Breaking Down Barriers Through Sport

1. ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH

1.1 Aims

Providing challenging environmentsBuilding self confidence and self esteemDeveloping leadership skillsFostering team spiritAcceptance of responsibilityPrevent re-offendingBuilding bonds and relationships with police officers

1.2 Directors

Mr. Mike Dowie

OBE QPM CPMExecutive Director of Operation BreakthroughJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1972 and retired in September 2009 at the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner

Mr. Dave GrantJoined Breakthrough in 2008Director and responsible for Basketball, Kickboxing, Running & VolleyballJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1979Currently a Senior Superintendent and Deputy District Commander of Sham Shui Po District

Mr. Ken DaveyJoined Breakthrough in 2007Director responsible for soccerex- Chief Superintendent in Police HQ

Mr. Barry John SmithJoined Breakthrough in 1996Director and responsible for boxing and involved in rugby clubJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1983

Mr. Matt LindsayJoined Breakthrough in 2004Director responsible for fundraisingJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1987

Mr. Steve TarrantJoined Breakthrough in 2003 with the rugby section and became a Director in 2007He is responsible for rugby and the annual rugby tourPreviously head of CID in a major Kowloon Police District

Mr. Robbie McRobbieJoined Breakthrough in 2003Director responsible for rugbyJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1992Currently Community Rugby Manager, Hong Kong Rugby Football Union

Mr. Brian YungJoined Breakthrough in 2003Director responsible for administration and financial mattersJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1987

Ms. Tom TsangJoined Breakthrough in 2002Director responsible for modern danceJoined the then Royal Hong Kong Police in 1996

Ms. Winnie McCarthyJoined Breakthrough in 2009SecretaryRelocated back to HK in 1994Administrator in Education (ESF)

1.3 The Bus

2. ACTIVITIES

3. Sponsors and Partners

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation

Standard Chartered

The Community Chest

Social Welfare Department

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Hong Kong Far East Masonic Benevolent Fund Corporation

Yau Yee League

Lenovo

The Hongkong Federation of Youth Groups

Hong Kong Playground Association

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong (ELCHK)

Youth Enhancement Scheme

The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police

Hong Kong Rugby Football Union

City Contemporary Dance Company

Adidas (HK) Ltd

Blank Rome Solicitors & Notaries

The British Chamber of Commerce

Tanner de Witt Solicitors

3. FUNDRAISING

A registered charity

Funded from donations

Specific fundraising activities relating to individual activities

4. HISTORY

Began in Tuen Mun District in 1996

Take a radical approach to resolve juvenile delinquency

Change the lives of youngsters and their perception

Initial started on the station rooftop with borrowed equipment

5. TARGETTING

JuvenilesBetween 11-17 years old

Subject of the Superintendents discretion scheme

Assessed by Social workers

Aged 8-17 years oldDeemed ‘at risk’ of juvenile delinquency

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