Entrepreneurship for Social Good Series: From Social Worker to Social Entrepreneur (CCL21220582)
| Activity Session(s) |
2022-03-30 16:30 - 2022-03-30 18:00 Venue: Online via Zoom |
|---|---|
| Language: |
Cantonese English |
| Corresponding GA(s): | Citizenship, Creativity |
| Speaker: |
Ms Swing Lau - Founder / Home Care Apparel Company Limited |
| Organiser: | CISL |
| Enquiry: |
Ms. Ling Wang 3411 6694 lingwang@hkbu.edu.hk |
| Registration Period: | 2022-03-18 12:00 - 2022-03-29 23:55 |
Activity Description:
Please visit https://chtl.hkbu.edu.hk/regworkshop/login.php for staff registration
Introduction:
Change is hard; but you don't know how far you can go until you take the first step to change.
In this seminar, Ms Swing Lau, the founder of Home Care Apparel Company Limited, will share her journey from being a social worker to becoming a social entrepreneur. What drove her to make such a change? What challenges does she face when running a one-man band business? Are there any inspiring stories behind her designing adaptive clothing for the elderly and the disabled? Under Swing’s guidance, the participants will even learn to put themselves in the shoes of the elderly and the disabled, and try to design adaptive clothing on their own.
改變，是一個艱苦的過程；但不改變，你不會知道自己能走多遠。
縫補寶康健服裝創辦人Swing會在今次講座分享她由社工成為社企創辦人的經驗。創業需要無比的信心和勇氣，是甚麼驅使她作出改變？營運一間「one-man band公司」會遇到甚麼挑戰？為長者及殘疾人士設計康健服裝背後又有著甚麼動人故事？除分享個人經驗外，Swing更會帶領講座參加者懷著同理心，代入長者及殘疾人士的處境，落手嘗試設計康健服裝。
About the social enterprise:
Home Care Apparel Company Limited is a social enterprise established in 2017 which designs and sells adaptive clothing made by local women and retirees. It also educates the public about the proper way of caring with a view to alleviating the inconvenience experienced by the elderly and the disabled as well as to reducing the burden imposed on caregivers.
About Entrepreneurship for Social Good Series:
Through a series of online seminars, TriAngle Co-working Space endeavours to inspire students with entrepreneurial and social innovation spirit. Speakers with different expertise and experiences will be brought together to empower students to grow into future social entrepreneurs.
Introduction:
Change is hard; but you don't know how far you can go until you take the first step to change.
In this seminar, Ms Swing Lau, the founder of Home Care Apparel Company Limited, will share her journey from being a social worker to becoming a social entrepreneur. What drove her to make such a change? What challenges does she face when running a one-man band business? Are there any inspiring stories behind her designing adaptive clothing for the elderly and the disabled? Under Swing’s guidance, the participants will even learn to put themselves in the shoes of the elderly and the disabled, and try to design adaptive clothing on their own.
改變，是一個艱苦的過程；但不改變，你不會知道自己能走多遠。
縫補寶康健服裝創辦人Swing會在今次講座分享她由社工成為社企創辦人的經驗。創業需要無比的信心和勇氣，是甚麼驅使她作出改變？營運一間「one-man band公司」會遇到甚麼挑戰？為長者及殘疾人士設計康健服裝背後又有著甚麼動人故事？除分享個人經驗外，Swing更會帶領講座參加者懷著同理心，代入長者及殘疾人士的處境，落手嘗試設計康健服裝。
About the social enterprise:
Home Care Apparel Company Limited is a social enterprise established in 2017 which designs and sells adaptive clothing made by local women and retirees. It also educates the public about the proper way of caring with a view to alleviating the inconvenience experienced by the elderly and the disabled as well as to reducing the burden imposed on caregivers.
About Entrepreneurship for Social Good Series:
Through a series of online seminars, TriAngle Co-working Space endeavours to inspire students with entrepreneurial and social innovation spirit. Speakers with different expertise and experiences will be brought together to empower students to grow into future social entrepreneurs.