Community Networks and Groups
From Social Collaborative Singapore
Contents
Community Networks
Community Networks are focused on a broadly defined domain of interest/social cause or locality.
Issue-Based Communities
- Community Development Network (email: jleehg@gmail.com to join)
- Disability Community Network (email: jleehg@gmail.com to join)
- Practice Research Network (ask Martin Chok if they want to be listed)
Locality-Based Communities
- Connect with young adults who live near you Friendzone
- SGCares Community Networks (Since 2018, MCCY and MSF have co-organised SG Cares Community Network sessions to bring together agencies and partners to discuss issues in their respective towns and explore areas where they can work together to address them)
- Northeast District (ask if Amos wants to list and get involved with others)
Community Interest Groups
Community Interest Groups are focused on a specific issue or concept, and come together to learn about and share knowledge with one another.
- Sociocracy Interest Group
- Degrowth Interest Group
- Worker-owned Cooperatives Interest Group
- Quota Hiring Interest Group
- Freedom of Information Singapore (FOISG) is a non-partisan, student-led movement dedicated to promoting transparency and the right of access to information.
Community of Practice
Communities of Practice are focused on improving existing professional or technical expertise.
- Service Learning Community of Practice
- Research COP (ask Denise Liu if they want to be listed)
- Think For Good (A Design Thinking group that does ideation sessions once a month; ask Simon Siah if he wants to be listed)
- Civic Tech / Tech for Good (?)
Community Action Groups
Community Action Groups go beyond sharing knowledge and studying an issue, and are focused on an action plan to achieve a specific goal.
- Inclusive Neighbourhood Action Group (contact justin.lee@nus.edu.sg if interested)
- Community Currency Action Group (contact justin.lee@nus.edu.sg if interested)
- Mapping of Social Needs and Community Assets (socialcollab.sg)
- Resource Matching Collective [See if serve.sg, bantu, SGAssist wants to come together]