Summer Youth Programme

Activities galore, indoors and outdoors, throughout the summer. Here is just a sample.

LNT Walk Out [Leave No Trace]

Date Until August Venue/ organizers 21 HKFYG Youth SPOTs

Activities Outdoor adventure challenges that introduce principles of LNT [Leave No Trace]

while appreciating and respecting nature: stand-up paddling, hiking, camping, cycling

Fees

Details

Varies from $30 to $550 (members / non members) bit.ly/302yCbr

Online Course Series

Date until August Venue Students’ homes

Organizers Various

Activities A range of online courses from innovative arts and personal development, including sign language and handicrafts; fascinating skills to learn from the comfort of home

Fees

Details

Varies from $60 to $800 (members / non members) bit.ly/306Cbgw

STEM LEADer Science Camp

Date 3-5 August Venue HKFYG Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp

Activities Three-day, two-night science camp to encourage creative youngsters to invent paper boats, robot arms, water filters and edible treats by experimenting with scientific theory

* LEAD lab certificate awarded to every participant who completes the Camp *

Fees

Age Details

$2,000 / $2,030 (members / non members) 8 –12 bit.ly/2XVXChW

V-Studio 2020

Date 11-13 August Venue HKFYG Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp Activities Three-day, two-night training camp for enthusiastic volunteers: cultivates sense of responsibility, boosts understanding of volunteering and develops both leadership potential and community awareness Organizer Membership and Volunteer Unit

Contact 3755 7220

Fees

Age Details

$1,500 / $1,600 (members / non members) 11 –15 bit.ly/3gy3DJT

Youth Becoming Journalists!

Date August Venue/ organizer Professional Publications Unit

Activities This journalism workshop is recruiting talented young writers to become magazine journalists! Get inspired by real-life city stories and experience the fascinating process of magazine production. Maybe your work will be published in HKFYG’s “Youth SPOT” magazine as well! Contact 3755 7111

Fees

Age Details

$780 / $900 (members / non members) 11–15 bit.ly/3dGRxMo

Youth Vocational Training Programme

Date July- August Venue/ organizer HKFYG Youth SPOTs

Activities Introduces a range of skills including classroom management and the characteristics of today’s children and includes taking up duties and responsibilities for organizing children’s groups and outdoor activities

Fees

Age Details

$50 / $80 (members / non members) 13–25 bit.ly/36WVTwK

Covid-19 impacting young entrepreneurs

The unprecedented global economic downturn due to the pandemic is making small and medium businesses especially vulnerable. YBHK, committed to fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship, is rolling out a 6-month programme to help them stay afloat.

Examining business strategies and redefining business goals will be the focus of customized one-on-one consultation services, mentoring and online business talks in this Rapid Response and Recovery Programme funded by Google.org.

One company it is helping is Mellow, founded by Teresa Chan and Chester Szeen. They created a personal finance and digital payment mobile app for children and parents that can be used anywhere in the world. YBHK and HKFYG’s network is providing access to teenagers and parents and promoting the company with coverage on RTHK.

“We all need to be financially literate,” says Chester. “Bad money habits are formed during childhood, but solutions like school workshops and app games have been impractical so far. Children learn best by doing and so there needs to be a digital solution that is disruptive and accessible.”

Mellow is looking to build an ecosystem with schools, financial institutions and retailers. “We are launching a user-friendly pilot with schools for teachers and students while enhancing our educational value by developing curriculums and analytics for our users.”

Mellow is listed by Forbes as one of Loop HK Top 30 Rising Stars Hercules Chan, who runs a mental health mentorship business called VOID, applied for YBHK funding when setting out on his entrepreneurial journey. Now struggling with tighter and tighter profit margins, he remembers the constructive feedback given by YBHK mentors and the ways in which the HKFYG Social Innovation Centre helped him to develop his business network.

“During the covid-19 pandemic, I took part in training organized by HKFYG. It helped me engage more customers in my network. My business mainly focuses on mental wellbeing services such as meditation and mindfulness. At a time when Hongkongers in general are facing stressful times, our company can provide effective help.”

Hercules is continuing to optimize the apps marketed by his company in order to diversify services. “We will also be collaborating with NGOs and providing coupons for our apps as well as a free trial version.”

At a time when the world is changing dramatically from day to day, companies like Mellow and Void are often least able to bear economic shocks. YBHK’s services aim to sustain them and offer the advice they need to navigate the crisis successfully.

VOID and Hercules were listed by Generation T in 2018