FAQs

The project duration is one year. Funded organisations must complete the Community Services Programme within 12 months from the effective date set out in the “Approval Letter of Funding Allocation”.

The funding cap for each programme is HK$400,000. The amount of funding approved for individual projects is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Under the Community Services Programme, the applicant organisation is required to set a theme for the community services project which meets the prevailing needs of the society, for example, supporting disadvantaged communities / communities in need (such as but not limited to the elderly, carers, grassroots families, people with disabilities, new arrivals and ethnic minorities), enhancing communication between generations, etc. The applicant organisation is also required to determine the target beneficiaries of their community services projects and the target beneficiaries must be Hong Kong residents.

Yes. There is no limit on the number of applications each eligible applicant organisation may submit.

The number of women participants for each Community Services Programme shall not be less than 15 and all participants must be Hong Kong residents.

To encourage more women to participate in the funded projects, the Women’s Commission (WoC) will consider subsidising the applicant organisation’s expenses in organising children activities which are beneficial to their mind and body (such as arranging class activities for children) and providing child care services for women participants during the implementation of projects.

The WoC will consider and accord the priorities of each round of applications according to the factors set out below:

• the background of the applicant organisation (including co-organisers);
• the contents and implementation arrangements of the proposed project;
• financial arrangements of the proposed project;
• target groups of participants, beneficiaries, and promotion;
• the expected outcomes, key performance indicators, methods / mechanisms for measuring performance and evaluating effectiveness of the proposed project, etc.;
• the risk assessment and contingency plan; and
• other factors which the WoC may consider relevant.

If the project contains the following elements, a higher priority will be accorded:

• the project is scalable, i.e. it can be scaled up or expanded by replicating the successful strategies to benefit diverse groups of women;
• it is a territory-wide project; and
• the group of participants consists of youth, professionals, ethnic minorities, new arrivals or persons with disabilities.