Community Investment and Inclusion Fund " Caring Estates" in Southern District

1. Community Investment and Inclusion Fund " Caring Estates" in Southern District HK Southern District Women's Association Ltd Aberdeen Kaifong Welfare Association Social Service Centre

2. Objective Project objective: is to set up “Caring Estates” in the Southern communities through networking residents, businesses, government and local organizations, thereby creating an environment for building-up of social capital. We hope to achieve the following results: Self-help and Mutual-help Community Participation To build up a quality & caring community through “networking” social capital Social Inclusion Community Solidarity “Caring Estates” in SD

3. Delivery Mode “Caring Estates” in Southern District Networking Model Intra-networking Inter-networking Caring Businesses Campaign Caring Neighbourhood Campaign Caring Community Campaign Services Community Participation Self-help and Mutual-help Community Solidarity Outcomes Social Inclusion “Caring Estates” in SD

4. Delivery Mode • 1. Caring Neighbourhood Campaign: Neighbourhood Networking and Employment Training • ·Promotion: launched in 8 Public Housing Estates in the Southern District. • ·Neighbourhood Support: • Setting up a Neighbourhood Volunteer Team and equipping them with fundamental & advanced trainings. • The volunteers will contact their neighbours & work out tailor-made neighbourhood care plans. • The volunteers will also explore the potentials of families & encourage them to join the Neighbourhood Volunteer Team. • ·Employment Support: • Job skill training & employment counseling service offered to the local unemployed. • An Employment Support Centre & liaison office will be set up in Southern to provide updated employment information. • Identifying job vacancies in the local business sector, local organizations etc. • An “Environmental-friendly Market” will be set up to gather second-hand goods for sale and exchange. Unemployed people will be motivated to work as “voluntary shopkeepers”. • Volunteers & the unemployed participants will be given “Caring Saving Passports” to record voluntary services provided, which can be exchanged for second-hand goods & services or for discounts at recognized shops. “Caring Estates” in SD

5. Delivery Mode • 2. Caring Community Campaign: Local Organizations Networking • The organizer and the Neighborhood Volunteer Team will visit local organizations and invite them to be “Caring Organizations”. • A “Caring Organization” will agree to provide resource support to this project. • In recognition of their participation and supports, we will grant them “Caring Logos” putting up at their organizations and to acknowledge them publicly. • Efforts of “Caring Organization” would also be recognized by commendation ceremony, press releases, etc. “Caring Estates” in SD

6. Delivery Mode • 3. Caring Businesses Campaign: Businesses Networking • The organizer and the neighborhood volunteer team will visit local shops and invite them to be “Caring Shops”. • A “Caring Shop” will agree to provide special offers, donate goods or provide job vacancies to people in need. • In recognition of their participation and support, we will grant them “Caring Logos” putting up at their shops to acknowledge them publicly. • Efforts of “Caring Organization” would also be recognized by commendation ceremony, press releases, etc. • A “Caring Saving Passports” will be issued to the unemployed and volunteers for recording their time of voluntary services provided, which can be exchanged for second-hand goods and services, or for discounts at recognized shops, or for the fee of taking part in activities organized by the projects. “Caring Estates” in SD

7. Networking Mode (1) intra-networking Shop Shop Community Capacity To Create : ~Knowledge ~Skills ~Financial Resources ~Personal Network ~Sense of Belonging Community Result ~Mutual Help ~Social Solidarity ~Social Inclusion ~Community Participation inter-networking inter-networking Social Capital intra-networking intra-networking Resident Organi-zation inter-networking Resident Govern-ment “Caring Estates” in SD

8. 南區婦女會 Networking Mode (2) Women Organization Welfare Agency HK Southern District Women's Association Ltd Aberdeen Kaifong Welfare Association Social Service Centre Collaboration • Features • WomenVolunteers • Grassroots Services • Local Networks • Features • Professional • Social Worker • Multi-services • Local Networks “Caring Estates” in Southern District “Caring Estates” in SD

9. Expected Output “Caring Estates” in SD

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