Extending the senior citizen rate for usage of ActiveSG sports facilities to persons with disabilities

PQ reply 6057. Mr Ong Hua Han: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth whether the Ministry can consider extending the senior citizen rate for usage of mainstream ActiveSG's sports facilities to persons with disabilities (PwDs) to encourage more PwDs to use such facilities for exercise and promote inclusive sports participation.

1. SportSG agrees with the objective of enhancing access to sports for persons with disabilities, and has facilitated free group entries for persons with disabilities from Special Education (SPED) Schools and Social Service Agencies through the Social Service Corporate Membership (SSCM) scheme since 2022. This corporate membership also provides $1,000 ActiveSG credits for the booking of sports facilities for regular sports programmes. Around 50 SPED Schools and Disability Adult Centres/Homes have enrolled on the SSCM scheme.

2. To promote inclusive sports participation, SportSG has also introduced a range of programmes so that persons with disabilities can take part in sports. These include learn-to-play programmes, recreational programmes and the annual Play Inclusive campaign. We will also continue to enhance our facilities so that persons of all abilities can use them comfortably. 

3. We recognise that more can be done to increase access to opportunities for exercise and sports participation among persons with disabilities. We have thus been working with various partners to engage stakeholders to gather ideas to update the Disability Sports Master Plan. We will study the suggestion on extending the senior citizen rate for usage of mainstream ActiveSG's sports facilities to persons with disabilities (PwDs), as part of our ongoing efforts to promote inclusive sports.