"Smart Silver" Digital Inclusion Programme for Elders

In order to let the elderly people integrate into the digital era and enjoy the benefits brought about by the digital technologies, the Government announced in the 2024-25 Budget that the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund would allocate $100 million to provide elderly people aged 60 or above with digital training courses and technical support in the coming three years. Following an open invitation for proposals and evaluation, the SIE Fund has appointed 12 non-governmental organisations and is providing them with funding support to take forward the "Smart Silver" Digital Inclusion Programme for Elders (the Programme) across all 18 districts. Under the Programme, the appointed organisations will set up community-based help desks at suitable locations to provide regular and fixed-point training on digital technologies and technical support for elderly people aged 60 or above, particularly singleton or doubleton elders living in old districts and public housing. It covers topics such as smartphone operation know-how, the use of digital government services (e.g., iAM Smart and other common government mobile applications), cybersecurity, etc. The 12 implementing organisations under the programme are listed below: