Dairy Farm Jumps for Health and Charity
Dairy Farm organized the 2008 JUMP Festival for health and charity in November 2008. Some 3,000 people at Shatin Racecourse in Hong Kong participated including corporate representatives, students and their families and the general public.

The 2008 JUMP Festival was the first-of-its-kind gargantuan promotion by a retail chain in Hong Kong, aiming to raise money for charity and to get Hong Kong fit and healthy by jumping.

Over 1,300 Dairy Farm stores and a number of its suppliers came together to promote the event which raised funds for the People's Food Bank, MINDSET and the Business-School Partnership Programme of the Education Bureau. A total of HK$1.4 million was raised, among which HK$300,000 is granted to MINDSET.

To continue the momentum of the 2008 JUMP Festival, the general public were also subsequently invited to make donation at all 7-Eleven, IKEA, Mannings and Wellcome outlets to support The People's Food Bank. Every HK$100 raised helps to provide food for the needy for a week. The total donation collected by the outlets amounted to HK$69,000.

牛奶公司舉辦「跳動全香港」馬拉松慈善跳繩活動
牛奶公司於十一月舉辦「二○○八跳動全香港」慈善馬拉松跳繩活動，寓推廣健康於慈善，活動吸引了三千多人雲集沙田馬場，包括企業代表、學生及家庭以及普羅大眾。

「二○○八跳動全香港」是個獨一無二的大型推廣活動，旨在為慈善籌款，同時藉著提倡跳繩來令香港人變得更健康強壯。

牛奶公司旗下一千三百多間商舖均積極推廣這次活動，聯同一眾供應商共襄善舉，為「眾膳堂」、「思健」及教育局「商校合作計劃」籌款，總共籌得港幣一百四十萬善款，並將其中港幣三十萬善款撥捐「思健」。

活動後，7-Eleven、宜家傢俬、萬寧及惠康又在各分店籌款延續善舉，鼓勵市民捐款支持「眾膳坊」。每一百元善款可為有需要人士提供一星期的食糧，至今己籌得港幣六萬九千元善款。

MINDSET Job Training Programme Impresses Australian Conference
Nancy Chan, General Manager of Group Human Resource (HR Services), Jardine Matheson Limited, represented MINDSET to speak at the 2008 NSW Mental Health Consumer of the Year Awards in Sydney organized by Australia's Consumer Activity Network (Mental Health) Inc ('CAN') at New South Wales Parliament House on 18th September 2008.

CAN is an organization where people living with mental illness (referred to by the mental health sector as 'consumers') help their peers reintegrate into society. The Annual NSW Mental Health Consumer of the Year Awards recognizes the contributions mental health consumers made within the Australian community.

At the ceremony, Ms Chan explained why the Jardine Matheson Group chose to focus on the mental health sector and shared the Group's experiences on how the private sector can play a role in supporting mental health.

In particular, she elaborated at length about the training and job placement opportunities offered within the Group for the ex-mentally ill, and the successes and challenges encountered in implementing the programme.

"By arranging workshops for frontline managers from various business units within the group, we aim to enhance their understanding of how the ex-mentally ill can contribute in a workplace, so that we can find more appropriate training opportunities," said Ms Chan.

She shared with the audience a number of successful cases, including one in her department who became a permanent staff after a two-year part-time stint.

"Our experience is that it is necessary to be patient with the ex-mentally ill. Giving them a lot of encouragement and guidance has seen proven successes," said Ms Chan.

She concluded, "One important thing I'd learnt from my visit is that the people I met at the award ceremony were very open that they were consumers themselves, and these are professionals in responsible positions in the community.

"I hope that by advocating mental health awareness and de-stigmatization through our MINDSET initiatives, we can see in the community an open and receptive attitude towards the mentally-ill."

「思健」代表到澳洲分享「就業培訓計劃」心得
怡和集團人力資源部（人力資源服務）總經理陳林詩獲澳洲Consumer Activity Network (Mental Health) Inc邀請，以「思健」代表的身分出席於二○○八年九月十八日假新南威爾斯州議會大樓舉行的二○○八年度NSW Mental Health Consumer of the Year Awards頒獎典禮，並擔任演講嘉賓。

CAN主張讓精神康復人士（該會稱之為「Consumer (消費者)」）協助同伴重投社會。而一年一度的NSW Mental Health Consumer of the Year Awards正是要表揚精神康復人士對澳洲社群的貢獻。

在頒獎禮上，陳林詩解釋了「思健」為何選擇支持與精神健康有關的慈善活動，並分享怡和集團及旗下公司的經驗，指出私營機構在精神健康的支援工作上可扮演重要角色。

她詳盡介紹了怡和集團如何為復康人士提供實習及就業培訓機會，又回顧了這項計劃推出至今的成效及遇到的挑戰。

「我們為各業務單位的前線經理安排工作坊，令他們更加了解復康人士如何在職場上作出貢獻，有助我們為復康人士尋找更多合適的培訓機會。」陳林詩表示。

陳林詩分享了一些成功個案，例如她所屬的人力資源部就曾有一位復康人士經過兩年的兼職實習後，順利轉為長工。

「根據我們的經驗，與復康人士相處需要保持耐性，給予他們多點鼓勵及指導是有效的好方法。」陳林詩說。

她總結道：「這次到澳洲探訪，在頒獎禮上遇到的都是在社會上緊守著不同崗位的專業人士，可是他們都願意公開自己是復康人士的身分，這份開明令我感受至深。」

「我希望透過『思健』，促進大家對精神健康的關注，掃除社會對精神病的歧見。我們期望看到社會對精神病患者抱持更開明和接納的態度。」

Further Maxim's Support for MINDSET
Maxim's recently demonstrated the group's ongoing support to MINDSET with a further donation of HK$1 million. It will be able to support MINDSET in its continuing efforts to enhance community awareness on mental health and also to support people suffering or suffered from mental illness.

美心集團再度慷慨支持「思健」
美心集團向來十分支持「思健」，最近再捐贈了一百萬港元善款，協助「思健」推廣精神健康的訊息，並幫助有需要的精神病患者及精神復康人士。

Presenting the cheque to MINDSET chairman Anthony Nightingale are Michael Wu and Wilson Wu from Maxim's, together with MINDSET Governor Neil McNamara and Jardine Ambassadors Stephen Bruce and Helen Cheung.
美心集團代表伍偉國及伍威全將支票交予「思健」主席黎定基。旁為「思健」董事麥理文及怡和親善大使古善偉及張凱欣。

Upcoming Events (即將舉行活動)

Education & Prevention Group (教育小組)
7th February, 2009	City Orienteering (城市追蹤)
28th March, 2009	Workshop on Substance Abuse (「濫用藥物」工作坊)
16th May, 2009	Workshop (互動工作坊)
Reintegration Group (融合小組)
January to March 2009	Table Manner Training Workshop (餐桌禮儀學習班)
	Computer Training Workshop - Excel (電腦培訓班 - 試算表運作)
	English Writing Workshop (英文寫作技巧培訓班)
	IKEA Tour (參觀宜家傢俬)
	Hotel Tour - Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong (參觀文華東方酒店)
Community Awareness (社會關注小組)
19th April, 2009	Walk Up Jardine House 2009 (「齊步上怡廈」)