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We-Cycle II

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at encouraging drug abusers to live a healthier lifestyle through sport intervention therapy. It also enhances social acceptance of rehabilitees through community care programme and guided eco-tours. Trainees will provide guided eco-tours and community care services in the North and Tai Po District.

One Touch-New Life II

Project Approved in 2015

The project provides treatment and support services to hidden drug abusers and their families in the Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O and Sai Kung districts. Activities include drug education station, family counselling, therapeutic and support groups, individual counselling, psychological assessment and consultation sessions, training for parent volunteers, family visits etc.

CATCH—Families Support Scheme

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at supporting family members of drug abusers in Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po districts. Through engaging the family members of drug abusers, it aims at enhancing drug abusers’ motivation to quit drugs. The project includes casework services for families, medical support service, self-enhancement workshops for family members, establishment of a mutual support platform among parents and parent peer counsellors training, etc. Training workshops will be provided for community stakeholders and anti-drug practitioners.

"Hope for Enlightenment" – Holistic Rehabilitation and Developmental Project for Drug Rehabilitees

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at providing aftercare services to drug rehabilitees, supporting the family members of drug abusers as well as strengthening collaboration among various sectors including probation offices, medical professional and anti-drug social workers. The project includes pre-discharge case intervention and group activities for rehabilitees in hospitals and drug treatment and rehabilitation centres, comprehensive rehabilitation service, physical and vocational training, family support service, and sharing sessions, etc.

Healthy LGBT Community

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at developing specific drug prevention and treatment programme for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as well as enhancing the capability of practitioners in working with drug dependent LGBT persons. The project includes anti-drug prevention education and treatment service, capacity building programme for social workers, teachers and HIV prevention workers, and a study on the extent and patterns of LGBT people’s drug taking behaviours, risk factors and protective factors.

Project Radar – A counselling and treatment program for youths with hidden drug abusing problems and drug related criminal offence

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at providing tailor-made counselling and treatment programme for hidden drug abusers and high-risk youth with drug-related criminal offence. It also provides training to community stakeholders with a view to enhancing their ability in identifying and handling youths involved with drug-related crimes. The project includes court outreaching and referrals by the police, hospitals / private sectors, training workshops for community stakeholders, development of an integrated assessment tool for detection of risks of drug abuse, training for social workers, and case services, etc.

Project Midnight Southray – Drug preventive service for high risk non-Chinese ethnic Night Youth Drifters through Midnight Outreach

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at cultivating anti-drug attitude among ethnic minority high risk youth and young adult, promoting early help seeking and facilitating early identification of drug abusers. The project provides primary intervention at community level through midnight outreach. Anti-drug training workshops, health check, sharing sessions, visits to drug treatment and rehabilitation centres will be organised. Counselling and referrals will be provided to identified drug abusers.

An Integrated Humanistic and Cognitive-Behavioral Training Program to Promote Effective and Sustained Anti-Drug Work among Practitioners and Students of Social Work and Healthcare Professions

Project Approved in 2015

The project provides structured anti-drug training for social workers, healthcare professionals and tertiary students to enhance the participants’ knowledge and competence in working with drug abusers through an integrated approach of humanistic and cognitive-behavioral therapy. The project includes introductory workshops; advanced courses and clinical supervision courses; and web-based version of the courses for online access and self-learning.

Project Bridge-5-Step Method for promoting wellbeing of the family members of substance abusers and motivating hidden substance abusers to seek treatment

Project Approved in 2015

The project aims at promoting the well-being of family members of the drug abusers with a view to identifying hidden drug abusers and motivating them to seek treatment. The project is divided into four phases. Phase 1 includes focus groups to explore the needs and provide feedback on the 5-Step Method intervention manual; Phase 2 includes training workshops on 5-step Method and Collective Motivational Interviewing (CMI) for frontline staff; Phase 3 includes group sessions for the affected family members by trained 5-Step Method facilitators and conjoint interview with application of CMI for hidden drug abusers and affected family members; and Phase 4 includes an evaluation to measure the change in psychological indicators of participants.

Say Yes to Future, Say No to Drugs

Project Approved in 2015

The project provides preventive education to general public and high-risk youth, as well as vocational training to ex-drug abusers. It includes anti-drug training workshops; micro-film production and singing competition with anti-drug talks; volunteering activities for high-risk youth; and provision of vocational training for rehabilitees.