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Step into a playful Singapore adventure to discover your volunteering vibe. From cozy café chats to lively hawker centers, every choice reveals how you naturally help others. Ready to unbox your changemaking mode?

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“How about organising some community-based workshops/activities for people to gather in the café? We can use this chance to hear about issues people in the community have and design something together!”

“Oh, delivering care packs to the community to engage them would be interesting. We can do monthly themed pop-up outreach, suitable for different types of demographics – from seniors to migrant workers and so much more!”

“How about monthly social media campaigns? We can even put up fun pop-up galleries to spread awareness about a different cause every month! It will also be a fun way for people to gather and support different types of causes”

“We can organise befriending activities, go door knocking around and hear the stories of the neighbourhood to see what they need and how we can help!”

Idea generation

The cafe staff gets called away by another customer.

You and your friends continue pondering about the problem and excitedly share your ideas with one another

Could be a knowledge and skills gap here - “I feel we all care about certain causes but there is a disconnect with how to help, is it about knowing how to plan engaging activities?”

Getting practical - “Its hard to start something from scratch especially with so little time after school and extracurriculars. Maybe we can start small, like delivering resources to vulnerable communities or co-ordinating recycling drives in the neighbourhood

Maybe we just need to take action one conversation at a time

Perhaps its a lack of awareness - “To be honest, I do not know much about changemaking or groundups, but maybe thats the issue here! More visibility and compelling stories of successful groundup founders and their journeys. 

Where can I Start?

A seat opens up! You and your friends grab some drinks and snacks and sit around. 

A friend looks to the posters about community changemakers and shares “To be honest, Im really interested to do something. But where can I even start?”

You find yourself naturally responding with: 


This community needs better storytelling! How do we get more people to care and rally behind this?

Sounds like people dont know each other well enough. How can we build relationships with different types of people in the community?

A better system is needed - whats a small practical thing we can do and replicated thats easy for people to be involved in

There might be a knowledge gap here, maybe people care about topics but dont know how to build community

A staff member shares that they want to do more for the neighbourhood

As you are settling in, the café staff stops by to refill your waters and chats casually with your table. “We have been trying to do more things for the neighbourhood, but honestly… its hard. People come and go, ideas pop up, but nothing really sticks.” 

You think to yourself:

You point out the poster to your friends and share about certain causes that you care about and why they are important.

You wonder about the specific help the community needs. Perhaps different types of people in the neighbourhood might require specific types of support 

Think about how you do not really know the people in the neighbourhood and volunteering might be a great way to get to befriend and know different types of people that reside in the community.

Snap a picture of the cafés cool posters and think about how stronger social media publicity would get more people to participate in such initiatives.

Arriving at Cafe

You and your friends bumble into a cozy community café near your homes on a Saturday morning.

You notice posters sharing about how the café is calling for community changemakers, groundups and volunteers to gather and step up to do something for a community they care about.

Your first instinct is to:

Increased awareness through better publicity to get people's attention

Shifting mindsets and systems through deeper understanding and increasing knowledge

Strengthening relationships, one conversation at a time

Final

The day comes to a close and you bid farewell to your friends.

You walk home and think about the ideas the transpired among you and your friends.

When you think about change, you believe it starts with:
