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Mission PERM

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Hongkongers in Britain (HKB) and 7 national/regional VCSEs are delivering Mission PERM, providing UK-wide support for BN(O) integration in line with the high-level outcomes of the Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme.

Mission PERM’s strategic focuses are on key pillars of integration during initial settlement and evolving needs of the BN(O) community.

They include:

  • encouraging Participation in local community life,
  • facilitating Employment,
  • building community Relationships, and
  • safeguarding Mental health/wellbeing

With CARE:

  • enhancing Civic participation and engagement
  • assisting Access to schools and education
  • enabling access to Resources on housing, physical health and destitution
  • support to and Empowering youth, elderly and vulnerable sub-groups

Funded by

Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities logo

(UK government’s press release)

Consortium Partners:

  • Hackney Chinese Community Services
  • Hong Kong Assistance and Resettlement Community
  • Hong Kong Scots CIC (Scottish Hongkongers)
  • Kowloonshire
  • Northern Ireland Council for Racial Equality
  • Renaisi
  • Trafford Hongkongers

Four Objectives

Casework

Address immediate enquiries by email and provide signposting/referral service

Employment

Facilitate employment opportunities, providing CV clinics, employment workshops and seminars/webinars, informing UK employers about BN(O)s, and BN(O)s about UK labour rights

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Wellbeing advisory service, 1-to-1 needs-oriented/casework and solution-focused support, group-based workshops, psycho-education activities

Outreach

Design and hold activities to consolidate the communities of Hongkongers with locals in the UK and provide practical information, including community forums, thematic webinars/seminars, small group discussions, interests/hobbies/sports activities, local tours/visits, social gatherings, cultural festival celebrations

Delivery Partners

Renaisi is partnering with Hongkongers in Britain to deliver employment support services for newly arrived Hongkongers in the UK.  

Renaisi is offering online employability workshops and one-to-one appointments.  

​For registrations, please visit Eventbrite.co.uk in the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/hongkongers-in-britain-employment-support-179999

The themes of the workshops include: 

  • Identifying barriers to employment 
  • Understanding basic greetings, social skills, norms and taboos in the UK 
  • Setting SMART goals for job searching 
  • Transferable skills 
  • Writing high quality CVs 
  • Job applications and personal statements 
  • Interviewing techniques

For enquires, please contact HKB’s Employment Team:

For more information about employment in the UK, please visit our dedicated website here.

Regional Outreach

For regional social event collaboration, please contact your respective Outreach Coordinator:

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Greater London)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Yorkshire and Humber)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Northwest England)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Northeast England)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Southeast England)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (West Midlands)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (East Midlands)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (East of England)

Regional Outreach Coordinator (Southwest England)

Outreach Coordinator (Wales)

Outreach Delivery Partner (Scotland):  The Hong Kong Scots CIC/Scottish Hongkongers

Outreach Coordinator (Northern Ireland)

* In HKB’s Outreach Team, Daniel KWOK, Wilber LEE, Carmen LAU, Man Chun YAU, Rick HUI, and Nick LAM are former District Councillors of Hong Kong.

* Lai Ming HUI is a former director of the Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union. (HKSWGU)

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