Our Community Caring Fund (“CCF”) provides sponsorship to less well-known Hong Kong-based community organisations nominated by our employees. The objective is to help these organisations plan and implement community-based initiatives and outreach projects.
CCF sponsorships since 2013:
donated
community-based initiatives and outreach projects supported
CCF-sponsored programmes in 2018/2019
Total value of donations: HK$1.2 million Community-based initiatives and outreach projects supported: 15
Education
(38%)
This year, the CCF supported 15 new projects, including:
The Get Redressed Campaign, where we collected clothing donations and hosted the “Sort-a-thon” event at Taikoo Place in support of Redress to help redistribute second-hand clothing to people in need.
A Rehabilitation Care Programme, run by the HK Spinocerebellar Ataxia Association, providing speech therapy services to people with Spinocerebellar Ataxia.
A puppet show produced as part of the Charles K. Kao Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease’s Brain Health Education Programme, which aimed to educate primary school students about dementia symptoms and help them empathise with elderly patients.