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St. James' Settlement vs 1st Step Association Limited

St. James' Settlement聖雅各福群會
1st Step Association Limited自強協會有限公司

Key details

Effective date
23 June 1981
9 December 2007
Charity number
99488
1152950

About

Description
Founded by the Rt. Rev. Bishop R.O. Hall of the Anglican Church in 1949, St. James’ Settlement began as a club for boys and girls in a temple in Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai. It was then developed into a six-storey building on Kennedy Road in 1963 to provide diversified services, including children and youth services, elderly services and rehabilitation services. In 1987, the headquarters was opened in Stone Nullah Lane so that the scope of services could be further extended. Our first centre outside Wanchai (named Central and Western District Elderly Community Centre) was established in 1990. Since then, different service centres have been developed and most of them are located along the north coast of Hong Kong Island, from The Belcher’s in Western to Hing Wah Estate in Chai Wan. In recent years, in view of the society’s ever changing needs, we have opened service centres in Kowloon and the New Territories. To date, our 114 service points are in operation across Hong Kong. By the end of September 2024, we have over 1,982 staff members to provide a vast range of high quality services for people of different ages and needs. In the past year, total 3,844 volunteers have helped in different service units. In 2023-2024, St. James’ Settlement served more than 3.5 million person-times, and our target beneficiaries include children, teenagers, families, the elderly and people with disabilities. We provide a broad spectrum of services ranging from community support to residential care. At first, the major source of funding support came from donation and the Church. We are then supported by the social welfare subvention. Besides, part of our income resources comes from charity agencies, individual and corporate donors in Hong Kong and overseas. The operation expenditure for the year 2023-2024 is $1.3 billion.
1st Step Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by a group of social workers, doctors, lawyers, university tutors and members of the physically disabled communities. Our Association aims at providing extensive services and care to those with serious physical disabilities, which resulted from work injury or other accidents, and their families. The support services we provide include: case work, recovery guidance, law consultation and consultation on employee rights. Our association aims at empowering service users and their family through establishing support groups, where members may assist each other and in turn, assist themselves. Our Service Direction Our Association provides services to persons physically disabled due to work injury or other accidents through a “family-centric" way. We provide extensive assistance to members and their families as a unit in order to let them adapt to their new situation together.

Contact

Address
85 Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
58-61, G/F, Kai Yue House, Kai Yip Estate, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon

Status

Subvented
Yes
No
IRD verified
Subsidiary
No
No
Crowdfunding

Categories

Target beneficiaries

Governance & transparency

Annual report on website
Yes
Financial audits on website
Yes
Board of directors on website
Yes

Sustainable Development Goals

SDGs
SDG1; SDG3; SDG4; SDG8; SDG9; SDG10; SDG11; SDG16

Social links

Documents & video

Legal documents (audit)
Annual / impact report
View
Video intro
Watch

Organisation structure

Structure
Company limited by guarantee under the Companies Ordinance
Company limited by guarantee under the Companies Ordinance

Disclaimer

Information is based on publicly available data and may not reflect recent changes.

This comparison is not a legal or professional audit.