A new Self-Employed Person (SEP) Grant with a grant quantum of up to $50,000 per project will be introduced to support arts and culture freelancers who wish to collaborate on projects with one another, or with other organisations.

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Arts and Culture Resilience Package: Business Transformation Fund

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Supporting business transformation efforts

A new Business Transformation Fund will be introduced to help arts and culture organisations become more efficient and sustainable.

It comprises a new Business Transformation Grant (up to $30,000 for a company-specific project and up to $200,000 for a multi-organisational project), as well as commissions and partnerships to pilot solutions.

Second tranche of Arts and Culture Resilience Package Operating Grant

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Defraying operating costs for key arts and culture organisations

A second tranche of the ACRP Operating Grant will be introduced to help key arts and culture organisations defray their operating costs. Qualifying organisations will receive $35,000 each, in July 2021 (tentative).

Arts and Culture Resilience Package: Extension of venue hire subsidy

Extending venue hire subsidies

The venue hire subsidy of 80% will be extended for another 3 months from April 2021 to June 2021. MCCY will also expand the list of eligible venues.

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Review of Cultural Matching Fund

Encouraging giving to arts and culture sector

MCCY will be conducting a review of the Cultural Matching Fund (CMF) with the Ministry of Finance towards an additional top-up of the fund in 2022. The review will build on the fund’s past successes in uplifting the arts and culture sector and encouraging philanthropy, and improve its efficacy by ensuring that it is implemented in tandem with other funding and support measures.

Sports Resilience Package: New Self-Employed Person (SEP) Project Grant

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Encouraging collaborations in the sports sector

A new Self-Employed Person (SEP) Project Grant will provide additional support to sport and fitness SEPs, to support collaborations among SEPs and/or with businesses to develop projects that enhance the health and wellness of Singaporeans. The grant is capped at $25,000 per application.

Sports Resilience Package: Expansion of the Enterprise Innovation and Capability Development Grant

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Spurring innovation in the sports sector

For businesses, the $3 million Enterprise Innovation and Capability Development Grant will be topped up by another $22.5 million, and extended over five years (FY2021-2025). Grant application details will be available on SportSG’s website in April 2021.

Sports Resilience Package: Extensions to the Operating Grant, Training Allowance Grant and Structured Mentorship Programme

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Supporting sports businesses and coaches

MCCY will extend the Operating Grant at a quantum of up to 15% of total operating expenses, capped at $10,000 per month, from April 2021 to December 2021 to continue to provide short-term financial support to critical sport businesses.

MCCY will also extend the Training Allowance Grant and the Structured Mentorship Programme by another year to March 2022.

Active Health Corporate Playbook

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Building a corporate culture that supports health and well-being

This year, SportSG will launch the Active Health Corporate Playbook, which will include a Health Coach Management Framework, to help organisations embrace sport and leverage health and wellness as their competitive advantage. SportSG will also collaborate with organisations to help them become "Well-Workplaces".

Nurture Kids and Pre-school programme, Active Parents

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More opportunities for children and youth to play sports

As part of the Nurture Kids Programme, all pre-schools in Singapore will have access to the Nurture Kids Train-the-Trainer initiative by 2022. In addition, more activities and events for families will be rolled out this year under SportSG’s Active Parents programme.

Rejuvenating our Cultural Institutions

Ensuring relevance and accessibility of our cultural institutions

The Changi Chapel and Museum, and Reflections at Bukit Chandu will reopen in mid-2021 and the second half of 2021 respectively.

The Malay Heritage Centre will be closed for redevelopment in early 2022.

The Singapore Philatelic Museum will reopen as Singapore’s first dedicated children’s museum in 2022.

Peranakan Museum will reopen in Q1 2023 with refreshed offerings.

Update on community efforts

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Strengthening resilience and fostering cohesion

The Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles (IRCC) supported vulnerable groups that were affected by COVID-19. The IRCC also disseminated advisory guidelines to religious organisations.

The Mission:Unite Hackathon in November 2020 gathered over 200 participants to pitch innovative ideas on cohesion.

The Harmony Fund supported 13 community-led dialogues and other initiatives that promote racial and religious harmony.

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Committee of Supply 2021 - Cohesive

Arts and Culture Resilience Package: New Self-Employed Person (SEP) Grant