香港基督教女青年會
Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association
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香港基督教女青年會 Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association
Founding Year
1920
Address
No 1 MacDonnell Road,
Hong Kong
Telephone Number
34761300
Fax Number
34761377
Email Address
[email protected]
Website
https://www.ywca.org.hk/
Registration Type
Companies Ordinance ( Cap. 622 )
Reference number of the Certificate
3353
Tax Exempted Charitable Institute under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance
✓
Religion Background
Christianity
Community Chest of Hong Kong Member
✗
Receiving SWD Recurrent Subvention
✓
Name of Chairperson
Ms. Lee Shuk Ying, Helen
Name of Agency Head
Ms. YEUNG Kin Ha, Yvonne
Mission & Objectives
The Purpose of the Association is to advance the spiritual, mental, physical and social welfare of individuals, to promote their growth in Christian character and to cultivate Christian spirit of fellowship and service.
Agency Introduction
Advocating the caring spirit of Christ, and the purpose of “Enhancement of Life”, the Association provides women-oriented services and serves different groups of people in need.
Scope of Services & Highlight
Established in 1920, HKYWCA is the first women organization in HK. Nowadays it has bloomed to a multi-service organization, providing services in education, youth development, women & family wellness, ageing population, and social innovation etc.
No. of Service Units
106
Districts Where Service Units Located
Central & Western
Eastern
Southern
Kowloon City
Kwun Tong
Sham Shui Po
Yau Tsim Mong
Wong Tai Sin
Islands
Kwai Tsing
North
Sai Kung
Sha Tin
Tai Po
Tsuen Wan
Tuen Mun
Yuen Long
Districts Served
All Districts
No. of Service Recipients in Last Year (man-times)
2518517
Average No. of Registered Volunteers / Year (including Board Members)
10,001 或以上
No. of Volunteer Hours in Last Year
10,001 或以上
Nature of Institution

Social Service Organization

Service Provided

Elderly

Providing Elderly Services

Children & Youth

Providing Children & Youth Services

Rehabilitation

Providing Rehabilitation Services

Family

Providing Family Services (Including New Arrivals & Cross-boundary Family Services)

Community Development

Providing Community Development Services

Addressing Social Needs

Ageing Society

Alleviation of Poverty / Income Disparity

Parenting Education / Family Support

Carer Support

Children and Youth Development

Civic Participation

Community Development

Employment Support and Training

Empowerment of Disadvantaged Groups

Gender / Sexual Orientation Equal Opportunities

Health Education and Management

Housing Needs

Inclusion of People with Disabilities

Innovation and Technology for Ageing

Inter-generational Harmony

Medical-Social Collaboration

Mental Health

Racial Equality

Rehabilitation Needs

Retirement Protection

Social Innovations

Sustinable Development of Environment

Unemployment / Low-Income Protection

Harm Reduction on Addiction / Abusive Behavior

Project Name
YWCA Jockey Club Y Care Elderly Centre (Sha Tau Kok)
Project Period
2019 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Ageing Population
Health Education and Management
Service Recipients
Senior Persons
Project Details
Y Care Elderly Centre (Sha Tau Kok) provides one-stop support and care service for elders living in distant villages as well as their caregivers and the local community to promote the physical, psychological, social and spiritual health of elderly people.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
Co-joyful Queens Hill – Neighbourhood Mutual Help Project
Project Period
2020 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Inter-generational Harmony
Community Development
Service Recipients
Senior Persons
Project Details
Advocating the empowerment of residents, the Project aims to establish neighbourhood mutual support network among the elderly in the Queens Hill. Collaborations across different sectors, professions and generations are encouraged to facilitate the realization of their respective strengths and better use of resources.
Funding Body
Community Investment and Inclusion Fund
Project Name
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)
Project Period
2020 - 2023
Addressing Social Needs
Social Innovations
Service Recipients

