Tampines Changkat Citizens' Consultative Committee plans, leads and coordinates community activities at constituency level. It also channels the needs and problems of the residents to the government and keeps them informed of the government's action and policies.

In addition, the CCC raises funds for the welfare aid to the needy, bursaries and scholarships for deserving students and other community projects.

Residents' committees are present in all public housing estates. They promote neighbourliness, racial harmony and community cohesiveness among the residents through a wide range of activities. They achieve these by organising Block parties, neighbourhood watch, civil defence programme, tuition classes, educational tours, dialogue sessions, singing, health screening and social gatherings.

Through these activities, the residents interact with one another and understand better government actions and policies which affect their lives and neighbours.