Singapore · Adult Learning · Est. 2019
Evening workshops and writing gatherings for adults 40 and over. A calm space to put your inherited assumptions about household finances into plain English — not as advice, but as reflection.
What We Offer
Six-Week Workshop
A six-week evening workshop on the practice of putting one's own money story into plain English — the household one grew up in, inherited assumptions, patterns carried into mid-life. Short reading, structured writing exercises, small-group sharing in a calm room.
Self-Paced Writing
A printed notebook with structured writing prompts, sample short essays, and quiet pages for personal writing. Includes a 60-minute video orientation. Suited to readers who prefer to work through material independently, at their own pace.
Monthly Gathering
A monthly Saturday evening gathering. Each session opens with a 20-minute reading from a widely available essay on family, generation, and money themes, followed by ninety minutes of quiet writing and brief small-group sharing. Tea is served. Annual subscription gives access to all twelve evenings.
Why Velkyr
Writing Practice
Not advice. Not therapy.
Everything at Velkyr is framed as adult learning and personal writing practice. No numbers are shared. No one tells you what to do. The work is in putting experience into words.
Adult 40+
Designed for mid-life reflection
The workshops are shaped around the questions that tend to surface in the second half of adult life — inheritance, accumulation, obligation, legacy — and the writing that can bring clarity to them.
Small Groups
Unhurried, considered sessions
Groups of eight to twelve. No one is rushed to share. The tone is that of a reading room — attentive, quiet, collegial. Participants often return across multiple programmes.
Locating Context
Written with Singapore in mind
The materials draw on essays and stories from Southeast Asian writers as well as international voices — recognising that money stories are shaped by the particular households, cultures, and generations one comes from.
Money Literacy
General understanding, not planning
Velkyr's work sits in the space of money literacy — how we think and write about finances, not how to manage them. It is general education, positioned for readers who want to understand their own story, not receive a recommendation.
Continuity
A practice you can sustain
From the six-week workshop to the monthly reading evenings, the structure is designed so that writing about money becomes a regular, sustainable practice — something to return to across the years.
Begin Here
Write to us and we will send the current programme calendar, including dates, session formats, and how to reserve a place. There is no obligation to proceed.
Write to UsCommon Questions
No. The workshops are designed for people who want to write about their own experience, not for those who already write. The exercises are structured and supported. Participants range from those who have not written since school to those who keep regular journals.
No. Velkyr is an adult learning and writing programme. Nothing discussed in sessions constitutes financial advice, investment guidance, or regulated financial service. No personal numbers are shared or discussed. The work is entirely concerned with writing about experience and assumptions.
Sessions are held at our space at 14 Wallich Street, Singapore 078881, in a room set up for quiet writing — small tables, good light, tea available. The address is in the Tanjong Pagar district, close to Tanjong Pagar MRT.
Groups are kept to eight to twelve participants. This allows for meaningful small-group sharing without anyone feeling exposed or hurried. Places are limited; the programme tends to fill several weeks before each cohort begins.
Yes. The Money Story Notebook is designed as a standalone resource with its own orientation video. Some people use it to prepare for the workshop; others use it entirely on its own. It covers the same themes at a self-directed pace.
Payment details are provided at the time of reservation. For the six-week workshop and monthly subscription, places are held on receipt of payment. Our cancellation and transfer policy is set out in the terms sent with each booking confirmation.
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Contact Details
Phone
+65 6794 3082Address
14 Wallich Street
Singapore 078881
Office Hours
Tue – Fri: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday: 14:00 – 20:00
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Workshop sessions are typically held on weekday evenings (19:00 – 21:30) and Saturday evenings (18:30 – 21:00). Dates vary by cohort.
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