronze Bukit Panjang Primary School Gold Gold Bukit Timah Primary School Bukit View Primary School Choa Chu Kang Primary School Concord Primary School De La Salle Primary School Silver Silver Fuhua Primary School Grace Orchard School Pei Tong Primary School Pioneer Primary School Princess Elizabeth Primary School St. Anthony's Primary School Yuhua Primary School Zhenghua Primary School Gold Gold Assumption English School Bronze Gold Commonwealth Secondary School Gold Gold Fuhua Secondary School Gold Gold Hua Yi Secondary School Gold Gold Jurong Secondary School Silver Silver Jurong West Secondary School Gold Gold Regent Secondary School Bronze Bronze Zhenghua Secondary School Silver Gold List of RCY Chapters in Singapore National University of Singapore Nanyang Technological University Singapore Management University Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic Anderson Junior College Raffles Junior College Nanyang Junior College ITE College East Singapore American School SGD 100 Bank Note Trivia On the back side of the SGD 100 note, a youth member of the Singapore Red Cross is featured. It represented by the young woman wearing the Red Cross Uniform, alongside members from the St. John Ambulance Brigade and the National Police Cadet Corps, symbolising our nation's youth who are engaged in community service.[2] References http://www.redcross.org.sg/news/notice-of-change http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/portrait_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Portrait_Series__100.html