City Sprouts is honoured to be a part of Connecting Narratives For Change Circle (CNFC Circle) together with Ground-up Initiative (GUI) @ Commonground Civic!
What you can look forward to:
CITY SPROUTS and GROUND-UP INITIATIVE (GUI) both care deeply about sustainability – and they've built very different homes for it. City Sprouts turns underused urban spaces into green community hubs. GUI runs Kampung Kampus, a community-built space for people to reconnect with the Earth, each other, and themselves.
Both believe change happens when people come together and that starts with having the space to do so. But building that space is one thing. Resourcing it, year after year, without losing sight of why it started, is another.
In this Circle, we hear from the practitioners leading each space – Simone Lim, co-founder of City Sprouts, and Bingyu Cai, GUI's Kampung Architect – on what it's taken to start and sustain their work, and the different pressures each has faced along the way. We'll also sit with the tension behind this Circle's title, Money and Mission, and explore what it takes to resource a space without losing sight of why it started.
In this session, we will:
- Hear how City Sprouts and GUI have started and sustained their work, as practitioners, with their funders, and with their community.
- Unpack "Money and Mission" as a tension to navigate, not a problem to solve.
- Reflect on how the principles and practices that emerge may apply to our own work.
- Meet and connect with other practitioners through small and large group conversations.
So....are you someone who...
- Lead, work in, or are thinking about starting a practitioner-led third space.
- Are curious about different third space models in Singapore, and what it takes to start and sustain these spaces.
- Want to hear from and connect with other practitioners in the space
You're in the perfect space, come join us!
📆 18 September 2026, Friday
🕒 7PM - 9:30PM
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1 Singapore 469659
💰EARLY BIRD TIX FOR $22! till 4 Sep. (Up to. $35/pax)
🔗 https://ourcommonground.com.sg/cnfc26-circles
