StreetSmart Australia

We established StreetSmart Australia in 2003 to support and strengthen smaller, grassroots community organisations helping the homeless.

These smaller organisations are critical in helping many people in crisis. StreetSmart helps out by raising funds and delivering financial grants, raising community awareness of the issues of homelessness and assisting these organisations to connect across their communities.

Each year StreetSmart runs a fundraising campaign through restaurants for the 6 weeks prior to Christmas. Participating restaurants ask their diners to contribute $2 or more per table onto their bill. This donation is then passed onto StreetSmart.

When money is raised from the public through our fundraising events, 100 per cent of all donations is distributed in the form of grants. To date we have raised and distributed over $255,000. We support critical services, social inclusion, empowerment and sustainable change for the homeless.

We all have to take action to improve the opportunities for people who are in crisis. Through StreetSmart you can help out or encourage others to do so. Through our restaurant campaign people can get involved by either going to the restaurants themselves and leaving a donation, or encouraging other to do this.