Post-COVID, Musicians Foundation aims to continue serving the community of career musicians in Hong Kong, both financially and mentally. With the challenges posed by the pandemic now subsiding, the organization will pivot its focus towards long-term, sustainable support for musicians. This includes providing financial assistance and career development resources to help musicians rebuild their livelihoods, as well as introducing mental health programs and counseling services to address the significant toll that the past few years have taken. The Foundation recognizes that musicians are not only artists, but also small business owners and entrepreneurs who require multi-faceted support to thrive in the post-pandemic landscape. By advocating for the needs of this underrepresented community, the Musicians Foundation is committed to ensuring the continued vitality of Hong Kong's vibrant music scene.
Our founding member, Christine Bowers (aka Chris B), has been organising and running live music events in Hong Kong since 2004.
我們的創始成員Christine Bowers (又名Chris B)，自2004年起已致力策劃及籌辦香港的現場音樂活動。
In August 2020, she undertook a survey to find out how many professional musicians were suffering due to Covid-19. The one week survey (646 people participated) revealed that 62% of them were full-time musicians and 82% of them had been in that career for more than 5 years. Over 7% of these musicians had become homeless or were in the process of being evicted.
在2020年8月，她進行了一個有關多少職業音樂人因新冠肺炎疫情而慘遭困境的問卷調查。為期一週的調查中（合共646名參與者），發現百分之62的人士為全職音樂人，而當中的百分之82的人士曾從事該職業長達5年以上的時間。以上超過百分之7的音樂人更變得無家可歸，甚至經歷被驅逐出境的慘況。
This led to numerous emails and phone calls to Legislative Councilors and numerous face-to-face meetings. All these meetings highlighted how professional musicians have no official representation or body in Hong Kong.
這促使 Chris B 通過電子郵件和電話與立法會議員進行了大量溝通,並舉行了多次面對面會議。所有這些會議都突出了專業音樂人在香港缺乏官方代表或組織機構的問題。
Upon researching the situation in other countries, it became clear that a non-profit focused on helping musicians during difficult times would be beneficial to the community and offer relief to career musicians.
在調查其他國家的情況期間，我們更能明瞭到一個能致力幫助音樂人渡過難關的非牟利組織的重要性，除了可以回饋社會之餘，同時亦能提供慰藉予職業音樂人，對音樂界產生積極影響。
