Summary
Funded by Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – Age-voice in community” was implemented between Jun & Dec 2018. It was organised by 9 centres for older people in Yau Tsim Mong District (Main organiser: The MKKFA Limited Chan Hing Social Services Centre; co-organisers: 8 centres for older people). In response to the service gaps in the social and civic participation and employment domains which were identified in the baseline assessment study, the programme was developed to empower ambassadors to take a participatory role in the promotion of age-friendly messages and help to gather older peoples’ views on age-friendly issues.
36 older people acquired AFC knowledge and became ambassadors after attending a training session prepared by the Institute of Active Ageing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Ambassadors also attended workshops to learn MC and presentation skills, preparing them to implement a community education programme targeting older people. During the community education programme, ambassadors introduced AFC concepts and collected older peoples views on the trial scheme “Smart Devices for Elderly Using Signalised Pedestrian” through talks, interactive games and voting.
The programme enhanced participants’ awareness of the age-friendly city concept. Apart from building new social networks, ambassadors reflected that their voice could have a positive impact in building an age-friendly community as older people’s views gathered throughout the programme would be communicated to other community stakeholders(e.g. schools/district councilors).
Key facts
Main target group: Older people in general
Other target group(s): N/A
Sector(s): Social protection
Other sector(s): N/A
Desired outcome for older people:
Learn, grow and make decisions
- Ageing in place
- Inclusion
- Participation