InspiringHK Sports Foundation Annual Report 2021-22

CONTENT

Vision and Foreword

About IHKSports Key Data

Our Programme

District-based Projects - Overview

District-based Projects - Move 70! Curriculum

Region-wide Projects - Well Dunk! Public Estate Basketball League & Training Programme

Region-wide Projects - SportsCHAT!

Region-wide Projects - IHKSports Coaching for Youth Academy

Region-wide Projects - SportLINK Community Project

Region-wide Projects - Building Community•Building Tung Chung

Region-wide Projects - ACTknowledge SEN - Community Sports Programme

Region-wide Projects - “Jebsen InspiringHK” Home Sweat Home

Region-wide Project - ZoomIN Sports!

Region-wide Project - Sports Photography Inclusive!

Region-wide Projects - SportsCROSS Inspires!

Region-wide Projects - Co-ADDventure Impact Measurement

Quantitative Results Impact Measurement

Qualitative Results

IHKSports Coping With COVID-19

Public Education Activities - SportsHour Research

Public Education Activities - Sports For Development - Child Safeguarding Learning Platform Public Education Activities - “InspiringHK!” Sports on Boards Programme

Our Governance Governance Structure Board of Directors Management & Service Team Volunteer Consultancy Team Finance

Ambassador and Athlete Supporters Involvements Media Coverage

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Our Vision Better Youths, Through Sports

VISION AND FOREWORD

Foreword

In February 2022, Hong Kong was hard-hit by the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything seemed to have come to a pause, but our services never took a break. We adapted promptly to the situation and strived hard to maintain a balance between observing the social distancing rules while encouraging our beneficiaries and stakeholders to continue to stay active and exercise when staying at home. The enthusiastic participation from our beneficiaries and the support from our stakeholders have encouraged us to believe that indomitable sportsmanship has long been rooted in the hearts among all of us here in Hong Kong. This powered us to work relentlessly to carry out our vision to empower better youths through sports. This is an annual report of our charity, summarising our results in the past year based on our mission-driven programmes, our public education initiatives, our finance & governance and our team.

Our mission-driven programmes

In the past year, both district-based and region-wide projects have grown from strength to strength under the premise of strict social distancing measures. We turned many of our programme elements online to ensure beneficiaries are continuing their sporting habit while patiently waiting for the return of face-to-face sports activities. For instance, the “WELL DUNK! Estate Basketball League and Training Programme” kicked off in September 2021 with a fierce battle among 36 boys’ teams and 4 girls’ teams, but the full programme came to a halt during the fifth wave of the pandemic. Teams were then forced to train individually at home, but with e-sports competitions and constant WhatsApp group communications, we were able to sustain their bond. We held the Grand Final at the Southorn Stadium in July 2022 with over 500 guests who were present by the sidelines and nearly 50,000 spectators watched the exciting games through online live broadcast. This is only one of the many examples demonstrating

our adaptability and creativity in programme execution. We ensured that KPIs are met without sacrificing quality. This annual report has full coverage of our extensive programmes covering over 40 types of sports benefitting 2,957 youths directly, generating over 111,000 sporting and learning experience hours. We invite you to read through each of the programmes and scan QR codes to enjoy watching the videos showcasing the impact of our work on our beneficiaries.

Our public education initiatives

Together with our strategic advocacy partner Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), we commissioned the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong to conduct a 3-year region wide longitudinal study on school students in Hong Kong. In this study, a total of 759 primary school students and 1,140 secondary school students were asked about their exercise and lifestyle habits during the pandemic. Results indicated that in general, primary and secondary students accumulated an average of 15 to 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous levels of physical activity, which is far below the time of 60 minutes per day suggested by the WHO. Overall, only 5% of the students meet the WHO standard daily. In contrast, during weekends, students tend to have more time to exercise and therefore the percentage of students meeting WHO standard increases up to 20% on Saturday and Sunday, with more participation in sports from male compared to female students. The situation is alarming, especially after a long period of school closure during the fifth wave of the pandemic in early 2022. We are encouraged to see despite all the event management challenges, we had over 2,700 attendance of our public education activities generating over 16,000 sporting hours in the past year. Looking forward, we see the growing need of our public education services to advocate to the wider public to increase awareness of long-term public health issues arising from youth not participating in sports.

Our finance and governance

The annual income of the organisation was HK$20,132,542, a 41% increase from the previous year, and annual expenditure was HK$20,153,116. Our external audit report has been uploaded to our official website, you are most welcome to review our financial performance. We would like to thank our donors and partners who have faithfully and sincerely trusted us since our establishment. At the same time, we are very grateful for new donations and partners who provided timely support to our new services. Allow us to pay special thanks to donors giving us the funding for our central administrative costs, to cope with our essential operational needs, including governance, legal, transparency, service planning, manpower management, financial management, risk management, marketing, public relations, facility, material supplies and IT support. Please refer to the governance and partnership section for further details.

Our team

Last but not least, we would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone on the Board and the fulltime management and service team who have worked so incredibly hard in the past year. It has definitely not been an easy year, to say the least - pandemic, lockdown, economic gloom, inflation, interest rates and war, etc., but the team has demonstrated unparalleled character, dedication and resilience, to continually deliver outstanding programmes and services to our beneficiaries. We are extremely proud of, and grateful for, what we have achieved together as a team. None of these achievements would have been possible without the sacrifices each person has made for the team, the loyalty for one another, and the willingness to go the extra mile for our beneficiaries.

As a sports charity, it is even more important for us to remember, and to draw comforts from, the values embodied by sports – keeping a calm head, going one step at a time, giving one’s best every practice, every game, every day, every moment, and always showing up for the team and the loved ones. This remains the best approach in almost all circumstances, regardless of what change, turmoil or confusion is running riot around us. It is this approach that helps us to press forward in face of changing and adverse circumstances, it is this approach that brings order and positivity to our lives, it is this approach that inspires our beneficiaries and the next generation. It is this approach, which ought to be remembered, as the core value of IHKSports.

As Winston Churchill once said - “success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts”. Regardless of what lies ahead, we are fully confident that we can overcome any challenges together as a team. We look forward to another great ride with all of our beneficiaries, partners and teammates in the coming year!

Fong Chairperson

Kong Chief Executive

William

Judy

InspiringHK Sports Foundation (IHKSports) is a Hong Kong-based charity founded in 2012. We became a tax-exempt charity under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance of Hong Kong in November 2013. We are a member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service for our good governance and high level of transparency. We are also recipient of the Hong Kong Volunteer Award.

a beneficiary in the School Textbook Assistance Scheme, the Financial Assistance for Primary and Secondary Student;

Be a beneficiary in the Working Family Allowance (WFA) ;

Live in poverty and referred by a registered social worker/an NGO

For Public Education Activities, we serve beneficiaries that are outside

healthy lifestyle of people in Hong Kong. However, given the limited resources, underprivileged

Extensive beneficiaries such as underprivileged youths, SEN children, families living in subdivided flats and elderly

Empowering sport educators and wider society with the knowledge of Sports for Development and child safeguarding

Multiple sources of donations and supporting partners to provide us with a wide range of support

Energetic young team of sports lovers striving to drive social change

Total no. of indirect beneficiaries *The number of indirect beneficiaries is the estimated number of parents or guardians of the direct beneficiaries of longterm training and beneficiaries in volunteer services

DISTRICT-BASED PROJECTS Overview

1 class 1 class

2 classes

1 class 3 classes 5 classes 5 classes

In 2021-22, we provided 43 sports classes across 21 different sports. These classes served youths in 14 districts in Hong Kong.

DISTRICT-BASED PROJECTS Move70! Curriculum

Professional Sports Coaches

Full Set of Sports Gear Weekly Training

IHKSports training aims to promote personal growth and positive values transferrable to other aspects of life. Core values and skills to be trained include:

• Sportsmanship

• Team skills

• Emotional management

• Physical health

• Social capital

• Intellectual Development

• Adventure & leadership training for self-discovery, build up problem solving skills and strengthen students’ self-reliance and team spirit

• Volunteering activities: cultivate a philanthropic mind through giving back to community e.g. plogging

• Other learning experience & workshops: increase awareness in different social issues

Students challenged themselves in rope courses and orienteering activities through outdoor adventure camps.

Students and corporate volunteers participated in plogging activities to build up a healthy lifestyle while helping clean up the environment.

Students participated in a painting workshop to create an artwork for display during community sports event in their living district.

IHKSports arranged different opportunities for students to join open competitions, friendly matches, performances and examinations.

At least 2 hours of Sports Assessment

TEEBALL competition

Friendly competition organised for TEEBALL Inspires! students for a chance to experience playing proper matches.

Dodgebee Competition

Fencing Competition

Interclass

Dancing performance

DODGEBEE Inspires! Students participating in competition.

friendly competition for FENCING Inspires! students at a newly opened fencing school.

DANCE Inspires! students performed for parents and guests during a Graduation Ceremony.

WELL DUNK! Public Estate Basketball League & Training Programme

Started in 2019, WELL DUNK! is the first public-estate-based basketball league and training programme in Hong Kong. The programme is honoured to have Mike Heung, Head Coach of A1 Division basketball team Pegasus Kin Lung, and Cheuk Ting, Hong Kong Team Representative, to be the Training Directors of our boys and girls programme respectively. Together we provide professional training and competition opportunities for public estate youths between 13 to 17.

