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The Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged (PFD) (Tenth Round Application) and the Dedicated Fund for Implementing After-school Learning and Support Programmes (Second Round Application) under the PFD managed by the Social Welfare Department (SWD) will be open for application from December 1. Welfare non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and eligible primary and secondary schools are welcome to submit proposals for approval.
The Government set up the PFD in 2005 for promoting tripartite partnership among the welfare sector, business corporations and the Government to help the disadvantaged. The Government provides matching grants with regard to the donations made by business organisations to support welfare NGOs in running social welfare projects. The Government has injected $800 million into the PFD since its inception, of which $200 million is dedicated to implementing more after-school learning and support programmes for primary and secondary students from grass-roots families to facilitate their whole-person development.
"The first nine rounds of PFD application have approved matching grants of about $378 million for 169 welfare NGOs sponsored by 1 370 business partners. More than 1 million disadvantaged persons have benefited from a total of 816 welfare projects. A favourable response was also received for the first round of Dedicated Fund application under the PFD and more than 70 approved after-school learning and support projects have commenced at the beginning of the 2015/16 school year. These projects, together with the remaining proposals being considered, are expected to benefit a total of 20 000 primary and secondary students," an SWD spokesman said today (November 28).
Information about the PFD and the Dedicated Fund is summarised as follows:
Tenth Round Second Round
PFD Application Dedicated Fund
Application
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Eligible Bona-fide Bona-fide
applicants charitable charitable
welfare NGOs with welfare NGOs with
tax-exempted tax-exempted
status under status under
Section 88 of Section 88 of
the Inland the Inland
Revenue Revenue
Ordinance Ordinance
(Cap. 112). (Cap. 112).
Public sector
primary and
secondary
schools including
government
schools, aided
schools and caput
schools, and
schools under the
Direct Subsidy
Scheme.
Contents Social welfare After-school
of the projects for the learning
projects disadvantaged. and support
programmes
for primary and
secondary
students from
grass-roots
families.
Application SWD homepage: SWD homepage:
guides and (www.swd.gov.hk/¡@ (www.swd.gov.hk/¡@
forms en/index/ -> en/index/ ->
Public Services Public Services
->Support ->Support
Services -> Services ->
Partnership Partnership
Fund for the Fund for the
Disadvantaged). Disadvantaged -
Dedicated Fund).
Deadlines March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016.
for (first phase);
application August 31, 2016
(second phase).
More details of the PFD and the Dedicated Fund are available on the SWD homepage: www.swd.gov.hk. For enquiries about applications, please contact the Secretariat of the PFD during office hours on 2892 5104/2892 5306 or by email (pmpfd@swd.gov.hk).
Ends/Saturday, November 28, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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