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Mar 22

DineSmart supporters fund training and employment opportunities

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, DineSmart, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News

In December, restaurants and diners alike rallied around DineSmart to support disadvantaged people into life-changing programs. We know that already disadvantaged groups, including at-risk youth, migrants and refugees, and older women have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID pandemic and continue to experience barriers to employment. To respond to the ongoing challenges our recent DineSmart campaign has raised funds to target support to smaller, local organisations that provide vital job training, readiness and pathways programs to vulnerable groups in our communities.

Mar 20

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Collective efforts fund $67,000 for tenancy, food, and essential relief

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Thanks to our community of public, corporate, and philanthropic supporters, our End of Year appeal has generated $67,000 for grassroots homelessness services.Through 13 grants, this funding is ensuring that vulnerable people are supported with all parts of a safe and secure home, from a roof over their heads, to food for their children, or financial help to keep paying bills. Communities across Australia are grappling with a cost of living crisis as rents, food, and basic essentials become increasingly difficult to afford, straining community support services as more people seek help.

Feb 21

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10 Grants Support Vulnerable Children

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

The impact of poverty on children is often profound and enduring, yet one in six Australian children currently live in poverty. It is forecast that the rate of child poverty will exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2023, having been reduced through the pandemic by the COVID Supplement payments. As we continue to be impacted by the ongoing pandemic and cost of living pressures, we are seeing rising rates of homelessness and family violence. We need early, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate and culturally safe, sustained support for children, but also for families experiencing hardship.

Feb 08

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LGBTIQA+ Homelessness

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, LGBTQI+, StreetSmart News, StreetSmart Projects

LGBTIQA+ community members are more than twice as likely to experience homelessness than the rest of the population. Violence, family rejection, discrimination, and trauma in these communities drive the over-representation of LGBTIQA+ people among those who are homeless. We need to invest in more specialised services and workers who can support housing pathways for LGBTIQ+ people to ensure they are safe and secure.

Jan 10

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$80,000 in Grants to Support Vulnerable Women

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, Older women, StreetSmart News

Over the last 15 years Australia has fallen from 15th out of 153 countries in the 2006 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap rankings to 50th in 2021. This decline reflects poor Government policy development to combat well known social disadvantages impacting women of all ages. For example, for over a decade it has been widely known that older women are the fastest-growing group of homeless people and the greatest cause of homelessness in Australia is domestic and family violence. The Covid pandemic has deepened these issues and currently there are too many women living in poverty, housing insecurity and homelessness. That’s why we recently funded 10 smaller organisations supporting vulnerable women.

Dec 20

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Responding to flooded communities with $17,400 in emergency support

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News

To respond to the immediate and ongoing challenges that many vulnerable people are experiencing due to flooding through VIC and NSW, StreetSmart has raised funds to support community organisations who are responding to the needs of their flood affected communities. Through the generous support of our donors, $17,400 been raised and distributed to 4 organisations to provide emergency relief, material aid, and food relief to people impacted by floods, particularly those who were previously vulnerable and experiencing disadvantage.

Dec 16

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Ending and preventing homelessness through our Making-a-Home program

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, Older women, StreetSmart News, Youth

Australia is facing a rental crisis driven by decades of poor housing policy and social housing underinvestment, supercharged in recent years by the pandemic and world events. These factors have resulted in homelessness increasing by 8% and 42% of all low-income households experiencing rental stress. For people living on the margins, these factors lead to significant challenges in finding and maintaining safe and secure homes. Supporting someone with all the essentials needed to make a house a home, increases the likelihood that they will maintain their tenancy and avoid a return to homelessness. Through StreetSmart’s Making-a-Home program, vulnerable people are supported into safe, sustainable and secure tenancies, a critical step in preventing and ending homelessness.

Dec 08

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$159,000 raised through CafeSmart, funding 130 community organisations

By Isabella Stanley CafeSmart, Community Grants, Grant Impact, StreetSmart News

Across Australia during Homelessness Week, over 600 cafes, 50 roasters, and countless communities were coming together over their favourite brew to take action against homelessness. This incredible collective effort in August has helped us distribute a total of $159,000 across 130 frontline organisations that are supporting our most vulnerable. Such a vital, local impact across so many regions in Australia is a testament to the enthusiasm and support of the roasters, cafes, sponsors, and of course, coffee lovers involved.

Nov 18

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10,500 Sleep Kits support flooded regions and families doing it tough

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, Grant Impact, Homelessness in the news, SleepSafe, StreetSmart News

As the year draws to a close, it’s been a challenging time for low-income families feeling the pinch as well as those displaced by flooding in VIC and NSW. Local Sheridan stores have been raising awareness and funds so that over 10,500 sleep kits can be distributed to those most vulnerable in their communities. This means SleepSafe is on track to deliver over 40,000 high quality linen and towel Sleep Kits in 2022, bringing comfort, dignity, and support to vulnerable people in crisis.

Oct 05

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$80,000 for Food Relief as hunger grows amongst vulnerable Australians

By Isabella Stanley Community Grants, EOY 2022, Grant Impact, Homelessness in the news, StreetSmart News

Australians are turning to charity, often for the first time in their lives, as they try to make ends meet and put food on the table. Over one million people every month are relying on Foodbank to help feed themselves and their families. As they struggle to pay rent and bills, purchasing food slips down the priority list, often resulting in going without. With the help of a philanthropic partner, we have been able to distribute $80,000 in grants to 16 community organisations to make more food available for those struggling.

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DineSmart supporters fund training and employment opportunities

Collective efforts fund $67,000 for tenancy, food, and essential relief

10 Grants Support Vulnerable Children

LGBTIQA+ Homelessness

$80,000 in Grants to Support Vulnerable Women

Responding to flooded communities with $17,400 in emergency support

Ending and preventing homelessness through our Making-a-Home program

$159,000 raised through CafeSmart, funding 130 community organisations

10,500 Sleep Kits support flooded regions and families doing it tough

$80,000 for Food Relief as hunger grows amongst vulnerable Australians

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