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Chair – Wai Yin Board of Trustees wins Mulan Award

November 16th, 2015   |   CEO's Blog   |  

It is our pleasure to inform you that our Chairperson Juanita Yau has won the Mulan Award (Contribution to Charitable Causes and Philanthrophy Award) last Monday 9th November 2015 We congratulate Juanita for winning this well deserved award. Mulan Foundation Network aims to recognise and honour the achievements of Chinese women in the UK and elsewhere through Annual Awards and in the process build up a global network of top and successful Chinese women and young Chinese women on the way up, for networking, mentoring and to support and help each other as well as contribute to the wider community. For […]

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Wai Yin at the House of Lords

November 9th, 2015   |   Board of Trustees   |  

Congratulations! Juanita Yau, Chairperson of Wai Yin Society, was invited to attend the House of Lords to collect an award. She was the 1st runner up for CIAC & Shaftesbury Woman Volunteer of the  Year Award 2015 The Award Ceremony took place on Monday 19th October 2015 from 3.30pm – 5.00pm at the House of Lords, kindly hosted by The Lord Sheikh on behalf of the Chinese Information and Advice Centre (CIAC). Traditional afternoon tea was served overlooking the beautiful River Thames with spectacular performances.

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Thank you Painting Volunteers!

September 21st, 2015   |   Health & Social Care   |  

A big thank you to our wonderful people at Sheung Lok. Recently, they  repainted the Sheung Lok Centre. 谢谢   The picture shows  our volunteers helping us (left to right): Tony Kwong, Vincent Mak,  Jayden Lai, Chung Shun Liu, Ming Chiu Chan. 照片,人, 左到右, Tony Kwong, Vincent Mak,  Jayden Lai, Chung Shun Liu, Ming Chiu Chan

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Annual Educational Visit 2015

August 24th, 2015   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

Recently, Wai Yin service users enjoyed their annual summer educational visit. 新近, 我们有一个前往英格兰南部 This year, the trip went to Warwick Castle and Shakespeare’s birthplace. 我们看到莎士比亚的房子，华威城堡 It was very enjoyable and popular. Two full coaches went. 这是令人愉快的和流行, 我们在两辆公交车去. We hope that you can join us next year. 明年, 明年我们希望你能来，我们可以一起去  

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Birthday Celebration of University Student on Placement!

August 3rd, 2015   |   Health & Social Care   |  

Recently, Jeff celebrated his 21st birthday with us at Wai Yin Society. Jeff and Ariel (pictured at the front, right and second from left respectively) are two university social work students here on summer placements with us. We value our student placements who do valuable work with our service users…Thank you!!!

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SEN Week Volunteering Programme at Wai Yin

July 13th, 2015   |   Uncategorised   |  

Wai Yin Society is introducing two growth workshops to parents or individuals who are interested in learning about some of the most common types of Special Educational Needs (SEN) in young people. Some typical characteristics and possible intervention of SEN will be discussed in both workshops.  These workshops will be held on 21st and 23rd July at Wai Yin’s main office.   For further information, please contact Jeff or Ariel on 0161 833 0377.

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Advice Quality Standard

May 18th, 2015   |   In The News   |  

We are delighted to announce that Wai Yin Society has recently been awarded the Advice Quality Standard. The Advice Quality Standard (AQS) tells you that we offer a quality assured service. It communicates our commitment to professionalism, quality and customer care. Only organisations which have achieved the Standard will be able to display the AQS logo: We hold the Advice Quality Standard, which provides you with assurance that the we have met certain criteria that demonstrate a commitment to quality. For further information, please see the AQS website: www.advicequalitystandard.org.uk

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Potential Booster

May 18th, 2015   |   Family Unit   |  

This programme is partly in response to young service users’ feedback. please see Susan’s letter (Chinese and English) attached:

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10K RUN CONGRATULATIONS!!!

May 11th, 2015   |   In The News   |  

Congratulations and Thank You to all our 10K Runners and Supporters. The Great Manchester 10K on 10 May 2015 was a huge success, and great fun was had by all runners and supporters alike! We were very lucky with the mild weather conditions on the day with sunshine and no rain. CEO, Dr Sylvia Sham was an inspiration around the course, even managing a sprint towards the end, who said afterwards, “We are so pleased to have the opportunity at Wai Yin Society to be actively engaged within the Manchester community on such a wonderful day!” The fastest runner in […]

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