One-year projects (18 projects) |
Attic Gear | Play with Dream | - To enhance participants’ self-cultivation of being an actor/actress and drama knowledge, and strengthen their performance skills; and
- To enhance participants’ understanding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child through script analysis, and to discuss the rights and obligations that can be exercised in daily life.
| Workshop, performance and volunteer service | Children aged 6 – 12 and their parents, and the general public |
Care North District Charitable Fund Company Limited | Play For Potential Ability | - To let children release emotions under the COVID-19 epidemic, and provide children with opportunities to enhance their social development;
- To let children who lack exercise to have fun, experience a healthy life, and learn about teamwork, leadership skills, resilience through the sports game competitions;
- To let parents experience the joy of participating in competitions with their children and build a harmonious inter-generational family life; and
- To let children share their feelings and reflection through mural painting and writing competition.
| Ceremony, workshop, sports game competition, mural painting and writing competition | Primary school students and parents |
Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong - University YMCA (The University of Hong Kong) | Project PLAY - Promoting Play Right for Kids’ Holistic Development | - To let students of the University of Hong Kong and members of the public understand the importance of play and exercise in the healthy mental and social development of children and to promote the benefits of play to children’s well-being; and
- To provide opportunities for low-income families to enhance parent-child relationship and promote a happy and harmonious family life for the healthy development of children.
| Training day, briefing day, residential camp, booth activity and carnival | Students and academic staff of the University of Hong Kong, children and parents of low-income families in the Kwun Tong district and the general public |
Green Come True (Hong Kong) Limited | Little Green Jewelry Designer | - To encourage children to demonstrate their rights, potential, talents and passion through relaxing and fun-filled jewelry designer training workshops with a combination of classroom theories, field trips and an exhibition;
- To strengthen children’s skills in decision making, problem solving, presentation and organisation through the design and making of their own pieces of sustainable jewelry; and
- To boost children’s sense of satisfaction, self-confidence and self-esteem through showcasing their learning outcomes in the exhibition.
| Workshop, field trip and exhibition | Primary school students |
Homantin Yang Memorial Methodist Pre-School | Love Child Protect Child | - To enhance the knowledge and skills of parents/carers on child protection;
- To let children understand the concept of self-protection and learn how to protect themselves;
- To let teachers and members of the community understand the concept of caring for children and enhance relevant knowledge; and
- To raise the understanding of members of the community on the values of child protection stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
| Workshop, carnival and art work display | Children (aged 2 – 7) and their parents, and the general public |
Hong Kong Education Association | “童心°家”同心活動計劃 * | - To relieve the stress of parents of children with SEN and promote their physical, mental and spiritual health;
- To allow parents to relax, learn more skills and feel more comfortable in assisting their children;
- To enhance parent-child relationship and relieve their daily stress;
- To increase the confidence of children with SEN by showcasing their abilities; and
- To let the general public to have a better understanding of children with SEN and promote caring for children with specific needs at community level.
| Class and exhibition | Children with SEN, their parents/carers and the general public |
Loving Power Limited | Vitamin N Ambassadors Program | - To sooth children’s emotions and enable them to achieve a positive development of their physical and mental health through playing and getting in touch with nature;
- To enhance parent-child relationship and establish a harmonious family; and
- To strengthen public understanding of the importance and impact of children’s healthy emotional and social development.
| Volunteer training, day camp, workshop, talk and gathering | Tertiary students, primary school students and their parents |
Luk Chiu Kwan Hung's Child Development Research Centre | I Have A Dream | - To enhance young children’s self-confidence in their capability to do what they like and pursue their dreams with confidence in the future;
- To strengthen young children’s decision-making and problem-solving skills; and
- To strengthen young children’s ability in developing their areas of excellence.
| Story theatre, workshop and sharing session | Kindergarten students and practitioners |
Mechanical Engineering Graduates’ Association HKUSTAA | Fly me to Engineer's Dream | - To raise children’s awareness of and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM);
- To enhance children’s comprehension skills and interest in learning; and
- To enhance parents’ understanding of the development of technology talent in Hong Kong.
| Workshop, guided tour and ceremony | Primary school students and parents |
Shatin Pui Ying College | Student Leadership Training Program in Shatin | - To enhance children’s self-confidence and sense of competence;
- To strengthen children’s leadership and problem-solving skills; and
- To help children gain a deeper understanding of the community they live in and encourage them to care about its needs.
| Training activity, workshop and day camp | Primary and secondary school students |
Smile n Go Welfare Limited | Little Greeny BB Ambassador | - To enhance children’s knowledge of environmental protection, self-confidence and sense of achievement through encouraging them to take up the role as an environmental protection ambassador at home; and
- To enlighten children’s learning ability and stimulate their talents, thinking and creative potential through games; and
- To showcase children’s learning outcomes and leadership so as to enhance their organisational and presentation skills, and boost their sense of satisfaction.
