Our Vision

To break the stigma of mental health in Asia, so that people can get the help proactively — before it’s too late

Our Mission

To normalise mental health in Asia

Our Story

Calm Collective Asia is a mission-driven organisation that is normalising mental health in Asia.

The organisation was founded by three friends (Sabrina, Alyssa, and Luqman) in April 2020, in response to Singapore's COVID-19 lockdown, to help our community cope through practical mental health strategies and personal stories.

While Calm Collective began in 2020, our personal journeys with mental health started much earlier — as caregivers to loved ones with mental health conditions, as persons with lived experience of mood disorders, and as suicide loss survivors. It is through our personal experiences, in collaboration with our mental health advisors, that we approach mental health advocacy with the utmost care and compassion.

Calm Collective x Community

The heart of what we do lies in serving the community. In doing so, Calm Collective’s core team and volunteer community work towards normalising mental health in Asia by:

  • Curating programmes, including regular talks and the CalmCon well-being festival

  • Creating mental health content, producing bite-sized tips for social media, blog articles, and the Calm Conversations podcast

  • Providing group peer support through the Calm Circles peer support programme

Calm Collective was selected as the Youth Co:Lab champions for the Youth Action Challenge Season 2 supported by the National Youth Council (Singapore), CVC Capital, Citi Foundation, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Calm Collective x Corporate

In scaling and sustaining our impact, Calm Collective partners with corporate organisations to normalise mental health at work by:

  • Driving mental health awareness through curated talks and workshops

  • Building employee skills to support well-being, through training for peer support and managers

  • Providing bespoke consultancy around foster a culture of care, to support employee mental health and to create the conditions for high performance

  • Learn more about how we work with corporate organisations here

  • Authenticity

  • Kindness

  • Respect

  • Integrity

  • Open-mindedness

These values guide us in what we do, how we work as a team, how we interact with others, and who we work with.

Our Values

Team Culture

Our team embody our values and are passionate about our mission to normalise mental health in Asia.

As a team, we…

  • Walk the talk: We care for our mental health, so that we can help others sustainably

  • Take initiative and responsibility in carrying out our commitments

  • Embrace a growth mindset, viewing every challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow

  • Foster psychological safety so that we may be comfortable to seek help, contribute, and challenge each other to grow — which enables us to bring our best selves to the advocacy work we do

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Heard from our community

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