Edge's Brand New One-Stop SEN and Mental Health Development Center
The new Edge Development Centre has officially launched! This is a one-stop service center designed specifically for Special Educational Needs (SEN) and mental health.
Come and explore!
Founded in 2018 and endorsed by HKGCSE, Edge Development Centre (Edge) is a social enterprise that aspires to be the first-of-its-kind service-providing think-tank, comprising frontline clinical professionals. It is an innovation for innovations where front-line clinicians could rally around, proposing systematic solutions to social problems/ service gaps. We empower front-line clinicians to be the difference they want to see, and we encourage bottom-up evidence-based practice (EBP).Through multi-disciplinary collaboration and strong adhesion to the scientific methods, we actualize 'Practices that work' in both macro (society-level) and micro (client-level) perspectives. Edge is named a Mental Health Friendly Supreme Organization, being a chartered signatory of the Mental Health Workplace Charter.
Edge has organised a number of award-winning projects, and many large-scale projects have been sponsored by different funds, including Advance Children Medical and Education Foundation, Social Innovation Fund, Cyberport, Education University of Hong Kong Education and Social Entrepreneurship Fund (EASE Fund), HSBC Private Bank customers, etc. Edge also signed the "Mental Health Workplace Charter" jointly implemented by the Department of Health, the Labour Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Council, and was recognized as a "Mental Health Friendly Supreme Organization".
Achievement and Award
2019
- Awarded the EASE (Education and Social Entrepreneur) Fund, by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) for its very first innovative project. (Project name: GoodSupport) GoodSupport
2020
- In collaboration with Dr. Kean Poon of The Education University of Hong Kong, participated in a joint event organized by Asian Charity Services and HSBC Private Bank Mind Matters – A Hackathon of Social Impact , together we organised Mind and Study Matter: Tutoring and Counselling Programme. The two-year project stood out among more than 200 entrants and won 2.86 million start-up funds.
- Funded by Advance Children Medical and Education Foundation, jointly with Dr. Kean Poon from the Education University of Hong Kong, we have organised The AP Good Shepherd Project, launched the first service in Hong Kong to provide homework guidance and training for primary school students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). The project is supervised by educational psychologists.
2021
- Awarded the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund) by the HKSAR Government, we organised the "SEN Tutoring and Training Project (subsidised scheme)" , to support for students with SEN from low-income families to receive specialized training services.
- Our Speechie smartphone app was awarded the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) by the HKSAR Government in support for children with speech disorders.
2022
- Our territory-wide school project - Mind and Study Matter: Tutoring and Counselling Programme (MASM) collaborated with JC Levelmind - Caritas (Kwai Tsing) to co-create"Loneliness Museum" Programme with university students. The programme was exhibited publicly and also launched in different schools to enhance youth awareness and engagement in mental health support.
- Become a member of the Mental Health Research Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Under the lead of the Research Centre, We collaborate with different stakeholders to conduct high impact search, promote active mental health and continue to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to mental health issues.
