Committee of Supply 2024

Invest an additional $100 million over the next four years for Our SG Arts Plan (2023 – 2027)

• Grow vibrant arts and culture ecosystem and support the refreshed Our SG Arts Plan (2023 -2027) across 3 strategic thrusts:

  1. Connected Society

  2. Distinctive City and

  3. Creative Economy

Enhanced support to promote Arts for wellbeing of Singaporeans [NEW]

• Collaborate with art practitioners and healthcare sector partners to improve personal wellbeing through arts-based programmes

Diverse arts spaces as touchpoints to experience and engage with the Arts

• Unlock public and private spaces for the arts, for Singaporeans from all walks of life

• Kampong Java will be ready in 2024, and 45 Armenian Street is planned to be completed in 2026

Enhanced support to diversify capability pathways for arts Self-Employed Persons [NEW]

• Develop multiple training pathways and support diverse aspirations of arts Self-Employed Persons

• Enhanced Arts Resource Hub with tailored content to strengthen career resilience and competitiveness

Launch of Heritage Activation Nodes

• Launch two Heritage Activation Nodes (HAN) in 2024 to introduce heritage programming in neighbourhoods

1. Katong-Joo Chiat (HAN@K-JC), in April 2024

2. Clementi (HAN@Clementi), 2H2024

NHB Youth Heritage Blueprint

• Engaged over 1,000 youths to share perspectives, insights, and recommendations on strengthening youth interest in the museum and heritage sector

Major Sports Event Fund [New]

• Set aside $165 million for Major Sports Event Fund over four years

• More world-class sporting events to be hosted in Singapore, providing more opportunities to develop local capabilities

Top up, expansion, and extension of One Team Singapore Fund [New]

• Additional $20 million on top of $50 million previously set aside

• Further expanded to:

  • Support the Athletes’ Inspire Fund for promising athletes representing Singapore in emerging sports

  • Provide government dollar-for-dollar matching for donations to SportCares, philanthropic arm of SportSG

• Extended till 2027

Disability Sports Master Plan

• The Disability Sports Master Plan is being updated and recommendations will be announced later in 2024

• ~20,000 persons with disabilities have participated in SportSG’s disability sport programmes since 2016

• All ActiveSG gyms will be fully inclusive by 2026

Supporting our athletes at Major Games

• Monitor athletes’ training and competition needs for upcoming Major Games

• spexPotential programme, which strengthens support for youth-to-senior athlete transition, will be fully operational from April 2024

Sports Facilities Master Plan

• Open 4 new facilities in 2024

  • Kallang Tennis Hub

  • Kallang Football Hub

  • New basketball courts at former Bedok Swimming Complex

  • Facility for softball and baseball at Jurong East

• Refreshed sport facilities in Ang Mo Kio, Hougang and Queenstown

• 4 Sport-in-Precinct projects in Keat Hong, Pasir Ris East, Tampines North and Whampoa are undergoing construction

Rejuvenating the Kallang Alive Project

• Construct new indoor arena to be among the best-in-class globally

• Current Singapore Indoor Stadium to continue operations until new indoor arena is complete

Launch of the Singapore Government Partnerships Office

• “First-stop” for individuals and interest groups keen to partner government, to help turn ideas into action

• Facilitate collaborations with relevant government agencies and share resources to empower citizens

• Find out more about SGPO here

Youth Panels

• Involve youths in developing policy recommendations with the Government

• ~140 youths have formed four youth panels (#JobHacks, #LifeHacks, #TechHacks, #GreenHacks) which are in progress and will engage their peers on their draft recommendations in 2H2024

• Details of the youth panels' progress can be found here

SG Mental Well-Being Network

• Expand peer support networks in the community through Well-Being Circles

• 12 Well-Being Circles island-wide have reached over 3,000 residents and youths

Mentoring SG

• Support youths to make better-informed choices in key transitions, e.g education, career pathways

• Engaged over 5,000 youths and ~100 corporates

Youth Action Challenge

• Provide opportunities for youths to champion initiatives on issues that are of interest to them

• Supported over 1,000 youths and funded more than 280 projects

Set up of Collective for a Stronger Society

• Bring philanthropic donors, charities, and other stakeholders together

• Harnesses their expertise and resources

• To support, enable and uplift lower-income families

• Established by Community Foundation of Singapore in partnership with MSF and the Community Chest

Strengthening the Philanthropy & Volunteerism ecosystem

• SG Cares Volunteer Centres (VCs) have engaged ~100,000 volunteers and served more than 600,000 beneficiaries

• Work with partners to build capabilities of SG Cares VCs and community partners to better outreach, train, deploy and sustain volunteers

• Encourage more professional bodies to drive skills-based volunteerism

• Support corporate action through programmes by Singapore Business Federation and National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, and tax incentives under the Corporate Volunteer Scheme

• Bring philanthropic donors, charities, and other stakeholders together

• Harnesses their expertise and resources

• To support, enable and uplift lower-income families

• Established by Community Foundation of Singapore in partnership with MSF and the Community Chest

Strengthening the Philanthropy & Volunteerism ecosystem

• SG Cares Volunteer Centres (VCs) have engaged ~100,000 volunteers and served more than 600,000 beneficiaries

• Work with partners to build capabilities of SG Cares VCs and community partners to better outreach, train, deploy and sustain volunteers

• Encourage more professional bodies to drive skills-based volunteerism

• Support corporate action through programmes by Singapore Business Federation and National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, and tax incentives under the Corporate Volunteer Scheme