We are also available for home delivery on these 2 food delivery platforms:
Youth Employment Support
Equipping and guiding youths towards meaningful employment and a brighter future.
Arts@Metta
Youth Employment Support (青年就业辅助) was formed in 2007 to equip graduates of Metta School with life skills that promote integration and independence to remain inclusive in the society.
Arts@Metta (慈光展艺) is one of the programmes under Youth Employment Support. The programme aims to increase employment opportunities for Metta School graduates diagnosed with mild intellectual disability with/without autism through comprehensive training and development in visual arts.
At Arts@Metta, we strive to empower our youths with special needs with life skills that promote integration, independence, and socialisation.
Key Objectives
- To cultivate the artistic talents of youths with special needs
- To provide a safe, open and nurturing environment where their talents can thrive
- To implement effective training programmes and support services that benefit their holistic development
- To develop a sustainable model of supported employment for these youths
Our programmes enable youths with special needs to further develop their skills in the visual arts, namely batik painting and pottery, in a creative and inclusive environment that provides opportunities for self-expression and personal development.
Through the programme, our youths develop essential workplace skills and values, including proper workplace etiquette, a positive service attitude, quality of work, punctuality, task completion, workload management and time management.
Beyond equipping our youths with essential life and workplace skills, the programme also creates supported employment opportunities through commissioned projects and retail sales. These activities help to fund supported employment while empowering our youths with greater confidence, independence and dignity.
Support services available:
- Corporate Social Responsibility programmes
- Social development and life skills training
- Caregivers’ Support
Individuals who have developed essential life skills have successfully secured open employment opportunities in the food and beverages services, social and personal services and sales and administration sector.
Tucked away in a cosy corner of Metta Café, our retail section offers a range of merchandise, from healthy snacks, cereals and beverages to batik artworks, stationery, coasters, flasks and more, featuring exquisite designs by talented Metta School alumni with special needs.
Need help on gift ideas for a friend or a corporate event? Our youths will be able to customise the gift based on your budget and other requirements. Speak to our team NOW.
Itching to have a hand at batik painting but not sure how to get started? Come and join us at our batik painting workshop, suitable for both the young and old, learn the art of batik painting and bring home a masterpiece.
To make an online donation to Arts@Metta
For more details, please contact us 6580 4651
Key Facts & Figures
Commenced in June 2007
10 trainees
- as of FY2025/2026
Where we are located
Office:
Metta Building Level 4, 32 Simei Street 1 Singapore (529950)
Office Hours: Mon to Fri – 9am to 5.30pm
Telephone: 6580 4651 | Fax: 6580 4699
Email: alumni@metta.org.sg
Retail:
Metta Building Level 1, Metta Cafe, 32 Simei Street 1, Singapore (529950)
Retail Hours: Open daily, Mon to Sun – 7am to 5pm except public holidays.
Extended retail hours from 7am to 6.30pm on the 1st and 15th day of every lunar month.
Metta Café
Initiated by Metta Welfare Association, Metta Café was established in 2014 to provide F&B vocational training for Metta School graduates aged 18 and above, with mild intellectual disability and/or autism. Metta Café offers opportunities to youths with special needs to learn vocational, work and life skills through our comprehensive training and development programmes, and to create employment opportunities which promote independence and economic integration into society.
Metta School graduates with ITE Skill Certificate (ISC) who were ready for open employment will be recruited as Metta Café apprentices. The apprentices’ skills will be further developed through on-the-job training in a commercial setting, which will further develop their specific skill sets.
Mission:
To train and create employment opportunities for youths with special needs.
Vision:
To assist youths with mild intellectual disability and/or autism to achieve economic independence and self-reliance.
Metta Cafe's Menu
CDC Voucher is now accepted at Metta Cafe!
Good News! Metta Cafe is now able to accept CDC Voucher
Ordering of Cakes and Pastries
For ordering of cakes and pastries, Click here to visit our online store.
