Alongside
About Alongside
Alongside is a diverse and inclusive social enterprise, and also the first one-stop end-of-life platform dedicated to providing support to the sexual/gender minorities in Hong Kong in advance planning, and bereavement support. Leveraging the interdisciplinary expertise of our team members and collaborators, we provide comprehensive advance planning, terminal care, and bereavement support to the LGBTQIA+ community. Our services encompass education, consultation, and counselling in legal, medical, psychological wellbeing, and end-of-life care. We are dedicated to listening, understanding, and accompanying our clients and their loved ones during their most vulnerable moments. All services at Alongside are provided by the LGBTQIA+ community or friendly service providers, ensuring an understanding of the needs of the community without any discrimination. Adopting a case manager system to handle and thoroughly follow up on each case, ensures personalized service and reducing unnecessary stress.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
This organisation contributes to the following UN SDGs.
Good Health and Well-Being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. This goal addresses major health priorities including maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, and universal health coverage.
Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This goal encompasses all education levels while emphasizing equitable access and learning outcomes.
Gender Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. This goal tackles discrimination, violence against women, harmful practices, and women's underrepresentation in leadership positions.
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Quality Life Impact (QLI)
A measurement of the impact scale by the number of positively impacted human lives.