Downloading of the acrobat documents for reading and printing can be done through the use of the Adobe(R) acrobat(R) reader software which is available free at the Adobe Systems Inc. Website.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in October 2005 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) (other than those for relieving South Asia earthquake victims)can be downloaded here.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in October 2005 for relieving South Asia earthquake victims issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

You can also click here  to make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on approved fund-raising activities.

The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2005 to March 2006 can be downloaded here.

You can also click hereto make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on flag day.

Community Mental Health Care Services provided by the non-government organizations have commenced services since 1 October 2005.  Community Mental Health Care Services are community support services providing additional care and support to ex-mentally ill persons in the community.  The services are aimed to providing continuous support to mental patients discharged from psychiatric wards/ hospitals and the halfway house so as to help them to sustain independent their living in the community.

Please click here for information of the service brief and list of contact points of the agencies providing community mental health care services.

The Social Welfare Department (SWD) invites applications for admission to the two-year full-time welfare-oriented Enrolled Nurse (General) / Enrolled Nurse (Psychiatric) Training Programme.  The training programme is organised by SWD in collaboration with the Hospital Authority to meet the manpower demand for Enrolled Nurse (General) and Enrolled Nurse (Psychiatric) in the welfare sector. 

The programme is open for application from 18 October 2005.  Application will be closed on 8 November 2005.  The following documents can be downloaded here:
(1) Guide to Applications  Acrobat Document
(2) Application Form Acrobat Document

To assist the single parents and family carers on CSSA with the youngest child aged 12-14 to build their capacities for self-help and integrate into the community through employment, the Social Welfare Department (SWD) will launch a trial employment assistance project named the ¡¥New Dawn Project¡¦ from April 2006.  Under the New Dawn Project, SWD will partner with NGOs running the second or third batch of IEAPs to provide intensive employment assistance, basic skills and skills upgrading training in the form of IEAP for recipients with no or limited work experience.  The Department is now calling applications for project proposals to deliver services from April 2006 to September 2007.
Applicant NGOs interested in seeking funding support for these 18-month projects are invited to attend a briefing session to be held on 4.11.2005 to understand more about the IEAPs before sending in their proposals.  The closing date for submission of applications will be on 26 November 2005 (on or before 12:00 noon).

For details of the briefing session and application for funding the ND IEAPs, please click here:
Acrobat Document  MS Word Document

To be eligible to submit an application, the applicant should be either a second batch or third batch IEAP Operating Agency.
 
To download the ND IEAP Application Form, please click here:
Acrobat Document  MS Word Document
 
Please also read Important Notes to Applicant Organisations before completing the Application Form:
Acrobat Document  MS Word Document

Please see below the number of ND IEAPs required in each SWD distric.
Acrobat Document  MS Word Document

To help people with visual impairment (PVI) to have access to the information technology for social inclusion, the Social Welfare Department, with the generous donation of over $7 millions from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charitable Trust, now launches the Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment.  The objectives of the Scheme are to support non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations providing services/ schooling to PVI and tertiary institutions to acquire advanced Chinese screen readers and Braille displays to facilitate PVI¡¦s surfing in the information world on Internet; and to subsidise individual PVI in need to purchase these devices for the purpose of studies or employment.

Eligible organizational applicants will be invited by SWD to tender their applications.  For individual applicants, their application must have nomination from rehabilitation units of SWD, subvented non-governmental rehabilitation organisations, the students affairs offices of local tertiary institutions, principals of local secondary schools, or Selective Placement Division of the Labour Department and should be submitted vide the designated form with the quotations of the concerned items by these nominating organizations.  The deadline for applications of the current invitation is 19 November 2005.  For enquiries, please contact Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch, Social Welfare Department: --
Telephone No.:  2892 5652
Email Address:  srm3@swd.gov.hk
Fax No.:   2119 9035
SWD Website:  http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/index.html; or
CyberAble.net:   http://www.cyberable.net

Please click here for details and application form of the Scheme.

The Social Welfare Department (SWD) invited related professionals and district personnel to join a two-day training programme on understanding of family violence.

To enhance the community¡¦s understanding and awareness of family violence, the SWD has commissioned the Hong Kong University Family Institute (HKUFI) and Sau Po Centre on Ageing to conduct a territory-wide Training Programme on Understanding of Family Violence named as . These training classes will be conducted in Tai Po, Tuen Mun, Kwun Tong, Wan Chai, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Yau Ma Tai from November 26, 2005 to January 26, 2006.

The training will provide more than 2400 places for related professionals and district personnel, including social workers, clinical psychologists, police officers, teachers, doctors, staff of Housing Department, District Council members, etc.

Through the training on the characteristics of different types of family violence, the handling procedures, related legislations etc., the programme aims to facilitate the frontline professionals and district personnel to identify family violence at an early stage and refer needy families to the appropriate services.  The training content includes understanding on child abuse, spouse battering, elder abuse, gender sensitivity, the legal provisions on family violence, multi-disciplinary collaboration and district co-ordination.

The speakers of the training programme include social workers, clinical psychologist, paediatrician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, police officers, public prosecutors and academics.

The training will be conducted in Chinese, aided with English.  An attendance certificate and CD ROM on the training content will be issued to all participants.  Dates and venues of the training programmes are as follows:

Classes	Dates	Districts	Places
1.	26/11/05 (Sat) 03/12/05 (Sat)	Tai Po	Tai Po Civic Centre - Auditorium
2.	30/11/05 (Wed) 07/12/05 (Wed)	Tuen Mun	Yan Oi Tong Jockey Club Community & Sports Centre - Hall
3.	15/12/05 (Thurs) 16/12/05 (Fri)	Kwun Tong	Christian Family Service Centre - Auditorium
4.	19/12/05 (Mon) 21/12/05 (Wed)	Wan Chai	Leighton Hill Community Hall - Hall
5.	10/01/06 (Tue) 11/01/06 (Wed)	Yuen Long	Yuen Long Theatre - Auditorium
6.	12/01/06  (Thurs) 26/01/06 (Thurs)	Tsuen Wan	Princess Alexandra Community Centre - Hall
7.	19/01/06 (Thurs) 20/01/06 (Fri)	Sha Tin	Sha Tin Town Hall - Cultural Activities Hall
8.	24/01/06 (Tue) 25/01/06 (Wed)	Yau Ma Tei	Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong (Kowloon Centre) - Hall