Youth Action Challenge Season 6

Are you a youth in Singapore aged 15-35 and interested in creating solutions for the future of work, future of relationships, future of life, and future of communities? Don’t miss out on this opportunity to access mentorship, networks, and funding of up to $50,000!

About Youth Action Challenge

The Youth Action Challenge (YAC) is a key thrust of the SG Youth Action Plan (SG YAP), empowering youths to champion ground-up initiatives in partnership with government, businesses and community organisations. The programme provides opportunities for youths to turn their ideas into reality through a series of curated workshop, mentorship and guidance from experienced industry professionals.

Season 6 themes

The sixth season of the Youth Action Challenge will be centred on the following themes:

Navigating Careers

• Supporting youths in defining their careers
• Supporting youths in making progress in their careers

Society for Everyone

• Strengthening multiculturalism
• Enabling sustained progress for lower-income families
• Building an inclusive society for persons with disabilities

Environment and Sustainability

• Improving public hygiene in public spaces

Balance in Life

• Building a culture of healthy and balanced lifestyle
• Forming meaningful relationships with family and friends

Eligibility Criteria

• Singaporean and Singapore Permanent Resident (PR)*
• Youth aged 15 to 35 years old
• Individuals / informal ground-up groups / young non-profit or social
  enterprises (< 2 years from incorporation as a registered entity)
• Priority will be given to first-time YAC applicants
• Past YAC participants who have not completed their past YAC
  project will not be eligible to take part in this YAC Season 6
  *Foreigners are welcome to join, but participating teams should comprise a majority of Singaporean or Singapore PR youth.

The Journey

Participants will go through a 6-month journey from October 2024 to March 2025.
They will get to
(i) learn about the landscape, policy context and gaps for the respective themes,
(ii) pick up useful tools and frameworks to help them ideate and evaluate potential ideas, and
(iii) be provided resources such as mentors (for a one-year period) and expert consultants to refine their ideas.

Participants also stand to be awarded up to $50,000 in grants if their pitches have been assessed to be feasible, innovative and impactful.

Registration

Registration commenced on 2 August 2024 and will close on 11 September 2024, 11.59pm.

You are welcome to sign up with or without a group. If you are signing up with your group, do note that all group members are expected to fill up the registration form.

For more information on Youth Action Challenge (YAC) Season 6, visit: https://www.nyc.gov.sg/youth-action-challenge/yacs6