Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

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Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

香港保護兒童會
HKSPC Head Office in Portland Street, Mongkok
Abbreviation	HKSPC
Formation	1926
Legal status	Charity
Location	Hong Kong
President	Timothy Lam Jr
Chairman	Robin Hammond
Website	Official website

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC) is one of Hong Kong’s longest running non-profit-making organisations and one of the largest in children’s services. It is a registered charity, governed by an Executive Committee, partially subvented by the government and supported by a Fund Raising Committee which raises fund for non-subvented services and initiatives.

HKSPC operates 28 service units throughout Hong Kong serving around 3,000 children and their families on a daily basis.

HKSPC operates five-day crèches (for infants to 2-year-olds) and 16 nursery schools (for children aged 2 to 6 years old) to take care of more than 2,500 children throughout the SAR. Many of these children come from less privileged and/or families with acute social problems.

• Ocean Shores Nursery School also provides day creche service

The two Children and Family Services Centres, located in Mongkok and Kowloon City, aim at early identifying the needs of families in the districts, developing comprehensive community networks and making referral to suitable services in the community. The centres provide community support services including after-school care, tutorial classes and parent-child quality play corner. The centre in Kowloon City also serves ethnic minority families.

Children’s Residential Home is the largest residential crèche for children under 3 years of age in Hong Kong. It provides round-the-clock care for children who cannot be properly taken care of by their families and referred to the organisation by social workers and Social Welfare Department. It is also the only centre in Hong Kong offering 24-hour occasional residential care service to babies under the age of 2 for families with urgent needs.

The centre offers support services for children with diverse developmental needs, their parents, early childhood educators and schools. Its provides professional consultation, assessment, counseling and individual/group training delivered by its service team comprising educational psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, trainers, and registered social workers.

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