laughing point
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2013 Jan
笑點 Laughing PointLaughter changes YOUR Fate!
What we do?
Laughter Yoga: aerobic exercise founded in 1995 which can changed a person’s physiology, so that he or she become more relax and positive.
Laughing Point Services: based on the principle of Laughter Yoga, with a combination of different topic like art & craft, cookery, culture festival, music and parties, with the objective to create laughing environment for customers to have fun and relax experience.
Laughing WorkshopLaughing ActivitiesLaughing GamesLaughing Retreat
CompaniesOrganization
MaMa GroupsFamilies
LAUGHING POINT
Homeless People in Hong Kong
✤ About 41% of the Homeless people in Hong Kong, they are due to their low income job or being unemployed.
✤ More than 44.8% of the homeless people’s psychological health is poor and very poor in the research.
✤ The longer they are homeless, they are less likely to go back to the society, and less effective for the career counseling provided.
(Research from Prof. Wong Hung, 2001)
We solve...
Problems they faced Laughing Point helps! Measured by?
Homeless People (Low income / jobless)
Poor psychological health, hopeless and
insecure for changing the status of homeless.Living below poverty
line.
As a laughter facilitator assistant, this builds up their self esteem
and create working opportunities for them. Laughing change their
state of mood.
The psychological test, laughter quotient test and their home
location.
Corporate /Organization
High working pressure creates sick leave and inefficient team.Need training for staff for maintaining efficient team.
Need to fulfill Corporate Social Responsibilities (Internal &
External)
Happy staff with less sick leave days, and build up a more
effective team.Laughing Volunteer Programme
fulfills CSR too.
The number of staff sick leave, and 360 degree appraisal about
the team.
Staff of the Corporate / Organization
Poor physical health due to long working
hour and stress.
Better health with more laughing activities and workshop to
release stress and more workout during the programmes. Serve as
the laughing volunteers helps them to have better well-being.
Number of sick leave , physical condition, and laughter quotient
test.
Elderly in CommunityPoor Psychological
Health due to looniness
Laughing Volunteers and Laughter facilitator visit and laugh with the seniors in the center or residential setting,
improve their social connection and psychological and physical
health by regular laughing exercises.
Physical condition, and laughter quotient test.
Our Laughing Market
ElderlyMajor one
(Healthy Laughters Association)
Corporates Laughing ServiceFew
(Healthy Laughters Association, private practice, 1-2 Training Companies)
Homeless People Training3 Major Integrated Service subvented
by Social Welfare DepartmentBut no specific SE for homeless people.
Families Laughing Service
Nil(Only have other playgrounds but not much parents & kids activities in HK)
Laughing Point provides...
With the 1 year experience of YOGAMATE, we currently have around 30 different laughing partners
and 5 different crossover sectors service partners.
Laughing Workshop /
Classesfor corporates &
organization
Laughing Parties
for parties organizers & NGOs
Laughing Retreatfor corporates &
organizations
Laughing Family
Workshopfor NGOs & parties
organizers
Laughing Volunteer Training
for corporates, schools & organizations
New Laughing Services since 2013Existing Laughing Services since 2011
Laughing Point Service - Laughing Volunteer Service
Companies purchases the
Laughing Training Classes from Laughing
Point(Including Laughing Volunteer
opportunities or Sponsored Service in Elderly Center /organization)
Laughing Point at Elderly Center /Community Center
(Volunteer Programme)(organized regularly laughing activities by Staff from those
companies received the training.)
Laughing Point at Elderly Center/Community Center(Sponsored service in the
name of company)(organized once a week laughing activities by Laughing Point
staff -Laughing Facilitator)
Our Training Model for Homeless People
Outreach for Homeless people for job interviewwith the co-work with the 3 major Homeless People Integrated Service Team in Hong Kong
Junior Laughing Facilitators
Practicum: Laughing AssistantAround 3 months
Laughter Training for staffaround 2 days training
Laughing Volunteer
at the community
What our clients said about our laughing services?
✤ "The workshop is very Funny. Laugher yoga makes you feel even happier since we all can laugh together. We would recommend to other companies as it is so happy to laugh together!" ~ Mr. Hardy Ip, HR & Admin Officer of Chief Securities Limited
✤ Your team is awesome and we all had a great time and great work out! Full of laughs. ~Jonas, organizer and participant of her friend’s Bridal Shower Laughing Party
✤ Laughter Yoga is fresh to me and it’s impressive that people with different abilities can join~ Participants, especially children did enjoy the session~ I like the interaction part and Thanks again for your help! Choi Sai Kit International and China Programmes The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation
✤ 「工作坊的內容很好,簡單、直接又能帶動氣氛,能輕易引發同事的笑容及有趣的互動,同事反應亦相常正面,感覺新奇及有意思,整個過程都非常開心有趣,亦有同事有興趣於未來能有機會再與 貴公司合作。謝謝你們 ! 」 ~Apple Ming ,香港職業發展服務處培訓主任
✤ “Such a relaxing exercise that I could slow down for a while during busy working day.” ~Vanessa Leung, Staff of Madison Communication, Laughter Yoga Class at Workplace
Financial Arrangement
Due to our low fixed cost required in this project, the net revenue is expected to be growing in the coming 4 years.
We are now expecting to employ the first full time staff to implement this project. The variable cost will be increasing in the first 4 years.
In the 4th year of the project, we expected break-even.