CASE being a non-profit organisation relies heavily on the contributions of our volunteers. At present, we have over 200 volunteers helping us with 15 sub-committees. Depending on your needs, your expertise and your commitment ability, we have every kind of volunteering arrangements for you.
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How do I volunteer my services? |
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Support CASE today and click here for our volunteer application form. Please email, fax or mail the form to us and our staff will contact you shortly. |
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In which areas can I volunteer my services? |
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We have committees representing certain areas such as mediation, editorial and education, and taskforces that research on the possibility of unfair trading practices and dangers in areas such as beauty and slimming and mobile phone radiation. |
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Some committees and taskforces require professional expertise, for example, we need lawyers for the Services Standards Committee. For further details, please email us at admin@case.org.sg. |
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Do I have to attend any courses if I were to become a volunteer? |
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It depends. Mediation, for example, would require mediation training. |
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What are the volunteering hours like? |
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The hours are dependent on your area of volunteer too. Certain committees have ad-hoc meetings while others are carried out on a monthly basis. Meeting time may differ from office hours to after office hours. |
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What if my working schedules keeps me from attending meetings? |
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You can be part of our team of writers (editorial committee) and contribute consumer related articles. This is one of the most flexible arrangements where physical attendance is kept to the minimum. Communication is mainly via email. |
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I am unsure if I can consistently commit my time to volunteering at CASE. Will that be a problem? |
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You can volunteer as a mediator where you mediate disputes between consumers and companies. Mediation session, which is ad hoc in nature, is usually arranged on Saturday morning and each session ranges from 1 to 3 hours, depending on the complexity of the case. Training sessions will be arranged for interested volunteers. |
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I prefer challenges and welcome analytical thinking. Any arrangements of such nature? |
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Yes, we welcome volunteers in our on-going committee work. Examples of such committees are CaseTrust Accreditation Scheme. Committee work revolves around discussion of strategic issues and formulation of action plan. |
Survey Volunteers/Mystery
Shoppers
CASE is looking for survey
volunteers/mystery-shoppers to help out in the
various survey and testing projects.
Whether you are a homemaker or a retiree or a
student, as long as you have time to spare, WE
NEED YOU! You do not need to have any
qualifications or proven track records, as long
as you can converse in English, contactable and
available at most times, you can be our survey
volunteer.
We allow our survey volunteers to conduct
surveys in their free time. As a survey
volunteer, you may be involved in
mystery-shopping exercise for surveys like
Cooked Food Price Survey and Grocery Price
Survey. Occasionally, survey volunteers may be
required to come down to CASE office for
trainings and briefings.
Why do we conduct surveys and tests?
Price surveys help keep tab of the low cost
products sold in the market so we could inform
consumers on the market value of products.
Businesses will also be encouraged to price
their product competitively. And by conducting
product tests, businesses will be compelled to
uphold the quality and safety standards of their
products.
What will I get as a survey volunteer?
Being an active survey volunteer, you will be
invited to events like our Volunteers’ Gathering
where you can mingle with other volunteers who
are passionate and concerned about consumers'
rights. You will also be invited as a priority
guest to educational seminars/workshops. From
time to time, we will have seminars on various
consumer topics like purchasing gold jewellery,
choosing health insurance, timeshare, retirement
planning, real estate issues and financial
matters etc.
Click here to download the
Application Form.