Have ideas that improve the living environment and/or foster a sense of community within the neighbourhood?
Love Our ’Hood Fund
The Love Our ’Hood Fund supports ground-up initiatives or projects that improve the living environment and/or foster a sense of community within the neighbourhood. It is a collaboration between the Municipal Services Office (MSO) and Our Singapore Fund to fund ground-up projects that address municipal issues. Apply via OurSG Grants Portal here.
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Types of Projects
Projects must address municipal issues. Municipal issues include issues pertaining to the upkeep and improvement of common areas in our living spaces such as public cleanliness (littering), animals (pigeon feeding, stray cat feeding, pet dog ownership), neighbourliness (noise, smoking in homes, dripping laundry), use of common areas (cluttered corridors, congregation noise) and illegal parking.
Funding Quantum
You may receive up to 80% of supported project expenditure on a reimbursement basis, capped at $20,000 per project. Funding quantum would vary depending on merits of the project.
Eligibility Quantum
For Individuals
- You must be a Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident, who is 18 years old and above.
- You must be residing in Singapore.
For Organisations
- A company that is registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA); or
- A not-for-profit organisation that is a Public Company Limited by guarantee registered with: (a) Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA); or
(b) Society registered with Registry of Societies (ROS); or
(c) Charitable Trust registered with the Commissioner of Charities (COC); or
(d) Co-Operative registered with the Registry of Co-operative Societies; or
(e) Trade Union registered with Registry of Trade Unions.
Assessment Criteria
All applications will be assessed based on the following assessment criteria below:
(a) Proposals that meet all the criteria in Category A, B and C can qualify for funding of up to 80% of qualifying expenditure, capped at $20,000.
(b) Proposals that meet at least one criterion under Category A, one criterion under Category B, and all criteria under Category C can qualify for funding of up to 50% of qualifying expenditure, capped at $20,000.
Category A: Type of Project
1. Does the project involve:
(a) Addressing specific municipal issue(s) in the community, or;
(b) Fostering a sense of community within the neighbourhood to manage neighbourly issues amicably?
2. Does the project allow the applicant to form new partnerships with other stakeholders to enable the successful delivery of the project?
Category B: Impact of Project
1. Does the project demonstrate the potential to effectively address the identified issues?
2. Does the project demonstrate the potential to build community ownership of common living spaces and the environment?
Category C: Project Implementation
1. Are the project plans, milestones and deliverables feasible?
2. Does the applicant(s) and his/her project team show that they are able to deliver the project successfully within their capabilities, or with other partners’ support?
Apply
You can submit your application via OurSG Grants Portal here.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) has been compiled for reference below. If you require further assistance, please contact us at: OneService_Community@mnd.gov.sg.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The Love Our ’Hood Fund can support the following expenses:
- Venue costs
- Marketing and publicity costs
- Production, material, and logistics costs
- Licensing and legal fees
- Professional service fees
- Insurance costs (where applicable)
- Volunteer meal and transport costs
- Expenditure should be relevant to the project.
Expenditure should be relevant to the project.
The Love Our 'Hood Fund generally does not support expenditure beyond the above categories. In particular, it does not support:
- Expenditure committed or made before the effective date of the Agreement
- Start-up costs or capital expenditure (including but not limited to registration or licensing fees, property rental, and any expenditure on office equipment, computer infrastructure and vehicles
- Cash prizes and vouchers
- Honorariums
- Local and overseas accommodation costs
- Overseas travel costs (including any relevant costs for travelling to and/or from Singapore)
- Costs funded by any other sources
- Financial benefit of whatever nature that accrues to the Recipient
- Notional costs, including but not limited to opportunity costs, depreciation and potential income loss
- Costs associated with the employment of staff under a contract of service
- Such other costs or expenses as the Agency may determine from time to time, by notice in writing to the Recipient
Projects must address municipal issues. Municipal issues include issues pertaining to the upkeep and improvement of common areas in our living spaces such as public cleanliness (littering), animals (pigeon feeding, stray cat feeding, pet dog ownership), neighbourliness (noise, smoking in homes, dripping laundry), use of common areas (cluttered corridors, congregation noise) and illegal parking.
Activities supported can include, but are not limited to:
- Venue costs
- Marketing and publicity costs
- Production, material, and logistics costs
- Licensing and legal fees
- Professional service fees
- Insurance costs (where applicable)
- Volunteer meal and transport costs
- Expenditure should be relevant to the project.
Supported projects would have been assessed to meet the Love Our 'Hood Fund criteria.
For Individuals
In order for us to transfer payment to the bank account that you provide, we require you to submit the direct credit authorisation (DCA) form.
For Organisations
You will need to submit an e-invoice via Vendors@Gov to MSO for the funds to be disbursed to you.
You may claim the Love Our ’Hood funds in two tranches, i.e 40% of approved funding upon acceptance of the Letter of Award and the remaining 60% of approved funding or approved percentage quantum of actual qualifying expenditure incurred less initial advance after the project is completed.
Your claim for the final reimbursement should be submitted within 3 months from the project completion date. Please note that it can take up to 1 month to disburse the first tranche, and up to 3 months to disburse the second tranche upon verification of submitted documents. Unused funds must be returned to MSO within 1 month upon completion of the project.
You will need to submit soft copies of the following documents via OurSG Grants Portal:
- Project completion report
- Claims forms
- Supporting receipts
- Any other supporting document including event photographs
Upon verification of the documents, we will inform you of the approved reimbursement amount. We will disburse the amount via bank transfer for individual applicants. Organisations will need to submit an e-invoice via Vendors@Gov to MSO.
The Love Our ’Hood Fund does not prohibit supported projects from seeking other sources of funding. However, applicants must submit a declaration on the other fund and/or grant(s) applied for or received in the application form. Applicants may apply additional funding from other agencies or organisations, which include the following:
- Housing & Development Board - The Lively Places Fund supports projects that help to develop place identity
- National Youth Council - The Young ChangeMakers Grant provides seed funding for youths to implement projects in the community
- Singapore Kindness Movement - The Seed Kindness Fund supports kindness community projects by youths
Projects that are already receiving support from Our Singapore Fund (OSF) or another OSF-funded grant will not be eligible for further support.
For transparency and proper accountability, projects involving online fundraising elements must adhere to the Code of Practice for Charitable Online Fund-Raising Appeals.