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 test, 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. We will conduct a briefing session. For the safety of our participants in the current coronavirus epidemic situation, the session will be held as an online meeting. Each registrant can only register for once. Successful registrants will receive the briefing pack and participation details. The SIE Fund was established by the Commission on Poverty in 2012 to stimulate cross-sector collaboration, encourage learning and experience sharing, guide resources to groom and coach social entrepreneurs and to incubate and implement new ideas. The expectation is that some of these new ideas will ...

As co-organized by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service and Social Welfare Department every year since 2011, the Welfare Agenda and Priorities Setting (WAPS) Exercise aims at collecting views from the sector to identify and prioritize the welfare agenda for service enhancement and improvement in the forthcoming year to meet the social needs.  In views of the latest situation of coronavirus disease, WAPS 2020 will be conducted by video conferencing.  The details are as follows: Date: 15 May 2020 (Friday) Time: 9:30 am – 1:00pm Format: Video Conferencing Quota: 500 Persons If you are interested to join the event, please register online  on or before 4 May 2020.  The confirmation will be notified to participants by email on or before 11 May 2020 and selection will be made by the organizer for over enrollment.  For enquiry, please contact Miss Teresa So at 2864-2944 or via email ([email protected]). Documents: MEMO RUNDOWN ...

              疫境求存 民間自強 2020 年轉眼過了四分一，但相信這段日子裡市民過得一點也不容易，尤其是弱勢社群。新年伊始便遇上新型傳染病爆發，當社會大多數天天都在四出撲口罩、消毒搓手液、討論家中口罩存貨、停課、留家工作等防疫措施的時候，基層每天卻不得不繼續為口奔馳，早出晚歸，根本無暇為防疫作準備功夫。 隨疫情發展，社會亦幾近陷入半停擺狀態，市道轉差，基層勞工最擔心的莫過於要面臨放無薪假、減薪、甚至失業，朝不保夕。 看到「疫」境下基層沉重生活負擔百上加斤，社福界同工加強服務支援，繼續走到最前線與弱勢社群同舟共濟，並推動社會各界一起以同理心關懷弱勢。   查閱更多         走進斗室 伸出援手 以前劏房問題曝光不久時，人人罵聲不絕，狠斥劏房畸形、不人道。然而在住屋問題日益惡化下，今天劏房竟變得有價有市，全港多達數以十萬計基層市民便寄居於這些不到百呎的斗室。住戶人數節節上升，問題亦接踵而來。不再只著眼於空間有多狹窄，延伸至精神健康、家居安全、濫收水電等問題亦陸續浮現。這些都非一朝一夕能夠解決，也難以單憑一己之力面對。除了適時的現金援助，劏房戶更需要長期服務支援，協助他們應對生活難題。   查閱更多             從「心」抗疫 如何面對疫情下的情緒困擾 迎來不確定的疫情，社會出現集體焦慮和憤怒，停工停學，擔心受感染，搶口罩、撲物資、憂生計，多重壓力為每個人的精神健康埋下計時炸彈。「港講訴Time to Heal」計劃擴展至受疫情影響下而出現心理及精神創傷的市民，為有需要人士提供心理健康支援。同時，此計劃亦會繼續服務受社會危機影響的人士。   查閱更多                   ...

With COVID-19, there should be social distancing. The question is whether instead of a phsyical meeting for the upcoming annual general meeting, can this be done partly online? That is, the organiser being at one place, and the members joining online to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will explore various issues regarding the above topic; including the law, the practical and logistic arrangements, the technology and experience sharing with our professional speakers. The webinar is intended to be practical and to help you plan a hybrid meeting, if possible, for now or in the future. HKCSS is grateful to The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) and Tricor Group for their expert knowledge and contribution to the discussion.   Event details: Date: 29 April 2020 (Wednesday) Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Speakers:  Mrs April Chan FCIS FCS, Past President and Chairman of Technical Consultation Panel, HKICS Mr Mohan Datwani FCIS FCS (PE), Senior Director and Head of Technical and Research, HKICS Ms Catharine Wong, Head of Share Registry & Issuer Services, Tricor Hong Kong Language: Cantonese (materials in English) Target participants: NGO Board / committee members (top priority), Agency Heads, Company Secretaries, Senior Management of concerned HKCSS Agency Members Interested parties please register online on or ...

Period for online application submission： From 14th Apr to 6th May 2020 Launched in 2012, the HSBC Hong Kong Community Partnership Programme (CPP) is supported by the Home Affairs Department, the Social Welfare Department and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS). The Programme aims to inspire district-based community initiatives to foster a more inclusive society. Since its launch, CPP has supported more than 1,100 projects benefiting over 4,300,000 people in Hong Kong. With distress surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 and dividedness resulted from months of social unrest, Hong Kong is in need of positive energy to rebound from this trough. The programme press ahead with a new theme, “Support Hong Kong! ” with a double funding HKD36 million is being allocated. Each project will range from HKD200,000 to HKD700,000, extended 40% higher for the grant amount ceiling, in order to drive district-based initiatives to address the immediate needs of those disadvantaged groups most affected, as well as enhancing social cohesion and recovery of the community over time. The program is now open for enrollment from 14th April to 6th May 2020. You can apply through CPP website, please find the following information for details: CPP2020 - Briefing PPT in Capacity Building Workshop: Click here for download CPP Website: https://www.communitypartnership.org.hk (Will be ...