The Back Alley Tales

社創籽：角落「新」物

你有試想過在寸金尺土的空間，由「沒有」到「有」的過程來實踐自己的理想呢？曾經不顯眼的巷仔舖，至今延伸形形式式的小商戶落戶後巷，使新想像為社區創造，用構思細味香港人溫情的鄰理關係。

「社創籽」以後巷空間的可能性為起點，邀請你一起穿梭橫街小巷，深入觀察及探索城市的需要，了解街坊想法，探討將一個社區的新舊元素之間如何融合的議題，發掘無窮創意，與跨學科的朋友共同協助展開具有意義的社創小實驗！

SIMMERs更有機會獲邀參加下學期舉辦的社創市集，向浸大社群展示成果。

Social Innovation Makers (SIM) - The Back Alley Tales

Starting from the possibility of back-alley space, SIMMERs will experience an in-depth community study by walking through the side streets and alleys, communicating and building a relationship with the neighbours, and deeply observing and exploring the city's needs with community partners and instructors. Going through the design thinking training and social innovation framework, students will gain a valuable opportunity to design and execute social innovation plans as a one-week owner in Yau Ma Tei, earn first-hand experience interacting with the community, and reflect on how to contribute to the sustainable development of the city as global citizens.

SIMMERs will also be invited to join the social innovation market in the second semester to bring their outcomes to the BU community.

Eligibility

All HKBU Students are welcome. Priority will be given to Full-time UG students.

Support to Student Participants

A subsidy of HKD 400 and a certificate of completion will be awarded to each student after attending all the activities, including the pitching presentation, project implementation and report back celebration;
Teams who perform well in the pitching presentation will be awarded HKD 4,000 to implement their projects between 2 Nov to 30 Nov in the Precedee Art space@ Yau Ma Tei, one week for each team;
Mentor support and consultation from young innovators;
Learning opportunities related to social innovation;
Chances to meet up-and-coming social designers and entrepreneurs;
Venue support provided by TriAngle & PRÉCÉDÉE Artspace;
The team that wins the Best Innovation Proposal Award can participate in the Social Innovation Market in January next year and present their results.

Programme Period:

11 Sep - 15 Dec 2023

Timeline

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11 Sep (Mon) 14:30 –16:30	Programme Briefing and Design Thinking Workshop	TriAngle (DLB306, HKBU)
25 Sep (Mon) 15:30 –18:30	Orientation Day and Sharing Session (Understanding the Community)	TriAngle (DLB306)
26 Sep (Tue) 11:00 – 18:00	Field trip & Team Creation Workshop	Yau Ma Tei & TriAngle (DLB306)