National Registry of Exercise Professionals [New]

Building capabilities in the fitness industry with new National Registry of Exercise Professionals

With the aim to professionalise Singapore’s fitness industry and build capabilities in the areas of safety and knowledge, Sport Singapore will launch a new National Registry of Exercise Professionals (NREP) from April 2023. The registry seeks to support our exercise professionals to upskill and register on the NREP by providing free membership to the National Instructors and Coaches Association (NICA).

With the implementation of the NREP:

• There will be clear safety standards and capability requirements to help the fitness sector raise its professional standards;
• Exercise professionals will enjoy free membership with the National Instructors and Coaches Association (NICA) in the first year. As NICA members, exercise professionals will enjoy benefits that include mediation support for workplace disputes, training funding to defray essential course fees and business networking & resources; and
• Members of public will have access to the Registry so that they can make more informed decisions and have greater assurance when engaging accredited exercise professionals.

To register*, exercise professionals need the following:

• Standard First Aid with AED & CPR certification
• Exercise Professionals Code of Ethics 
• Relevant fitness/exercise accreditations

 *Exercise professionals who do not possess the Standard First Aid with AED & CPR certification but would like to be registered on NREP can do so and receive a provisional NREP membership. With the provisional membership, they will be able to register for the Standard First Aid course at a subsidised rate. Upon successful completion of the First Aid course, the exercise professional will be accorded the full NREP membership.

Read more about NREP here 

Visit our NREP website for more details

ActiveSG Credits for Children (4 - 12 years old) [New]

Singapore Sport Hall of Fame [New]

Refresh to recognise outstanding Sports personalities; TeamSG athletes give back

• The Singapore Sport Hall of Fame will be revised to recognise athletes who demonstrate a sustained contribution back to sport, beyond medal achievement. It will also include a new category for sport leaders such as administrators, coaches and scientists. The President of Singapore will be presenting the Singapore Sport Hall of Fame award.
  
  
• Our Hall of Fame awardees are not only recognised for their sporting contributions, but also valued as role models who can galvanise TeamSG athletes to give back to the community. Since the launch of TeamSG Cares in April 2022, close to 80 athletes have been involved in TeamSG Cares initiatives. There are more than 4 initiatives a month, which include weekly food distribution activities, school engagements, talks to underprivileged youths, sport clinics (boxing, bowling, football), and fund-raising activities for President’s Challenge.
  
  
• Former and current athletes can also tap on a SportSG-funded Active Citizen Grant (ACG) to kickstart ground-up initiatives on their own or in collaboration with corporate partners that contribute towards giving back to community. As of end-2022, SportSG has approved and disbursed over $75,000 through the ACG grant to 5 athletes.

Check out the Singapore Sport Hall of Fame here

Kallang Alive Precinct [Update]

A more vibrant Kallang Alive precinct

• Singaporeans can look forward to more community and sporting event days at the Singapore Sports Hub in the year ahead. These include World Table Tennis Singapore Smash, FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup, HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s, and community events such as Stadium Open Houses, sport try-outs and GetActive! Singapore. The National School Games (NSG) which began in February 2023, will also be returning to the Singapore Sports Hub. The Sports Hub will be the venue for the semi-finals and finals of a number of sports, such as track and field. 

Sports Facilities Master Plan [Update]

More sports spaces in neighbourhoods in 2023 under the Sports Facilities Master Plan

• SportSG continues to refresh and introduce new infrastructure and concepts to increase the accessibility to sports facilities and encourage social cohesion and a healthy lifestyle through sport participation.
  
  
• Bukit Canberra, an integrated sport and community hub, will see facilities such as an indoor sports hall, swimming pools, gym, fitness and dance studios, a hawker centre, and a polyclinic. The indoor sports hall and hawker centre opened to the public at the end of 2022. The rest of the facilities will come onstream progressively.
  
  
• Residents in Jurong will have greater access to sporting facilities when the ActiveSG Sport Village @ Jurong Town opens in the first half of 2023. The Sport Village will consist of a full-sized hockey field, four sheltered courts for futsal and indoor hockey, two outdoor tennis courts, four outdoor pickleball courts, three football fields for 11/7/5-a-side football, a jogging path and outdoor fitness areas.
  
  
• Residents in Sembawang and Punggol East are now able to enjoy new sporting facilities at the recently completed Sport-in-Precinct (SIP) facilities in their neighbourhood. More SIP projects are also expected to open in Nee Soon Central, Woodlands and Gek Poh in the second half of 2023.
  
  
• Rejuvenation works at Delta and Choa Chu Kang Sport Centres will be completed with the centres slated to open in the first half of 2023.
  
  
• The design tender for Toa Payoh Integrated Development (TPID) project launched in June 2020, has been awarded to MKP Architects Pte Ltd. The integrated development will have sporting facilities like a football stadium, swimming complex, team sports hall, indoor sports hall, sheltered tennis, futsal, and netball courts, as well as a gymnasium and fitness studios. Other community facilities will include a public library, a regional park and a polyclinic. Residents can look forward to these new facilities by 2030.

Disability Sports Master Plan [Update]

Updating the Disability Sports Master Plan for greater inclusivity in sports

Uplifting Vulnerable Communities through SportCares [Update]

• SportCares uses sport as a force for social good by providing opportunities and access to quality sport programmes for vulnerable groups.
• SportCares will collaborate with ComLink to provide more sport programmes for vulnerable children and youth, families, and seniors in 21 different towns, starting with 5 in 2022. This collaboration seeks to reach out to an estimated 28,000 children and youth across some 300 public rental housing blocks by 2027.
• SportCares has also started a Mentorship Programme which will benefit more than 100 youths over 2 years.
• SportCares is committing $400,000 to scholarship opportunities for SportCares youth constituents to pursue tertiary or undergraduate certification. In addition, SportCares will provide flexible industry attachment opportunities within SportSG to benefit at least 180 youths over a period of five years, and a Bursary Scheme for up to 1,400 children and youth (aged 3 to 16) and PwDs from low-income backgrounds to participate in ActiveSG Academies & Clubs programmes.

More information will be available on SportCares website

Unleash The Roar! [Update]

Making progress towards growing a strong pipeline of football talent

• Since the launch of Unleash the Roar! (UTR!) in 2021, a total of 12 School Football Academies have been established, of which two have dedicated programmes for girls. UTR! plans to expand the number of SFAs and increase its programme intake by the beginning of 2024. This will bring the total participation numbers to approximately 800 male and female footballers, aged 13 to 16 in SFA programmes – an increase from the 400 youths in the pilot phase launched in 2022.
  
  
• UTR! has also started a partnership with Spain’s LaLiga Academy to provide overseas training opportunities to help Singapore’s young football players grow and develop their skills. In November 2022, 20 UTR! youths had the opportunity to attend a month-long training and compete with La Liga Academy footballers. UTR! will work towards making such experiences more available for the youths.
  
  
• In addition, UTR! will continue to create more structured opportunities for training and competition, both locally and overseas, for young talented football players who aspire to be selected and represent Singapore in the national teams. This will include a scholarship programme that will provide promising footballers the best environment to train and compete. The first batch of scholarships is expected to be awarded by end-2023. More details on the scholarship and eligibility criteria will be announced in the coming months.