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ASPIRE55 PTE LTD
ASPIRE55 – Asia’s first virtual retirement village, is a wellbeing community that offers a combination of social, health and care services but enables members to continue living in their existing homes. We create family style mini clubhouses for our 50+ community, with a portfolio of over 100 active ageing programmes and activities, bringing like-minded people […]
Golden Age Foundation
Established in 2015, Golden Age Foundation (GAF) was launched as a non-profit organisation (Charity Registration Number: 91/ 14446) by our founder and chair Ms Rebecca Yung and a group of social entrepreneurs. Our mission at GAF supports the Golden Age community of individuals aged 45 and above to lead fulfilling, healthy and quality lifestyles. We […]
Intergenerational Community in a Vertical City
A high-density compact city may not necessarily promote beneficiary community interaction. Hong Kong is in the trend of “Double Ageing” where population and building stock are ageing simultaneously at a rapid speed. The planning and design of community facilities based on population cohort demarcation is no longer suitable. Could Hong Kong as a vertical city […]
Intergenerational Play Space Design Competition | HKHS Prosperous Garden
Play is for everybody. A public space that enables intergenerational play is an effective way for users of all ages to increase confidence, improve physical and mental wellbeing, as well as strengthen community cohesion and sense of belonging. These innovative “Intergenerational Play Space” design proposals are the winning proposals developed by professional and university teams […]
NeuroGym (Supported by Good Seed)
Medmind Technology Limited is dedicated to developing innovative products for healthy ageing and health technology. We revolutionise the assessment and training by incorporating academic research and games through interactive experience, big data and AI. Providing individuals with interesting and sustainable training for prevention, monitoring and intervention of neurodegenerative and mental diseases. Our vision is to […]
Re-Imagine Elderly Centres
“Baby boomers” born after the Second World War have now become the new generation of elderly. Compared with their parents, they are generally healthier, with better education level and financial ability, and more importantly, have much longer lifespans. Elderly centres in Hong Kong perform a crucial role in promoting Active Ageing. Cooperating with different stakeholders […]
SOINNO Design Education
Since 2018, JCDISI has launched the SOINNO Design Education programme to introduce Social Innovation and Design Thinking into the secondary education curriculum. In the programme, students can contemplate the social issues and learn the knowledge that matters to them. Besides student workshops, we are also committed to provide professional training for teachers and pre-service teachers. […]
Studio-L
Studio-L is a community design organisation based in Japan. Our aim is to empower people from local communities to think, talk and realise their future through design. Since 2005 Studio-L has been involved with several projects which require civic participation and collaboration on park management, masterplan planning, revitalisation of the high streets, management of public […]
The Age-Friendly Community Kitchen
Since January 2019, JCDISI collaborated with 25 final-year students from PolyU BA(Hons) in Social Design to carry out a study with a view to improving the services of the “Chan Un Chan Third Age Volunteers Centre cum Community Kitchen of TWGHs”. After understanding the needs of the Community Kitchen, the students came up with six […]