The Cambridge Society, Singapore

What's New

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:45:19 PDT

May Mingle

This year's Mingle will connect Cambridge past, present and future - rediscover old friends, make new ones, and share some of your perspectives with prospective Cantabrigians! Event Date 23rd May 2009, Time 4.30pm to 6.30pm, Venue Eden Hall (wine, and canapes will be served) The event is free, but we seek a minimum pledge of $10 at the door, which will go towards the publishing costs of the Commmemorative Volume.

We can only accept 100...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:19:50 PDT

Garden Party, 23 August 2008

Revive culinary memories of Cambridge with creative canapes, roast beef, strawberries and cream, scones and Pimms, all to be accompanied by a free flow of wine and non-alcoholic beverages, while our very own string quartet ushers in the sunset. Come for a golden afternoon of catching up with old friends, making new ones, and remembering Cambridge together.

The Garden Party celebrates the official launch of the Cambridge Chapter, and also marks...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:35:10 PST

March Mingle/Soft Launch

We are having our very first event on 15th March!

It will be an informal mingle and soft launch for the upcoming 800th Anniversary events and projects, as well as an information session for A level students who hold conditional offers from Cambridge. We hope to introduce everyone to the people who have been working hard on our events and projects, find out which of our initiatives interest you, and serve as friendly sources of information for...

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:40:00 PST

The Social Ventures Portfolio

Best wishes for the New Year from all of us at the Cambridge Society! In the spirit of festivities and giving, the Society is launching The Social Ventures Portfolio.

The Social Ventures Portfolio brings together ideas on how Cantabs can give back to society in distinctive and sustainable ways. These ideas go beyond charitable giving, to challenging ourselves to invest our imagination, our time, our connections and other uniquely Cambridge...


The Cambridge Society, Singapore was inspired by the fundamental goal of the University's 800th Anniversary Campaign - to secure Cambridge's edge in excellence for the future. Having benefited from the unique privileges of a Cambridge education, our aim is to build a strong and active community of Singapore/Singapore-based Cantabs, with an interest in giving back to the University - whether directly through fundraising, or indirectly by spreading its good name through community service and thought leadership in philanthropy.

The Cambridge Society is deeply honoured and thankful for the support of its official patron, Minister of Foreign Affairs George Yeo.

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Our Goals

The Society undertakes to:

  • Build a strong platform for interaction among alumni and current students : Specific projects include establishment of
    1. an alumni database with automatic enrolment of current students;
    2. a Society website;
    3. a regular calendar of events, including a focal annual social event, that provide members with the opportunity to interact and collectively further the goals of the Society; and
    4. a Commemorative Book for the 800th anniversary that would contain personal photographs, anecdotes of friends and times in Cambridge, and what Cambridge means to alumni today, for Singapore-based Cambridge alumni.

  • Organise financial and non-financial resources of the Society and its members with a view to making distinctive, innovative and sustainable contributions to the University and local community. The idea here is to move beyond traditional charitable giving, to projects where involvement by Sgp Cantabs (e.g. needs identification, innovative solution proposals, finding appropriate partners/sponsors, as well as direct participation) would generate unique value. The main mechanism we currently have in mind, is what we've tentatively named, the Society's Social Ventures Portfolio.

  • Raise funds in support of the 800th Anniversary Campaign and beyond. The Committee aims to secure monetary sponsorship from various philanthropic, corporate and government-linked organisations in Singapore, as well as individual contributions from High Net-Worth Individuals ("HNWI") with links to Cambridge University. This will be in addition to funds raised through the gala dinner and special sale/auction of autographed copies of the Commemorative Volume.

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Our Affiliations

We are working in conjunction with the Cambridge University Malaysia and Singapore Association (CUMSA), which is based in Cambridge and caters to current students, and has a long and well- established history of alumni outreach in Singapore. We are also working with the Oxbridge Society in Singapore, which comprises alumni from both Cambridge and Oxford.