WELL DUNK! does not consider skill level while selecting students. Participants who meet the financial and age requirements will first receive intensive training, then coaches will shortlist students according to their attendance, attitude and discipline to take part in the league. Shortlisted students will represent their public estate and travel across districts to play against different opponents. The top two teams will fight to become the final champions at the Southorn Stadium, the sacred place of basketball in Hong Kong.

Exposure & Learning Outside of the Court

To facilitate players’ sense of belonging to the community and ensure their whole-person development, students are required to commit to social services and learning activities.

Major Event Highlights

JUMPstart Your Future - Women Leaders Sharing Session (Nov 2021)

Successful business leader Ms Tina Gaw , Managing Principal, Global Head of Capital Markets of Gaw Capital Partners; and Olympic Medalist Ms Sarah Lee , provided valuable insights to students on overcoming hardship and equipping oneself to be a future leader.

Event highlight:

WELL DUNK! Online Learning Series (Feb-Apr 2022)

Engagements with students had not stopped despite the 5th wave of COVID. Sharing sessions featuring basketball influencers were held to give motivation to students during the lockdown. A NBA2K Charity E-Sports Tournament was also organised for students and donors to challenge each other and have fun. The Tournament was even live streamed on Twitch!

WELL DUNK! Summer Camp (Aug 2022)

In this Summer Camp series sponsored by Baker McKenzie , students had the chance to experience the application of photography, video editing, AI and motion-sensing technology in basketball, with the aim to inspire their career goals.

Roy Cheng’s Exhibition Guided Tour (Aug 2022)

Students were invited to the exhibition of local basketball artist, Roy Cheng, where Roy shared the stories behind his art pieces.

With the support from Haitong International, a Grand Opening was held on 21 August 2021 at Sha Tin Racecourse Sports Ground to kickstart the programme. We were honoured to have the Honourable Bernard Charnwut Chan, GBM, GBS, JP, the then Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council; and Mr Patrick Nip Tak-kuen, JP, the then Secretary for the Civil Service of the HKSAR Government, to be the Guests of Honour.

Rewatch the speeches & interviews:

Blessed with the support from 40 companies and organisations, who had formed a total of 45 teams, the scale of the Tournament has grown from one and a half days to four full days!

To promote gender equality, each team was required to have a female player on the court at all times. Current title-sponsors of WELL DUNK! would also enjoy the privilege to have one student play for them as a supporting player.

WELL DUNK! Grand Finals 2021-2022

Sponsored by UBS, the WELL DUNK! Grand Finals was held on 16 July 2022 at Southorn Stadium, with 600+ live audience and over 50,000 viewers from the online live broadcast.

The Final Showdown

Three finals were held that day, in which all finalists gave it their all in this hardearned opportunity, bringing on three close matches that kept the audience on the edge of their seats!

In the Silver Cup Final, Sheung Tak Hunters took two OTs to finally defeat Siu Hei Guardians by 49:48. Both the Champions of the Girls Final and Gold Cup Final were decided by a slight margin as well, with Kai Ching Enchanters beating Model Sirius by 46:45 and Lai Tak Sages beating Fung Tak Stallions by 44:42 respectively.

Watch the highlights of the Finals:

Guests and representatives officiating a kickoff ceremony.

The Honourable Bernard Charnwut Chan and Mr Patrick Nip gave a motivational speech which not only encouraged underprivileged youths, but also laid down the objectives of the programme and its mission to the community.

The Ceremony concluded with a joyful friendly match involving donors, coaches and students.

Colleagues of different cultural backgrounds and gender played on a level playing field.

Companies forming a team and producing jerseys for players and families to take part in this Tournament.

Companies forming a cheering team to support the players, demonstrating a high level of bonding.

Champions lifting trophies designed and produced by reputable sculptor Mr Ren Zhe.

Donor giving support and strength to the team.

Primary students of IHKSports being assigned as young reporters.

Supporters enjoying the excitement of the game.

Half-time mini games to give away gifts by Under Armour.

Showing Appreciation and Recognition

Two Award Presentation Ceremonies were held so that not only winning students could be recognised, but also all our partners could be appreciated.

Learn about Mr Ren Zhe’s design concept:

Spreading the Vibe

To share the passion of WELL DUNK! with the mass public, a series of citywide promotion and community engagement activities were held alongside the Grand Finals.

Promotion Video on Sogo LED Screen and MTR Trains

The video describes the four life lessons learned from playing basketball, bringing out the theme of this year’s Grand Finals“Brave the best to become better” ( 馭強越強 ).

Community Basketball Experience Truck

The truck travelled across 12 districts to spread the fun to different communities. Participants could take part in reaction light and basketball shooting challenges to win gifts.

The Square Basketball Campaign

“The ball is round” is a Cantonese slang that means we should always embrace all possibilities. A 3-metre-tall square basketball installation was displayed at Lee Tung Avenue to remind people that as long as they don’t give up, there will always be a chance to fight back.

Crossover with Local Basketball Artist Roy Cheng

Renowned local artist Roy Cheng created an oil painting portraying four WELL DUNK! students facing down four NBA stars, a scene of fantasy to motivate people that anything is possible if they put their mind to it.

Lee Tung Avenue Charity Sale

On the day of the Grand Finals, charity sale booths were set up at Lee Tung Avenue, which was just metres away from Southorn Stadium. Keychains made from upcycled basketballs were among some of the most popular souvenirs!

Each title-sponsor was invited on stage to receive a Certificate of Appreciation, and a hand-written “Thank You” card by the beneficiary.

Watch the promo video:

Learn more about the concept:

Learn more about the concept:

A “Champion Ring” and a medal, also designed by Mr Ren Zhe, was presented to each member of the winning teams.

REGION-WIDE PROJECTS SportsCHAT!

“Jockey Club InspiringHK SportsCHAT!” is a pioneering Hong Kong-wide sports programme, aiming to support teenage girls in doing sports, building confidence and protecting themselves. During 2021-2024, in collaboration with renowned training centres, sports associations, and other supporting partners, we will continue going to different secondary schools to provide professional sports workshops and training for teenage girls. Female adult volunteers will be assigned as Buddies of the girls to take part in in-school workshops together. The programme also comprises a youth-driven public education campaign called SHE Explores! to empower girls as “sports spokespersons” of their generation.

School Workshops

Apart from motivating the girls to exercise, teaching them on how to choose a healthy diet is also important.

I have learned how to communicate with young people after volunteering as a Buddy in school. It is not easy to acquire a new “language” when I interact with the younger generation as it has been a while since I was at school. Therefore it is utterly important to listen to them actively and with patience. I realised that girls generally like to be appreciated and recognised for their effort. I always gain more energy and feel younger when I exercise with this bunch!

SHE Inspires! Sports Training

I was deeply impressed as the students have put great effort in mastering their skills and coordination. They even practice hard to strive for speed and flawlessness in every movement.

I have met many like-minded friends in the class and gained much confidence through dancing. I wish my enthusiasm in dancing can be sustained so that I can pursue higher goals in the future.

Students' potential has been heightened with the exposure of different sports, and their learning attitudes also improved positively after the sports training.

The

One of the biggest changes I find in myself after joining the programme is that I am not fear of undertaking new challenges anymore. It was difficult to practice the tricks when I rollerblade, but I never gave up. I remembered that I had practised the same footwork over and over again in a two-hour class. I now realised that falling is not something to be ashamed of, but rather it only proved that I had the willpower to keep trying. I gained the courage to face challenges with more confidence and eagerness to try new things!

Sports and Training Partners

Supporting Partners

School

Partners of 2021-22

The Methodist Lee Wai Lee College Yuen Long Catholic Secondary School

Buddies (female volunteers) joining the school workshops. Taekwondo Dance makes fitness training more fun.

Learning self-defence helps girls to build confidence and raise their awareness of selfprotection.

programme provides a variety of sports-tasting activities so that students can explore different interests and develop sports habits. Green Monday

Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School

Hall Secondary School

Irene - Female Volunteer

Wing Yi HO - Student from “SHE Inspires! ROLLER SKATING Public Recruitment Class”

19 February 2022

SHE Explores! Day Camp

The day camp was held in an online format due to the pandemic. Over 200 girls from different secondary schools and tertiary institutes were introduced to the Programme. They participated in sharings by professionals from different sports-related industries, a panel discussion with experts from social media industries and sports influencers, and a workshop on digital content creation.

Speakers from 4 different sportsrelated industries had been invited to share industry insights and career guidance with participants.

11-19 August 2022

Experts from social media industries and wellknown sports influencers had been invited to the panel discussion to share wisdom on social media content creation.

‘I

am BECOMING’ Public Education Campaign & Kick-off Ceremony for SportsCHAT! 2.0

The kick-off ceremony served as an official launch for SportsCHAT! 2.0 and ‘I am BECOMING’ Public Education Campaign. It was successfully held at the Sheung Shan Bouldering Gym in Sham Shui Po. The campaign included a Nine-day Explorative Sports Exhibition and a Two-day Bouldering Tasting with the aim to positively encourage all the girls to kickstart their goals in sports and take charge of their own lives, which echoes the core calling of SportsCHAT! programme.

Each guest was holding a piece of puzzle with the programme logo on it to show support towards the programme.

