The Home Team Volunteer Network (HTVN) is a volunteer organisation in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. It was launched by

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president ...

Minister for Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

, Mr

Teo Chee Hean Teo Chee Hean ( zh, s=张志贤, poj=Tiuⁿ Chì-hiân, p=Zhāng Zhìxián; born 27 December 1954) is a Singaporean politician and former two-star rear-admiral who has been serving as Senior Minister of Singapore since 2019 and Coordinating Mini ...

, at the Home Team Convention on 15 July 2011. The Network is an entity that promotes the implementation of volunteer management best practices for the benefit of Home Team volunteers and is also the key channel through which the

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

engages its volunteers. The HTVN comes under the ambit of the Ministry of Home Affairs and does not raise funds from the public for whatever purposes.

The Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of the HTVN is an advisory body on Home Team volunteer matters. The Steering Committee is appointed by the Minister for Home Affairs for a 2-year term or as otherwise specified, and comprises both Home Team key appointment holders as well as existing Home Team volunteers. As of March 2012, the current members are: Chairman
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Ho Peng Kee Ho Peng Kee ( zh, s=何炳基, p=Hé Bǐngjī; born 9 May 1954) is a Singaporean legal academic and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Minis ...

Deputy Chairman
Mr Tan Tee How, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs Members ''Ministry''
Mr Tai Wei Shyong, Deputy Secretary (Operations)
Mrs Ong-Chew Peck Wan, Director, Community Engagement Division ''Home Team Departments''
Mr Hoong Wee Teck, Commissioner of Police Mr Eric Yap Wee Teck, Commissioner

Singapore Civil Defence Force The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is an uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates nati ...

Mr Soh Wai Wah, Director

Singapore Prison Service The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) is a government agency of the Government of Singapore under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It runs 14 prisons and drug rehabilitation centres in Singapore. Its responsibilities encompass the sa ...

Mr Ng Ser Song, Director

Central Narcotics Bureau The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs and the primary drug enforcement agency in Singapore. CNB is responsible for coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication. Its current direct ...

Mr Teo Tze Fang, CEO SCORE ''Home Team Volunteers''
Mr Eric Low Mr Kong Mun Kwong

Home Team Volunteer Schemes

Home Team Volunteers broadly refer to people who

volunteer Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...

in a volunteer scheme within the

Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA; ms, Kementerian Ehwal Dalam Negeri; zh, 内政部; ta, உள்துறை அமைச்சு), sometimes referred to as the Home Team, is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for ov ...

, or MHA for short. Home Team Volunteers are classified by the Ministry under two broad categories. They either serve as members of its Boards, Councils and Committees, known also as the Home Team Connection, or as volunteers within one of its departments. The departments that currently have volunteers are the

Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; huma ...

, the

and the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises, otherwise known as SCORE. Strictly speaking however, it is worth noting that SCORE is not a department but a Statutory Board under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Home Team Connection Advisory Committee for Move On and Filming Orders
Anti-Inhalant Abuse Centre Review Committee
Board of Visitors (Drug Rehabilitation Centres and Anti-Inhalant Abuse Centres)
Board of Visiting Justices and Board of Inspection
Casino Regulatory Authority Board
Citizenship Committee of Inquiry
Criminal Law Advisory Committees (Hearing)
Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Review)
Criminal Law Review Board
Drug Rehabilitation Centres Review Committees
Employment Release Selection Committee
Fire Safety Appeals Advisory Board
Home Detention Advisory Committees
HomeTeam NS Board of Governors
Home Team Volunteers Network
Industrial and Services Co-operative Society Ltd
Institutional Discipline Advisory Committees
Institutional Discipline Review Committees
INVEST Board of Trustees
INVEST Committee
Liquors Licensing Board
Medical Advisory Committee
National Council Against Drug Abuse
National Crime Prevention Council
National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council
National Police Cadet Corps Council
Reformative Training Centre Advisory Committee
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise Board
Singapore Road Safety Council
The Life Imprisonment Review Board
The President’s Pleasure Review Board

Departmental Volunteer Schemes

Singapore Police Force
Crime Prevention Ambassadors (CPA)
National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC)
Neighbourhood Watch Zones (NWZ)

Volunteer Special Constabulary The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) in Singapore comprises volunteers from the general public. VSC officers are imbued with equal powers of a regular police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore. They wear the same police uniform as p ...

(VSC) Singapore Prison Service
Prison Volunteers Singapore Civil Defence Force
CD Lionhearters Club

Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit The Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit (CDAU) is part of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) consisting of uniformed volunteers. The volunteering programme in SCDF was first started in 1982 under the National Civil Defence Plan and Volunteer Scheme ...

(CDAU)
Civil Defence Crisis Volunteers
National Civil Defence Cadet Corp (NCDCC) Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE)
Yellow Ribbon Project Volunteers Other Programmes
Community Engagement Programme (CEP)
Community Safety and Security Programme (CSSP)

References

External links

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Ministry of Home Affairs

Home Team News
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The Steering Committee

Home Team Volunteer Schemes

See also

References

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