Do you have any innovative ideas that address the problems of poverty and social exclusion in Hong Kong? Are you looking for funding and other kinds of support to commercialise, start, grow or scale your social project?  An intermediary of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), Impact Incubator of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service cordially invites all current and potential social innovators and social entrepreneurs to join our next Impact Incubator briefing session. At the session, our team will briefly introduce our new Impact Incubator, key programme features and answer any questions you may have on applying for SIE Fund grant funding, through the Impact Incubator. Representative from “Trial and Error Lab”, a SIE Fund approved project, will also share their story of innovation and experience of their funding application.  SIE Fund was established by the Commission on Poverty in 2012 to stimulate cross-sector collaboration, sharing learning and experience, guiding resources to groom and coach entrepreneurs, incubating and implementing new ideas, with the expectation that some of these will lead to new, sustainable businesses that help tackle poverty and social exclusion in the community.  Content of SIE Fund Briefing Session Introduction of the funding Application procedures All-round incubation ...

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  Certificate in Accounting Practice and Financial Management for Non-financial Professionals in NGOs 社會服務機構會計實務及財務管理證書課程 (專為非財務人員而設)  (課程內容只提供英文版本)  Background Good accounting practices and financial management can support steady growth of an organization and serves as a sign of good management behind. The certificate programme is organized to enable NGO staff members of non-financial background who are responsible for accounting/financial issues to strengthen their knowledge in managing NGO finance.  Objective ✓ To provide essential knowledge of financial management and accounting for centre supervisors/service managers in handling the accounting records ✓ To help managerial staff in mastering cost function and control for making good decisions ✓ To assist centre supervisors/service managers in developing and implementing internal control for their service units  Course Details Course Code : 21A-C02 to C05 Date : 21A-C02 : 17 June 2021 (Thursday)  21A-C03 : 24 June 2021 (Thursday)  21A-C04 : 7 July 2021 (Wednesday)  21A-C05 : 14 July 2021 (Wednesday)  Time : 0930 – 1745 (7 hours each day, 28 hours in total)  Venue : Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong  Target Participants :  Centre Supervisors, Service Managers (non-financial professionals) responsible for accounting and financial operations of subvented and/or  non-subvented services of NGOs   Class Size : 30 Medium :  Cantonese supplemented with English (Course materials in English)    Each Session  Full Certificate   Fees :  $1,340 each session   $5,090  Fees for HKCSS Agency Member Staff :  $1,240 (payment received ...

Prelude to the “Caring Company” 20th Anniversary: Sustainable Partnership • Impactful Changes will be held on 18 May 2021. To facilitate the communication between Caring Company Companies and Organisation for exploring the collaboration opportunities, you are cordially invited to attend and share your valuable insights and perspectives on different social agenda. Event details Date: 18 May 2021(Tue)  Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Language: Cantonese Participation Fee: Free (by registration) Enrollment: Please click here For enquiries, please contact us through email [email protected] or 2864-2966.  ...

In order to get the practitioners of the sector to know the Council’s latest research findings and recommendations in a precise and concise manner, the Council has endeavored to publish Research Brief from time to time.  A new Research Brief Issue 3 and 4 for the year of 2020-2021 has just been published, introducing research titled “Analysis of Unemployment and Underemployment” and “Hong Kong Social Development Index (SDI) 2020”. Each research brief covers basic background of the core issue and policy significance of the research, followed by research objectives, research methods adopted and key research findings, so that readers are able to capture the key findings for reference. For further enquiries of research, please contact the respective officer based on the contact information provided in the Research Brief. Please feel free to access the latest research (Chinese only) conducted by the Council Issue 3: Analysis of Unemployment and Underemployment Issue 4: Hong Kong Social Development Index (SDI) 2020 For enquiries on collection of research information and our publications, please contact Miss Connie Chen by email [email protected] or at 2864 2963. Thank you ...