| Talk, workshop, mobile application and exhibition | Primary school students, parents, teachers and the general public |
Stewards | Community Little Docent Training Plan | - To train children as community docents;
- To strengthen children’s problem-solving skills and leadership skills; and
- To enable children to observe the community from their own viewpoints and demonstrate their passion and rights.
| Workshop and docent service | Primary school students and the general public |
Tung Wah College Limited | Play Like a Kid; Feel Like a Kid | - To enhance the understanding of parents with young children (including children with diverse needs) and early childhood educators of using free play to cultivate social-emotional competence of young children through a seminar;
- To consolidate parents’ awareness of their role and mastery of skills in using free play to improve parent-child communication and social-emotional competence of their children through workshops; and
- To empower young children and parents to co-create free-play activities/materials and demonstrate their co-created free-play activities/materials via an exhibition.
| Seminar, workshop, consultation session and exhibition | Young children aged 3 – 6 and their parents, early childhood educators and the general public |
TWGHs Jockey Club Lei Tung Integrated Services Centre (Fong Yun Wah Service Unit) | "Happy Kids in the Southern Blue" Children Development Project | - To nurture the healthy development of children;
- To enhance children’s skills in emotional regulation and social development;
- To enhance parents’ skills of parenting and dealing with children’s emotions;
- To strengthen mutual support among parents;
- To provide training on skills in dealing with children’s emotions and leading teams; and
- To promote a harmonious family relationship.
| Development group and workshop | Kindergarten and primary school students, parents, teachers/students in early childhood education and frontline child care workers |
Variety – The Children’s Charity Hong Kong Limited | Variety Butterfly Caregiver Program | - To impart professional knowledge of various challenges faced by children with special educational needs (SEN) to caregivers, and instill them with parenting skills to enhance parent-child relationship through child experts and professionals;
- To assist caregivers to gain understanding of their children with SEN and develop their potentials to reinforce self-confidence and resilience;
- To promote caregivers’ well-being by learning self-care methods to address self-needs while taking good care of their children with SEN; and
- To facilitate peer support network among caregivers through on-going self-help groups.
| Seminar with group discussion and workshop | Children with SEN and their parents/ caregivers |
Wonderful Green Limited | Countryside and Coastal Cleaning Action and Plastic Bottle Upcycling Sculpture Workshop | - To strengthen children’s decision-making and problem-solving skills, and their understanding of ecological protection through guided tours and cleanup activities;
- To encourage children to showcase their potential, passion and talents; and to nurture the children in areas of excellence through sculpture workshops; and
- To raise children’s self-esteem, self-confidence, sense of success and sense of accomplishment.
| Guided tour, clean-up activity, talk, workshop and exhibition | Primary school students |
Yan Chai Hospital Social Services Department | Children love play in Tsuen Wan | - To let children learn to express their emotions in a positive manner so as to build a positive life;
- To let the general public understand the importance of helping children to express their emotions in a positive manner and build positive emotions, as well as to explore the importance of exercise; and
- To nurture the physical and mental development of children who lack community play activities.
| Group activity, games day and workshop | Children (aged 3 – 9), parents, carers and the general public |
Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service | The Best Player - Children Development Support Scheme | - To understand how playtime is related to and important for the healthy development of children both physically and mentally;
- To promote children’s right to playtime and create a healthy and supportive living environment for children;
- To promote quality parent-child playtime so as to build and enhance the parent-child relationship; and
- To advocate and educate members of the community through the dissemination of important information on play for children and parent-child playtime.
| Kick-off and closing ceremonies, parent-child group, board game ambassador training and volunteer service | Primary school students aged 7 -11 in Yau Tsim Mong district and their parents, and members of the community |
Two-year projects (12 projects) |
Caritas Wu Cheng-chung Secondary School | Embracing Cultural Diversity Community | - To improve problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills, and creativity of non-Chinese speaking students;
- To help them connect with and integrate into the community, and increase their self-confidence and expand their social network;
- To enhance the understanding of Chinese families on Ethnic Minority (EM) culture and eliminate prejudice; and
- To promote communication between Chinese and EM families and achieve inclusion.
| Training, workshop, competition and voluntary service | Primary and secondary school students and their parents (Chinese and EM) |
Children Chiropractic Foundation Limited | Spinal Exercise Community Promotion Project | - To promote the learning of chiropractic exercises among children with a view to enhancing their chiropractic health and effectiveness as well as brain development; and
- To arouse public attention and build their awareness of the importance of maintaining the spinal health of children.
| Training workshop, fun day, and carnival | Children aged 2 – 12, parents and the general public |
Christian & Missionary Alliance Pentecostal Church Neighborhood Centre | Chill Club | - To promote the importance of exercise and play for children’s health, and emotional and social development; and
- To promote the importance of a happy and harmonious cross-generational family life in the healthy development of children.