The guests were stretching together to promote a positive and active lifestyle.

The exhibition consisted of artworks created by local artists which embodied the spirit of sports. Various interactive installations were also presented to guide visitors to reflect on their lives and sports goals.

they were eager to try and strive for climbing higher!

over 100 participants! Although it was the first time for most of the participants to do bouldering,

Event Highlight:

REGION-WIDE PROJECTS

IHKSports Coaching for Youth Academy

IHKSports Coaching for Youth Academy (The Academy) is the first and foremost online learning platform consisting of wide-ranging learning resources for sport educators. With a variety of online resources conducted by professionals, the platform aims to enrich users professional knowledge on empowering children and youths through the concept of sports for development and child safeguarding. On top of that, The Academy aims to connect coaches and target users through providing volunteering or social impactful opportunities in order to "Empower Youths Through Sports".

The platform targets local full-time and part-time sports coaches and teachers, and social workers, youth workers and parents that are interested in bettering youth through sports.

Total no. of members 900

1,800+

Visit our website:

Jockey

Fund –SPORTS COACH Inspires

Total number of beneficiaries

Provides seven online learning units and more than 100 sports activity demonstration videos to stimulate users creativity in providing more positive values on children and youth’s personal development.

IHKSports Ambassadors and Athlete Supporters Chan Yuen-ting (Cowball - soccer), Chan Ka-ho (Long Distance Running), Or Kwan-ho (Shuttlecock), Hon Tin-chi (Basketball) and Lin Pak-hei (Tchoukball) participated in the promotional video shooting for the platform as coaches. Wong Ho-chung (Trail running) also participated in learning units’ activities demonstration videos.

Total Number of Beneficiaries 300

Sports For Development – Child Safeguarding Learning Platform

Provides the first of its kind, a sports-related child safeguarding online course in Hong Kong and consists of five learning modules and increases the awareness of safeguarding children in sports of coaches and youth workers. (Please refer to P.37 for more details of the project)

Funded by

Club Community Sustainability

CoachConnect & CoachAction

Establishes a free connection and communication platform for sports coaches, allowing coaches to build professional profiles and connect to more coaching opportunities. It also provides free online coaching resources and a series of online sharing sessions by experts for sports coaches and teachers to continue their learning.

Coaching Resources Partners

Navigated by sports media worker Ng Ka-him, the Academy launched three animations to promote a new job matching platform, allowing more coaches to utilise the platform to connect with job opportunities.

Collaborated with a professional team of the Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a series of ready-to-use coaching resources are developed, including Physical Activities Level Assessment Criteria and Guidelines and Coaching Cards, for coaches or sports-related people to apply in sports training.

Watch the promo videos:

SportLINK Community Project

SportsLINK Community Project is sponsored by LinkREIT’s Link Together Initiatives. The project includes Home Run, a district based running programme, and sports community classes for elderlies and families. The accumulated sporting hours are then converted into sports hygiene packs to give back to the community (Eight sporting hours converts to one hygiene pack).

Home Run

No. of beneficiaries: 95

Home Run is a year long youth long-distance running programme that combines technical training, community exploration, community work and career development.

Students did only participate in a 40-hour training programme, community exploration runs where they have to take turns to visit others’ communities, they also participated in a district throwdown.

Renowned trail running athlete, Wong Ho Chung, and his professional team of run coaches, The Peak Hunter, led five district teams aged between 12 to 19. The five teams this year are Kwun Tong, Shatin, Tseung Kwan O, Tuen Mun, and Sham Shui Po.

Technical running - track sessions Community Runs in their neighbourhood Elderly centre visit Career guidance & other learning experiences

Funded by

Despite the 5th wave of COVID-19 this year, physical classes were halted for two months however we have brought fitness classes online. Youths kept up their fitness with weekly fitness training while they were also given tasks to design their respective running route around their community and upload it on our programme website to share with the general public.

Community Sports Classes

Total Participation: 7,104

Over 20 kinds of newly emerged sports classes were held in more than seven LinkREIT malls. Elderly, children and families can participate in these activities which include nunchaku, wing chun, dodgebee and molkky and more.

During COVID-19, classes were changed to online and also we have implemented hybrid mode for four months which includes yoga, dancing and martial arts classes for both elderly and families.

Sports & Hygiene Pack Distribution

A total of 9,440 sports hours have been generated from Home Run and community sports classes, converting to 1,180 hygiene packs that have been distributed to elderly centres from the five districts that the running team stationed in.

Each sports hygiene pack contains masks, hand sanitisers, water dumbbells, a mini yoga mat. Three videos have also been produced together with an information card for the elderlies. The videos were also shown in various LinkREIT malls.

Student Stories

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No. of beneficiaries: 1,180

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Building Community • Building Tung Chung

No. of Beneficiaries

Project Partners:

Sporting Hours

Long-term Classes Beneficiaries

•The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

•H.K.S.K.H. Tung Chung Integrated Services

•Playright Children's Play Association

•The Zubin Foundation

WELL DUNK! Public Estate Basketball League & Training Programme Beneficiaries

Community Events Beneficiaries

Tung Chung is a rapidly developing New Town with a drastic growth in population. However, the greatly-increased demand for local public facilities and services far exceeds the supply, resulting in additional stress on the daily lives of local residents and ethnic minorities. To foster mutual help synergy in the neighbourhood and encourage community cohesion, The Swire Group Charitable Trust’s TrustTomorrow initiative has launched the “Building Community, Building Tung Chung '' programme from October 2020 to November 2023. Activities and events organised by IHKSports include carnivals, community sport days, long-term sports training classes and forming basketball teams to represent Tung Chung housing estates in competitions.

Long-term Sports Training Classes

IHKSports has partnered with four schools in Tung Chung to provide primary badminton, touch rugby, secondary girls lacrosse and football classes for the course of two years. Despite the suspension of face-to-face classes during the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued to provide training online, encouraging students to maintain the habit of exercising regularly.

Partner Schools

•Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School

•Tung Chung Catholic School Primary Section

•YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College

•Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers Wong Cho Bau Secondary School

Funded by Watch class video:

Well Dunk! Public Estate Basketball League & Training Programme

The Swire Group Charitable Trust has sponsored three Tung Chung WELL DUNK! Teams including the Yat Tung Lions, Fu Tong Mars, and Ying Tung Wavebreakers. Students represent the three Tung Chung housing estates and compete against various teams from different districts in Hong Kong. All three teams received praiseworthy results, with Yat Tung Lions receiving 8th place and Fu Tung Mars receiving 9th place in the Gold Cup Tournament, whilst Ying Tung Mars received 4th Place in the plate Tournament.

Parent-child Exercise Workshops

IHKsports organised “Weekend Fun Parent-child Exercise Workshops” from June to August 2021, which attracted many local Tung Chung and ethnic minority families to join. The interest families have in sports was unaffected despite the outbreak of the fifthwave of Covid-19, as up to 60 families joined our parent-child online boxing workshop in March 2022.

Community Events

Sports themed community events is one of the methods IHKSports utilises to promote community cohesion. Last year’s “Together we Charge!” gathered around 200 local Tung Chung residents who participated in various family friendly challenges, got a taste of lacrosse and enjoyed interactive games in the Playright Play Attach zone.

The “Re-charge

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as over 500 families totalling approximately 1,200 Tung Chung residents participated in various activities over the weekend. Activities include: outdoor yoga stretching, interactive music therapy, upcycling workshops, interactive sports zone, Playright Play Attach and a mini market place set up by ethnic minorities and youth organisations. “Colors of Tung Chung”, a painting co-created by Italian artist Francesco Lietti and over 70 children from Tung Chung was also displayed at the event. This large painting of the Tung Chung community and its unique features took 20 hours to complete and added a splash of colour to the event.

Tung Chung Community Day” in June 2022 was even

exciting,

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ACTknowledge SENCommunity Sports Programme

Designed for students with Special Educational Needs(SEN), ACTknowledge SEN - Community Sports Programme is a sports training and public education programme target for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. The project aims to address the negative impacts on physical and mental health of primary school children and their caretaker through three directions, including documenting the stories and difficulties under COVID-19; providing sports training classes and videos to improve their behavior, coordination and performance; and providing mental health workshops for caretakers to relieve stress through different relaxation methods.

20 November, 2021

Community Festival - ACTknowledge SEN Fun Day

Held at Kwun Tong Waterfront Park “VESSEL”. Children with special educational needs and their caretakers were invited to participate in various sports experiences, strengthen the social care network, experience the positive effects of sports on physical and mental health, and enjoy the fun of sports. 2021-22 School

•AKA Social Service - Jockey Club Integrated Service Centre

•Asbury Methodist Social Service

•Chiu Sheung School

•ELCHK North District Integrated Youth Service Centre

•Hong Kong Christian Services To-gather Parents Resource Centre (Kwun Tong)

•The Salvation Army "Share-care" Parents Resource Centre

•The Yuen Yuen Institute Chan Kwok Chiu Hing Tak Primary School

•Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Jockey Club Tai Kok Tsui Integrated Services Centre

ACTknowledge SEN - Community Sports Programme Highlights

SEN Documentaries

Invited 3 families with special educational needs students to reveal their difficulties under COVID-19 through telling their stories in documentaries.

