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Community Housing Movement is a new initiative of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. We are committed to working with property owners, NGOs and social enterprises to provide affordable and decent transitional social housing. The project is aimed at not only meeting the temporary housing needs of the grassroots without support of public rental housing, but also enhancing their individual capacity, and strengthening their community network. Through the provision of social housing, tenants are empowered to live independently in the market or move to the public rental housing. After launching a couple of projects, we are now planning to release a new batch of flats located at Peng Chau, Island District. There are a total of 2 units in this project. The size area of each unit is approximately 600 ft². The term of release between operator and HKCSS will be around 5 years at the rent below market price. This site is not close to the city. In ...

Welfare agencies are providing labour intensive human services so it is essential for NGOs to attract, motivate and retain the right employees to support their operation. In general, the lion’s share of agencies’ operating costs is usually on staffing. The board therefore should ensure appropriate staff salary policy and practices are in place for the long term sustainability of their organizations.  To provide occasions for NGO governors to discuss and exchange on how to set policies related to staff salaries and pay adjustment, the Council will arrange two seminars for non-subvented and subvented organizations respectively. Details of the first session for agencies not receiving lump sum grant are as follows:   Date: 29 August 2019 (Thursday) Time: 6:30pm-8:15pm Venue: Room 502, The Boys’ & Girls’ Club Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai Room 1703, 17/F, World-Wide House, 19 Des Voeux Road Central, Central (please note that the venue has been changed) ...

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service  to announce that the Annual General Meeting 2019 will be held in the afternoon of November 8, 2019 at the Auditorium, 1/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. We shall be grateful if you join us in this important event, the details of which will be provided in due course. In connection with the AGM, the election of the Council’s governance for the term 2019-21 has now commenced. Please note that: The election of the Executive Committee and the Standing Committees shall take place at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) ; The election of the Specialized Committees shall be conducted by postal ballot during the period from July to September 2019. (The election of the Specialized Committee on Rehabilitation Service will jointly be held with the election of the Management Committee of The Hong Kong Joint Council for People ...

法律改革委員會(法改會)轄下的導致或任由兒童或易受傷害成年人死亡個案小組委員會於2019年5月16日發表諮詢文件，就改革在兒童或易受傷害成年人受父母、照顧者或其他人照顧期間因虐待或忽略而死亡或受到嚴重傷害的個案中，關乎父母、照顧者或其他人刑事法律責任的法律，提出初步建議。 以上改革建議將牽涉正提供家居及院舍照顧服務的機構，以及一般照顧者。因此社聯將會舉辦「訂立『沒有保護罪』對保護易受傷害成年人的作用及相關服務的影響」分享會，並邀請上述委員會代表解說有關改革內容，以增加各相關團體的理解及收集對改革的意見。分享會詳情如下： 日期：2019年7月15日 (星期一) 時間：下午2時30分至5時 (2時15分開始登記) 地點：香港灣仔軒尼詩道15號溫莎公爵社會服務大廈4樓演講廳 隨函附上有關分享會通告、報名表及程序。有意參與之同工，請於2019年7月11日或之前填妥報名回條，以電郵或傳真方式交回本會。如有任何查詢，歡迎致電2876 2446與長者服務主任黃婉樺女士或2864 2937 與復康服務主任黎狄慈女士聯絡。 多謝垂注。 ...

We sincerely invite you and your board members to participate in a CEOs Meet CEOs Luncheon titled “Expect the Unexpected with Forecasting and Courage”. Our honorable guest speaker, Mr SHUN Chi Ming, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory will share his wisdom. Details are as follows: Date: 20 August 2019 (Tuesday) Time: 12:30p.m. - 2:30p.m. (Registration starts at 12:15p.m.) Medium: Cantonese Venue: Function room, The Hong Kong Medical Association, 5/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Cuisine: Chinese Fee: $100 per participant (Free of charge for eligible agency member under the Small NGO Capacity Development Subsidy Programme, each agency member can enjoy up to 2 complimentary seats. Please click HERE to browse the list of eligible organizations.) **Please note that seats will be reserved to the participants once the registrations are confirmed.   The luncheon will also be a great opportunity for networking and sharing leadership wisdom across NGOs ...