A Platform for Partnership Between Businesses and NGOs

	The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (The Council) has more than 320 agency members that are providing over 90% of the social welfare services in Hong Kong.
	The Council, together with its members, promotes the development of social welfare services in Hong Kong, facilitates cross-sectoral partnerships, advocates equality, justice, social integration and a caring society.
	It has also collaborated with more than nearly 1,000 corporations through the Caring Company Scheme. Please visit the Caring Company webpage to register your request to search partners in organizing family programmes for your staff.

The Caring Company Scheme - A Platform for Good Corporate Citizens

The Caring Company Scheme is an initiative of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service for cultivating corporate citizenship, it is specially geared for building strategic partnership between business and social service sectors.

The Scheme facilitates corporations to take on the road to Corporate Social Responsibility through community involvement programmes and encourages them to take actions on the Caring Company SIX criteria. Companies fulfill two out of the SIX criteria will be awarded the Caring Company Logo.

The SIX criteria of the Caring Company Scheme

Volunteering
Being Family Friendly
Employing Vulnerable
Partnering
Mentoring
Giving

As a bridging platform for the business and social service sectors, the Caring Company Scheme not only recognizes companies with active involvement in the community, but also facilitates better understanding of the two sectors.

Capacity Building for Both Sectors and Long-term Partnership Development

Provide localized tools, guidelines, training and workshops, etc. to NGOs and companies in developing long-term partnership.

Dialogue and Information Sharing between Different Sectors

Provide opportunities for government, business and NGO sectors to hold discussions on related topics, and to facilitate a better understanding of community needs.

Match Making to Address Key Social Challenges

Provide a systematic mechanism to facilitate searching for, identifying and matching potential social service partners.

For more details, please visit www.caringcompany.net