| Online platform, parent-child activity, workshop, exhibition, experiential activity and day camp | Kindergarten and primary school students (with priority given to grassroots families) and their parents, and the general public |
DADs Network Limited | 《童心合歷‧玩動家》* | - To clarify the perception of the importance of sports and play in the physical and mental development of children, and strengthen the awareness of the public and caregivers thereof; and to encourage spontaneous and regular play and exercise with children;
- To create quality parent-child time and enhance children’s interest and motivation in sports through the combination of newly emerged sports, adventure games and parent-child elements; and
- To promote and foster inter-generational integration, and to build the habit of doing exercise together among the core family members and across generation (grandparents and children) through newly emerged sports.
| Parent talk, sports training, fun day, and parent-child experience camp | Primary and secondary school students aged 5 – 15, their parents and primary caregivers (including grandparents), and the general public |
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | School Outreach Program to Improve Student Mental Health After COVID-19 Pandemic School Closure | - To help children, who have inevitably been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, release their stress;
- To provide children with abundant and versatile support for their mental well-being;
- To enhance children’s interest in art, artificial intelligence & robotic, and game after school reintegration;
- To help children increase their social understanding in daily communication so as to improve their quality of life; and
- To provide teachers, parents, carers and students with information on health, education and social welfare services for children with special educational needs.
| Carnival and talk | Primary and junior secondary school students, parents, school staff and child carers |
Hong Kong Breaking Association Limited | Breaking athletes | - To promote the benefits of exercises and encourage children to conduct physical activities that enhance their mental and physical health;
- To promote the importance of play and exercises in the healthy development of children; and
- To let participants know the positive impacts of breakdancing such as emotion regulation, social development, etc.
| Online videos, fun day, performance, experiential activities, information sharing and Q&A session | Children (aged 3 – 18), parents, educators and the general public |
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Limited | Sing Along Social Inclusion Project | - To raise awareness and attention on children with SEN;
- To increase the participation of children with SEN in the community; and
- To enhance understanding towards inclusion in the community.
| Opening ceremony cum fun day, workshop, competition, choir practice and performance, training, experiential activity, sharing session cum fun day, production of DVD and pamphlet | Primary school students (aged 6 –12), parents and the general public |
Hong Kong Shue Yan University Limited | Multi-perspectives in enhancing effective communication between SEN children and their parents: physical affection, play intervention and expressive arts intervention | - To promote positive parenting and effective communication between children with SEN and their parents;
- To help parents of children with SEN understand their children’s physical affection, body gestures and facial expressions for a more effective communication of social emotions between them; and
- To facilitate the communication between children with SEN and their parents by introducing activities and skills of play therapy and expressive art therapy that can be done at home.
| Opening ceremony cum fun fair, workshop, production of video and play set, group play therapy session and closing ceremony cum interdisciplinary symposium | Children with SEN (aged 3 – 9) and their parents, and professionals serving families of children with SEN |
InspiringHK Sports Foundation Limited | The “Moving” Pictures | To help children understand the importance of exercises and develop the habit of exercising, improve their physical and mental wellbeing as well as foster better parent-child relationship. | Production of picture book and demonstration video, training and workshop | Children (aged 5 – 8) and their parents |
The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong | Sexuality Education Resources Development Project for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) | - To help adolescents with ASD master the social and communication skills and enable them to develop harmonious interpersonal relationship and establish a correct attitude towards sex to get prepared for romance relationship and marriage in the future; and
- To provide support to frontline workers serving adolescents with ASD and parents in implementing appropriate education on sex and gender relationship for adolescents with ASD according to their needs to enhance their mental and physical health.
| Production of game card set, video, website and social media post, press briefing and workshop | Adolescents with ASD) (P.4 – P.6 students and secondary school students), frontline workers serving adolescents with ASD, carers and parents |
The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong – Amity Place (Kwun Tong Central) | WeTime, PlayTime | - To enhance the understanding of parents in the district of the concept of “child-centered play”, to rebuild or strengthen the emotional connection between parents and children through play, and to routinise parent-child playtime so as to create opportunities for the children to play; and
- To let persons in recovery and their children who aged 3-18 relieve stress through play, to help them develop positive emotions and understanding, and to enhance harmonious relationships with a view to facilitating the development of the physical and mental health of these children.
| Talk, workshop, competition, small group and large-scale event | Persons in recovery and their children who aged 3-18, residents in Kwun Tong district and members of the general public who are suffering from emotional or mental distress due to parenting |
The Society for Truth and Light | Blessed Childhood: Physical and Spiritual Protection for Children | - To promote a sense of well-being and success for children from grassroots families as well as their healthy development;
- To enhance public education in five major areas (namely care and protection, home safety awareness, safe social distance, differentiation between secrets and surprises, and internet sharing); and
- To strengthen parent-child relationship in a relaxed manner.
| Production of public educational video/animation and booklet, seminar and workshop | Children and youths (aged 6 – 18), parents, carers and the general public |