Accumulated Reach: 42,000+

Watch documentaries:

Sports Training Classes

Collaborated with 8 schools/organisations to provide medium-term sports training classes including karate, taekwondo, K-pop and dodgebee to improve children's muscle coordination and ability to listen to instructions.

SEN Sports Activities Videos

Target to sedentary, coordination and sleep quality’s problems under the epidemic, 30 physical activity games, bedtime yoga and breathing exercise animations were designed to train children's abilities in all-rounded aspects with simple activities.

Accumulated Reach: 58,000+

Watch videos:

"Due to the epidemic, ACTknowledge SEN - Community Sports Programme has changed from physical to online format. Coaches are able to adapt to such changes by adding interactive elements to the lesson plan such as videos, to attract childrens to focus on the lesson."

"Very good activity for my son to learn a new sport that was different from what he learnt before, a big surprise that he could follow instruction well now."

Accumulated Sports Hours: 3,400+ Total Beneficaries: 176

Asbury Methodist Social Service Social Worker Ms. Szeto

SEN Student Lo Yau Kiu’s parent

“Jebsen InspiringHK” Home Sweat Home

Direct Beneficiaries: 120 underprivileged families* living in subdivided units^

^including but not limited to subdivided flats, cage homes, rooftop slums and other cramped conditions *including 120 underprivileged children and their 120 caretakers

During the home visit in the past years, we realized that many of the children and youths we had been serving lived in inadequate housing. According to the Society for Community Organization(SoCO), there have been up to 50,000 children under the age of 18 living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong. The figure reveals how alarming the situation is. We also noticed that living in cramped conditions hindered their physical and mental health development. We, hence, started to think what more IHKSports as a sports charity can do for this target group.

We are honored to be sponsored by Jebsen & Co. Ltd. to partner on a 5-year project since June 2020. This year, we are delighted to receive the matching fund from The Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged again for a new project ‘“Jebsen InspiringHK'' Home Sweat Home’ . The project aims to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged families living in inadequate housing through sports, nutritional knowledge and posture correction. Meanwhile, the project helps them to develop resilience and a positive attitude against adversity with sports, and take charge of their life through developing healthy habits and a positive body image with education.

Part I - Sports

Weekly Parent-child Sports Classes

Every week, the parents and the children tried different sports together in the class for four continuous months. They were also encouraged to access the sports resources available in the community.

Small Space Home Workout Videos

We designed 20 interesting workout videos with fun exercises with professional coaches to teach our beneficiaries how to exercise at home even with limited space.

The videos were available on our youtube channel for the public and more families in need. Scan the QR code below to watch the videos!

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Part II - Healthy Eating

Nutrition Talks

Registered nutritionists shared with our beneficiaries the health tips for children, and also the importance of sports nutrition.

An Exclusive Cookbook

Healthy eating doesn't have to be expensive! We collaborated with a registered nutritionist to design a cookbook with some simple, quick and budget-friendly recipes, which is exclusive for our beneficiaries of the project.

Scan the QR code to read the full version of our cookbook!

Monthly Health Challenges

Through the challenges, we hoped to encourage the families to apply what they learnt in sports classes and nutrition talks in their daily life to develop exercise habits and a healthy diet.

Part III - Posture Correction

Beneficiaries with outstanding attendance and active participation in the previous two parts were selected to receive the home revitalization and posture correction service in this part.

Annual Home Visit

Home visit has always been one of the most inspiring and meaningful events for us to have an in-depth encounter with our families to better understand their needs. After two years of the pandemic, we finally got a chance to visit our benefited families to express our care.

In May, we paid a visit to our beneficiaries of the project with the staff volunteers from the Jebsen Group, our donor. Apart from delivering the families' well-being supply packs, we saw the harsh living conditions of some families with little ventilation, not to mention limited personal space. As a part of the project, we also assessed their home environment and explored ways to better their quality of life with further resources and services.

Home Revitalisation Service

Each benefitted family received furniture and electric appliances of up to HK$5,000 to improve their home environment. It includes a set of ‘The Omni Study System’, which is a piece of furniture designed by The Hong Kong Polytechnics University and customised for children living in subdivided flats. The furniture helps improve the children’s sitting posture and protect their eyes and spine. Considering the harsh living conditions of different families, they were also allowed to select the furniture and electric appliances they needed the most within the budget.

Postural Correction Training And Physiotherapy Consultation Service

Feedback from Our Beneficiaries:

There is limited space in our home with a size of only 7 square meters (approx. 80 square feet). After placing a single bed, there is basically no room to move, run or stretch around. Before we joined the project, Jayden was lazy and less likely to do sports. After joining the sports classes, we started to do more exercises such as doing sit-ups and push-ups at home. Our relationship has also improved. When the pandemic eased, we even started to do outdoor exercises such as cycling or swimming together. We are thankful for all the support we received from the Home Sweat Home project!

The training and the desk provided by the project is of great help to us. We have a desk at home currently, but it is of inappropriate height. I could only lie on the desk when doing homework. After joining the training, I learnt the significance of sitting properly for my growth. Now with this desk, I also learnt to adjust its height and rest my foot while using it which helps me to improve my posture. Meanwhile, I started to develop a more balanced diet by eating more vegetables and less rice to healthily lose weight after joining the nutrition talks!

Recruitment Partners in 2021-22 (in alphabetic order):

Asbury Methodist Social Service - Help Community Service Centre

Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service - Kiddy Heart Canteen (Tsuen Wan)

Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service - Kiddy Heart Canteen (Yau Ma Tei)

Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service - Education and Family Support Services Centre

BGCA JC Cheung Sha Wan C&Y ISC

Evangelical Lutheran Church, North District Integrated Youth Service Centre

We invited the professor from PolyU School of Design and a registered physiotherapist to educate our beneficiaries on the importance of correct posture to children’s development and how different exercises can improve their flexibility and agility to prevent chronic pain.

The Parent of Jayden Qi Student Ou Zhuo Xi

ZoomIN Sports!

318

No. of beneficiaries

ZoomIN Sports! was an innovative programme that combines sports and photography, using sports photography as a tool for self-expression and character building. It was successfully completed in June 2022.

The programme provided sports experience and professional photography training to teenagers with special educational needs, physical disabilities or those who have been marginalised. All participants were assigned single-lens reflex cameras in class for learning and practice purposes. The programme was divided into photography theory, sports experience and hands-on photography practice led by experienced photographers and professional sports coaches. Students had opportunities to act as photographers in our sports activities and tournaments and submit their final works.

Before official training, students were required to attend two theory lessons at Canon Showroom to learn basic photography theory.

Photos taken by students in one of our main eventsW ELL DUNK! Corporate Games.

Our photography tutor, Mr. Brian Ching, had chosen 30 students’ works to display in the public photo exhibition held at THE FOREST in Mong Kok. Apart from the championship nominated by Brian, four additional awards (The Most Dynamic Photo, The Most Creative Photo, The Most Impactful Photo and Photo With The Best Storytelling) were set up to acknowledge students’ hard work. The awardees were chosen by public online voting on Facebook. We got 1,839 online votes in total and the post reached over 15,000 people.

Apart from photo-taking training, students also had the opportunities to experience various kinds of sports. These are photos taken by our students in class.

Students' works that were chosen by Brian to display in the public photo exhibition at THE FOREST in Mong Kok.

The winning photo was taken by one of our female students who participated in two batches of our programme.

The exhibition opening and award presentation ceremony was held in May 2022. We were happy to have our tutors and students there to witness this milestone moment!

Watch class video:

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Supporting Partner

Sports Photography Inclusive!

160

No. of beneficiaries

Continuing the success of our pilot sports photography programme, ZoomIN Sports!, the sports photography inclusive programme continues from 2021-22 to create more opportunities for marginalised, ethnic minorities and special educational needs students to express themselves through photography, by inviting them to participate in physical activity, leveraging sports photography as an intervention tool.

We continue to partner with Canon and renowned sports photographer Brian Ching and his professional team for the programme. This time we have partnered with a local sports media platform to focus on more career guidance including more internship experiences at mega sporting events, visits to media outlets or career sharing opportunities at sports related industries such as retail or multinational sports brands. We also look forward to working with the HKEX volunteers team.

The programme is expected to run through 2022 till the end of 2023.

During the fifth wave of the pandemic, we worked together with our recruitment partner, Hong Kong Sea School, to deliver online and offline experiences for their students.

We held two career development-related virtual sharing sessions. One by Faye Chui, the Editor in Chief at Sportsroad Media Co. Ltd and one by Teresa Lum, Digital Brand Assistant Manager at Nike Hong Kong.

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Supporting Partner

Students participated in sports tasting classes.

Students attended photography theory class.

Students have chances to practice in our large-scale events. Photo shown was WELL DUNK! Corporate Games.

Photos submitted by our students.

SportsCROSS Inspires!

of youth

1,524

No. of beneficiaries 2021-22

Sporting Hours Learning Hours

Sponsored by our Co-initiator and growth partner The DH Chen Foundation, SportsCROSS Inspires entered into its last and final year during 2021-22. This intergenerational programme continued to use Chinese Culture and Martials to bring youth and elderly together to promote cross generation communication and inclusion.At the same time we hope to help youths and elderly build positive character, learn and practice traditional Chinese morals while establishing a healthy lifestyle. Through the 3 years programme we served a total of 3352 youth, elderly and their family.

