District-based Programmes

A total funding of $1.5 million is provided to each district (annual funding of $500,000 for three years in each district) for supporting non-governmental organisations ("NGOs") and community organisations to implement three batches of district-based programmes. In 2017-2020, the Trust has approved 128 district-based programmes organised by nearly 80 NGOs and community organisations with a total funding of about $26.2 million, directly benefiting nearly 110,000 older people and the general public.

Pilot phase in 8 districts (Central & Western, Islands, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Sha Tin, Tai Po, Tsuen Wan, Wan Chai)

To address the age-friendly concerns of districts in a comprehensive way, the Trust also partners with the Professional Support Teams ("PST") of four universities to implement 12 PST-led district-based programmes in the 10 districts of the second phase, directly benefiting about 4,800 older people and the general public.

In response to the three domains with lower scores (namely Community support and health services, Housing, Civic participation and employment), the Trust has scaled up some successful district-based programmes to territory-wide programmes for implementing across the city in order to benefit more people and achieve greater impact.