Development and Support

For three years from 2019, the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research has been supporting the Jockey Club Media 21 and Professional Publications Unit to organise The Hong Kong Reading Competition and the first-ever Hong Kong Creative Writing Competition. The Quality Education Fund supported the HKFYG Lee Shau Kee College to set up a digital self-learning centre, optimising the students’ learning environment.

Business and Foundation Support

With sponsorship of J.P.Morgan and support from local SMEs from the IT, marketing and multimedia industries, Project Update provided latest skill training and career counselling for the subdegree graduate participants.

In addition, The Hong Kong Racehorse Owner Association Charitable Foundation supported three Youth S.P.O.Ts to run the Smart Kids Learning Project to enhance independent learning of underprivileged students, and the Kok Kwong Charitable Foundation supported Jockey Club Tin Yiu Youth S.P.O.T. to organise Project Uth to equip young people with new skills.

Fundraising and Charity Events Flag Day

The Federation’s territory-wide Flag Day was scheduled on 22 February 2020. In response to the development of the pandemic, flag-selling on the street was cancelled. Nevertheless, related fundraising activities organised by the different service units, “Gold Flag Subscription” and “Wellness Folder” Charity Sale, were generously supported by various community sectors. Funds raised went towards supporting services for youth emotional health.

“Dream Your Dream” Monthly Donation

Thanks to Hongkong Electric, the Federation was able to send monthly donation appeal leaflets to 40,000 households in 2019, encouraging the public to donate regularly and support the disadvantaged to live for a brighter future.

eGiving

The one-stop online donation platform launched in 2017 continued to provide convenience to donors, who could support their preferred projects or services in a one-off or regular manner. Details can be found at giving.hkfyg.org.hk.

Donation and Sponsorship

The Federation benefited from the charity initiatives of many organisations. Genki, ONE TEN, and Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation named the Federation a beneficiary of their charity campaigns. Launched by HK01, “01 Heart” is an online donation platform through which the Federation can raise funds for its youth services and projects from the public and the platform’s Donation Matching Scheme. Sponsorship in kind from corporate bodies and individuals included additional facilities for the Federation’s service units, beauty and personal care products and sports equipment, as well tickets to concerts, theme parks and the theatre for youth.

Development and Support

Caring Company Scheme

To recognise the dedication of partners, the Federation successfully nominated 123 companies and eight organisations for The Hong Kong Council of Social Service 2019-20 Caring Company Logo and Caring Organisation Logo. This scheme is an important recognition of corporate citizenship and a caring spirit.

Corporate Planning and Staff Training

The Annual Plan 2020-21

The first year of the Fourth Five Year Plan was implemented in 2019-20 and the results were evaluated to pave the way for the Annual Plan of 2020-21. Several milestones were reached, including the formation of the alumni network; data driven practices; internal talent development programmes; mechanisms to instil an innovation culture; and the assessment of user satisfaction.

In the coming few years from 2020-21, the Federation will employ the following three strategies: (1) Deepening Engagement;

(2) Enhancing Professionalism, and (3) Embracing Innovation to develop our youth services. These strategies will cover “Wellness Mind”, “Future Skills”, and “Healing for Hope”, key areas addressing the needs of young people as a result of both the protests and pandemic.

The Annual Plan 2020-21 was published in April 2020 and distributed to government departments, funding bodies, partners, youth work organisations, universities and schools.

Staff Training

Despite disruption caused by the pandemic on staff training, this year staff members accomplished a total of 10,677 training hours by attending 53 in-house and 117 external training activities, achieving a total attendance of 4,180. Zoom online trainings were organised to replace classroom learning to ensure the health and safety of staff. The Staff e-Learning System had 5,286 staff log-ins, comparatively lower than the previous year due to a system revamp. A more user-friendly system is anticipated to be in operation soon this year. Highlights of staff training programmes include: