Our Mission & Services
Community Builders is a local social business established in Hong Kong since 2010. We specialize in doing education, whole-person development and community services by using visual arts, design and participatory art creation activities as media, to enhance the community groups' capacity and building a better community .
We provide professional consultancy and contractor services to schools, non-profit making organizations (NPOs) and corporations, tailor-design and organize activities in campuses and community to let children, youth, elderly and other interested groups to participate. We gather different sectors’ resources and power, and also bridge up corporate-community partnerships and assist corporations to perform corporate social responsibilities (CSR)/ corporate citizenship.
Our key Community Art & Design Activities 以社群藝術及設計活動
為社群賦能 for community capacity building:
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「藝術.遊戲 啟能發展活動」Arts & Games for Self-Empowerment & Capability Development
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「同藝賦能 社群連繫活動」Arts for Social Capital Enhancement
作體驗學習 for participants' experiential learning:
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「升級改造 手作工藝活動」Upcycling Art-Makers
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「應用視藝 服務學習活動」Service-Learning on Visual Arts
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「童建社夢 設計教育活動」Child & Youth Education on Community Design
去營造空間 for community place-making:
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「同創空間 社區營造活動」Participatory Design & Art Creation for Community Space Enhancement
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「童創空間 校園營造活動」Participatory Campus Art Creation for Child & Youth Empowerment
What Roles We Play
We are your community designer, sustainable development partner, creative think tank, project planner, professional manpower supporting team, neutral community interface, working as a project consultant/ contractor/ co-organizer/ supporting team to facilitate you to further contribute to our community. We are the bridge between organizations, corporations and communities, helping you communicate, network, promote, collect information and opinions, transfer knowledge, build up collaborations and deliver contributions. We contribute professional and community knowledge, suggest project framework, think, explore, analyze and coordinate the project for you. Services can be tailored-made to fit individual needs and strategies.
How We Operate
We are a privately-run body, not working under any corporations/organizations and not rely on any public funding. Our operation is self-supported and independent. We set fair collaborative relationship and simple fees on our services, aiming to enable more parties to join us doing community building. Our fees charged mainly go to the project costs to directly serve the community. We also put our minor profit generated to reinvest into our work to continue and further our mission towards community building. Your kind support can let our quality service to our community be continued and go further.
We Support Your CSR/ Corporate Citizenship
CSR/ Corporate Citizenship practice is increasingly demanded by the society nowadays. We support and assist the planning, execution and coordination of your CSR/ Corporate Citizenship activities. We will design and suggest project for your corporation in relevance to your business nature, capacities, strengths, image and business development needs. Our suggested activities not only can facilitate you to help the people and places in need and contribute to building a better community, but also help you to:
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give back to our society
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strengthen your staff moral and knowledge by joining volunteer work in the community
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build relations, trust and acceptance from local community
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enhance your corporate image and stand out from others in the industry
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let more people understand your corporation and join you
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help educate and develop youth for our future industry
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get ideas/insights/opinions from the local people and understand the locality
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identify community’s situation and needs and to explore your product/ service improvment & development
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more interesting possibilities than purely charity money donations
We will match the suitable beneficiary bodies for you. By partnering with us and outsourcing us for specialized supports, our professional team can supplement your in-house resources and enhance the quality, efficiency and credibility your community services & education activities.