Living day to day, have you noticed some social issues that you think could be addressed? Do it now through Creathon 2021! Creathon will officially begin in November 2020 and together in your teams of 5, develop solutions for existing social challenges faced in the world today.

We have included 3 categories this year - School, IHL and Open. From the activities and workshops planned to equip you with the knowledge and insights, dive deep and create effective business solutions to address social needs.

If you like the idea of creating a start-up that gives back to society, join Creathon 2021 and stand a chance to win up to $14k to bring your ideas to life.

Sign up by 31 Oct 2020. Visit www.scoop.coop to find out more.
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Our next feature is the 2nd runner up winner for the Open Category of Creathon 2020. Meet Social Tourism Enterprise Partnership, or STEP, for short! The team from STEP were concerned with traditional tourism patterns, where the majority of tourists will only flock to certain major destinations.

STEP constructed a B2B platform to connect local communities with tourism providers. By doing so, it increases the exposure of overlooked communities in the tourism industry. Ultimately, STEP wishes to create a win-win solution, whereby more local communities could benefit from the tourism boom, and more tourists could gain a deeper understanding of the places they visit.

If you have a social cause and would like to be changemakers like them, join Creathon 2021 and make the difference you would like to see in the world!

Sign up by 31 Oct 2020. Visit www.scoop.coop/creathon2021 to find out more!
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#Creathon2021 #creathon #sncfsg #cooperatives #socialenterprise #businesschallenge #entrepreneurship #startup #youth #coopyouth #create ... See more

Our next feature is the 2nd runner up winner for the Open Category of Creathon 2020. Meet Social Tourism Enterprise Partnership, or STEP, for short! The team from STEP were concerned with traditional tourism patterns, where the majority of tourists will only flock to certain major destinations.

STEP constructed a B2B platform to connect local communities with tourism providers. By doing so, it increases the exposure of overlooked communities in the tourism industry. Ultimately, STEP wishes to create a win-win solution, whereby more local communities could benefit from the tourism boom, and more tourists could gain a deeper understanding of the places they visit.

If you have a social cause and would like to be changemakers like them, join Creathon 2021 and make the difference you would like to see in the world!

Sign up by 31 Oct 2020. Visit www.scoop.coop/creathon2021 to find out more.
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Meet Enigma, the first place winner for the School Category in Creathon 2020. While these girls enjoy learning, they realised that not everyone has the same access to education in Singapore. They believed that education should be easily accessible to all regardless of their income status.

They decided to act on their beliefs and came up with Enigma. Their multiple-in-one co-operative focuses on increasing access to better educational resources and other related facilities for the lower income students - such as through the sale of textbooks and notebooks at a greatly reduced price with complimentary stationery, affordable student care services, and economically-priced tutoring services, either in small classes of 5 or through their online portal called ABOVE.

If you have a social cause and would like to act on it like them, join Creathon 2021 and make the difference you would like to see in the world!

Sign up by 31 Oct 2020. Visit www.scoop.coop/creathon2021 for more info.
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DID YOU KNOW?

1,334 tonnes of additional plastic waste have been generated as a result of COVID-19. This can be attributed to the rise in the takeaway culture now that restrictions have been imposed in restaurants and hawker centres. To prevent this mindset from carrying on, do you have an innovative solution that combines co-operative principles to help?

Sign up for Creathon 2021 to showcase your ideas and stand to win up to $14K in funding to bring your ideas to life! Find out more: www.scoop.coop/creathon2021
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The overall unemployment rate in Singapore climbed to its highest in a decade in June 2020. COVID-19 has hit our workforce hard, exposing the need for workers to continuously upskill so as to remain employable. Having a high rate of unemployment can be a cause for poverty and distress in society. How can we help our fellow members in society to remain employable? Do you have an innovative solution that combines co-operative principles to help?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Sign up for Creathon 2021 to showcase your ideas and stand to win up to $14K in funding to bring your ideas to life! Find out more: www.scoop.coop/creathon2021
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[#GIVEAWAY!]

"Co-ops have a _____ for the people."

It's our birthday today and we'd love to treat you to some goodies! 🎂

Simply fill in the blank and tag a friend whom you wish to share the love with in the comment below! (hint: the answer is in the caption of our previous posts and also this collage image!)

We will be giving away a total of 40 goodie bags to our followers on Facebook and Instagram - both you and your friend will get 1 each 💕

[BONUS]
In collaboration with SG Police Gifts & Souvenirs by Polwel, we will also be giving out TWO limited edition SPF200 Framed Badges of Past to Present SPF Vehicles and Lightbox of the Old Hill Street Police Station (worth $80.90!) to the comments with the most likes (1 winner each for Facebook and Instagram)

Don't forget to like and share this post too! Giveaway ends 23 Sep 2020, 0000 hours (read full T&Cs below).

#SNCFturns40💙 #makethedifference #sncfsg #cooperatives #contest
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• Giveaway ends 23 Sep 2020, 0000 hours.
• Multiple entries are allowed.
• Giveaway is only valid for participants residing in Singapore.
• Winners will be contacted via DM. Failure to respond will result in forfeit of prizes.
• Giveaway is organised by SNCF and in no way associated with Facebook or Instagram. ... See more

#DidYouKnow, there are road names in Singapore that are related to co-ops?

1️⃣ The former Singapore Government Servants’ Housing Co-operative named the road fronting their housing projects in the Paya Lebar estate Rochdale Road, after the Rochdale Pioneers who started the world’s first co-op in 1844. Another road, Thrift Drive, celebrates the virtue of thrift that co-ops promote and uphold.

2️⃣ Kadayanallur Street is named after the South Indian town of Kadayanallur where many of the Tamil Muslims in Singapore originally came from. And we also have a credit co-op, Singapore Kadayanallur Muslim Co-operative Thrift & Loan Society formed in 1948, to cater to this migrant community.

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