The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) was set up in 2015 to develop the social enterprise sector in Singapore. We are a sector developer and national advocate for social enterprises, and a membership body with over 400 social enterprise members.

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Guidelines & Criteria

VentureForGood (Youth) is open to youths aged 18 – 35 years.

Key applicant must be Singaporean or Permanent Resident of Singapore

The social enterprise must a member of raiSE

VentureForGood (Youth) is open to new/existing social enterprises addressing one or more of the following outcome areas for an intended beneficiary group:

  • Provision of employment opportunities
  • Provision of education
  • Provision of skill development
  • Provision of basic human needs (e.g. housing, transport, food)
  • Provision of economic tools and services (e.g. financial access, crowdfunding, eCommerce)
  • Provision of health care/social care products and services (include disease/illness prevention and mitigation)
  • Provision of products and services to improve the mental health & well-being (e.g. address social exclusion)
  • Capacity building for organisations in the social sector

VentureForGood (Youth) is open to all new and existing locally based social enterprises that are registered/ intend to register under the Companies Act or Co-operative Societies Act. For applicants who have not incorporated their business at point of application and are in the process of prototyping, a partnership with a relevant Social Service Agency (SSA) and/or validations with intended beneficiary groups should be illustrated. However, we will require the business to be incorporated prior to the first tranche of disbursement.

Interested to apply for the VentureForGood (Youth) Grant?

Interested to apply for the
VentureForGood (Youth) Grant?

Contact us to submit your completed VentureForGood (Youth) application
or if you have any queries.
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