HYAB Funding Scheme for Youth Positive Thinking Activities

Background

The Government is committed to promoting the diversified development of young people and making different activities available to them to realise their potentials, with a view to fostering a healthy environment conducive to their growth. The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) published in 2022 the first edition of the Youth Development Blueprint (the Blueprint) which outlines the principles, objectives and actions of the Government in pursuing youth development. To work towards the direction of the Blueprint, help young people develop positive thinking as well as improve their physical and mental well-being, team spirit and resilience, the HYAB and Youth Development Commission jointly launched in late 2022 the first round of “HYAB Funding Scheme for Youth Positive Thinking Activities” (the Funding Scheme) (formerly known as Funding Scheme for Youth Positive Thinking Activities) under the Youth Development Fund to subsidise eligible non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to organise projects that are conducive to nurturing positive thinking amongst young people, particularly those projects which would involve cross-sectoral collaboration or be youth-led and could drive community building.

Mission and Objective

The Funding Scheme aims to promote the awareness of young people’s physical and mental well-being, nurture positive thinking among them and cultivate their positive values; and enable them to become a new generation possessing a sense of responsibility and having an aspiration and willingness to contribute to the development of our country and of Hong Kong. Given that positive thinking covers many aspects, the sponsored projects are required to have a clear objective and direction, for example, enhancing positive values such as young people’s sense of belonging to our country and society, and the advancement of the rule of law, etc.

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