Outstanding Social Capital Partnership Awards (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.

Critical Success Factor

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (Disneyland) has mobilised its corporate volunteer teams to participate in the project. Pooling corporate resources together to provide training to elderly volunteers, Disneyland has invited professional trainers to host workshops covering topics such as story-telling skills, horticulture and green cooking in order to unlock the potential of elderly people. Thanks to the joint efforts of Disneyland and the agency, so far nearly 60 elderly volunteers have been trained and become Happy Caring Ambassadors. These volunteers are provided with regular volunteering opportunities in the community so that they can bring the knowledge acquired to the community and the families therein. Disneyland has not only contributed to the project through enhancing social cohesion and developing a caring culture in the community, but it has also promoted a sense of worthiness among the elderly people, enabling them to become social capital.