The Government will set aside $250 million to boost efforts to partner with the community in projects, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on 18 February.
This includes $20 million that will be used to top up the Our Singapore Fund, which supports projects in the social and community domains initiated by citizens. The fund will also be extended for five more years.
Since the Fund was announced in 2016, it has committed nearly $4.3 million to more than 240 ground-up projects.
Such initiatives include Progress Nest, which runs after-school team activities for secondary school students from low-income families; to Stories From The Heart, which runs experiential workshops that help people better empathise with the visually impaired.
A budget of $150 million – part of the $250 million – will also be set aside to expand successful ground-up projects.
Money will also go towards the SG Eco Fund, which is for sustainability efforts and will be launched by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
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Source: The Straits Times, 19 February 2020