Enabling Lives Festival 2024

Festival Hub: Enabling Village | 30 November 2024

• i’mable Gift Market: Meet over 30 makers from the i’mable Collective – a community of creatives with disabilities – and discover the unique creations from handcrafted treasures to F&B delights. Find your perfect gifts while uplifting these makers this holiday season.
• Artistic Showcase by ART: DIS: Experience the power of art that has no boundaries. In the all-new ‘Inclusion in Motion: Moving Art Forward’ watch performances co-led by artists with disabilities from dance to theatre. 
• Art JammingWorkshops: For the first time ever unleash your creativity in new workshop like Chill and Paint in Monochrome where one creates their own creation in a monochrome setting. Other workshops include decoration of Christmas ornaments at Santa’s Workshop in the therapeutic company of cats.

Gardens by the Bay | 2-3 December 2024

Experience nature through sensory tours now open to the public for the first time. Guided tours designed for persons with visual impairment the hard of hearing and children with autism.

Satellite Locations:

• Punggol Regional Library | 1 December 2024
• Enjoy a family-friendly day of performances interactive sessions and a craft bazaar including the launch of "The Healing Journal: A Caregiver's Path to Self Care."

 Other Experiences:

• Urban Farm Exploration: Learn about inclusive business operations with Edible Garden City where their workforce with persons with disabilities is integral to its success.
• Stories of Impact: Shop and support social impact enterprises at ‘Stories of Impact’ marketplace while participating in coffee appreciation sessions and fireside chats where deaf artist Lily Goh will share lived experiences of deaf persons in Singapore.

Host or Publisher Colton Ngui