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HOPEmade Sharing Kitchens
Matching Idle Kitchens and Grassroots Women with Cooking Talents
ABOUT
Year Established: 2016
Beneficiaries: Grassroots women
| 共廚家作 | |
| Grassroots women bring the cosy taste of home |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- It’s difficult for grassroots women in Hong Kong to find flexible part-time jobs to subsidise family expenses
- The catering industry is running short of labour while kitchens become idle out of rush hours
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Using the concept of the “sharing economy” to setup new working platforms
- The pioneer, as a social enterprise, of giving purpose to idle kitchens
EXCEPTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 16 grassroots women to be employed to produce not fewer than 18 products for sale |
 | 2.81 million dollars of revenue to be generated through sales in the first three years |
 | 6 restaurants, at least, to provide idle kitchens in exchange for a cut from the sales |
 | Grassroots women to receive a good income while enriching their job profile, and eventually improving their quality of life |
BUSINESS MODEL
HOPEmade Sharing Kitchen subsidises a cut of the sales to sustain the project
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Producing and selling homemade food and drinks
The grassroots women are given opportunities to make and sell homemade food and drinks, such as herbal tea and desserts, in the leased idle kitchens
Producing and selling festive food
The grassroots women will produce and sell festive food, such as rice cake and dumplings