Charity Finder

Background The Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund was set up through public donations in April 1987 in memory of the late Governor, Sir Edward Youde. It was established by the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Ordinance, Chapter 1140 of the Laws of Hong Kong. Fund Objectives The Fund encourages and provides for the education, learning or research by the people of Hong Kong (Section 6 of the Ordinance).

The Fund has been established since 1955 and provides maintenance grants to students who are in financial need as assessed under a means test and are pursuing full-time courses at one of the following institutions: a. Secondary 4 / Senior Secondary 1 to Secondary 6 / Senior Secondary 3 courses of the secondary day schools approved by the Education Bureau; or b. Certain courses of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education and Youth College under the auspice of the Vocational Training Council.

The Education Scholarships Fund (ESF) is a statutory trust fund established in 1955 under the Education Scholarships Fund Ordinance, Chapter 1085 of the Laws of Hong Kong, which is vested in Permanent Secretary for Education as the sole trustee and provides for the administration and management of donations placed under the Fund in accordance with the terms expressed by the donors. The Student Finance Office provides secretarial support to the Fund and the Director of Accounting Services / his representative serves as the Treasurer.

The Lord Wilson United World Colleges Scholarship Fund was established in 1992 by means of a Declaration of Trust made by the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. The Secretary for Home Affairs is the Chairman of the Lord Wilson United World Colleges Scholarship Fund Council which determines all administrative matters of the Trust Fund and the fulfilment of its purposes. Fund Objective The main objective of the Fund is to provide scholarships to students attending the United World Colleges in Hong Kong and overseas. Method of Application Applications for the United World Colleges Scholarships are normally invited between October and November every year through a press advertisement.

This Fund was created with an initial donation of $1 million by Sir Shiu-kin Tang to commemorate Sir Robert Black's governorship. The Fund is managed by a Statutory Committee set up under the Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Ordinance (Cap. 1101). Fund Objectives The Fund aims to provide - Type I grants: Grants to social welfare or youth organisations and other suitable institutions in support of local or overseas development programmes (e.g. leadership training courses, study tours and conferences with a high training element) which they organise or participate in through representation or delegation. Type II awards: Awards to individuals for postgraduate studies or other training programmes, local or overseas. Method of Application Applications for Type I grants or Type II awards are invited through press advertisements in mid January every year. Applications may be returned to the Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Secretariat, Room 34/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Background This fund was established in 1906 when $50,000 was raised by members of the Chinese community to start a trust fund in honour of Mr. A.W. BREWIN, the then Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The Fund was reconstituted under the Brewin Trust Fund Ordinance (Cap. 1077) after the Second World War with a statutory committee and with the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated as the Trustee of the Fund. Fund Objectives The Fund aims to provide assistance for: the maintenance and benefit of widows, widowers and orphans; and the relief of hardship of workers employed in Hong Kong who have become wholly or partly incapacitated for work by reason of age, sickness, disability or otherwise. Method of Application The Director of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Department, Wu Chung House, Wan Chai, Hong Kong receives and considers applications for miscellaneous or maintenance grants not provided for under the Public Assistance Scheme, such as grants to persons in distress, grants to the aged, handicapped or persons in ill health, allowances to residents of the Home for the Aged, and grants to disabled orphans leaving charitable institutions at the age of 18. The Commissioner for Labour, Labour Department, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong receives and considers applications for grants to employees injured in the course of employment and whose employers have failed to provide compensation. Applications may be made at any time and should be sent to the relevant address indicated above.

This Fund, founded by the late Mr. LI Po-chun, was established under the provisions of the Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Ordinance (Cap. 1110). The Secretary for Home Affairs is the Chairman of the statutory committee which administers the Fund. Fund Objectives Approximately one half of the income of the Fund is used for scholarships, including overseas postgraduate scholarships, awards to students attending local tertiary institutions, the United World Colleges and Secondary 4 or above at one of four Anglo-Chinese secondary schools (namely, King's College, Queen's College, Queen Elizabeth School and Belilios Public School). The balance of the income is paid to the Director for Social Welfare for the relief of distress cases in which no adequate assistance is available from other sources. Scholarship Applications Applications for overseas postgraduate scholarships are invited through the Press in December every year. Application forms are available from the Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Secretariat, Room 34/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (tel no. 3718 6801).