Shamshuipo Central Happy Teens Club

Background

As early as the 1960s, our Lei Cheng Uk Friendly Centre provided children and youth service at Lei Cheng Uk Estate and So Uk Estate. In 1995, Lei Cheng Uk Friendly Centre was integrated with school social service and outreaching youth service, forming the Lei Cheng Uk and So Uk Integrated Team. In 2000, we started to provide supportive service for young night drifters. In 2003, all our Integrated Teams were restructured and Lei Cheng Uk and So Uk Integrated Team was named Shamshuipo (Central) Integrated Children and Youth Service which was renamed Shamshuipo Central Happy Teens Club in 2004.

Service Objectives

We concern the holistic development of children and youth and particularly care for the disadvantaged and the neglected teenagers. We assist them to become happy, self-actualised, caring and contributive members of the society.

Service Goals

• Enhancing the problem-solving ability of young people.
• Developing the potential of young people and establishing the positive direction for the growth of youth.
• Assisting young people in disadvantaged circumstances and helping them to integrate into the society.
• Strengthening the connection among young people with their families, schools, and society, so as to build up a strong supportive network.
• Advocating for the welfare of young people and creating an enabling environment for them.

Service Content and Approach

We provide a wide range of centre-based activities and reaching out programmes to schools and the community. Our services included individual counselling, groups and activities, interest classes, community education activities and programmes for development of social responsibility and competence.

Service Targets

Children and youth aged 6 to 24 and their families, who are living or studying in Shamshuipo District.

Membership Scheme

Type	Age	Fee	Remarks
Individual	6-24	$29/person/year
Family	6 or above	$60/family/year	At least one of the family members is aged 6-24. The applicants must be the lineal relatives of the family.

 

Remarks:

1. Free membership will be given to applicants who have financial difficulties.
2. Members are entitled to enroll our programmes with a concessionary rate.
3. Every Happy Teens Clubs can accept membership application.
4. Applicants can apply for membership of other Happy Teens Clubs without extra fee.

Service Application

Those who want to enrol our programmes should fill in an application form and pay the programme fee (whenever applicable). For most of the programmes, the selection of participants is based on a first-come-first-served basis. Participants may need to go through selection interviews or procedures for selected programmes. Selection criteria will be stated in individual promotional materials.

Service Withdrawal

Membership:

Membership will be expired one year after registration. Members who do not renew their membership on or before expiration will be considered exiting the service voluntarily. Those who would like to withdraw their membership before the expiry date could send written application to our service unit. Membership fee is not refundable.

Groups and Programmes:

Those who would like to withdraw from enrolled programmes could verbally inform our duty officer. We shall approve the application immediately and an administrative fee will be charged (please refer to “Notice of Programme Enrolment” for details). If required, we may make referrals for those in need of services.

Individual Counselling:

Those who would like to withdraw from the counselling service could send their applications to our service unit in either verbal or written format. Besides, our service unit reserves a right of terminating the counselling service.

 

Service Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
10:00am - 1:00pm							Closed
2:00pm - 6:00pm							Closed
7:00pm - 10:00pm						Closed	Closed

 

	Opening Hours (may change if necessary)
	Office Hours (only telephone enquiry service is provided)
*	Counter services will be ended 15 minutes before the closing of each opening session.
#	The service unit is closed on public holidays.