Annual Report 2021-22

19 以人為本 發展社會房屋 本會多年來深耕細作，為更生人士、精神復元 人士及他們的家人提供服務，多年經驗令我們 深明住屋問題與更生人士的新生活息息相關， 不少更生人士沒有積蓄，出獄時一貧如洗，單 身人士若欠缺家人支持，難以承擔高昂租金 — 他們只能選擇露宿，因而較難找工作及過新 生活；或是投靠昔日朋友，因而令走回頭路的 機會大增。因此，本會自 2017 年起營運社會房 屋，希望連結社會上各持份者的力量，為有住 屋困難的更生人士及弱勢社群，在過渡階段中 提供較理想的居住選擇，同時透過不同的活動 協助他們提升生活技能和個人能力。 近年香港公屋輪候人數屢創新高，有見及此， 本會亦將會「多走一步」，在獲得房屋局批准 下，分別於大埔及紅磡興建「組合社會房屋」， 合共提供 764 個居住單位，希望透過推行過渡 性房屋為更生人士及弱勢社群提供不同的支援 服務，以提升他們的生活質素，培養他們的社 區生活能力及讓他們學習為社區貢獻，從而令 他們遷出後能順利「過渡」，遷往另一個新的社 區定居，如播種一樣把在過渡性房屋居住期間 所建立的良好價值傳遍每一個社區。 秉持信念 突顯形象 本會六十五年來一直協助有需要人士康復更 生，並致力締造包容而安全的社會。我們由最 初只提供更生人士康復服務，延伸至精神健康 服務、職業發展服務、少數族裔等不同範疇及 對象，為社會上經常被忽視的弱勢社群服務。 隨着社會發展，我們除了發展多元服務，更希 望獲得大眾的認識和支持，以爭取更多社會 資源，讓更多人與善導會及服務使用者同行。 我和全會同工深信，不論環境好壞，只要給予 適當的關愛和輔助，弱勢社群必定能轉化成社 會的資本，為社會作出貢獻，因此在未來的日 子，我與同工將會繼續不畏風雨，以專業態度 推動社會共融，心存同理地為在社會不被接納 或被忽視的人士提供多元化的服務，並透過重 塑機構的新形象，為大眾帶來更鮮明的印象， 令他們認識善導會的服務及服務對象的需要， 消除誤解與偏見，擁抱多元共融的理念，走向 更多個十年，為弱勢社群建立一個更包容、關 愛及可持續發展的社會，讓他們能自在地融入 社群、重建對社會的歸屬感，以達致「轉化作貢 獻，多元臻關愛」的精神。 Development of Social Housing in response to Users’ Needs Over the years, we had been striving to provide services for the ex-offenders, PIRs and their families. Years of experience let us know that housing issues would greatly affect our service user’s rehabilitation journey. Without the support of family members, it was difficult for our service users to afford high rents — they could only choose to sleep on the streets, which was harder for them to find a job and live a new life; or would they rely on their ‘old friends’, that would increase their chance of relapsing into criminal behavior. Therefore, we had been operating social housing since 2017, hoping to connect various stakeholders in the community to provide better living environment for our users and disadvantaged groups with housing difficulties so that they could also improve their life skills in the social housing. The number of people queuing for public housing in Hong Kong had been hitting new highs in recent years. In view of this, we also took one step further to set up ‘modular social housing’ in Tai Po and Hung Hom to provide 764 bed spaces with the approval of Housing Bureau. We hoped that the transitional housing could provide diversified support services to the users to enhance their quality of life, as well as to cultivate their independence and empower them as a contributor in the community so that they could do the good deeds in any other living communities after moving out from the transitional housing. Uphold the Spirit for Building our Image Our agency had been offering service for the rehabilitation of people in need and to contribute to an inclusive and safe society. From rehabilitation service for ex-offenders to mental health service, employment development service and service for EM, we had been serving the marginalised disadvantaged groups. Apart from developing diversified services, it had always been our mission to strive for more social resources as well as to gain the public’s support to the disadvantaged group we had been serving so that more people could walk with our service users. My colleagues and I had always been believing that as long as we helped our users with love and care, they would always be able to transform into the capital of the society. Hence, we would continue to uphold professionalism to promote inclusivity for excluded people by providing innovative services and understanding support, as well as to kick-start our rebrand to let the public know more about our agency — also the needs of our users. I hoped that the you could walk with us in the future years, join us to build the disadvantaged groups a more inclusive, caring and sustainable society they could belong so as to achieve the spirit of ‘innovation mind with a social heart’.