The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) and the Young ChangeMakers (YCM) under the National Youth Council (NYC) is introducing a grant scheme to inspire youths to embark on YOG-themed projects within their schools or communities.

Seed funding, non-monetary support and resources are provided to youths who want to make a meaningful change in their community and encourage people to live by the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

You CAN! Create Action Now for Singapore 2010.

The Singapore 2010 being for youth by youth, we would like to encourage all of you out there to take ownership and Create Action Now!

If you have any queries, please contact Young ChangeMakers at Tel: 6839 9143 or Email: ycm@nyc.gov.sg

Download these:

Event Starter Kit

Marks Usage

Application Form

Terms & Conditions

Brochure

‘Hmmm, what projects can I do?’

To give you a head start, take a look here to see what are some of the ideas/projects that aspiring youths have done previously. Come, brainstorm and create your own project now!

• Organise a 2010m fun run, try-outs of handball, wrestling, modern pentathlon (fencing) and equestrian (with real horses!) and a youth concert. (CAN! Team comprises students from NTU, NUS, SIM and SMU)
• Paint the Youth Olympic Spirit on canvas, design YOG-themed sports apparel and badges, create digital animations promoting Singapore 2010 YOG. (By Temasek Design School students)
• Create YOG-themed digital games (promoting Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship & Respect) using World of Warcraft platform. (Singapore Games Creation Competition by Nanyang Polytechnic)
• Collect 12,000 shoes as part of Go Green Day and use them to reproduce the Singapore 2010 Spirit of Youth logo on a football field. Donate shoes to The Salvation Army after the event. (By Temasek Junior College students)
• Paint 10 HDB walls with YOG-themed murals to bring the Singapore 2010 spirit into the heartlands and enliven the living environment. (Project Paint by SMU students)

Some ideas to help you start the ball rolling…

• Invite local sports personalities to share about their experience at your school.
• Organise a sports carnival to encourage friends to pick up a new YOG sport.
• Organise an environmental project to encourage friends and the community to do a part in saving the environment.
• Organise friendly games between your friends and disadvantaged children and youths…
• Work with your school’s library or photography club to put up a photo exhibition on YOG sports, local youth culture or other YOG-related themes.
• Organise a community project to gather friends and the community to contribute for a good cause.
• Work with your school’s or community centre’s art club to create YOG-themed art projects.
• Organise an event in line with local festivals to share about the festivals’ cultural values in line with YOG’s objective to embrace and celebrate cultural diversity.

AM I ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT?

• Grant applicants must be an informal group of youths (ages 13 to 35 years old).
• Non-Singaporeans are encouraged to apply for the grant as a project team including Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents.
• The project must promote Olympism (e.g. values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect), create opportunities for youth to learn more about and participate in the Singapore 2010 YOG, and live out the Olympic values (i.e. Excellence, Friendship and Respect).
• The project should not have inflammatory or discriminatory religious or racial elements, advance a partisan political agenda, or be contrary to the interest of the community and society at large.
• Activities must be legal.
• Total funding from all Government agencies (including The Grant applied for) should not exceed 80% of project cost. The project must not have commercial sponsorship that conflicts with the Worldwide Olympic Partners and the official YOG sponsors (The confirmed Worldwide Olympic Partners for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos Origin, General Electric, McDonalds, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, and Visa.) Contact the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) for clarification.

• Core activities of the proposed project are based in Singapore and benefit the local community (including foreigners residing in Singapore).

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS APPLYING TO THE GRANT

Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:
• Promotion of Olympism and alignment with YOG objectives and themes
• Outreach to youth and how they are involved in Singapore 2010 through the project
• Innovation of the idea and/or approach
• Community benefit (in terms of involving participants outside of the parent school/organisation and benefiting the community, e.g. through education and creating awareness)
• Inclusiveness (i.e. not segregative in nature and/or effort to include those at the margins)
• Youth development (e.g. learning and skills acquisition by the project team or participants)