Today’s Treasure Hunters, Tomorrow’s Future Wealth Leaders

— Building Intergenerational Community Engagement Through Play

On 18 April 2026, the Honours Academy (HA) of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK), together with the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong (BGCA) Community Creativity Learning Centre, delivered the pre-teen track of the 6th Financial Literacy Workshop Series on the HSUHK campus, engaging nearly 30 primary and junior secondary students. Designed with intergenerational community engagement at its heart, this HA signature community engagement invited learning to begin in the community, and continue at home through meaningful parent–child dialogue.

A signature highlight of this year’s series was its parallel workshop model. While children joined the mission-based pre-teen workshop, parents were learning on the other side of the venue in a dedicated parent workshop. This two-track design strengthened intergenerational learning in real time, so families could leave not only with new knowledge, but also a shared language for everyday money choices, and a shared commitment to practise together.

Months of cross-cohort student leadership—built from the ground up

Behind the three-hour learning adventure was the dedication of cross-cohort HA student leaders. Over months of preparation, they designed the workshop from scratch, from game booth concepts and learning materials, to gaming mechanisms and the extended board game experience. With thoughtful planning and caring facilitation, they translated university learning into community-ready tools that reached children, engaged parents next door, and supported families in learning together across generations.

Game booths with purpose: earn “income,” make choices, reflect on outcomes

Under the theme “HA x BGCA: Today’s Treasure Hunters; Tomorrow’s Future Wealth Leaders”, participants stepped into a lively, hands-on experience. At student-designed game booths, children completed tasks to “earn income”, then practised allocating limited resources, distinguishing wants vs. needs, and seeing how different decisions lead to different consequences. Every booth, from rules and scoring, to pacing and reflection prompts, was carefully crafted so that play became meaningful learning, and every “win” came with a real-world takeaway.

From play to life: a custom board game that extends learning across generations

To deepen the experience, HA student leaders introduced a custom-designed life-stage simulation board game, guiding participants to imagine real financial choices from secondary school to university. The scenarios were designed as conversation starters, linking directly to what parents were discussing in the parallel parent workshop and helping families carry the learning forward into daily life.

Intergenerational community engagement in action

From design to facilitation, HA students served as an intergenerational bridge, making financial concepts age-appropriate, meaningful, and shareable, while aligning learning themes with the parent track next door. This is intergenerational community engagement at its best: students lead with purpose, the community learns with joy, and families bring the learning home—together.

「現在冒險王：未來財富家」——以遊戲推動跨代社區參與，讓理財教育由社區走進家庭

香港恒生大學榮譽學院聯同香港小童群益會社區創意學習中心，於2026年4月18日在恒大校園舉行第六屆「青少年理財工作坊系列」之小學及初中學生組, 吸引近 30 名學生參與。活動以跨代社區參與為主軸：由大學連結社區，由社區延伸家庭，讓理財學習不止於一次活動，而能在親子日常對話中持續發生。

本屆系列的一大亮點，是採用親子雙軌平行工作坊：孩子在一邊參與「闖關式」理財體驗，同一時間，家長亦在場地另一邊參加專為家長而設的工作坊。這種同步學習安排，讓親子在同一主題下建立共同語言，促進跨代交流，真正把理財教育由社區帶回家庭，延續成跨代習慣。

跨屆學員領袖籌備數月：由零開始打造全套內容

活動背後，是跨屆榮譽學院學員領袖長達數月的策劃與打磨。學員領袖們由零開始設計整套工作坊，包括遊戲攤位、教材與學習素材、各攤位的遊戲機制與規則，以及延伸學習的桌上遊戲。他們把大學所學轉化為社區「聽得明、用得上」的內容，讓影響力由校園走入社區，並在家庭中跨代延伸。

每一關都有目的：賺取收入、作出選擇、看見結果

以「HA x BGCA：現在冒險王：未來財富家」為主題、全長三小時的工作坊，透過學生團隊設計的遊戲攤位任務引導參加者完成挑戰「賺取收入」，並在互動中練習資源分配、辨識「想要」與「需要」、理解不同選擇帶來的結果。每個攤位從流程、規則到反思問題均經精心設計，讓孩子在遊戲之中真正學到理財思維。

由遊戲延伸到人生：自家設計桌遊連結親子平行學習

為深化學習，榮譽學院學員領袖亦帶領參加者進行自家設計的模擬人生階段桌上遊戲，引導學生思考由中學走到大學可能遇到的財政抉擇。桌遊情境亦刻意設計成「可帶回家討論」的題目，並與另一邊同步進行的家長平行工作坊主題互相呼應，讓親子回到家後能延續跨代對話與共同練習。

跨代社區參與的最佳示範

從內容設計到現場帶領，HA學員領袖以專業與活力成為親子之間的跨代橋樑：學生領導、社區受惠、家庭接力，讓理財教育在日常生活中跨代扎根，——這正是榮譽學院推動跨代社區參與的核心實踐。