2018 - 2019 年報

2018–2019 65 ANNUAL REPORT 年報 動物輔助活動研究 朗澄坊致力與香港動物治療基金會及保護遺 棄動物協會共同合作，進行一系列焦點小組研 究有關貓義工和職員在動物輔助活動的成效。 研究發現以貓作為治療媒介，能夠對參加者的 情感和社交能力帶來正面作用，有助提高他們 的生活質量和心理素質；動物輔助活動可作為 一種社交活動，協助精神復元人士重新融入社 會，並為他們提供對社區的目標感。 社會企業 – 天愛坊室內種植場 本會豁下的社會企業 – 天愛坊室內種植場，由 朗澄坊負責營運已兩年。天愛坊在本年度共提 供了 40 個公開就業及職業培訓機會，讓精神復 元人士發展不同的工作技能，投入職場及貢獻 社會。過去一年，除了繼續獲得社會福利署「創 業展才能計劃」的營運資助外，更獲得黃廷芳 慈善基金及德意志銀行的資助，進一步提升場 內種植的設施及加強市場推廣，以接觸更多潛 在客戶。隨著種植技術之提升，由最初單一的 產品草莓，轉化為多樣化種植模式，推出沙律 菜、花生芽等健康產品，成功吸納了一批重視 食品安全及健康的客戶。另外，種植場導賞團 接待超過 400 名社區人士，參加者不但認識室 內種植模式的獨特之處，更有機會與精神復元 人士交流，及對其有正面的認識。 Research on Animal Assisted Activities Placidity Place has endeavored to gain more understanding about volunteer’s and staff’s experiences with animal-assisted activities. Thanks to Hong Kong Animal Therapy Foundation and Society of Abandoned Animals, qualitative research was conducted through focus group implementation. The research findings demonstrated that cats as the medium of therapy was able to increase emotional support and social competence of volunteers. In addition, volunteers who participated the animal-assisted activities showed significant improvements in quality of life and their mentality. The results showed that animal-assisted activities facilitating the people with mental health challenges social reintegration and providing them with a sense of purpose in the community. TI Farm – MHS Social Enterprise TI Farm was a social enterprise under the Society, in its second year of operation, TI Farm created employment and vocational training opportunities for 40 persons in mental recovery to help them gained necessary skills and confidence by taking up indoor farming works in the facilitating environment. In addition to the operation subsidy from the “Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise” project of Social Welfare Department, we got the funding support from Deutsche Bank and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation for enhancing planting equipment and promoting business to reach potential customers by effectively using social media. New products, such as veggies and peanut sprout were developed to increase sales revenue, and successfully attracted a lot of customers who concerned about food safety and hygiene. To enhance public understanding of TI Farm services and the persons in mental recovery, we organised guide tours for over 400 visitors in last year, which not only enabled the visitors to learn about the indoor farming and its benefits over traditional methods, but also enable the visitors gaining a better understanding toward persons in mental recovery by means of direct contact during the tour. TI Farm 參與在花墟舉辦的 2019 本地漁的本地漁農美 食嘉年華。 TI Farm is taking part in the Farmfest 2019 for the very first time. 貓貓義工正為中心貓隻進行餵食義工工作。 Volunteer provided volunteering works of feeding and caring to cats of Placidity Place.