“CROSS” is used to symbolise the interaction between participants, it is also an acronym for the five themes of the programme: C: Communication, R: Resilience, O: Overcoming Challenges, S: Sincerity, and S: Service.

In our third year, we continued to offer popular juggling and rainbow calligraphy workshops as well as Wing Chun, nunchaku and martial arts training. We also added in new elements such as lantern making, and chinese fan training. At the end of each batch of training a community carnival was held to allow participants to perform what they learned through lessons and promote the programme to the public. Lastly the programme trained 26 facilitators to help ensure a positive environment within the lesson and promote interaction between participants.

Co-ADDventure

Co-ADDventure is a pilot programme targeted to children with special education needs and their caretakers by offering 4 months sports training. This programme empowers childrens unleash their potential through sports and bring positive impact towards their behaviors and emotions. At the same time, caretakers can improve their mental health and relieve stress.

Students participated in individual and team sports, including Dodgebee, K-pop and parent-child stretching.

Yoga classes were provided for caretakers to relieve stress.

A Sports Carnival was arranged for the target groups. Students were experiencing Taekwondo and shuttlecock.

Monthly task was set up to encourage family sports hours. Sports gear and equipment were rewarded after completion.

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Impact Measurement

Impact Measurement Mode

IHKSports developed an impact assessment framework STEPS! - measuring the six key qualities, covering Sportsmanship Qualities(S), Team Skills (T), Emotional Management (E), Physical Fitness (P), Social Capital (S) and Intellectual Development (!) (for students with SEN only).

Assessment Format

Firstly, after each Long-term Sports Programme, all students are required to complete a self-evaluation form. On top of that, one-third of the students are randomly picked to be evaluated by their coaches, parents, social workers or school teachers (multi-angle evaluation). Secondly, students have to complete an evaluation questionnaire after each learning experience activity, to ensure that they understand certain qualities such as civil participation and social inclusion, parents, coaches, school teachers and social workers are not involved in this case.

Sportsmanship Team Skills

Intellectual Development Emotional Management

Social Capital Physical Fitness

2021-2022 Impact Measurement Report of Districtbased & Region-wide Projects Quantitative Results

Percentage of students that see an improvement in these categories after joining IHKSports’s long term sports programmes

Rate of improvement of Primary School Students

Self-evaluation: 88% (Sample size: 379 students)

S-Sports manship

• Determination

• Self-discipline

Multi-angle evaluation: 71% (Sample size: 604 students)

Self-evaluation: 86% (Sample size: 379 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 64% (Sample size: 604 students)

Self-evaluation: 83% (Sample size: 379 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 78% (Sample size: 604 students)

Self-evaluation: 82% (Sample size: 379 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 84% (Sample size: 604 students)

• Integrity & Respect

Rate of improvement of Secondary School Students

Self-evaluation: 86% (Sample size: 602 students)

Self-evaluation: 73% (Sample size: 283 attendance)

T-Team Skills

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Team Spirit E-Emotional Management

• Self-esteem

• Emotional Regulation

• Stress Reduction P-Physical Fitness

• Physical Health

Multi-angle evaluation: 98% (Sample size: 21 students)

Self-evaluation: 88% (Sample size: 602 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 96% (Sample size: 21 students)

Self-evaluation: 85% (Sample size: 601 students)

*This category measures the percentage of improvement after joining the Learning Experience activities. Due to COVID-19, most of the activities were cancelled, resulting a smaller sample size.

Multi-angle evaluation: 96% (Sample size: 21 students)

Self-evaluation: 84% (Sample size: 599 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 100% (Sample size: 21 students)

Self-evaluation: 74% (Sample size: 73 attendance)

Self-evaluation: 84% (Sample size: 363 students)

Self-evaluation: 72% (Sample size: 98 students)

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Multi-angle evaluation: 100% (Sample size: 604 students)

Multi-angle evaluation: 94% (Sample size: 21 students)

2021-2022 Impact Measurement Report of Districtbased & Region-wide Projects

Qualitative Results - Inspiring Stories

Ho Chun, a student who joined ZoomIN photography programme, has been diagnosed with more than one type of special educational needs since his very young age. Watch the story of Ho Chun and his single dad to know how sports improved their lives.

Students from basketball and running classes graduated after one-year of training. Let’s find out what they have learnt beyond sports throughout the whole programme!

Sports classes were suspended due to the fifth wave in early 2022. Students who joined our regular sports classes were unable to continue their weekly training. Watch the video to know how they accomplish their goals persistently through sports even under the epidemic.

Home Run students from Kwun Tong Cheetah led an “exchange run” for the first time. Watch the video to explore the community with them!

IHKSports Coping With COVID-19

Online Sports Class Training and Community Promotion

With the severe epidemic of the fifth wave of COVID-19 and the sudden summer vacation, IHKSports swapped the long-term sports training classes on zoom and conducted a series of online public health promotion activities online during February to May, in order to encourage maintaining healthy lifestyle and positive attitude during the pandemic. In just 44 days, we conducted a total of 271 online classes, with a total of 6,232 participants, and a total of 7,511 hours of online training.

IHKSports focused on innovation in developing different activities for all age groups during the pandemic.

Dynamic Family Workshop and Community Class

We held a series of online sports classes and workshops for different age groups (including classes for senior, parent-child and children) on weekends to encourage home exercise and promote interaction among family members.

Active Parental Training

We organised a series of “Sports+Workshop+Talk” for parents and children with the themes of “parent-child relationship”, “peaceful mind”, “sportsmanship” and “happy life”.

Active Day Camp

We organised an online summer camp for children from underprivileged families, to provide them with diverse online sports experience and to enhance their understanding of themselves, their families, the community and the environment through different workshops.

The 1st “WELL DUNK” 2K22 Charity ESports Challenge Cup

We initiated the 1st online charity basketball competition to encourage students to maintain their enthusiasm for basketball and practice tactics online.

Live-streaming Home Workouts

Invited by Hong Kong Open TV, IHKSports taught a series of physical exercise and parent-child activities for two consecutive weeks by using home equipment.

Distribution of Anti-epidemic Kits

Underprivileged families with COVID-19 infection faced difficulties during the early stage of fifth wave of pandemic when there was insufficient supply of epidemic prevention materials and daily necessities. Therefore, we prepared 100 anti-epidemic kits including testing kids, foods and sports equipment such as yoga mat, dumbbell shaped water bottles and stress ball to promote physical and mental health for the underprivileged families.

SportsHour Research

Lead Advocacy Partner

InspiringHK Sports Foundation (IHKSports) and its strategic advocacy partner Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) commissioned the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong to conduct a 3-year region-wide longitudinal study - "SportsHour Participation Index", to explore youth activity levels in Hong Kong. After three years of ongoing study under the pandemic, a research press conference was held to release the results collected over the span of the three-year pandemic.

In this study, a total of 759 primary school students and 1,140 secondary school students were asked about their exercise and lifestyle habits during the pandemic. By wearing a sports wristband for 7 consecutive days, the research team was able to objectively record the student’s step count, time spent on static activities, and various physical activity related data in their daily lives. Results indicated that in general, primary and secondary students accumulated an average of 15 to 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous levels of physical activity, which is far below the time of 60 minutes per day suggested by the WHO. Overall, only 5% of these students meet the WHO standard. In contrast, students have more time to exercise during the weekend and therefore up to 20% of students are able to meet this standard, with more boys participating in sports than girls.

It was found that most students had a late bedtime and wake up time when face-to-face lessons were suspended, resulting in reduced sleeping quality. Meanwhile, the study revealed that if students can increase 15 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) each day, such as walking, running, ball games, rope skipping etc, instead of performing leisure activities, their sleeping quality could be improved.

Wong Ho-chung, Hong Kong Trail Runner and Coach from IHKSports saying that in fact 15 minutes is enough for performing high-intensity physical activity in a small area, which would be beneficial for children’s cardiorespiratory

A parent of an IHKSports student who lives in a subdivided flat expressed that her child Angus, who has been diagnosed with ADHD, was unable to exercise during the pandemic as they were confined to their home with limited space

A press conference was held at HKU to announce the research results

PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

Sports For DevelopmentChild Safeguarding Learning Platform

Course consultant

300 learners >2,500 children*

No. of direct beneficiaries

No. of indirect beneficiaries

*including at least 250 children with special educational needs (SEN)

InspiringHK Sports Foundation has been dedicated to promoting the message of “Child Safeguarding in Sports” to coaches of different sports, PE educators and even parents.

This year, we launched The ‘Sports for Development - Child Safeguarding Learning Platform’ , which is the first sportsrelated online learning platform to increase coaches and the general society’s understanding of safeguarding children in Hong Kong. The platform is funded by the 20-21 Funding Scheme for Children’s Well-being and Development of the Commission on Children. We are honored to have Plan International Hong Kong to be our course consultant.

There are a total of five units in the course. Each unit contains short videos, interactive learning resources, case studies and quizzes. Learners who have completed five online learning courses and passed all the quizzes will be issued a course completion certificate (5 total learning hours). We also encourage tertiary institutes and sports associations to put the course in the curriculum of their sports-related or coaching courses, which further encourages more coaches and youth workers to acquire the knowledge of child safeguarding.

Scan the QR code to take our course!

