Age Well Kakis

Overview

The Age Well Kakis (AWK) programme is a new initiative supported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and AIC to encourage seniors aged 50 and above to give back to the community through meaningful community tasks. 

Towards that goal, AWK supports partners to design and offer community tasks for seniors to participate and contribute in, starting with the Community Care sector and neighbourhood spaces. 

AWK will run from 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2028. 

 

Programme eligibility

Service providers who operate MOH-funded Active Ageing Centres (AACs) and/ or Community Care services are eligible to apply for AWK. 

Examples of these services include, but are not limited to:
 

  • Meals on Wheels (MOW)
  • Medical Escort & Transport (MET)
  • Day Care
  • Nursing Home
  • Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Re-integration services
  • Day Hospice Care
  • Dialysis centres

 

 

Programme funding 

You can choose to apply for AWK funding as an AAC and/ or a Community Care organisation. 

If you are applying as a Community Care organisation, only your service lines which are MOH-funded are eligible to be funded under AWK.

Refer to the summary below: 

Service providerActive Ageing Centres (AACs)
Objective
  • To grow and sustain a pool of existing senior volunteers.
  • To increase the number of seniors who take up AWK community tasks regularly.
Funding
  • Capped at parent organisation level based on total number of AACs onboarded.
Service providerCommunity Care organisations (excluding AACs) 
Objective
  • To redesign existing roles as community tasks and integrate them as part of existing service delivery.
  • To onboard and offer community tasks to more seniors on digital matching platforms such as Silver Hands (developed by Thye Hua Kwan and DBS bank).
Funding
  • Capped at the number of service lines that the provider brings on board.
  • E.g. if the provider commits to creating opportunities in MOW and MET, they will be eligible for 2 service lines’ funding amounts.

 

For funding amounts, please view the sector briefing recording on AIConnect@WorkVivo. Log-in to AIConnect@Workvivo is required.

 

Community tasks

Community tasks are roles that seniors can easily take on based on their interests, abilities, and availability.

 

They should be done within centres, service settings, or nearby community spaces. Examples of such community tasks can include, but not limited to:

  • Event support: Setting up rooms, registration, ushering, guiding participants, etc.
  • Activity support: Helping with group activities or supporting peers, supporting active ageing programmes, etc.
  • Support the MOW service by assisting with delivery of meals to other seniors.
  • Supporting the MET service through coordination or accompanying other seniors during medical appointments
  • Support inpatient care by assisting with supporting laundry and/ or kitchen operations, engaging residents socially, etc.

 

As a guideline, AIC suggests that 1 community task takes approximately 1 hour. 

 

How to apply 

You may apply via activeageing@aic.sg The grant applications will be processed in four batches. The funding period is shown below based on the application timeline. 

 

During the application stage, you will need to indicate the number and names of AACs and/ or Community Care service lines you are applying for.

Batch

Application received by

Funding period

Duration

1*

31 Oct 26

Aug 2026

(In-Principle Approval (IPA) effective date) – 31 Jul 2028

21-24 months

(~ 2 years)

2

1 Dec 26

1 Jan 27 – 31 Jul 2028

19 months

(1 year 7 months)

3

1 Mar 27

1 Apr 2027 – 31 Jul 2028

16 months

(1 year 4 months)

4

1 Jul 27^

1 Aug 2027 – 31 Jul 2028

12 months

(1 year)

*Applicants from Batch 1 can only claim from 1 Jan 2027 for work done from ‘project commencement date’ stated on the IPA.
 

^1 Jul 2027 will be the final day for submission via OSG​. Please refer to the briefing deck or reach out to activeageing@aic.sg for more information.

 

 

Find out more


To find out more, please download the following resources:

 

Please contact us at activeageing@aic.sg if you have any clarifications.