StreetSmart Australia

We believe everyone should have a safe, secure and affordable home. We’re a small but mighty not-for-profit with a national reach, raising funds through campaigns like CafeSmart, DineSmart, and SleepSafe, and our ongoing work with philanthropy, the corporate sector and wider community. We have distributed grants and material to over 1,000 local organisations since 2003 and have a strong focus on also raising awareness, building capacity and widening understanding and education of homelessness in Australia. We know local leaders, volunteers and community groups are best placed to identify what support their communities need, and have solutions and mechanisms in place that work for them and their community. They are the lifeblood of so many suburbs, towns and regions and play a critical role in creating caring and resilient communities and that's why we believe in keeping our impact local and grassroots. We see the role of StreetSmart as a supportive and responsive ally for those on the frontline of service delivery to the most vulnerable in our community. These front-line services are often under-resourced, have limited fundraising capacity and find making formal applications for funding challenging. Our evidence-based, data-driven approach to impact ensures that our grant making addresses emerging trends, vulnerable cohorts and regions with high rates of homelessness.