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StreetSmart Projects

$106,000 helps break barriers towards safe, stable housing

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Pets, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Faced with increasing rents, a chronic lack of affordable housing, and income support below the poverty line, vulnerable people are up against systemic barriers that limit their access to safe affordable housing. Through our End of Year Appeal, we rallied our community to raise funds and awareness for young people, those with pets, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Grant recipient of Women facing homelessness grants: Wellsprings for Women

$76,750 to support women experiencing homelessness

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Older women, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Often grappling with impossible decisions between homelessness or violence and poverty, women and gender diverse people increasingly have nowhere safe to turn. They face persistent and systemic barriers to accessing housing and often experience ‘hidden’ forms of homelessness. Our community raised funds through September and October and 15 grants have been distributed to respond to this growing need.

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