Outstanding Partnership Award (Corporate)
In recognition of excellence in promoting social capital, through the effective use of expertise and network advantages of individuals/ enterprises, and play a key role in achieving social capital outcomes.
• Community network — To develop mutual trust and long-term relationship with people in different sectors and of different backgrounds, and strengthen the social networking.
• Mutual-help and Reciprocity — To make good use of one’s advantages; devote resources to enhancing community capacity and creating opportunities for development.
• Trust and Solidarity — To achieve synergy by fostering cross-sectoral partnership.
• Social Cohesion and Inclusion — To promote social harmony and build social capital culture.
• Social Participation — To mobilise participation in response to community needs, enhance community capacity.
• Information and Communication — To establish an effective communication platform to facilitate information flow.
| Project participated | : | Choi Wan Good Neighbours Health Network, Choi Wan Good Neighbour Health Network (Phase II) – Cross Generation Social Capital Building Project |
| Nominator | : | The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod Welfare Department |
Critical Success Factor
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital has actively encouraged 130 staff to participate in the activities of the project. For example they help set up multiple “health promotion station” so to provide holistic health information and professional consulting services to the residents. They also introduce the mission of the project to their partners, encourage them to help establish mutual support network in the community.
Quote from the winner
The dedication of Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (HKBH) volunteer team "Volunteer 222" earned the CIIF Social Capital Partnership Award (Corporate) for our Hospital. Our team, set up in 2012, takes pride in our daily professional work, and added satisfaction in the extra mile service to connect the community and enrich the neighbourhood, in the pursuit of holistic wellness.
We see a hospital an integral part of any economy and every society. While her primary role is to look after physical well-being of each person, her pivotal position stands her in good stead to promote holistic wellness which is more than biophysical and beyond individual interests. The holistic mission of HKBH does go deeper and wider with an "inclusion for all" perspective.
We find the Choi Wan Good Neighbours Health Network ("the Project") an innovative endeavour and catalyst for "inclusion" in two aspects. One is inclusion of essential health knowledge and basic health service information, which are much sought after in an ageing community. The other is inclusion, and uncovering, of hidden social capital in the community, even from among the in-situ elderly group.
The Project created a cross-sectoral collaboration through a gateway in healthcare, which is conducive to enhancing the social network and social capital in the neighbourhood. This attracts volunteers and unlocks multivariate potential of our staff. The social capital of the community is enhanced, which in turn adds to the social dimension of holistic health of an individual.
After the completion of the two year project, with the blessing of the CIIF, we are going to extend and strengthen social capital of school children and their guardians, in the same Choi Wan community. This will sustain the momentum of the Project and grow it into a cross generation mutual help network. We believe local support is the best support. Our Hospital will continue to help weaving social network with our healthcare expertise, with a vision to promote holistic wellness through the accumulation of social capital.