⏳ Just 1 week to Groundup Exchange 2025 — your launchpad for powerful collaborations where changemakers meet, connect, and make things happen!
Gain tips and be inspired by real success stories of groundup collaborations featuring Kids PlaySafer, Merlion Project, Project Obscura and Heal Hearts — partnerships that started just like yours could.
At Groundup Exchange, you’ll:
🔷 Meet, connect, and swap ideas with fellow groundups and partners in the ecosystem
🔷 Get paired to brainstorm bold, collaborative projects
🔷 Turn ideas into actionable proposals — on the spot
Don’t just be inspired — be the inspiration. Your time to create and spark change is now. Event details and sign up (by Wed, 19 Aug) ➡️ https://www.gevme.com/groundup-exchange
Gain tips and be inspired by real success stories of groundup collaborations featuring Kids PlaySafer, Merlion Project, Project Obscura and Heal Hearts — partnerships that started just like yours could.
At Groundup Exchange, you’ll:
🔷 Meet, connect, and swap ideas with fellow groundups and partners in the ecosystem
🔷 Get paired to brainstorm bold, collaborative projects
🔷 Turn ideas into actionable proposals — on the spot
Don’t just be inspired — be the inspiration. Your time to create and spark change is now. Event details and sign up (by Wed, 19 Aug) ➡️ https://www.gevme.com/groundup-exchange
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🎉 Celebrate National Day with TaskSyn’s Automation Giveaway!
In the spirit of giving back, TaskSyn is offering free automation of one repetitive admin task to 5 social service organisations, selected on a first come, first serve basis following a suitability review.
This initiative supports meaningful causes by helping reduce operational workload so teams can focus on what truly matters ❤️
Simply tell TaskSyn which task you’d like automated and how it could help your team. It could be scheduling, data entry, form responses, and more!
📅 Submit your interest by Saturday, 31 August 2025
📨 Selected organisations will be contacted via email
📍 Open to SSOs across Singapore
📌 Express your interest ➡️ here!
In the spirit of giving back, TaskSyn is offering free automation of one repetitive admin task to 5 social service organisations, selected on a first come, first serve basis following a suitability review.
This initiative supports meaningful causes by helping reduce operational workload so teams can focus on what truly matters ❤️
Simply tell TaskSyn which task you’d like automated and how it could help your team. It could be scheduling, data entry, form responses, and more!
📅 Submit your interest by Saturday, 31 August 2025
📨 Selected organisations will be contacted via email
📍 Open to SSOs across Singapore
📌 Express your interest ➡️ here!
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The Municipal Services Office (MSO) is co-organising Youth Challenge 2025 with the National Youth Council (NYC) and they're seeking youths with great ideas to create meaningful public education and marketing campaigns that help build a better community!
If you're between 15 to 35 years-old and passionate about making a difference in your neighbourhood, the Love Our 'Hood Youth Challenge (YC) wants to offer support to turn your ideas into reality!
YC 2025 comprises four sessions held over four Saturdays:
🔵 Workshops on 27 September, 4 October and 11 October 2025; and
🔵 Pitching session on 1 November 2025.
All sessions will be held at MND Complex, 9 Maxwell Road, Annex A Function Room, from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm.
Read to take up the challenge? More information on Youth Challenge 2025 can be found on OneService ➡️ website!
If you're between 15 to 35 years-old and passionate about making a difference in your neighbourhood, the Love Our 'Hood Youth Challenge (YC) wants to offer support to turn your ideas into reality!
YC 2025 comprises four sessions held over four Saturdays:
🔵 Workshops on 27 September, 4 October and 11 October 2025; and
🔵 Pitching session on 1 November 2025.
All sessions will be held at MND Complex, 9 Maxwell Road, Annex A Function Room, from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm.
Read to take up the challenge? More information on Youth Challenge 2025 can be found on OneService ➡️ website!
Unlocking AI for Social Impact
Jointly organized by Cognizant and Better.sg with support from MCCY, this hands-on workshop is designed for individuals working in the social impact space who are curious about how AI can support and enhance their daily work.
Participants can expect to:
🟣 Learn about AI and how to maximise its potential through prompt engineering
🟣 Discover use cases for AI in social impact through hands-on activities and vibe coding
🟣 Explore ways AI can be a partner in ideation
Tailored for those with low to moderate familiarity with AI, no technical background is required—just come with curiosity and a willingness to explore how AI can make a real difference in your day-to-day operations!
