Committee of Supply 2026
Building a united “We First” community

Here are MCCY's key announcements from COS 2026

We identify with one another
Bringing people together through arts and heritage
Promoting multiculturalism through arts and heritage
$20m Multicultural Arts Programme Grant over 5 years to boost multicultural art development
More traditional arts and cross-cultural programmes and performances through ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Incorporate multicultural elements in Arts Education Programme for preschools
Two-year Ethnic Fusion Dance Programme for secondary school students to train students from different schools in traditional dance forms
Enhanced funding for traditional and multicultural arts programmes under the Enhanced Artist-in-School Scheme
Malay Heritage Centre to reopen on 25 April. It will expand its role to preserve and promote Malay cultural identity through research and placemaking
Indian Heritage Centre will engage Singapore Indian community to deepen understanding of the Singapore Indian culture within our multicultural context
New Placemaking Project Office will work with local stakeholders to enhance character of historic districts
Two new Heritage Activation Nodes (HAN) in Telok Blangah and Tiong Bahru to celebrate the neighbourhoods’ heritage
Engaging citizens via the Little India Citizen Engagement Project to document heritage business stories

We bond as one
Connecting through shared experiences
Nurturing more confident youths
OBS Coney will open in 2H2026 and all secondary 3 students will have the opportunity to grow friendships with peers from diverse backgrounds by 2030
Connecting through shared experiences
Sports Facilities Master Plan (SFMP)
Expand access to quality sport facilities
Build 50 new multipurpose courts for badminton or pickleball use over next 5 years
Completing the renovation at the existing Queenstown and Hougang Sport Centres, and the new Punggol Regional Sport Centre within a year
Expansion of school sports
New grant for Multi-School CCA Teams to create more opportunities for students to train and play sports together
Expand School Sports Fiesta to approximately 32 schools by 2027, so that more students from different schools can play various sports together
Supporting active citizenry
New Indian Engagement and Development Committee (INEI) to work with Indian community organisations to uplift the community, develop youth leaders and strengthen cohesion

We care for one another
Encouraging an active and caring citizenry that contributes to society
Supporting active citizenry
$50m SG Partnerships Fund to support projects led by individuals, ground-ups, and Singapore-registered organisations, creating positive change for communities across Singapore
Galvanising organisations
Growing corporate volunteerism through VolunteerInc with the Singapore Business Federation, aiming to engage 6,000 employees from 600 companies over 5 years
$30m over 10 years to support transformation of co-operatives
New initiatives from Alliance for Action on Integration of Foreign Professionals to better integrate foreign professionals into workplace and community
Enabling Singaporeans to live better through arts
Research study with NIE, NAC and Esplanade to study how arts programmes enhance adolescents’ creativity and socio-emotional development
NAC x SingHealth Community Hospitals x AIC collaboration for research and programmes on arts for senior wellbeing
Making sports inclusive
Disability Sports Master Plan update
21 projects funded by Enabling Sports Fund (ESF), supported by the President’s Challenge
They can benefit over 8,000 persons with disabilities across more than 20 sports
Active Health – Expanding programming for seniors
Update on Frailty Prevention Programme (FPP) – Expand Combat Age-related Loss of Muscle (CALM) Programme to 5,500 seniors and 180 Active Ageing Centres by end 2026
Seniors National Games to expand participation, with target to engage 5,000 seniors across Singapore in 2026

We succeed together
Uplifting individuals to help them achieve their full potential
Next bound ambition for high performance sports
Formation of SpexSG on 1 April 2026 - consolidating High Performance Sport Institute, Singapore Sports School and Unleash the Roar! into single high-performance entity to power the next bound of sporting excellence
Building sustainable careers in the arts
Creative Entrepreneurship Programme to help artists and practitioners grow their career
Arts legal support to strengthen arts self-employed persons’ (SEPs) legal literacy
Nurturing more confident youths
Somerset Belt Youth CoLab for youths to shape programmes and curate spaces across Somerset Belt and *SCAPE
Expand Mentoring SG through partnerships with IHLs and partners to create programmes for 11,000 students annually by 2030
