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Grassroots Leaders

Data from Jan 2013 to Jan 2023

Last updated: 04 Dec 2024, 12:43 SGT

PA (People's Association)

Note: T-Net Club Management Committees were dissolved in 2020

No of grassroots leaders by Grassroots org type

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GrassrootsLeaders.csv (154 rows, 7.4 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Grassroots Org Type Text	No Of Grassroots Leaders Numeric
(Null)0.0% 20139.1% 20149.1% 20159.1% 20169.1%	(Null)0.0% Building Fund Committees7.1% CCCs/CCC-Area Sub Committees7.1% Women's Executive Committees7.1% Community Development Councils7.1%	(Null)0.0%
2013	Building Fund Committees	887
2013	CCCs/CCC-Area Sub Committees	4999
2013	Community Club Management Committees	3789
2013	Community Development Councils	298
2013	Community Emergency and Engagement Committees	2105
2013	Community Sports Clubs/Community Sports Networks	2147
2013	Constituency Grassroots Member Scheme	295
2013	Indian Activity Executive Committees	1838
2013	Malay Activity Executive Committees	1988
2013	Residents' Committees/Residents' Networks/Neighbourhood Committees	17863

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Grassroots Org Type	grassroots_org_type	Text	-	-
No Of Grassroots Leaders	no_of_grassroots_leaders	Numeric	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_315a55d5f150ec812b173a5a87b6c88c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

People's Association. (2017). Grassroots Leaders (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_315a55d5f150ec812b173a5a87b6c88c/view

About this dataset

Contact

cheryl_toh@pa.gov.sg margaret_koh@pa.gov.sg

Created on

15 Jun 2017

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

PA (People's Association)