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Community Chest of Hong Kong, The vs "F. O. C. U. S." (Focus On Children's Understanding In School)
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Key details
- Effective date
- 20/11/1968
- 06/09/1998
- Charity number
- 91/589
- 91/5178
About
- Description
- The Community Chest now supports over 150 member social welfare agencies to provide services in six areas including Children & Youth, Family & Child Welfare, Elderly, Medical & Health, Rehabilitation & Aftercare and Community Development & Others, and benefits over 2.1 million needy in Hong Kong every year. The Chest’s administrative costs come from a subsidized grant from The Hong Kong Jockey Club, in addition to income from investments. This allows the Chest to allocate 100% of funds raised to charitable use; this operations model makes the Chest unique among its peers, and helps fulfil its mission to act as trustee of the donors.
- For over 25 years FOCUS has been a trusted resource for Hong Kong parents, educators and medical professionals seeking to learn how to better support the academic and social lives of children with mainstream learning differences. FOCUS aims to improve educational and life outcomes of children with AD/HD and SpLD by expanding understanding and raising awareness of what it means to have a mind that learns differently Our mission is is to improve the education of mainstream students who are challenged by Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by providing accurate evidence-based information, practical strategies and support to parents and professionals in education and healthcare and by improving understanding of how learning differences impact youth both emotionally and academically.
Contact
- Address
- Unit 1805, Harcourt House, 39 Gloucester Road, Wanchai
- Rm 617, 6/F, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Rd, Wong Chuk Hang, HK
Status
- Subvented
- No
- No
- Subsidiary
- No
- No
Categories
Target beneficiaries
Governance & transparency
- Annual report on website
- Yes
- No
- Financial audits on website
- No
- No
- Board of directors on website
- Yes
- Yes
Sustainable Development Goals
- SDGs
- SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG4: Quality Education
Social links
Documents & video
- Legal documents (audit)
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Disclaimer
Information is based on publicly available data and may not reflect recent changes.
This comparison is not a legal or professional audit.