•Chapter 1: Basic Concepts of Child Safeguarding

•Chapter 2: Basic Concepts, Causes and Effects of Child Abuse

•Chapter 3: Child Safeguarding in Sports

•Chapter 4: Identifying, Responding and Reporting Child Abuse Cases

•Chapter 5: Child Safeguarding System

Survey

on Hong Kong Coaches’ Understanding of ‘Child Safeguarding’

To develop a comprehensive structure and curriculum for the course, we invited more than 500 current full-time and parttime coaches and coach-to-be to complete the survey before we built the course!

Sports For Development - Child Safeguarding Learning Platform Launch Ceremony and Seminar

We held a launch ceremony and seminar on 16th December 2021 at Y Square in Chai Wan to celebrate the official launch of the platform. We were grateful to have more than 300 coaches, youth workers and participants from different sports associations join us online and offline!

The theme of the Seminar was ‘How Can We Work Together to Safeguard Children in Sports?’. The event focused on education, dialogue and brainstorming. We were honored to have professional experts in child safeguarding and sports for development, such as Mrs Priscilla Lui Tsang Sun-kai, the member of the Commission on Children and Dr. Patrick Yip, the Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of HKU, participated in a panel discussion and learning sessions. They shared their experience and inspired the public on the significance of preventing child abuse in the sports industry.

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“InspiringHK!” Sports on Boards Programme

“InspiringHK!” Sports on Boards Programme is an innovative programme that combines sports and boardgame to encourage students to do more exercise, allowing them to play and train physically at the same time.

In response to the development and needs of the epidemic, allowing them to play and strengthen their bodies at any time and place without being restricted by the venue, thus increasing the time for physical activities and improving their health. By gaming with families, not only improves parent-child relationship but also arouse parents' attention to do more physical activities and improve health problems together.

IHKSports has partnered with a creative partner to come up with a groundbreaking original board game called “Whiskers Will” that combines physical activities challenging youths’ minds and strength within a cyber realm of four characters. The game setting reflects the challenges that youth in Hong Kong are facing, and how sports can play an integral part in their lives when facing such challenges.

We expect to deliver over 200 gaming sessions to primary and secondary schools, distribute over 1,000 sets of the board game and train a team of over 40 ambassadors from 2022 to the end of 2023.

The game includes fitness elements and all comes with demonstration videos

Prototype of the game

The designing process included game trialing sessions at schools and community centers with youth with different age groups

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Governance Structure

Our organisation is mainly run by a team of passionate individuals who dedicate their professional skills and time.

We have 8 Board of Directors (unpaid, contribute on a voluntary basis) in the Board governing our strategy and direction. In addition, we have 36 Volunteer Consultants working in 7 teams to support our operation. A total of 36 volunteers regularly spend at least 6 hours per month visiting classes, attending meetings, and working at IHKSports’ office or from home to help us make an impact via sports.

Converting their time dedication (over 10,000 hours annually) into monetary donation meant IHKSports benefited from at least HK$1,000,000 worth of human capital expenses.

In 2021-22, our full-time staff consists of 20 under the leadership of the Chief Executive. We also receive advice from 11 Honorable Advisors and 12 Strategic Council Members on our strategic development. 8 Ambassadors and 65 Athlete Supporters who are role-models in the sports industry further bolster our youth work as well.

Please refer below chart for the governance structure of our organization in detail.

Board of Directors - Sub-Committees

IHKSports has the following sub-committees to enhance organizational governance:

•Finance Committee

•Fundraising Committee

•Remuneration Committee

•Risk & Compliance Committee

Volunteer Consultancy Team

1) Primary School Programmes and Coach Education

2) Secondary School Programmes

3) SportsHour Family and SEN Programmes

4) Programme Evaluation and Innovation

5) Public Relations and Communications

6) Social Media Content Creation Team

7) IT, HR & Finance

Advisors - Provide us with invaluable advice and guidance

Ambassadors - Role models for our students

Athlete Supporters - Current/Former Hong Kong team sports personnel who align themselves with our mission

Board of Directors

Mr. Edmond Yip is the immediate past Chairperson of IHKSports and supporting the charity in terms of strategy and development. He is currently a director looking after consumer markets at one of the top three local television platforms in Hong Kong. He started his career in corporate management with a multinational group listed in Hong Kong. He has over 15 years of experience in corporate management, investment and startup development in different industries, including but not limited to aviation, properties, education, healthcare and entertainment. He is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong with a double degree in Business Administration and Laws.

William Fong Board Chairperson

Mr. William Fong leads the Board of Directors of IHKSports to oversee the achievement of IHKSports vision and mission through good governance and sustainable development of the organisation. He is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Group, based in Hong Kong. He is a solicitor and holds a LLB from the University of Warwick.

Mr. Zimon Chan oversees our sports programmes. He is the head of extra curricular activities and the head of physical education at a secondary school. He was a member of the Curriculum Development Council Committee on PE, which develops the local PE curriculum. He was an Assistant Coach of the HK Boys’ and Girls’ Youth Volleyball Teams, and sits on the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation Volleyball Technical and Selection Sub-Committee. He holds a BEd (Hons) from The Education University of Hong Kong and a MA (Hons) in Liberal Studies from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He also completed the International Level 1 Volleyball Coach Course in Thailand and received the HK Youth Service Award in 2015.

Mr. Sunny Leung focuses on improving the financial transparency and internal control of IHKSports. He is the Chairperson of the Finance Committee. He is a financial controller of a listed company on main board and was appointed as directors for several subsidiaries within the group. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant (FCPA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Hong Kong.

Ms. Elizabeth Siu oversees the fundraising work of IHKSports. She currently is the Global Banking Asia & Japan Operating Officer of an International Investment Bank where she oversees the day-to-day activities of the front to back business and has led a number of strategic and regulatory projects. She holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Lisa So oversees the legal, compliance and governance issues of IHKSports. She is Head of Legal of a Hong Kong leading cultural commerce group. She is a solicitor and holds a LLB from the University of Hong Kong and a LLM from King’s College London.

Mr. Matthew Young supervises the governance, risk management and compliance of IHKSF. He is the Chairperson of the Risk and Compliance Committee and Company Secretary of the charity. Professionally, he leads the Corporate Secretarial Department of the largest NGO in Hong Kong and is a Fellow member of both The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKFCG) The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (FCG) and The Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

Mr. Jackson Chan is the Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee. He is the Co-founder & Executive Director of a HK listed recruitment company. He commenced his recruitment career in 2008 that endowed him with great success. Being an enthusiast in youth development, Jackson is currently a mentor of City University Hong Kong’s executive mentor program and committee of Hong Kong Youth Development Alliance.

Edmond Yip

Zimon Chan

Sunny Leung

Elizabeth Siu

Matthew Young

Lisa So Jackson Chan

Management & Service Team

Judy Kong Chief Executive

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Global Business Studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Master of Social Work from The University of Hong Kong and Master of Public Policy from The University of Oxford

Christine Fung

Senior Marketing & Communications Manager

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Social Science in Journalism and Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Kris Zhong Senior Programme Officer

Education Attainment: Master of Public Administration in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy from New York University

Lucita Lai Programme Manager

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from York University Casie Wong Marketing & Communications Officer

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Social Sciences in Communication (Journalism) from Hong Kong Baptist University

Zoe Mau Assistant Fundraising Manager

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Social Theory from The University of Melbourne Evelyn Chan Project Event & Marketing Officer Education Attainment: Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutritional Science from The University of Hong Kong

Jennifer Li Assistant Programme Manager

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Business and Commerce in Economics from Monash University, Master of Social Work from City University of Hong Kong

Jonathan Ng Assistant Programme Manager

Rain Ng Assistant Programme Manager

Carrie Hui Programme Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from City University of Hong Kong

Vincent Ip Programme

Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Science in Sports Science from The Education University of Hong Kong

Samantha Yeung Programme

Executive

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Laws from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Cat Yau Programme Officer Education Attainment: Bachelor of Hospitality Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Clement Yu

Programme

Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Lingnan University

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Arts in Translation from The University of Hong Kong Enid Yu Programme

Officer

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Arts in History (minor in Cultural Management) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Education Attainment: Bachelor of Science in Geology from The University of Hong Kong; Master of Science in Sports Medicine and Health Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sharen Fung Programme

Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Hong Kong Baptist University

Chloe Ying Project Executive

Education Attainment: Master of Science in Sports Science and Physical Activity from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Harrison Mak Programme & Talent Management Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Heidi Foo Finance, Human Resources & Operations Executive Education Attainment: Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Secondary

•Tiffany Lau •Harvey Lo •Felicia Pokta •Man Yee Tong

•Caitlyn Chan •Dennis Chang •Darren Fong •Jacky Lau •Karen Lee •David Poon •Natalie Leung

Natalie Mok •Sonia Tsang •Gordon Yau •Mandy Choi

Jeffrey Ip

Maggie Lee

Joyce Ng

Vicky Tse

•Brenda Cheung

•Feanca Chu •Rita Fan •Hoi Ying Ku •Garcia Lam •Leslie Tang

•Kammy Chan

•Sandy Cheung

•Eva Chui

•Benny Kwong •Douglas Lau •Edward Lee •Andrew Yuen

•Jack Chen (IT) •Agnes Ip (HR) •Vincent Wu (HR) •Galax Wong (Finance)

Finance

These financial highlights are based on the financial statements of InspiringHK Sports Foundation Limited for the year ended 30 April 2022, which was audited by Ecovis Focus Hong Kong CPA Limited.

