Faced with the repeated and long epidemic situation and the daily life of camps and camps, everyone will inevitably have feelings of anxiety and anxiety, and even many people are affected by pressure without knowing it.
Emotions coexist with every moment of life and are an important factor that affects the health of the body, mind, and soul. Whether students, majors in helping people or the elderly, they all need to care about their emotional health.
The Christian Family Service Center (CFSC), which is committed to implementing mental health services in Hong Kong, has launched a mobile publicity vehicle "Happy Grocery Store" service in recent years to reach out to the community in Kowloon East to promote mental health education. Earlier, it led volunteers from Su Li Watch. Educate the masses personally.
With the rapid changes in the social environment in recent years, the life style has also undergone tremendous changes. The development of social services at the Christian Family Service Center (CFSC) has also kept pace with the times. In addition to regular services, we are also committed to innovatively developing different service plans through the center. Over a hundred service units and special plans to cater for the needs of different age groups, including the launch of the "Happy Grocery Store" mental health mobile publicity van service.
The "Happy Grocery Store" mental health mobile publicity vehicle service mainly travels around the Kowloon East community. Residents should remember to pay attention!
"Happy Grocery Store" received funding from the Social Welfare Department in July 2019 and began to wander around the large and small communities in Kowloon East to provide residents with mental health education services, aiming at early prevention, early identification and early intervention to enhance public awareness of mental health , And at the same time enhance the public's acceptance of ex-mentally ill persons, and promote physical and mental health.
The service area is temporarily concentrated in Kowloon East, such as Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O. Different activities are held regularly. Community members, students, helping professionals, the elderly, people suffering from emotional or mental illness are welcome to participate, and the service fee is free .
Community services pay special attention to the connection with the community. The "Happy Grocery Stores" can be found in housing estates, schools, tertiary education colleges, community facilities and remote areas. The activities held are diversified, including mobile exhibitions, self-assessments, and small lectures. And interactive activities to provide mental health education, hoping that the public will prevent mental health problems as soon as possible.
"Happy Grocery Store" provides diversified activities, such as interactive games to understand emotions.
In addition, the "Happy Grocery Store" will also cooperate with the Mental Health Comprehensive Community Center to promote the services of the Mental Health Comprehensive Community Center, and will provide residents with simple consultations on the spot, assess their initial mental health, and help the public identify their mental health status early. .
If necessary, short-term social work intervention and short-term case counseling will be provided, and it is hoped that early intervention will help the public to relieve their entanglement.
In recent years, many companies have actively assumed corporate social responsibilities. "Happy Grocery Store" has also continued to cooperate with companies to encourage companies to "locate" together to promote mental health information.
Earlier on, CFSC led volunteers from Su Li Watch to the "Happy Grocery Store" to participate in the mental health mobile publicity vehicle service. Zhou Qianyi, Senior Manager of CFSC Mental Health Services and Development, said: "The mental health education activities are organized to help the public understand the spirit. Health conditions, in-depth understanding of emotional problems, prevention is better than cure."
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