Project Details
By integrating administrative procedures including finance, human resources and procurement, the project promotes an effective use of resources and enhances the administrative efficiency and organizational capacity building, to address the growing service needs. It also plays a pioneering role in the sector by demonstrating how social service organizations facilitate service development by taking advantage of technology.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
YWCA Jockey Club Joyful Marriage Project
Project Period
2021 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Ageing Population
Parenting Education / Family Support
Service Recipients
Retired
Families
Senior Persons
Project Details
Applying the “PEARL” intervention model, the Project aims to enable retired couples to have more quality time spent together, adjust to the marital life after retirement, improve their relationship and avoid conflicts.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
North District Health Centre Express
Project Period
2021 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Ageing Population
Health Education and Management
Medical-Social Collaboration
Service Recipients
Senior Persons
Children & Youth
Women
Middle-aged
Project Details
The North District Health Centre (DHC) Express was set up with government’s sponsorship to enhance primary healthcare and self-health management capabilities. Services include disease prevention education, basic health risk assessment and chronic disease management. With our existing services in the district, the Association can support the needs of the people living and working in the district in a strategic and comprehensive manner.
Funding Body
Food and Health Bureau
Project Name
“Plan & Go” Program
Project Period
2021 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Ageing Population
Service Recipients
Retired
Middle-aged
Senior Persons
Project Details
Through a series of courses and activities on themes such as knowing oneself and realizing one’s life purposes, the programme assists 50+ to explore possibilities in life and jointly set retirement goals so as to create a brand new “Third Life” and serve the community in different ways.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
"Picture book of my Grandparents" Project
Project Period
2021 - 2023
Addressing Social Needs
Parenting Education / Family Support
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Families
Project Details
This project aims to nurture children to care for their grandparents and to promote the importance of family concept. We teach children about interview techniques, drawing and making picture books in order to create opportunities for intergenerational gathering which bring joyful moments to grandparents.
Funding Body
Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation
Project Name
Jockey Club VOLUNTEER TOGETHER - 50+ and Retirees Programme
Project Period
2022 - 2027
Addressing Social Needs
Ageing Population
Civic Participation
Service Recipients
Retired
Project Details
The project aims to help retirees build a fulfilling retirement life through volunteering and become “Caring Volunteers” or highly engaged “Strategic Volunteers”. By cooperating with different Neighbourhood Elderly Centres and District Elderly Community Centres to organize a variety of community caring activities, it also benefits the grassroots in the society.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
21C@JC
Project Period
2022 - 2026
Addressing Social Needs
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Project Details
This project emphasizes the concept of social innovation and Youth-Adult Partnership in order to promote the development of integrated youth services and to build a new form of youth services in the 21st century. By exploring and creating new service spaces, new services and new user experiences, the project responds to the evolving needs for nowadays youth development.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
YWCA Jockey Club “Calm and Caring Family” Programme
Project Period
2022 - 2025
Addressing Social Needs
Parenting Education / Family Support
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Families
Project Details
The programme provides parent development workshops, parent-child art activities, parent-child communication groups, self-learning videos, individual counseling, on-site guidance for families of upper primary students facing parent-child conflicts in order to improve parent-child communication, conflict resolution and reconciling strategies, and to train family mediators as buffers.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
YWCA Jockey Club “Embracing Speech” Early Childhood Family-based Support Project
Project Period
2022 - 2025
Addressing Social Needs
Parenting Education / Family Support
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Families
Project Details
To address the language development needs of children aged from 0 to 6, the project adopts “Family-oriented” perspective and “Enhance Milieu Teaching” as the intervention strategy. The multi-professional team of social workers, special child care workers and speech therapists develops language learning tools for everyday family lives and environments in order to enhance parents’ relevant skills and promote children's language development.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
Jockey Club "Linking Hub" Project - Community Support Service for Sub-divided Unit Families
Project Period
2022 - 2025
Addressing Social Needs
Parenting Education / Family Support
Children and Youth Development
Empowerment of Disadvantaged Groups
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Families
Children with Special Educational Difficulties
Project Details
The project aims to help children with emotional and behavioural problems or special educational needs (SEN) and also their families who are living in subdivided units by offering them emergency kits and parent-child training materials. We also carry out SEN professional training groups and parent workshops in order to provide appropriate support service and hence the public can learn about the intervention skills of SEN children.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
JC PROcruit C
Project Period
2022 - 2024
Addressing Social Needs
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Project Details
Being one of the industry convenors, we partner with a group of committed and forward-looking employers. On top of one-year professional career navigation opportunities, the programme also offers on-the-job training, coaching and professional network building facilitation for graduates and first-time-job-seekers.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Project Name
“Youth Transformer” Project
Project Period
2023 - 2025
Addressing Social Needs
Parenting Education / Family Support
Children and Youth Development
Service Recipients
Children & Youth
Families
Project Details
The project aims at enhancing Primary 6 students’ ability to face the pressure of entering secondary school by helping them improve their self-confidence, learning motivation, cognitive ability and emotional management. It also develops parents’ competence to support their children during the transition to secondary school. It is hoped that children and their families will be equipped with the skills and attitudes needed to cope with the difficulties in entering secondary school.
Funding Body
Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation
Project Name
Jockey Club We WATCH Healthy Lifestyle Project
Project Period
2023 - 2025
Addressing Social Needs
Health Education and Management
Service Recipients
Middle-aged
Project Details
YWCA Jockey Club Healthy Lifestyle Service Centre (NT West) was established to run the above project which aims to help middle-aged people improve their lifestyle habits. We employ the Lifestyle Medicine model to help them prevent and delay chronic diseases. It plans to recruit over 20,000 people to perform health risk screenings and offer eligible participants health coaching on how to improve their lifestyles and health knowledge.
Funding Body
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Total Number of Full-time Staff
1407
Total Number of Part-time Staff
43
Registered Social Workers
377
Total Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
53
Childcare Worker / Supervisors
25
Teachers and Educational Administration Staff
189
Annual Report 2021 Annual Report 2022 Annual Report 2023
Year of
Income
Lump Sum Grant Subvention Amount by Social Welfare Department
$352,934,852.00
Government Project Fund
$221,741,927.00
The Community Chest of Hong Kong
$0.00
HKJC Charities Trust (including Community Project Grant & Project Fund)
$46,561,215.00
Income from Donation and Fundraising Activity
$3,504,969.00
Service & Programs Fee
$134,827,612.00
Investment and Interest
$1,195,541.00
Social Enterprise
$27,158,787.00
Others Income (If any)
$569,753.00
Total income
$788,494,656.00
Expenditure
Service & Program Expenditure
$707,185,704.00
Fundraising Costs
$1,923,437.67
Administrative Expenditure
$61,631,376.33
Social Enterprise
$24,957,126.00
Other Expenses (If any)
$11,315,136.00
Total Expenditure
$807,012,780.00

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