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WeCare Fund for Student-Initiated Youth Suicide Prevention Project -
Best Practice Award Presentation Ceremony

06 Mar 2017

The WeCare Fund for Student-Initiated Youth Suicide Prevention Project is the very first cross-institutional student initiated suicide prevention project conducted by The Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP). The Fund aims to encourage post-secondary students to create, initiate and implement mental health related projects at university campuses with the support of professional advisors. Through the projects, the centre hopes to nurture positive emotions at campuses and to enhance awareness of mental health issues among youths. By December 2016, 14 projects had been successfully created and completed at 10 tertiary institutions. Among them, three outstanding projects have been selected as the champion, first and second runners-up. Additional funding will be offered to sustain and expand the projects. The prizes will be announced at the Best Practice Award Presentation Ceremony on March 9, 2017 (Thursday). The organiser will also present certificates to participating students to thank them for their effort in suicide prevention.

The WeCare Fund for Student-Initiated Youth Suicide Prevention Project is supported by Mr. Lau Ming Wai, Chairman of Commission on Youth. He has been invited as the guest of honor to present the awards and give his opinions on youth suicide prevention at the ceremony.

Details of the Ceremony as follow:
Date:        March 9, 2017 (Thursday)
Time:        5:15pm- 7:00pm (Media registration: 5pm)
Venue:      The HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, HKU
               Studio 1-2, 2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research,
                5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (See map for reference)
Language: Ceremony is held in English (Cantonese and Chinese are available for Q&A session)

Programme:
5:15 – 5:20 Prof. Paul Yip (Director of CSRP): Brief Introduction of WeCare Fund for Student-Initiated Youth       Suicide Prevention Projects
5:20 – 5:25 Introduction of the 14 funded projects
5:25－5:50 Granting of “Best Practice Award” projects, Award Acceptance Speech
5:50 – 5:55 Mr Lau Ming Wai: Summary and Prospect
5:55 – 6:00 Group photo
6:00 – 6:15 Q&A session
6:15 – 7:00 Refreshments

About HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP), HKU
Since its establishment in 2002, the CSRP has been promoting the use of Public Health Approach in tackling suicide problems in Hong Kong. It has built up its reputation in suicide research and prevention worldwide and extended its research scope to well-being of individuals as well as the whole society. The CSRP believes that empirical research would optimize practices and ultimately contribute to the improvement of a society.

For enquires (Media), please contact: Rickey Yau, Tel: 2831 5232，Email: csrp@hku.hk.