Search Result

EMpower・Together — Multicultural Sensitivity and Anti-drug Capacity Building Project

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at strengthening current and future multidisciplinary professionals’ casework handling skills, sensitivity and knowledge about anti-drug needs of ethnic minority groups. Project elements include certificate training workshops, anti-drug knowledge talks on ethnic minority’s drug-related misconceptions and anti-drug needs, anti-drug talks for tertiary students and visits to treatment and rehabilitation facilities for social workers and relevant professionals.

HERO - MSM Support Service

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at providing holistic and gay-friendly drug rehabilitation treatment and programmes to men who have sex with men (MSM). Project elements include professional training for anti-drug workers, tertiary students and related parties; online outreach, healthy activities and social networking activities for drug-abusing/ high-risk MSM; case counselling and medical support for drug-abusing MSM.

Project THC—Stratified Cannabis Users Intervention

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at providing cannabis users-friendly interventions for high-risk, occasional and habitual cannabis abusers to address their needs and supportive services for their family members. Project elements include professional training on handling cannabis abusers; anti-drug training workshops for tertiary students to become peer counsellors; online and physical hotspots outreaching services; follow-up case work services, medical support services and supportive group for family members of cannabis abusers, and community connection activities for cannabis abusers and high risk individuals.

“Project EMpower 2.0”: Ethnic Minority Youth Enhancement Scheme

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at providing comprehensive support to the ethnic minority community. Project elements include school programmes for ethnic minority students, networking with ethnic minority related stakeholders to organise anti-drug programmes, outreach services and anti-drug ambassador training for ethnic minority youths, sports training classes and interest groups for high-risk ethnic minority youths, relapse prevention groups for ethnic minority drug abusers.

Prevention and Intervention for Cannabis-Abuse Youth: Screening Test and Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at training social workers and counsellors to use an integrated cognitive-behavioural approach (ICBT) to deliver prevention and intervention services for cannabis abusers, general youths, parents and teachers. Project elements include training and supervision for social workers and counsellors, psychoeducation workshop and individual counselling delivered by trained social workers and counsellors, and translation and validation of cannabis abuse screening tool.

“Anti-Drug Case File” O&O Prevention and Counselling Intervention Plan

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at raising awareness of drug harms, improving mental health, rectifying misunderstanding about drug use, establishing positive lifestyle and enhancing drug resistance among young people. Project elements include five senses experiential workshops for high-risk youths, online and offline Live-action Role Play Game for high-risk youths, tertiary students and rehabilitees, online assessment tool for high-risk youths, online and offline cognitive behavioural therapy for high-risk and drug-abusing youths, face-to-face Chinese medical consultation for high-risk and drug-abusing youths and training scheme for tertiary students to become online influencer.

Vitamin Cs 2.0

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at developing drug rehabilitees’ personal competence so that they could connect with and contribute to the society so as to avoid relapse during the process of reintegration. Project elements include career sharing/ workshops for drug rehabilitees, anti-drug video channel for general public, career counselling for drug rehabilitees, volunteer service by drug rehabilitees, anti-drug seminar cum sharing for secondary students (including ethnic minority students), vocational training courses for drug rehabilitees, basic professional qualification/ license courses for drug rehabilitees and advanced professional qualification/ license courses for drug rehabilitees.

Give Me a「Buddy」Hug

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at providing aftercare services to support the rehabilitated drug abusers for sustained abstinence in the community. Project elements include anti-drug training workshops for students, preparatory groups prior to discharge, motivational enhancement case work counselling, relapse prevention counselling service, counselling services for family members, medical consultation services after discharge, drug tests, anti-drug support group for family members, interest groups and leisure activities for drug rehabilitees and their family members, anti-drug training for volunteers, family members and rehabilitees counselling groups, sharing workshops by rehabilitated drug abusers using a mobile vehicle, intensive community care services for drug rehabilitates, work companionship guidance programme and family fun day.

Re-life-cation - Drug Prevention and Counselling Scheme

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at building up participant’s awareness on the harms of cannabis through a multidimensional prevention education programme. Project elements include cannabis focused preventive education, such as anti-drug Virtual Reality (VR) activities, real escape games for tertiary students, medical worker and social worker outreaching services to high risk youths, capacity building workshops for teachers and social workers, cannabis focused anti-drug workshops for parents of drug abusers and general parents, anti-drug ambassadors scheme for tertiary students and rehabilitated drug abusers, leisure activities to engage high risk youths, young cannabis abusers and rehabilitees, cannabis focused parent support workshops for parents of drug abuser, “Re-Life-Cation” medical consultation and career counselling for drug abusers, family activities for drug abusers and their family members, VR-based relapse prevention activities, vocational training and job placement.

Tin Shui Wai ‘Family Cheer up’ Project

Project Approved in 2021

This project aims at providing support services to drug abusers and their young children to prevent inter-generation drug abuse problems and raising the anti-drug awareness of students and parents. Project elements include training for frontline social workers/ anti-drug workers to support drug-abusing families, school and community seminars/ workshops for parents, anti-drug drama training workshops for parents, anti-drug drama for secondary students, production of anti-drug videos for grantee’s service users and general public, family counselling for drug-abusing families, sports groups and playgroups for children of drug abusers/ ex-drug abusers, parent-child activities for drug-abusing families, anti-drug parenting groups for children’s carers and production of folders with anti-drug messages for general public.