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15 Grants Providing Critical Services for People Sleeping Rough

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, Rough Sleeping, StreetSmart Projects

Rough sleeping is dangerous, traumatic, and often life-threatening. In July and August, the StreetSmart community focused on raising funds and awareness to support people sleeping rough, funding programs that care for their immediate needs and help to end their experience of homelessness.

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StreetSmart community provides warmth through Winter

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, Rough Sleeping, StreetSmart Projects, Winter Appeal

Our Winter Appeal, throughout May and June, was launched to respond to the rising numbers of people experiencing homelessness who are facing dangerous and difficult living conditions Thanks to our donor community, along with corporate and philanthropic supporters who took part, our collective efforts have resulted in $236,250 in grants to provide warm food, clothing, material aid, and housing support. Additionally, $313,984 in SleepSafe kits were distributed through our partnership with Sheridan to those facing homelessness and housing insecurity.

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Corporate Collaboration creating change by supporting Hamlet Cafe

Corporate collaboration creating change

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Homelessness in the news, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

The Alternative Dairy Co have taken their Team Championship across the country, raising funds to provide hospitality based training and employment opportunities to at-risk cohorts. With a localised impact on the ground at each of the 7 locations, it’s a remarkable example of a corporate partnership that takes a whole of community approach to bringing about change for those in need.

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DineSmart 2023 Powers 34 Community Grants

By Community Grants, DineSmart, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News

Throughout December, diners made a difference with their end of year meals and festive feasts. Collectively, restaurants and diners have generated $148,900 for grassroots homelessness services. At a time when demand for housing is so high, rates of rough sleeping continue to climb, and frontline workers are overstretched, this funding will bring immediate relief.

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$100,500 in immediate support for children without safe homes

By Child Homelessness, Grant Impact, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Children without safe homes, living in poverty, and affected by domestic and family violence need immediate and trauma-informed care. We need to be responding to the urgent needs of children, who are often the voiceless victims of violence, homelessness and poverty. That’s why we have channeled over $100,000 into 14 grassroot services to support vulnerable children.

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$67,400 boost to create homes, feed families, and care for pets

By Grant Impact, Homelssness Healthcare, LGBTQI+, Making a Home, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects

We are excited to share that the continued generosity of our monthly donors, those who chipped in to our End of Year Appeal, and philanthropic partnerships and trusts has resulted in a $67,400 funding boost across 16 grassroots organisations. We channelled funding into areas with high rates of need and vulnerability, plugging funding gaps for programs that are responding to the critical needs of their community. Grants are helping to keep people families fed, those with pets care for their furry friends and access inclusive accommodation, and set up new havens of safety and independence.

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10 Grants Creating Better Outcomes for People Interacting with the Justice System

By Grant Impact, Homelssness Healthcare, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects

Being without a home makes it hard to build a stable, healthy life and find a job. We know that people leaving prison are at a very high risk of homelessness, and to break the cycle, people leaving prison need pre-release and post-release support. That’s why we funded 10 organisations across metro and regional areas to support a range of pre/post release support programs and responses.

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