Frequently Asked Questions

Singaporeans enjoy one of the longest life expectancies in the world, averaging 85 years, but spend the 10 years in poor health. The challenge now is to not only add more years to life, but those years to be lived as fully as possible and in good health – physically, mentally, and socially.

The Adding 15 Million Years of Healthy Life (15M) Movement aspires for our residents to live as many of their years in good health as possible, both delaying the onset of serious illness and improving quality of life, ensuring that residents not only live longer but also healthier lives. 

We aspire for each of the 1.5 million residents living in Central and North Singapore to regain the 10 years typically spent in ill health. In totality, we will be regaining 15 million years of healthy life.

Health is social. Social determinants impact 80% of health outcomes compared to 20% effect of medical care. Social connections have strong effects for motivating and supporting and sustaining the behaviour change critical for transforming our communities and healthcare.

Participate by joining or organising activities among your family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, schools, that promote health and well-being.

Join in or organise actions for health that matters to you and your community. It could include exercise groups, interest groups, or supporting isolated and needy persons in the community, or simply bringing neighbours together to support one another’s well-being. The focus is on promoting health and building stronger, more connected communities.

The 15M Social Movement is targeted at residents living in Central and North Singapore, though we also strongly encourage residents from other regions to join the quest and connect with those around them to reclaim the 10 years typically spent in poor health.

The 15M Social Challenge invites residents living in Central and North Singapore to come together to set a joint and support each other to achieve challenge for their health and well-being together.

Click here to find out more about the 15M Social Challenge.

The 15M Social Challenge will be happening from 1 – 30 April 2025.

1. Get together with a group of friends, family or members of the community and set a common health goal to reach at the end of this month – these goals can vary from agreeing to eat less fried foods together, going hiking at least once a week, quitting smoking together or even keeping each other accountable for going to regular health check-ups regularly.

2. Take a photo of the group acting together for each other’s health

3. Post the photo onto Instagram and share about your group’s health goal in the caption together with how you are planning to achieve it together!

4. Don’t forget to make your profile public, tag us @15M.SG, and include the hashtags #15M and #YourZone (e.g. Yishun, AngMoKio etc.)

Locate a group health activity near you at Healthier SG Events Go Where.

You can also check out a list of group health activities available near you on Health Kampung, available on the NHG Cares mobile app.

The movement is supported by community partners across Central and North Singapore, including grassroots organisations, healthcare providers, active ageing centres, schools, and workplaces, who help foster a culture of health and well-being.

Community nodes, such as active ageing centres, play a crucial role by providing spaces for residents to connect, participate in health-related activities, and build relationships that enhance social and mental well-being.

Caring communities are social networks within neighbourhoods, made up of residents for residents, supported by community partners and NHG, to act together for our residents’ health.

We believe that caring communities grow when residents deepen relationships with each other, when residents take on roles and action in their groups and wider community to contribute to health and well-being.

There are three key ways that organisations can support the 15M Social Movement:

Campaign

Firstly, by helping to increase the awareness of and participation in the 15M Social Movement and Social Challenge among residents of Central and North Singapore.

Gather

Next, to help identify and gather resident connectors and resident organisers into networks for them to empower each other through sharing their success stories.

Enable

Lastly, to grow caring communities within your neighbourhoods by providing resident connectors and resident organisers with support and resources to deepen relationships and improve themselves and their initiatives.

The 15M Social Movement invites like-minded partner organisations in the community to join in spreading and supporting the movement. Contact us at 15M@nhg.com.sg to find out more!

Stronger together

Residents are at the heart of what we do. A lot of good work has been done by our community partners, and we aim to work together with them to build upon this foundation and develop more support and resources for our residents to connect and act together for more years of healthy life.

Recognising Resident Leaders

An annual event will be hosted to recognise resident connectors and resident organisers in Central and North Singapore.

Activated residents

Residents who proactively care for their health and the health of those in their personal circle. They may also care for others through volunteering in specific activities in a supportive role.

Resident connectors

Residents who actively link residents in their wider community to services, resources or other residents for health and social support.

Resident organisers

Residents who engage their communities for joint action through organising activities or programmes for health. They also activate and enable others as activated residents and resident connectors, as well as connect with other resident organisers.

The goal is to create healthier, happier communities where residents live longer, healthier lives through social connectedness and collective action. By adding 15 million years of healthy life, we aspire to improve the overall quality of life in central and north Singapore.

As an individual, you benefit by gaining more years of good health, forming stronger social connections, and contributing to a healthier, more supportive community. You’ll have more opportunities to enjoy life, even in the face of illness or aging.