Income and Expenditure of 2021/22 and 2020/21

Donation Income 20,122,025 13,841,727 Other Income 10,517 875,540

Expenditure 20,153,116 (10,378,963) (Deficits) / Surplus for the period (20,574) 4,338,304

Surplus and reserves from previous period 5,198,377 860,073

Accumulated Surplus 5,177,803 5,198,377 Income and expenditures are accounted for on an accrual basis.

Annual Income & Expenditure between 2013/14 to 2021/22

HK$22,500,000

HK$20,000,000 HK$17,500,000 HK$15,000,000 HK$12,500,000 HK$10,000,000

HK$7,500,000 HK$5,000,000 HK$2,500,000

HK$0 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

Scan the QR code below for our audited financial report. You may also request a full audited report through email: info@inspiringhk.org Income Expenditure

2021/22 2020/21 （ Hong Kong Dollars ） （ Hong Kong Dollars ）

In 2021/22, our annual income was $20,132,542, an increase of 41% over last year. Our annual expenditure also increased by 94% to $20,153,116. We are grateful to donors for their generous support and trust since our establishment. These donors include enterprises, foundations, trusts, companies, associations, individuals, as well as other philanthropists. We will continue to raise funds to support and develop our sports programmes and public education activities of #SportsHour. At the same time, we need to continue to raise funds for central administrative costs, to cope with other essential tasks on governance, legal, transparency, service planning, manpower management, financial management, risk management, marketing, public relations, facility, material supplies and technical support.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Community Sustainability Fund HK$596,000 11.9%

13.8% The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust SportsCHAT! programme HK$2,204,750

18.1%

Regular Donation Partners

Sports Programme Title Sponsors

(Listed alphabetically by name of sponsor)

Chinachem Group

Title Sponsor for RUN Inspires! between 2021-2022

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation

Title Sponsor for The Community Sports based Mental Health Awareness Programme for Youth between 2021 and 2022

Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation

Title Sponsor for “Sports TRYumph” programme between 2020 and 2023

Commission on Children

Title Sponsor for “Sports For Development - Child Safeguarding Learning Platform” under the 20202022 Funding Scheme for Children’s Well-being and Development

HSBC Hong Kong Community Partnership Programme

Title Sponsor for ACTknowledge

SEN - Community Sports Programme between 2021 and 2022

Jebsen and Co.

Title Sponsor for Long-term Sports Training Programme & “Home Sweat Home” between 2021 and 2022

Sau Ching Charity Foundation

Title Sponsor for “IHKSports Continuing Training Fund” between 2021 and 2022

Link Asset Management Limited

Title Sponsor for SportsLINK Community Project between 2021 and 2022

Ngai Family Foundation

Title Sponsor for TEEBALL Inspires! between 2021 and 2022

NIKE Hong Kong

Title Sponsor for BASKETBALL & RUN Inspires! between 2021 and 2022

Operation Santa Claus

Title Sponsor for “Co-ADDventure” & “ZoomIN Sports! Photo Empowerment Contest” between 2021 and 2022

Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged Matching Grant

Matching grant for Longterm Sports Training Programme and “Home Sweat Home” between 2021 and 2022

The Hong Kong Club Foundation

Title Sponsor for four FENCING Inspires! between 2021-2022

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

“Jockey Club InspiringHK SportsCHAT!” between 2021 and 2024 & IHKSports Coaching For Youth Academy between 2021 and 2022

The Swire Group Charitable Trust

Title Sponsor for “Building Community • Building Tung Chung” between 2020 and 2023 & Coaching for Youth Academy between 2021 and 2022

Link Asset Management Limited’s Testimony

The. D.H. Chen Foundation

Title Sponsor for SportsCROSS Inspires! between 2019 and 2022

“Link Together Initiatives (Link REIT’s charity and community engagement programme) is delighted to have collaborated with InspiringHK Sports Foundation, under the SportsLINK Community 2021/2022 programme during a turbulent time when the city was hit by the fifth wave of the pandemic. Although school suspension and home confinement had made in-person engagement difficult, we have seen how IHKSports continued to incorporate creative ideas in connecting communities through sports. We are encouraged by the change in the many lives we have touched via the collaboration with IHKSports!”

iClick Interactive Asia Limited Watsons Hong Kong

Tsit Wing Group

Lead Advocacy Partner

Wellness Partners

Chow Tai Fook Enterprises

CTFE Social Solutions Pure Yoga Pure Fitness Hong Kong Observation Wheel

Supporting Partners

With one-off donations, pro-bono services and/ or in-kind donations.

ADIDAS

AIA Vitality Park

ARENA

Blue Cross (Asia-Pacific) Insurance

Brazilian Football Academy (Hong Kong)

BMW Concessionaires (HK) Ltd.

CEP Hong Kong

Credit Suisse

Decathlon Hong Kong

Ecovis Focus Hong Kong CPA

Fencing Arena

Student Recruitment Partners

Hong Kong Rope Skipping Club

Hong Kong Observation Wheel

KIMS Fencing LANE-EIGHT Linkedin Hong Kong

Link REIT Luk & Partners Morgan Stanley New Balance Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited People Place

62 schools and NGOs and more to come.

• Asbury Methodist Social Service

In the past few years, the epidemic has restricted the social life of children with special educational needs which directly affected their physical and mental development. Our center is fortunate to continue to cooperate with IHKSports to provide sports classes for low income families and families with SEN children in Tsuen Kwai Tsing District. With the support of IHKSports, we have launched a programme called Co-ADDventure which targets underprivileged families in the district, encouraging parents and children to learn different sports together such as taekwondo, yoga, boxing, shuttlecock, dodgebee and juggling, etc. We hope that this kind of programme can carry on to help more children to establish a healthy lifestyle.

Ms Wong / Centre Social Service Worker

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AIA Vitality Park

Pocari Sweat

Ropes & Gray Scholastic SENKA

Sony Hong Kong SOYJOY Tanita

Tang Sau Yuen Tong Foundation Limited TSUBAKI

Volkswagen Hong Kong Limited Za

Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School

In the three years of collaboration with InspiringHK Sports Foundation, our students have benefited tremendously from the high quality-workshops both in-person and virtually. What impressed us the most is the introduction of Taekwondo dance. On top of that, we also launched professional sports training sessions for two consecutive years, tailored for non-school team members. These girls are empowered to take charge of their lives through devoting time in a preferred type of sport in character and confidence building.

PE Teacher Ms Lau / Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School

For more information on our collaboration experience with the schools, please refer to the following newsletters which we distribute to local schools regularly:

Coaching Partners

Our Sports programmes run smoothly thanks to the professional delivery by 150 coaches this year. Endorsement Message from Coaching Partners

We are grateful to partner with InspiringHK Sports Foundation in offering free learning opportunities for the underprivileged in Hong Kong. Despite fencing’s popularity in the city, it is still not an accessible sport for most grassroot families as training equipment, gears and coach fees cost a lot. In addition, our coaches are committed to provide dynamic training for the students, accompanied by one-off sports experiences to engage and motivate students better.

Fencing Inspires! Coach from Fencers Club Hong Kong, Wu Sir

“Home Run” Long-distance Running Programme allows students to explore the community, such as parks, post offices, hospitals, police stations, fire stations and local attractions. Under the prolonged effect of pandemic, many students feel disconnected from the communities they live in. Through observing and experiencing their neighborhood in-person, we observed that there is an improvement in students’ social skills, awareness of the community. The exchange runs with other district teams and end of year competitions left amazing memories for the students.

“Home Run” Long-distance Running Programme Coach, Wong Ho Chung

Tanita

Ambassadors and Athlete Supporters Involvement

IHKSports Ambassadors and Athlete Supporters are top elites in Hong Kong. We have 8 elite athletes acting as Ambassadors and 65 Hong Kong athletes acting as Athlete Supporters in a voluntary capacity. They all identify with our mission of promoting equality in Hong Kong. They serve as role models for our students and represent us to promote sports and equality.

Participation in Female Leadership Sharing Panel

We were thrilled to have invited Ms. Sarah Lee Wai Sze, Hong Kong track cyclist, two-time Olympic bronze medallist alongside Ms. Christina Gaw, Managing Principal, Global Head of Capital Markets & Co-chair of Alternative Investments from Gaw Capital Partners and as the panel speakers at WELL DUNK! JUMPstart Your Future - Women Leaders Sharing: Owning the Unfavourable Match on 27 November. Alongside close to 100 WELL DUNK! students, the speakers have shared valuable experiences on facing and coping with different unfavourable situations on and off sports courts! Sarah even brought along her Olympics medal and her reigning world champion rainbow jersey to cheer on our students!

Rallied Public to Support Fundraising & Female Empowerment Campaigns

Alex Fong (Swimming), Minnie Soo (Table Tennis), Tse Ying-suet (Badminton), Hayley Chan (Windsurfing), Chan Ka-ho (Long Distance Running), Cecilia Yeung (High Jump), Wong Ho-chung (Trail Running), Leanne SzeTo (Triathlon), Vanessa Mimi Wong (Inline skating), Kenneth Chiu (Baseball), Lynn Zhang Ling (Tennis), Arenas Chan (Hurdles), Utah Lee (Fitness), Edcon Yau (NBA commentator) and more. They have all been matched with a Christmas wish card drawn by our beneficiaries. We thank them for supporting our Christmas campaign!

