The 15th National Games (NG) and the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NSOG), which are the largest national multi-sport events, will be held in November and December 2025. The Games will be cohosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao for the first time. Hong Kong will organise eight competition events and one mass participation event under the NG; and four competition events as well as one mass participation event under the NGD and NSOG.

Hong Kong Volunteer Award (“HKV-Award”), a volunteer recognition scheme co-organised by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau and the Agency for Volunteer Service, is dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of outstanding volunteers, corporations, organisations, estates and schools. As a widely-recognised, impactful and credible scheme, HKV-Award echoes the direction of government policy in motivating more people, particularly the youth, people aged 50 or above, and those who are new to or have not been involved in volunteering for a while, to participate in volunteering to care for the underprivileged, and in uniting the power from the community to build a caring and inclusive society.

AVS is a member of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), an international organization whose primary aim is to promote, strengthen, and celebrate the development of volunteering worldwide. It holds a volunteer conference every year for exchange, networking, and inspiration about volunteerism across countries and cultures.

The Hong Kong Volunteer Award 2023 Presentation Ceremony (“HKV-Award”), co-organized by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau and the Agency for Volunteer Service, was successfully held on 3 January 2024. HKV-Award recognizes the contributions and achievements of outstanding volunteers and teams, young people, corporations, organizations from various sectors, cross-sectoral partnership projects, estates, and schools. This year, over 22,000 awards were presented; for more details, please refer to the awardee list.

The Agency for Volunteer Service (“AVS”) is one of the six volunteer matching platforms collaborating with the “JC VOLUNTEER TOGETHER PLATFORM” (“JCVTP”). With the support of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, AVS launched a series of volunteer services to encourage those who first encounter volunteer service, whether they are families with young children, intergenerational volunteers, working adults or general public, to take an active part in volunteering. Starting today to 31 July 2024, new volunteers who participated in any service from the JC VOLUNTEER TOGETHER series and registered as members of AVS Hong Kong Community Volunteers (“HKCV”), will receive a complimentary offer of a 2-year free HKCV membership (Promotion Code: JCVT-23)