Help Someone Sleep Safely Tonight
Every 1 hour 46 minutes
a BACKPACK BED / FIRE RETARDANT SLEEPING BAG is given to a homeless person without shelter.
BUT THE NEED IS EVERY 11 MINUTES*
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Nights of Dignified Sleep^HOMELESS BACKPACK BED
Lightweight 2.9 kg
Street tough materials
4 Season Protection
Winter & summer
Fire Retardant
Fabric + Mattress 190cm x 55cm
Water & Wind Proof
Wind chill - can kill fast
Full Body Mosquito Net
Stops insect bites - less wounds
Ergonomic Backpack
Adjustable hip, shoulder & chest
Storage Pockets
4 pockets - store over 20kg
Storage Capacity
135L - for bedding & belongings
SLEEPING BAG HYPOTHERMIA PACK
Fire Retardant
Sleeping bag meets international standards
Machine Washable
Quick-dry warm Polar Fleece
Long Lasting
Long-life & chemically safe to international standards
Wind & Water Protection
Mylar blanket fights hypothermia
GoodNight Melbourne
GoodNightMelbourne.org is an initiative by Backpack Bed for Homeless in partnership with Melbourne homeless agencies, Cleanaway, Toll, XTM and corporate supporters.
GoodNight Melbourne is a community wide call to action to help save unsheltered homeless with life-saving Backpack Beds this winter.
Get behind this Melbourne - it's cold and we need your help tonight.
HELPING HOMELESS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Backpack Bed for Homeless (Swags for Homeless Ltd) is a national registered charity helping Australians experiencing homelessness.
Over 122,000 Australians are homeless every day, and this year more than 45,800 Australians will sleep on the street.** In 2024–25, over 77,400 requests for short-term and emergency accommodation went unmet across Australia.** Tragically, the life expectancy of an unsheltered Australian man is just 46 years.*
We receive no government funding. Our work is made possible by people like you.
We partner with more than 1,100 homeless agencies across Australia to provide Backpack Beds and Fire Retardant Sleeping Bag Hypothermia Packs to people sleeping on the streets, in cars and without safe shelter.
Our assistance provides shelter, warmth, dignity, comfort and protection, while connecting people experiencing homelessness with local support services.
Our work has been recognised with an Australian Human Rights Award from the Australian Human Rights Commission. We are also a signatory to the UN Global Compact and align our work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
You can help a homeless Australian today. Donate online, fundraise, give through your workplace, foundation or trust, donate cryptocurrency, or leave a gift in your Will.
Your Impact
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"protects me from illness"
"helps with warmth so I don't get sicker"
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"stay dry"
"keeps me out of rough weather"
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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.
Bill's Story - Disabled Homeless Pensioner
Government apathy
"Being on the street is terrifying. I would not recommend it. Anyone can end up on the street at any time. There are no warnings."
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'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."