📆 Tuesday, 26 August 2025
⌚️ 2-5pm
📍 The Foundry (11 Prinsep Link, S187949)
Sign up to secure a spot ➡️ HERE
Each participant will receive with a Vibe Coding handbook developed by Cognizant’s volunteers, to continue working on their projects using daily free credits from Lovable.
Jointly organized by Cognizant and Better.sg with support from MCCY, this hands-on workshop is designed for individuals working in the social impact space who are curious about how AI can support and enhance their daily work.
Participants can expect to:
🟣 Learn about AI and how to maximise its potential through prompt engineering
🟣 Discover use cases for AI in social impact through hands-on activities and vibe coding
🟣 Explore ways AI can be a partner in ideation
Tailored for those with low to moderate familiarity with AI, no technical background is required—just come with curiosity and a willingness to explore how AI can make a real difference in your day-to-day operations!
📆 Tuesday, 26 August 2025
⌚️ 2-5pm
📍 The Foundry (11 Prinsep Link, S187949)
Sign up to secure a spot ➡️ HERE
Each participant will receive with a Vibe Coding handbook developed by Cognizant’s volunteers, to continue working on their projects using daily free credits from Lovable.
Are you a groundup offering assistance to those in need? List your initiative with SG SOCIAL SUPPORT!
SG Social Support is a groundup initiative designed to serve as an online resource hub for assistance-related resources and support groups. They're on a mission to create a comprehensive directory that spans the entire social service landscape, ensuring that those in need and social service practitioners alike can easily locate the support and resources they require.
If you're looking for volunteering opportunities, SG Social Support is also seeking individuals who can help them with ad-hoc administrative support tasks!
🔗 Visit https://www.sgsocialsupport.com or 📧 email them via enquiry@sgsocialsupport.com for more information.
SG Social Support is a groundup initiative designed to serve as an online resource hub for assistance-related resources and support groups. They're on a mission to create a comprehensive directory that spans the entire social service landscape, ensuring that those in need and social service practitioners alike can easily locate the support and resources they require.
If you're looking for volunteering opportunities, SG Social Support is also seeking individuals who can help them with ad-hoc administrative support tasks!
🔗 Visit https://www.sgsocialsupport.com or 📧 email them via enquiry@sgsocialsupport.com for more information.
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Organised by Common Ground, the Connecting Narratives for Change Festival is a community festival for anyone interested in change-making in Singapore. Each year, the community gathers at Common Ground Civic Centre to work on the things that matter to us that need to change.
The festival presents an opportunity to collaborate with socially-oriented organisations from different industries and sectors who are the Resident and Community Partners at Common Ground Civic Centre.
This year's festival explores a simple but big question: What does it mean to live a Good Life?
Theme 2 (Sat, 20 Sep): By creating kinder workplaces
🔵 This theme explores ways we can support our peers and teams more effectively and more kindly so that we can all do Good Work together more sustainably.
Theme 3 (Sat, 18 Oct): By gathering as whole communities
🔵 This theme explores ways we can learn from each other and do things differently when we come together.
Organised by Common Ground, the Connecting Narratives for Change Festival is a community festival for anyone interested in change-making in Singapore. Each year, the community gathers at Common Ground Civic Centre to work on the things that matter to us that need to change.
The festival presents an opportunity to collaborate with socially-oriented organisations from different industries and sectors who are the Resident and Community Partners at Common Ground Civic Centre.
This year's festival explores a simple but big question: What does it mean to live a Good Life?
Theme 2 (Sat, 20 Sep): By creating kinder workplaces
🔵 This theme explores ways we can support our peers and teams more effectively and more kindly so that we can all do Good Work together more sustainably.
Theme 3 (Sat, 18 Oct): By gathering as whole communities
🔵 This theme explores ways we can learn from each other and do things differently when we come together.
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FESTIVAL DETAILS
📆 Saturdays: (Theme 1) 23 Aug, (Theme 2) 20 Sep, (Theme 3) 18 Oct
⌚️ 9.30am – 6pm
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1, S469659
Common Ground brings people together with the belief that life is better when everyone learns from each other, shares stories, and finds new ways forward together.
The festival creates that space — open to anyone who's curious and wants to be part of the journey.
More info and ticketing ➡️ https://ourcommonground.com.sg/cnfc-2025
📢 Promo code: BAGUS (This code gives you a 35% discount!)
FESTIVAL DETAILS
📆 Saturdays: (Theme 1) 23 Aug, (Theme 2) 20 Sep, (Theme 3) 18 Oct
⌚️ 9.30am – 6pm
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1, S469659
Common Ground brings people together with the belief that life is better when everyone learns from each other, shares stories, and finds new ways forward together.
