Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped

Application will be considered on its individual merits, including its effectiveness and scope of benefits, to ensure that the grants are giving good value for money. The following guiding principles will be applied – - projects to strengthen early identification / intervention and to enhance learning experience would be accorded a higher priority; - projects to maximize development potential to enhance employment opportunities, independent living skills and maximize potential through participation in arts and sports would be accorded a higher priority; - projects to promote health awareness to alleviate early onset of ageing and other health-related problems and achieve positive and active ageing would be accorded a higher priority; - projects involving recurrent expenses or purchases of air-conditioners, rehabuses or items that could be funded by Government’s subvention and/or other funding sources would normally be accorded a lower priority; - activities to be held outside Hong Kong will not be considered; and - projects for target beneficiaries who acquire intellectual disability or loss of cognitive ability due to degenerative changes (such as dementia), or caused by head injury, etc., instead of those who are medically diagnosed to be suffering from intellectual disability since childhood, will not be considered; and - for applications with grant sought exceeding $200,000, applicants should include the elements of “Sustainability” and “Dissemination” in the application, such as feasible plans to sustain the key activities after completion of the project and the deliverables/expected outcomes of the project which should have good value for sharing and/or should have high potential to benefit a wider reach of the community through different means.