Remedial and Prevention Services for Youth Suicide
Youth suicide is a heart-wrenching social issue. The surge of youth suicides in Hong Kong in the past few years is of grave concern to the Keswick Foundation and we believe the Foundation could be part of an ecosystem to bring about sustainable changes. In 2019, the Foundation developed a strategic grant-making framework to build and enhance the ecosystem of care. The KF team worked proactively as partners with schools and social service support systems to identify high-risk groups and to seek out champions of new ideas and solutions. Each project added to the overall impact of addressing the needs of different groups at risk while encouraging and nurturing a supportive system and culture to prevent suicide. Here are some funded projects:
• Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, the University of Hong Kong — Mental Health for Youth
• Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong – Promotion of Empathy and Pro- social Behaviour among P.2 and P.3
• Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, — Pilot Project on Developing a District-based Professional Support Advisory Network for Student Suicide Prevention
• Grwth Foundation Limited – DreamStarter – To Dream, To Love, To Soar!
• The ABM Hong Kong Swatow Baptist Church Community Service Association – Life Enrichment
• The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China – Project P.O.W.E.R.S.
• Youth Outreach – Flourishing: Positive Mental Health Programme for Youth
青年自殺預防及支援計劃
青少年自殺是一個令人揪心的社會問題。 在過去數年，香港青少年自殺率飆 升，凱瑟克基金對此十分關注，並相信基金作爲社會服務系統的一環，可以帶來可持續的改變。 2019 年，凱瑟克基金制定了策略性的撥款框架，以建立和優化一個關愛青少年的社會服務系統。基金團隊成員積極與學校和社福支援系統聯繫，以夥伴身份攜手識別自殺風險高的群組，並物色能提供創新理念和方案的倡導機構，希望每個項目都能為我們的共同目標作出貢獻，擴大整體的影響力。以下是部分的資助項目：
• 香港大學防止自殺研究中心 — 關顧您身心 - 青少年心理健康提升計劃
• 香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系 – 小學生人道教育及社交情緒學習課程
• 香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系 – 連家校共齊心青少年精神健康地區性跨專業支援網絡
• 長大基金有限公司 – 啓夢者計劃
• 美差會潮浸服務聯會 – 生命何價
• 中華基督教會香港區會– P.O.W.E.R.S 計劃
• 協青社 – 活出燦爛人生 青年心理健康計劃