The festival creates that space — open to anyone who's curious and wants to be part of the journey.
More info and ticketing ➡️ https://ourcommonground.com.sg/cnfc-2025
📢 Promo code: BAGUS (This code gives you a 35% discount!)
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The Singapore Red Cross is bringing youths together for Let’s Talk Drip: Your Voice, Your Impact, a meaningful afternoon dedicated to strengthening Singapore's blood donation culture.
Kickstart the programme with an engaging live chat with Jean Danker, before diving into a dynamic live podcast featuring a live podcast with Minister of State Rahayu Mahzam, SGAG’s Sean Chan, and 987’s Sonia Chew & Joakim Gomez. Enhance your social media skills at a workshop by @dizfunk_, enjoy busker performances, and participate in fringe activities!
EVENT DETAILS
🩸 National Blood Dialogue 2025
📅 Fri, 19 Sep | 🕛 12PM–6PM
📍 Glass Dome @ Far East Square (28 China St, S049570)
Entry is free (light refreshments provided) and ideal for youths 15–25.
📌 Register to participate: https://forms.gle/37ihNGF6vHu9Zk51A
🗓 RSVP by: 12 September 2025
Kickstart the programme with an engaging live chat with Jean Danker, before diving into a dynamic live podcast featuring a live podcast with Minister of State Rahayu Mahzam, SGAG’s Sean Chan, and 987’s Sonia Chew & Joakim Gomez. Enhance your social media skills at a workshop by @dizfunk_, enjoy busker performances, and participate in fringe activities!
EVENT DETAILS
🩸 National Blood Dialogue 2025
📅 Fri, 19 Sep | 🕛 12PM–6PM
📍 Glass Dome @ Far East Square (28 China St, S049570)
Entry is free (light refreshments provided) and ideal for youths 15–25.
📌 Register to participate: https://forms.gle/37ihNGF6vHu9Zk51A
🗓 RSVP by: 12 September 2025
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💞 Strings of Connection - Love, Life & Legacy
Join GenLab Collective for a heartwarming afternoon where generations meet, stories unfold, and perspectives on love, relationships come alive. From first-date laughs to timeless marriage lessons, “Gen Date: Strings of Connection” is a unique dialogue event designed to spark meaningful conversations across ages.
📅 Saturday, 20 September 2025
🕑 2.00pm – 4.00pm
📍 National Library Board
👵👦 Whether you’re navigating modern love or reflecting on decades of partnership, this interactive session invites you to:
✨ Break the ice with engaging relationship games
✨ Hear from guest speaker Ms. Anne on love through the ages
✨ Share, listen and connect at our “Love Talks” corner
Let’s discover what love means to different generations and in different contexts—and how we can support, understand, and inspire one another through it.
Event is free, sign up ➡️ here!
Join GenLab Collective for a heartwarming afternoon where generations meet, stories unfold, and perspectives on love, relationships come alive. From first-date laughs to timeless marriage lessons, “Gen Date: Strings of Connection” is a unique dialogue event designed to spark meaningful conversations across ages.
📅 Saturday, 20 September 2025
🕑 2.00pm – 4.00pm
📍 National Library Board
👵👦 Whether you’re navigating modern love or reflecting on decades of partnership, this interactive session invites you to:
✨ Break the ice with engaging relationship games
✨ Hear from guest speaker Ms. Anne on love through the ages
✨ Share, listen and connect at our “Love Talks” corner
Let’s discover what love means to different generations and in different contexts—and how we can support, understand, and inspire one another through it.
Event is free, sign up ➡️ here!
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🚨
If you're thinking about joining the Love Our ‘Hood Youth Challenge (YC) 2025, they’ve extended the registration deadline to 14 September 2025!
This is an opportunity to be part of something impactful! Your future self will thank you for taking this step to make a difference!
Ready to take on the challenge? Register now 🔗 here ⏰
If you're thinking about joining the Love Our ‘Hood Youth Challenge (YC) 2025, they’ve extended the registration deadline to 14 September 2025!
This is an opportunity to be part of something impactful! Your future self will thank you for taking this step to make a difference!
Ready to take on the challenge? Register now 🔗 here ⏰
Empathy Circles: What's weighing on your mind?
3 of Us is a groundup dedicated to creating spaces for meaningful conversations, exploring themes in life about the individual, our relationships with people, and things.