Phyllis Lee Tsz Ching (Ice skating), Angel Wong Hiu Ying (Gymnastics), Christy Yiu Kit Ching (Running), Vivian Ma Wing Yu (Cycling), Lee Ho Ching (Table Tennis) and Tse Ying Suet (badminton) all supported Whisper Hong Kong’s #likeagirl campaign that encouraged women to keep chasing their dreams. Donations and products were raised for our beneficiaries at Watsons and Park N’ Shop respectively throughout May.

Event Appearance in Promoting Active Living within Communities

IHKSports organised Re-Charge Tung Chung Community Day under the "Building Community• Building Tung Chung" programme supported by Swire Trust. The event was held at Citygates Outlets and there were over 1,200 attendees! We were thrilled to have Hong Kong triathlete Leanne Szeto to the Opening Ceremony, where she shared with us her connection with the community as an athlete that often trains and also works as a female aeronautical engineer at the airport!

Guest Appearance as Prize Presenter at Students Graduation Programmes

We also had the honor of having Mr. Eric Wong Kai-lok, the winner of last year’s Hong Kong Marathon (full marathon), as a guest speaker and prize presenter at a five district running throwdown at SportsLINKs programme, sponsored by LinkREIT. All students were thrilled to learn from a pro athlete.

Media Coverage

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The Transformation of Athletes

Headline Daily (September 2021)

A 15M-worth Project by LinkREIT to Foster Community Cohesion Hong Kong Economic Times (September 2021)

promote happy exercise, starting from community on.cc (October 2021)

Sarah Lee Encourages Youth to Pursuit Their Dreams on.cc (November 2021)

Lalamove to Sponsor IHKSports Well Dunk Basketball Programme HK01 (November 2021)

99 Companies Recognised as a "SportsHour Company" ; Am730 Was One of the Awardee am730 (September 2021)

SportsChat was a success; A day at their exhibition Sportsroad (October 2021)

The visit to iCableTV Hong Kong Open TV (November 2021)

Female Leadership Sharing at Well Dunk Event by IHKSports Hong Kong Commercial Daily (November 2021)

Watson Christmas Charity Mask Sale to Fund Local Sports Talents Sky Post (December 2021)

Hong Kong and China Gas : Towngas recognised as 'COFIT' Best Practice Showcase Company for advocating sports culture for staff mental and physical health MarketScreener (September 2021)

conversation with Roger Chan on the F&B Run Club initiative Hong Kong Madame (October 2021)

Whisper Dream #LikeAGirl protects every dream of girls GirlsMood (November 2021)

Olympian Sarah Lee Encourages Youth to be Humble and Resilient on.cc (November 2021)

IHKSports to Empower Coaches with the Concept of Sports for Development and Child Safeguarding HK01 (December 2021)

Company, Have You Exercised Today?

Hong Kong Open TV (September 2021)

100 companies at the SportsHour Company Scheme Award Ceremony strived to build an active corporate culture Hong Kong Economic Times (October 2021)

Sarah Lee Shares How to Combat Adversity at the Well Dunk Female Leadership Sharing Event by IHKSports Sportsroad (November 2021)

Olympian Sarah Lee Sharing at WELL DUNK Event Bastille Post (November 2021)

children's creativity through sports SportsRoad (December 2021)

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Cable Sports Academy | Workout with Hong Kong Athletes Headline Daily (March 2022)

IHK Sports Builds Platform to Prevent Child Abuse in Sports Ming Pao (April 2022)

Alumna

Shake Shack Launched Special Burger and Donated to IHKSports Tap 2 Good Life (May 2022)

Whisper, Watsons and IHKSports Jointed Efforts in Sports Programme for Girls ET Net (May 2022)

Girls

Crowned Champion of the Inaugural WELL DUNK! Girls' Contest Sportsroad (July 2022)

Run with Passion, Lead with Heart on.cc (May 2022)

Home Run: Discriminated Minorities Found Value Through Running HK01 (May 2022)

"Tuen Mun Snail" Became The Winner Of HomeRun 5-district Throw Down on.cc (June 2022)

Strengthen

Fung Tak Stallions vs Lai Tak Sages in WELL DUNK! Grand Finals on.cc (July 2022)

Chan Yuen Ting: Resuming Classes Not Resuming Exercises am730 (March 2021)

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‘Sportsroad Column' 95% Teenagers Lack Sufficient Exercises, Must Revitalize Sports Industry Sportsroad (March 2021)

Recharging Tung Chung Community with Sports Spirit UrbanLife (August 2022)

from Kai Ching Enchanters

WELL DUNK! Ends in a High Note Hong Kong Commercial Daily (July 2022)

Children's Mental Health with a 101 Info Pack on Coach Recruitment HK0 (July 2022)

500 Families Re-charged Tung Chung Through Community Sports Day South China Morning Post (July 2022)

Becomes Community Leader - Run to Connect with the Youths HK01 (April 2022)

Fundraising Highlights

“Watsons Loving Charity” – Watsons had raised over HK$200,000 by setting up donation boxes in over 160 branches across Hong Kong as well as organised charity sales and volunteer activities on and offline to support the wider community.

Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited – Donation boxes are placed in bookstores including The Commercial Press – Sha Tin, Join Publishing in Tseung Kwan O and WanChai, encouraging readers to support our youth work through sports.

AEON “Yellow Receipt Campaign” – On every 11th of the month – AEON Day, a receipt in yellow colour will be given to customers after purchase with the total transaction amount printed on it. Customers are invited to vote for IHKSports alongside other local charity organisations. We have received HK$35,000 from 2021-2022.

Shake Shacks Community Partner – Coinciding with our Building Tung

receive regular donations and volunteer support from the

HK$42,000 of proceedings from the Charity Day.

New Year New Challenge – Sports Gift Campaign

Instead of filling the Christmas stockings, or decking the halls in white, the community came together to support our New Year New Challenge Sports Gift Campaign to provide underprivileged youth with essential sports equipment so they can slalom speedily like Santa, run quickly, and jump higher like reindeer!

To fulfill all 348 sports wishes collected from the youths, we have raised close to HK$170,000 from generous supporters to cover the purchase of sports gear, from shopping, wrapping to delivery. For the very first time, we have launched an unlimited IHK edition vegan workout shoes from local sneaker start-up LANE EIGHT. This pair of perfect shoes will take one a step closer to his/her fitness goal of 2022!

WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE BECAUSE OF GENEROUS PARTNERS ON ALL FRONT! We are especially grateful for…

Chung Programme supported from Swire Trust, we

Citygate Shack. On top of regular giving, we received over

We have asked our youths to never underestimate themselves and dream big. Here are some of the wishes they had for the new year of 2022.

“I want to become a fencing player who will not be arrogant when I win, nor be too depressed when I lose!”

“Baseball is a new type of sport that I would like to try. I will focus and enjoy the journey, not the destination.”

“Since Covid-19, my family and I have spent more time in nature to stay active. I aim to challenge myself to reach the top of needle hill in half an hour. I am always grateful for the beauty of nature and pledge to protect it!”

“To me, windsurfing is a sport of fun and enjoyment which I have never gotten to try. I believe that it will train my willpower and perseverance to be on the water!”

Without the help from our dedicated volunteers, it would not have been possible to source and pack sports gifts before Chinese New Year. We are also immensely grateful for IHKSports Ambassadors, Athlete Supporters, representatives of the Hong Kong Tokyo Olympics team’s and well-known sportsmen supporting our campaign.

The photo shows a few of the many heart-warming messages from our grateful students and their family members who are inspired to move more and move better upon receiving the sports gifts.

Executive Sportsmanship Challenge Campaign

Campaign website:

In view of the severe Omicron outbreak in early 2022, students from kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools in Hong Kong took an early summer break from April instead of July. The volatile pandemic situation led to a prolonged closure of LCSD leisure facilities, including sports centres, sports grounds, and grass pitches. COVID-19 home confinement has resulted in a critical decrease in all levels of physical activities, posing long-term threat to the physical and mental health among our next generation.

We thus invited top executives in society to be the role models of our youths in order to demonstrate leadership and to provide inspiration and motivation for our young people in Hong Kong, as well as to support the cause of organisation to empower better youths, through sports.

We warmly congratulated 9 individuals and groups including Amy Lo from UBS, Joe Ngai from McKinsey, teams from UBS and White & Case and other top executives for their commitment and effort. Close to HK$270,000 was raised from 140 donors in support of the campaign! We believe positive energy is contagious and powerful as our challengers have motivated many around them to be active together! Whether you have endured hardship during a run, a hike, a ball game, or in water sports, we thank your dedication and perseverance!

Joe Ngai committed to complete a 30 kilometer hike and 30 nautical-mile sail.

Alex Lin committed to motivate his community of friends and himself to complete a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout for 5 consecutive days, despite being confined during home quarantine.

The White & Case Hong Kong PE / M&A teams committed to do 31,000 burpees, whether doing it alone at home or collectively in the office.

UBS

Philip Sohmen committed to a 5-day headstand inversion challenge.

Amy Lo committed to jog along Central Harbourfront after work for 5 consecutive days despite busy and demanding work schedule.

Global Banking team and leadership committed to complete a mental and physical challenge by exercising consecutively for 5 days.

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