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Grassroots Organisations

Data on grassroots organisations are provided by the People’s Association (PA).

Volunteers

Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and PA provide statistics on volunteers.

Childcare centres and Kindergartens

Data on childcare centres and kindergartens are provided by Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), which is the regulatory and developmental agency for the early childhood sector in Singapore, and the Ministry of Education (MOE), which operates MOE Kindergartens.

Student Care, ComCare Schemes and Family Service Centres

MSF provides data on ComCare Schemes, Family Service Centres and Student Care Centres that are registered with MSF to administer the ComCare Student Care Fee Assistance Scheme.

Senior Activity Centres

The Ministry of Health (MOH) provides data on Senior Activity Centres (SACs). SACs are drop-in centres that serve seniors who live in HDB rental flats. SACs organise social and recreational activities, provide information and referral services and monitor frail and/home-bound seniors.

Data

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Grassroot Organisations

Title : Grassroots Organisations (End Of Period), Annual

Number

Data Items

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

Community Development Councils * Community Development Councils were formed in 1997. They were re-structured into 5 CDCs on 24 November 2001.

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

Citizens' Consultative Committees (CCCs)

87
89
89
89
89
89
92
92

CCC-Area Sub Committees * Citizens' Consultative Committee area committees started in 1983.

41
41
42
39
39
39
39
36

Community Club Management Committees

107
108
109
110
110
110
112
110

Residents' Committees/Residents' Networks/Neighbourhood Committees * Residents' Networks were formed in 2018. Neighbourhood Committees were formed in May 1998.

743
774
824
852
885
897
908
920

Malay Activity Executive Committees * Malay Activity Executive Committees were formed in 1995.

98
98
97
98
97
97
98
99

Indian Activity Executive Committees * Indian Activity Executive Committees were formed in 1998.

94
94
96
99
98
98
99
99

Senior Citizens' Executive Committees * Senior Citizens' Executive Committees started in 1986.

292
286
268
265
256
252
244
235

Youth Executive Committees/Youth Networks * Youth Networks were formed in 2019. T-Net Club Management Committee merged with Youth Networks in 2020.

102
102
102
100
101
99
92
94

Women's Executive Committees

104
105
104
104
104
104
105
106

Community Emergency And Engagement Committees * Civil Defence Executive Committees were formed in August 1998. PA renamed the Civil Defence Executive Committee to Community Emergency and Engagement Committee in 2009.

87
87
88
89
89
89
90
91

Community Sports Clubs/Community Sports Networks * The People's Association (PA) took over the management of the Constituency Sports Club on 1 October 2002. Constitutency Sports Clubs has been renamed to Community Sports Clubs in 2011. Community Sports Networks were formed in 2021.

86
87
88
89
88
88
89
90

Building Fund Committees * Building fund committees were formed in 1977.

53
53
51
55
54
57
55
50
SOURCE : PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION

Volunteers and Volunteer Groups

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Other References

PA Community Services
People Association’s Annual Reports View

External Sources

Childcare and kindergarten statistics
Early Childhood Development Agency View
Health statistics
Ministry of Health View