RaiSE was launched on 27 May 2015. \u00a0In Channel News Asia”s report today, RaiSE will distribute $30m worth of grant and investments over 5 years to boost social enterprises. The requirements are a financial assessment, a compelling social objective and a proven sustainability of the business model. \u00a0The amount awarded depends on the maturity of the social enterprise. \u00a0Funding will support proof-of-concept.<\/p>\n
RaiSE notes that many social enterprises face challenges such as talent, business know-how and funding.<\/p>\n
SilverHairsClub has a clear objective of providing a platform for Singaporeans, over 45 to meet new and more friends. \u00a0It has been operating since Oct 2005, and we would be celebrating our 10th anniversary this Oct. \u00a0We have many activities.<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0As a social enterprise, our EOs and ECs have organised numerous activities. \u00a0We have no lack of activities, as we believe in our concept of one member doing an activity during the life of his\/her membership. \u00a0Some EOs have been organising and running activities for the last 10 years.<\/p>\n
2. \u00a0Financially, SHC operates on a cost basis. \u00a0The Club does not collect membership fees, and as long as members are over 45, Singaporeans and PR, they are eligible to join as a member of SilverHairsClub. \u00a0We have been operating 10 years under this financial model. \u00a0Although we do not have a physical premise to call our own or rent from a landlord, we have managed well with public venues and private premises.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0In terms of management, we operate with minimal manpower. \u00a0Some of our key roles are membership admin, IT and hosting services and support services to our SilverHairsClub.com. \u00a0All other operations and management work are within the role of the EOs and ECs.<\/p>\n
4. \u00a0With the existing model and concept, SHC can expand its social enterprise to other Singaporeans and PRs living within mainland Singapore. \u00a0Funding and assistance from RaiSE will widen our scope, our membership and sustain our activities.<\/p>\n
What do you think? \u00a0Shall we actively seek assistance from RaiSE? \u00a0And what can you do be part of the committee to seek this assistance? Thinking.<\/p>\n
Today’s article is available at\u00a0http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/new-agency-offers-funding\/1876884.html<\/a><\/p>\n Terence Seah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RaiSE was launched on 27 May 2015. \u00a0In Channel News Asia”s report today, RaiSE will distribute $30m worth of grant and investments over 5 years to boost social enterprises. The requirements are a financial assessment, a compelling social objective and a proven sustainability of the business model. \u00a0The amount awarded depends on the maturity of … Continue reading “Opportunity to tap the newly launched Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (RaiSE)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","category-silverhairs-enterprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20188"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20194,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188\/revisions\/20194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}