Join them in their next Empathy Circles session on 18 Sep! Ever had a personal story you would like to share but never found the space and time for it? This is a safe space for you to share it.
Participants will gather in small groups of four and take turns to listen and share their stories. Everyone will have around 20 mins to share their story and enable listeners to ask questions to explore their story further.
Event Details:
🗓️ Thursday, 18 September 2025
⏰ 7.15pm to 10pm
📍 284 River Valley Road (Level 1)
Sign up at via this ➡️ link
3 of Us is a groundup dedicated to creating spaces for meaningful conversations, exploring themes in life about the individual, our relationships with people, and things.
Join them in their next Empathy Circles session on 18 Sep! Ever had a personal story you would like to share but never found the space and time for it? This is a safe space for you to share it.
Participants will gather in small groups of four and take turns to listen and share their stories. Everyone will have around 20 mins to share their story and enable listeners to ask questions to explore their story further.
Event Details:
🗓️ Thursday, 18 September 2025
⏰ 7.15pm to 10pm
📍 284 River Valley Road (Level 1)
Sign up at via this ➡️ link
Dear Groundups, if you have attended a BAGUS Together programme or requested a resource from us, we want to hear from you!
Take part in BAGUS Together’s Impact Measurement Survey and get a $30 e-voucher* from companies like Grab, Lazada or more (your choice)!
*Limited to completed responses and one voucher per groundup.
Your feedback and participation are vital in providing valuable insights that will shape and guide our assessment to strengthen future support for the community.
Take the survey ➡️ here.
Take part in BAGUS Together’s Impact Measurement Survey and get a $30 e-voucher* from companies like Grab, Lazada or more (your choice)!
*Limited to completed responses and one voucher per groundup.
Your feedback and participation are vital in providing valuable insights that will shape and guide our assessment to strengthen future support for the community.
Take the survey ➡️ here.
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Join Project WIN on a heartwarming mission to sprinkle extra smiles across the communities of Baray, Cambodia!
Project WIN (What I Need), a groundup initiative for youth and community development, is celebrating 5 years of providing what is needed, not just what is wanted - and you can be a part of it! Their beautiful, limited-edition postcard set features three unique, artistically designed cards that tell a story of love, hope, and resilience.
Each design captures a different facet of their journey:
🌟 A powerful promise: "I’ll raise the sky when it falls for you!"
🌟 A vibrant celebration of neurodivergent potential: "In the smallest hand lies the greatest potential."
🌟 A glimpse into a hopeful future: "Where rainbows meet resilience."
For just $5, you receive all three designs! Share a message of hope with a loved one or keep them as a beautiful reminder of the impact we can make together.
🔖 Order here ➡️ tinyurl.com/bcpc2025
Project WIN (What I Need), a groundup initiative for youth and community development, is celebrating 5 years of providing what is needed, not just what is wanted - and you can be a part of it! Their beautiful, limited-edition postcard set features three unique, artistically designed cards that tell a story of love, hope, and resilience.
Each design captures a different facet of their journey:
🌟 A powerful promise: "I’ll raise the sky when it falls for you!"
🌟 A vibrant celebration of neurodivergent potential: "In the smallest hand lies the greatest potential."
🌟 A glimpse into a hopeful future: "Where rainbows meet resilience."
For just $5, you receive all three designs! Share a message of hope with a loved one or keep them as a beautiful reminder of the impact we can make together.
🔖 Order here ➡️ tinyurl.com/bcpc2025
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Charting The Sails: Exploring Purposeful & Sustained Employment
If you are considering returning to the workforce after a mental health diagnosis, join SOAR (School of Ability & Recovery) as you navigate this new chapter together!
☑️ Look forward to exploring your mindset and attitude towards overcoming inertia as we sail towards a new horizon in your job seeking journey.
☑️ Hear from others who’ve weathered the storm - caregivers and peers with lived experiences, and work together to create your own wellness action plan to stay grounded and steady.
📆 19 Sep 2025 & 25 Sep 2025
⌚️ 10am to 2pm
📍 imPAct@Hong Lim Green
Register ➡️ here
If you are considering returning to the workforce after a mental health diagnosis, join SOAR (School of Ability & Recovery) as you navigate this new chapter together!
☑️ Look forward to exploring your mindset and attitude towards overcoming inertia as we sail towards a new horizon in your job seeking journey.
☑️ Hear from others who’ve weathered the storm - caregivers and peers with lived experiences, and work together to create your own wellness action plan to stay grounded and steady.
