Sharing Delight with the Public: Radio Interviews
【十年社創幾番新】
Radio channel: In Radio programme “Our Way Out” on Commercial Radio CR1
Broadcasting dates: 24/7/2023, 31/7/2023, 7/8/2023, 14/8/2023
Episodes: Four 5-minute episodes, one episode a week
Content: Social innovators were interviewed to share how to create social impact in alleviating poverty and social exclusion through innovative approaches, cross-sector collaboration and application of technology, achieving “targeted poverty alleviation” and "make dreams come true". (Programme conducted in Cantonese)
Archive
Interview guest:
Dr Jane Lee, Chairperson of the SIE Fund Task Force
Second Episode: [Realising Targeted Poverty Alleviation] Focus on socially innovative approaches to provide services and products
Content:
Projects under the SIE Fund provide innovative services or products to suitably address the different needs of different beneficiary groups. This episode introduces two projects. One of them organises experiential events using soft meals to provide cognitive stimulation for elderly dementia patients. The other trains and employs the elderly as silver models to promote active ageing.
Interview guests:
Queenie Man, founder of funded venture “Sensory Restaurant on Wheels”
Zip Cheung, founder of funded venture “OHH Dear Communications”
Third Episode: [Realising Targeted Poverty Alleviation] Facilitate cross-sector collaboration to create bigger impacts
Content:
SIE Fund engages different stakeholders to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, aiming to create bigger social impacts. This episode introduces how the efficiency of food support services is enhanced through an online platform that connects food donors, service operators and volunteers; and how to facilitate the monitoring of symptoms and timely intervention for dementia through a game platform.
Interview guests:
Connie Ng, representative of flagship project “FOOD-CO”
Nathan Hui, co-founder of funded venture “NeuroGym”
Fourth Episode: [Realising Targeted Poverty Alleviation] Apply technology to create bigger social value
Content:
SIE Fund strives to promote the application of technology to address social needs including rehabilitation and healthcare. This episode introduces the use of robotic devices to facilitate home-based rehabilitation training for stroke patients, and evidence-based robot-aided intervention specifically designed for autistic children.
Interview guests:
Alvin Cheung, co-founder of funded venture “HandyRehab”
Prof Catherine So, founder of funded venture “Online and Home-based Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention”
First Episode: [Ten years of innovation and impact creation]
Since its inauguration ten years ago, SIE Fund has been striving to promote social innovation and cultivate social entrepreneurship and provided funding for innovative projects at different stages of development to create impacts in alleviating poverty and social exclusion. Dr Lee talked about the changes in the social innovation ecosystem in the past ten years and elaborated on the future development of the SIE Fund.