簡介
Very Hong Kong recruited 20 Yuen Long District NGO workers which broadly representated the sectors of; Ethnic Minorities; Pensioner; the Youth; Nature Conservationists; The Arts, and other fields; to join our first academy. While their backgrounds and expectations differed, they were all united in a shared effort to contribute in defining representative and genuine places.
Trainees attended 9 placemaking workshops together in groups of 5. They participated in a planning simulation to review the relationship between "Space", "Place", and "Community". As a highlight, the groups met two overseas placemaking experts; Ms. Pei-Yin Shih from Open Green Taiwan; and Koichiro Tamura from Sotonoba Japan who had embarked on a mission of investigating placemaking experiences in across Asian cities. Their contributions in Hong Kong saw to it that they were able to assist and conduct site audits in Tin Shui Wai riverside; with the aim of collating residents' feedback towards the public design spaces of local housing estates.
「非常社區」總結會
承蒙何鴻毅家族香港基金贊助，非常香港於2022年開展了橫越港九新界的「非常社區」計劃，嘗試改變大眾對「空間」的固有想法，反以「地方營造」手法作為解決不同社會議題的新出路，活用公共空間回應社區需要，為社福服務開拓新視野。
兩年間，我們先後到元朗、油尖旺及東區，招募及培訓60位來自區內社區團體的學員，聯同超過100個合作單位，包括非牟利團體、政府部門、大專院校、專業學會及商界等，於3區共12個場地中合辦約120個公共空間活動，吸引逾30,000人次參與。熱烈的社區反饋及建立的區內協作網絡，展示了地方營造如何有效善用地區資產，將區內持份者連結和凝聚起來。
在是次「非常社區總結會」中，6位學員分享了策劃項目的初衷、兩年來的挑戰和心得等，以此連結社福及跨界別共同協作，探討未來如何以「空間」開展不同項目。
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