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Having served the community for 50 years, the Welfare Council had many moving stories shared between its employees and service users. Inspired by these stories, a six-episode television series, "Life Companion", which is based on real-life cases and captures the professionalism of social workers, was jointly produced by the Council and the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). The premiere was held at a cinema on 18th April, 2016 and an audience of two hundred friends of the Welfare Council came to enjoy the screening. Organisers also hosted a sharing session on how to help young people cope with adversities. The session included sharing by the case subject and social workers, and discussions among the case subject, social workers, director, actors and audiences about how teenagers could deal with stress.

The Tung Chung Integrated Services inaugurated mentors of “Sky Strikers” – a Child Development Fund Project on 19th March 2016. Invited as officiating guests were Miss Annie Tam, GBS, JP, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare and Mr Robert Shum, Independent Director of the Welfare Council Board of Directors. Dr Jane Lee, JP, Director of the Welfare Council and about 120 mentors and participants of the scheme were also present to show their support. “Sky Strikers” was a three-year project that served children and young people aged 10 to 16 by providing them with mentorship services, including establishing and enacting their personal development goals, establishing social networks and realising their dreams, from 50 individuals from various fields. After the inauguration ceremony, participants turned their attention to the carnival organised by the centre, where fun and games designed by some of the mentors and mentees attracted over 1,000 community members in a fun-filled atmosphere.

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With its person-centred service focus, the Welfare Council understands the worries and needs of individuals with loved ones who have gone missing. Thus, the Council created Hong Kong’s first mobile application—"Act of Love ‧ Trace Me” that uses the power of social media and online platform to mobilise voluntary search teams to help trace missing persons. "Act of Love ‧ Trace Me” was made possible by the sponsorship and design of cherrypicks, and was launched on 11th December, 2015. Friends and relatives of missing persons may submit details on their lost loved ones to the app for other registered users to access as they join the trace. Users may also share the information through social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp to increase the chances of finding missing persons.    How to download: Go to http://actoflove.hkskh.org/appinst.html. Choose "iOS" or "Android" and download. Go to "App Store" in smart phoes using iOS or "Play Store" in Android smart phones. Search "心意行動‧尋人網" and download. Scan the QR code below:

調查顯示，有四至七成的中風患者均有不同程度的吞嚥障礙，影響他們進食和營養吸收，更有機會引致窒息意外，俗稱「落錯隔」，嚴重會引致吸入性肺炎或導致死亡；為減低患者的意外風險及幫助營養吸收，醫療團隊會為患者進行吞嚥評估，為不同能力的患者製定不同軟硬度的糊餐；福利協會團隊一直求新求變，最新研製色、香、味、形俱全的糊膳 - 「懷錫料理」，大大提升患者的健康水平和復康進程。   「懷錫料理」的突破理念 「懷錫料理」是由聖公會張國亮伉儷安老服務大樓的營養師、廚師、言語治療師、護士及照顧員組成的跨專業團隊合作研發，經過一年多的時間試驗、研究和討論，成功突破傳統糊餐賣相不佳的缺點，為毫不吸引的糊餐塑造出精美別致的造型，分別有葉子形蔬菜、小魚兒造型的魚肉、小肉片形的豬或雞肉等；團隊嚴格選用了薯蓉、栗子蓉、芋蓉、麵粉、蛋白等天然食材與菜餚調和，再配合嶄新的烹調手法，製作出賣相別致、營養均衡和軟滑度適中，符合吞嚥安全的糊膳。「不同類型糊膳的食材成份比例要合宜，才能塑造出不同的食物造型，同時又需要兼顧其軟滑度，以及營養和熱量，過程遇到不少困難和挑戰。」營養師及言語治療師分別表示。   進食糊膳有助復康 口肌活動與吞嚥是復康訓練的一部份，精緻的糊餐使患者進食的意欲大增，減少拒餐情況，更令吞嚥訓練得以順利進行。患者透過重覆性的糊餐進食訓練，可有效鍛鍊口部肌肉和改善吞嚥能力，有助增加或提早拔除鼻胃喉的機會。另外，因為「懷錫料理」同樣具豐富及均衡的營養價值，患者能吸收充足的營養及熱量，以應付日常之復康運動，令復康情況更理想。   研製的進程與成效 「懷錫料理」的製作時間雖較傳統糊膳多一倍，但成效顯注，團隊將努力不斷研發更多不同的糊膳菜式或新意念，例如將糊餐以不同的器皿作展現也能增加患者的食慾。研究顯示，每一份「懷錫料理」的熱量(卡路里)較傳統糊餐多40%，10%的院友食慾較以往佳，代表營養攝取也有所提升；71%的院友較往多攝取200卡路里，29%院友則多攝取42-149卡路里，成效令人滿意。   一份盛載著對患者關「懷」及愛「錫」的糊膳，滿足了患者對食物的視覺及味覺享受，亦給他們提供一個更優質、更有尊嚴和成效的膳食選擇，達至身心健康。

To celebrate the Welfare Council's golden jubilee, a cocktail reception was hosted on 15th December, 2015 at the Conrad Hong Kong to announce the momentous occasion with friends across various sectors. Mr Matthew Cheung, GBM, GBS, JP, then Secretary for Labour and Welfare, officiated the event alongside Council representatives, with a lighting ceremony to symbolise the Council’s progression in serving the masses in the many years to come. Dr Jane Lee, JP, Director of the Welfare Council, also recapitulated the Council’s key service milestones over the past 50 years and shared her views on the future development of the organisation.