📆 19 Sep 2025 & 25 Sep 2025
⌚️ 10am to 2pm
📍 imPAct@Hong Lim Green
Register ➡️ here
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FoodBank @Al-Amin Mosque
Join Ghifari Initiative in their Food Bank Drive @ Al-Amin Mosque!
Every last Thursday of the month, 20 underprivileged families from Telok Blangah and Bukit Merah areas will be given a set of groceries which includes cooking essentials and pantry staples such as rice, eggs, cooking oil, instant noodles, bread and more. The recipients are from Al-Amin's beneficiary list.
Here's how you can help:
🪄 Sponsor grocery items
🪄 Donate funds to enable grocery purchase
🪄 Partner with Ghifari and Al-Amin Mosque so they can expand their reach to more families
Whether it's a bag of rice or a small donation, your kindness and contribution goes along way for these families.
Reach out to Ghifari Initiative at +65 8751 6775 (WA) to find out how you can support their food bank drive!
Join Ghifari Initiative in their Food Bank Drive @ Al-Amin Mosque!
Every last Thursday of the month, 20 underprivileged families from Telok Blangah and Bukit Merah areas will be given a set of groceries which includes cooking essentials and pantry staples such as rice, eggs, cooking oil, instant noodles, bread and more. The recipients are from Al-Amin's beneficiary list.
Here's how you can help:
🪄 Sponsor grocery items
🪄 Donate funds to enable grocery purchase
🪄 Partner with Ghifari and Al-Amin Mosque so they can expand their reach to more families
Whether it's a bag of rice or a small donation, your kindness and contribution goes along way for these families.
Reach out to Ghifari Initiative at +65 8751 6775 (WA) to find out how you can support their food bank drive!
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EDUCADO: Core Team 2026 Recruitment
Have you ever thought that tuition is too expensive in Singapore? If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to fostering an accessible, high-quality tuition network in Singapore, EducadoSDC has the answer for you!
Educado SDC is a groundup, community-initiated organisation that aims to offer high-quality tuition services to all Singaporean students for FREE. They have helped over 100 students reach their educational goals since 2024!
Join them on their mission to make tuition accessible to everyone regardless of their financial background. They're recruiting new core team members for 2026, and they want YOU! No teaching experience required – just a passion to serve the cause of free education. Ready to make real impact? Hit the ➡️ signup link TODAY!
*AS A CORE TEAM MEMBER, YOUARE NOT EXPECTED TO TUTOR.
Have you ever thought that tuition is too expensive in Singapore? If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to fostering an accessible, high-quality tuition network in Singapore, EducadoSDC has the answer for you!
Educado SDC is a groundup, community-initiated organisation that aims to offer high-quality tuition services to all Singaporean students for FREE. They have helped over 100 students reach their educational goals since 2024!
Join them on their mission to make tuition accessible to everyone regardless of their financial background. They're recruiting new core team members for 2026, and they want YOU! No teaching experience required – just a passion to serve the cause of free education. Ready to make real impact? Hit the ➡️ signup link TODAY!
*AS A CORE TEAM MEMBER, YOUARE NOT EXPECTED TO TUTOR.
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🌟 OSCAR Social: Connecting Generations, Building Futures
Already working with seniors or youth? Curious about how intergenerational approaches could deepen your impact? Suitable for groundups working with seniors or youth, join this dynamic session led by GenLab Collective, where you’ll explore how connecting generations can strengthen community bonds and unlock new possibilities.
Event Details:
📅 18 Oct (Sat), 11am-3pm
📍 Temasek Shophouse, 28 Orchard Road, Living Room
✨ What to expect:
* Bite-sized insights & speed networking
* Interactive matchmaking activities
* Connect with fellow changemakers
* Light lunch provided
🔗 Register by 4 Oct ➡️ here!
⚠️ Note: Each email = 1 registration. Use your personal emails to register if sharing addresses.
Already working with seniors or youth? Curious about how intergenerational approaches could deepen your impact? Suitable for groundups working with seniors or youth, join this dynamic session led by GenLab Collective, where you’ll explore how connecting generations can strengthen community bonds and unlock new possibilities.
Event Details:
📅 18 Oct (Sat), 11am-3pm
📍 Temasek Shophouse, 28 Orchard Road, Living Room
✨ What to expect:
* Bite-sized insights & speed networking
* Interactive matchmaking activities
* Connect with fellow changemakers
* Light lunch provided
🔗 Register by 4 Oct ➡️ here!
⚠️ Note: Each email = 1 registration. Use your personal emails to register if sharing addresses.