Enriching Services for Youth-at-Risk

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service organised a community visit on 24 April 2007 for some twenty representatives of the Caring Companies. They visited the Youth Employment Start-up Program (YES Program) and a series of diversified youth enrichment programmes of Youth Outreach, namely u0022The Hang-outu0022, u0022School of Hip Hopu0022 and u0022City Challengeu0022 adventure training.

Through the visit, the participants were able to understand how the social service organisation intervenes and provides service to support the youth-at-risk. The participants were inspired to initiate collaboration ideas with social service organisations.

During the visitation, Mr Benjamin Chan, Deputy Executive Director of Youth Outreach explained how they intervene into the cases of the youth, and arranged the trainers and the trainees of u0022City Challengeu0022 and u0022School of Hip Hopu0022 to demonstrate abseiling and hip-hop dance respectively. The trainers of these projects had crisis growing stage, and their lives were transformed after Youth Outreach intervened with correct guidance.

Besides, the participants visited the 24-hour drop-in center u0022The Hang-Outu0022. They understood how the youth operated the project and established the culture of u0022No Cigarette, No Alcohol, No Foul Languageu0022.

Through the visit, the participants were able to understand the needs from the youth-at-risk, and our positive responses may help transform the lives of more young people.

Introduction of Youth Outreach
Youth Outreach was established in November 1991 as a crisis intervention center for youth. It provides different types of services, e.g. outreaching services, crisis centre, counseling hotline and employment training programs, so as to empower the ability of the youth to resolve problems and to develop their potential. The organisation has more collaborations with the business sector in recent years.

Photo Album

Trainers of u0022City Challengeu0022 demonstrated abseiling

Trainees of u0022School of Hip Hopu0022 demonstrated hip-hop dance

The trainees chatted with the participants

Participants visited the 24-hour drop-in center u0022The Hang-Outu0022