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Every 2 Hours

a BACKPACK BED is given to a homeless person without shelter.

BUT THE NEED IS EVERY 11 MINUTES*

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Backpack Beds
across Australia
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Fire Retardant Sleeping Bags
across Australia
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Homeless Agency
Partners
PROVIDING

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Nights of Dignified Sleep^

HOMELESS BACKPACK BED

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Lightweight 3KG

Street tough material

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Full Body Protection

4 season summer & winter

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Fire Retardant

Fabric + Mattress 190cm x 55cm

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Water & Wind Proof

Protects against winter chills

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Full Body Mosquito Net

Stop bites on hot summer nights

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Ergonomic Backpack

Adjustable shoulder & chest straps

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Storage Pockets

4 pockets - store over 20kg

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Secret lockable pocket

With brass key lock

Hypothermia-Pack

SLEEPING BAG HYPOTHERMIA PACK

Backpack Bed - fire retardant

Fire Retardant

Sleeping bag meets international standards

Backpack Bed - full body protection

Machine Washable

Quick-dry warm Polar Fleece

Backpack Bed - full body protection

Long Lasting

Long-life & chemically safe to international standards

Backpack Bed - wind & rain protection

Wind & Water Protection

Mylar blanket fights hypothermia

HELPING HOMELESS ACROSS AUSTRALIA

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Australian Human Rights Award
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Backpack Bed for Homeless is a national registered charity (Swags for Homeless Ltd) - we help the homeless.
Your donation makes an impact - our charity is not government funded, people like you make a difference.

  • In 2022-23 over 108,000 requests for accommodation from homeless people across Australia could not be met.**
  • This year over 45,800 Aussies will sleep on the street.*
  • We provide Backpack Beds to street sleeping homeless people without shelter - to improve their dignity, health, sleep, warmth, comfort and safety. The Backpack Bed provides shelter and a bag for belongings to save lives of homeless on the street.
  • Our Sleeping Bag Hypothermia Packs help homeless people on the streets, in cars and sleeping on couches.
  • We partner with over 1,000 Homeless Agencies across Australia, both big and small, to distribute this life saving assistance including The Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul, Orange Sky plus many more.
  • These partnerships provide both immediate assistance and connect homeless people with their local homeless service.
  • Our work as a Homeless Charity organisation was awarded an Australian Human Rights Award by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
  • The charity is signatory to the the UN Global Compact and is aligned to the US sustainable Development Goals.
  • You can help the homeless by making a gift including:

Your Impact

HEALTH

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"protects me from illness"
"helps with warmth so I don't get sicker"

COMFORT

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 "stay dry"
"keeps me out of rough weather"

SLEEP

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 "sleep better"
"good night's sleep"

Thanks to your Donation

Our Backpack Bed program (with your support) immediately improves dignity, health, sleep, warmth, comfort and safety of Homeless people sleeping on our streets and connects them with their local homeless service for longer term solutions.

Your Impact

Thanks to your Donation

Our Backpack Bed program (with your support) immediately improves dignity, health, sleep, warmth, comfort and safety of Homeless people sleeping on our streets and connects them with their local homeless service for longer term solutions.

HEALTH

0%

"protects me from illness"
"helps with warmth so I don't get sicker"

COMFORT

0%

 "stay dry"
"keeps me out of rough weather"

SLEEP

0%

 "sleep better"
"good nights sleep"

Karl's Story - Bulletproof vests to homeless

It’s like my own private house now, it means I’m not going to get wet, it means bugs aren’t gonna eat me alive. It means a lot, it’s like someone actually cares.

Karl

Karl's Story - Bulletproof vests to homeless

It’s like my own private house now, it means I’m not going to get wet, it means bugs aren’t gonna eat me alive. It means a lot, it’s like someone actually cares.

Simon's Story - Electrician to homeless

To try and survive living under a bridge…
treated not like a person anymore.
The Backpack Bed saved my sanity…. and life.
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Simon's Story - Electrician to homeless

To try and survive living under a bridge… treated not like a person anymore. The Backpack Bed saved my sanity... and life.

YOU CAN HELP HOMELESS

DONATE

Make your tax deductible
gift today.

FUNDRAISE

Start your easy online fundraiser or run an event.

AGENCIES

Your homeless agency can join our 1,000+ partners.

* ABS 2021, Census of Population and Housing. 45,800 Aussies will sleep on the streets this year.
** AIHW 2023, Specialist homelessness services annual report.

^ Calculation based on ABS 2014, General Social Survey.

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