Donate A Meal
Good News! From April 2019 onward, Metta Café is happy to present Donate A Meal coupon! Donors or philanthropists can now purchase these meal coupons from Metta Café and donate them to the needy households or charity causes that they support. Recipients can then use these coupons to purchase meals at Metta Café.
This coupon is valid for one (1) year from the date of issue. Drop by to purchase these meal coupons while stock last.
Donate A Cake
Want to make the day of a needy? Now you can when you Donate A Cake or freshly baked yummy pastries to our needy clients from our nine various welfare centres on their special day or for a festive occasion.
To make an online donation to Metta Café
For more details, please contact us at 6580 4624
Key Facts & Figures
Halal Certified
Commenced in March 2014
11 apprentices
- as of FY2025/2026
Where we are located
Office:
Metta Building Level 2, 32 Simei Street 1 Singapore (529950)
Office Hours: Mon to Fri – 8.30am to 5.30pm
Telephone: 6580 4634 / 646 | Fax: 6580 4699
Email: mettacafe@metta.org.sg / alumni@metta.org.sg
Retail:
Metta Building Level 1, Metta Cafe, 32 Simei Street 1, Singapore (529950)
Retail Hours: Open daily, Mon to Sun – 7am to 5pm except public holidays.
Extended retail hours from 7am to 6.30pm on the 1st and 15th day of every lunar month.
Telephone: 6580 4624 | Fax: 6580 4699
Email: mettacafe@metta.org.sg / alumni@metta.org.sg
ECO@Metta
Saving the earth, one orange at a time!
With ECO@Metta, we seek to address two pressing concerns of our time – the lack of supported employment options for post-18 youths with special needs and the amount of food waste that goes to landfills.
Our very first product from the ECO@Metta range is the all-natural multi-purpose orange enzyme cleaner. We take orange peels that would normally become food waste, painstakingly cut them up and ferment them with brown sugar for three months before harvesting and bottling. The harvested peels are then made into compost with a food composter machine. Voila and we got a perfect little circular economy thing going!
All of these are done by our youths with special needs. Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes at what goes on at ECO@Metta.
How You Can Help
Donate to our ECO@Metta. This goes towards our bigger dream of scaling up this programme and developing various product lines under the ECO@Metta brand name, so that we can train and hire more youths and play a bigger part in saving the earth. All donations are 250% tax deductible.
Organise a corporate CSR workshop. These workshops are hosted by our Citrus Ambassadors and provide a platform for them to boost their confidence and hone their social skills. These sessions also help to advocate not just for sustainability but also, the importance of inclusive hiring and supported employment. All proceeds will go back into the running of the programme.
Volunteer. Spend some time working alongside our Citrus Ambassadors!
And of course… Buy our all-natural, non-toxic orange enzyme cleaners! Email alumni@metta.org.sg for bulk orders.
Do reach out to us should you wish to speak more about the options above or if you or your company would like to explore other customised options of collaboration.
On behalf of the earth and our team at ECO@Metta, here’s a big THANK YOU from us to you!
To make an online donation to ECO@Metta
For more details, please contact us at 6580 4651
Key Facts & Figures
Commenced in 2020
10 trainees
- as of FY2025/2026
Where we are located
Office:
Metta Building Level 2, 32 Simei Street 1 Singapore (529950)
Office Hours: Mon to Fri – 8.30am to 5.30pm
Telephone: 6580 4634 / 646 | Fax: 6580 4699
Email: alumni@metta.org.sg
Retail:
Metta Building Level 1, Metta Cafe, 32 Simei Street 1, Singapore (529950)
Retail Hours: Open daily, Mon to Sun – 7am to 5pm except public holidays.
Extended retail hours from 7am to 6.30pm on the 1st and 15th day of every lunar month.
Telephone: 6580 4624 | Fax: 6580 4699
Email: alumni@metta.org.sg