Inadequate housing, poverty, and disruption of normal social life under the pandemic are among some of the biggest issues our society is facing. To foster sustainable development, collaboration between town planners and different parties is crucial. The Community Engagement Committee (CEC) of HKIP values partnership and has been continuously exploring co-creative collaboration opportunities.
Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk), a pioneer of supporting social enterprises and encouraging social innovation, is one of our potential collaborators. Rooted in Sham Shui Po, SVhk has been actively working on community engagement and placemaking in the neighbourhood. Some of the successful projects include “HATCH (合廠)” on providing industrial career opportunities to women and “Light Be (要有光)” on innovating a new mode for the provision of transitional housing. To promote a sustainable co-living model, an ongoing initiative by SVhk is to create a space that facilitates face-to-face interaction between community members under the pandemic. SVhk is also introducing a more creative and artistic approach to the practice of community engagement. For example, “Creative Beings @ Sham Shui Po (心浪潮@深水埗)” is a project that uses film to record the stories of the young people and artisan shops in Sham Shui Po within the gentrification discourse.
CEC is glad to organise the first event in collaboration with SVhk. The event includes three sections: (i) site visit to SVhk’s COMM,ON Community Clubhouse; (ii) sharing by SVhk on their community engagement work and impact philosophies; and (iii) informal idea jam session on further collaboration opportunities between SVhk and HKIP. The event will provide a platform for an exchange of ideas between the two organisations on how to solve burning issues of our city from new perspectives. HKIP members’ participation is much welcomed.
The details of the event are as follows:
Date: 15 October 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Please arrive 10 minutes before the event starts)
Venue: Sham Shui Po hub of SVhk (Address: G/F and 1/F, Tower 3, Trinity Towers, 213 Yee Kuk Street, Sham Shui Po)
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 20
Remarks: All participants are requested to confirm a negative RAT test result from the same day on arrival.
If you are interested in joining the event, please fill in the following form on or before 5 October 2022 (Wednesday): https://forms.gle/bxqDnEAp3ZfGabUJ8. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis and priority will be given to members of CEC.
If you have any queries about the event, please contact Ms Monique Tai at 2915 6212 or info@hkip.org.hk. Look forward to seeing you in the event!
Community Engagement Committee
The Hong Kong Institute of Planners
[This Event is for HKIP Members only]