National Youth Council (NYC) is the Advocate, Connector and Enabler for Youth.

Together with our partners, NYC

develops a vibrant and supportive environment for youth who are inspired to dream and committed to action to
bring about a future that they want.
NYC is part of the Peoples Association Network.

APPLICATION TO YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS (YCM)

GRANT
PROPOSAL TEMPLATE
The Young ChangeMakers (YCM) grant, administered by the National Youth Council (NYC),
aims to provide seed funding for youths to implement projects for the community.
Application is open throughout the year.
Application is open throughout the year. Submission must be done at least 6 weeks
before project commencement date. Applicants must be able to meet ALL of the
following criteria:

ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA
1.
Who
apply?

can

2. What can be
funded?

Youths between 15 and 35 years old.

Applicant
or
Team
Leader
Singaporean/Permanent Resident.

Project should benefit the Singapore community.

Project should be completed within 6 months from date
of award of the grant.
Projects carried out by overseas Singaporean youths, for
the benefit of the overseas community, must meet the
objectives of creating awareness about Singapore and its
culture. (Note: The project organizing team should
include other overseas Singaporeans.)

must

be

FUNDING

Successful applicants can receive an in-principle grant quantum of up to

$3,000 or 80% of total allowable expenditure, whichever is lower.
The grant will only be disbursed on a reimbursement basis approximately 8
weeks from the receipt of a satisfactory Project Closure Report and relevant
supporting documents.
Total government funding (inclusive of YCM grant) cannot exceed 80% of
project cost.
The YCM grant funds only allowable direct project expenses of the approved
project. YCM grant cannot be used to cover start-up cost, operational cost of
an organization, capacity-building and other organizational strengthening
initiatives.
YCM grant does not fund gifts including tokens of appreciation, cash prizes,
vouchers and awards such as trophies, medals, etc and any fixed assets.

OTHERS

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Project must not contain any inflammatory and/or discriminatory elements

that may disrupt racial and religious harmony.
Grant decisions will be made by a panel of youth volunteers. Each applicant
may be required to make a presentation of the project to the panel.
For each application, a mentor will be assigned to the project team. The
applicants will have to update their mentor periodically on the progress of
the project.

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A. Project Details
A1. Please provide a brief summary of your project. (About 150 words)

A2. Describe briefly the current social/community needs that you have
identified for your project.

A3. List down objectives of your project. (Ensure that your objectives are
in line with the needs that you have identified in A2.)

A4. How do you plan to achieve your objectives mentioned in A3.

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A5. How do you know that you have achieved your objectives mentioned
in A3.

A6. Please provide details of project partners, if any.

A7. If any, how can YCM support you in the implementation of your
project?

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B. Funding
B1. Did your project receive YCM funding previously?
Yes
No
If yes, please explain how this latest project is significantly different/better
than the previous project.

C. Additional Information
C1. Are you going to attach any supporting documents (e.g. full proposal, results of surveys)
Yes
No
C2. How did you hear about the Young ChangeMakers (YCM) Grant?
Newspapers
Social Media Platforms
Friends/Word-of-Mouth
Schools
Roadshows
Others ( Please specify: ________________ )
C3. Do you intend to request for sponsorships of collaterals?
Yes
No
If yes, we need a summary of the details of your project. Please complete the table below.
Name of Initiative / Event
Date of Initiative / Event
Key messages to be delivered
Venue(s)
Audience / Outreach

<Please describe your audience. Eg. No. of

participants, No. of expected audience, No.
of judges & Type of audience (age, gender)>

Publicity Mileage

<Please describe the publicity & media plan

for your activity. In addition, how NYC
would
benefit
from providing the
sponsorship-in-kind.>

C4. Any other additional comments/remarks?

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- Thank You -

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