Support for Hong Kong British Nationals Overseas pupils and students.

27 September 2022

Hong Kong Well is a charity commissioned by KCC to run support for Hong Kong British Nationals Overseas (HKBNO).

They have arranged a webinar for teachers and school leaders where they will share general information about cultural differences between Hong Kong and the UK, the challenges that HKBNO pupils may be facing and the services and support that they have to offer. Further information can be found below including the links to sign up for the webinar.

Many of you have already seen or heard about the surge of Hong Kong student admissions in local schools. They are members of the 600+ families who have moved to Kent and Medway from Hong Kong under a special visa scheme of the UK Government. More are on their way. Helping them to integrate is vital for the community’s long-term benefits.

Supporting Hong Kong immigrant children’s mental wellbeing

It is against this backdrop that KCC commissioned us, Hong Kong Well UK, to run a six month programme. We are a group of teachers, social workers, clinical psychologists and counsellors from Hong Kong. Our mandate is set to support these young migrants in emotional distress and coping difficulties in the UK. Our Cantonese speaking and professionally trained team provides free advisory and counselling services.

Thank you for your continued efforts in promoting immigrant students’ integration and wellbeing

Local educators have always played an instrumental role in assisting immigrant students and their parents to navigate the new learning environment and understand the UK’s school system. Job well-done! Thank You.

We can help accelerate your understanding of Hong Kong students and their parents

This is not only because we are also from Hong Kong but more importantly we have supported more than 100 families with adaption difficulties since our inception earlier this year. We would like to invite you to a webinar where we will have the opportunity to share the following with you:

  • the different learning habits and adaption challenges of Hong Kong students
  • the different expectations of Hong Kong students and parents in regard to education
  • the key cultural differences, the mental and emotional distresses that some Hong Kong students may have been through and our top tips that will help students to integrate.

In the webinar we will also share how our services can be accessed and you will have the opportunity to ask any questions that you may have.

Join us in this free webinar to support these migrant children in starting new lives in the UK

Understanding your students from Hong Kong and help their integration:

*Sessions 1 and 2 are of the same content

After registration you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.

If you have any questions or if you believe we can support you or your students now please contact us by emailing help@hongkongwell@uk. Alternatively, you can email our link in KCC, Lee Round, Area Schools Organisation Officer South Kent at Lee.Round@kent.gov.uk.

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