ExCEL3

  Elderly Rights Advocacy

Capacity Building for Elderly Rights Advocacy Groups, Elderly Service Workers and Community Organisers

 

Objective

  • To build the organising and advocacy capacity of elderly rights advocacy groups and professionals involved in elderly services

Principal Investigator

  • Dr Elsie Yan, Department of Social Work and Social Administration

Collaborator

  • The Association for the Rights of the Elderly

Achievements

  • Equipped professionals in elderly services with organising and advocacy skills through workshop training [3 one-day workshops attended by 42 participants from various professions]
  • Enabled elderly to express their own opinions on social policies and services effectively through workshop training  [3 one-day workshops attended by 94 older participants]
  • Incorporated overseas and local best practice into the workshop training materials [Half-day symposium attended by 56 participants]
  • Produced a training manual on elderly rights advocacy [available online]

Impact

  • Raised the awareness of the importance of capacity building
  • Connected elderly advocacy groups through the communication platform initiated by the project, discussed and updated elderly rights issues and shared information on upcoming events
  • Facilitated elderly advocacy groups forming an opinion on the Carer’s Allowance Policy at the network meetings. Together, they signed a position letter and submitted it to the Labour and Welfare Bureau, Social Welfare Department, Community Care Fund, and Legislative Council
  • Facilitated the forming of an Alliance of Elderly and their Carers by five organisations participating in the workshops. The Alliance met the Secretary for Labour and Welfare in October 2013 to express their opinion on long-term care policy and allowances for those who care for the elderly.

Event Highlights   

  Apr 23, 2013 Workshop on Encouraging Elderly to Join the Community and Enhancing Elderly Right 1
  Apr 30, 2013 Workshop on Encouraging Elderly to Join the Community and Enhancing Elderly Right 2
  Jul 15, 2013 Symposium on Overseas Development of Elderly Policy Advocacy
  Jul 19, 2013 Workshop on How Elderly Participate in the Community and the Elderly Rights Advocacy
  Aug 7, 2013 Workshop on How to Encourage the Elderly to Participate in the Community and the Elderly Rights
Advocacy
  Oct 17, 2013 Workshop on How Elderly Participate in the Community and the Elderly Rights Advocacy?
  Oct 31, 2013 Workshop on How to Encourage the Elderly to Participate in the Community and the Elderly Rights Advocacy?

ExCEL3 Coordinator: Ms Michele Wong

PowerPoint Presentation 1 PowerPoint Presentation 2 PowerPoint Presentation 3 Project Website