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OUR IMPACT

Proven by 1,000+ Homeless Agencies

Backpack Beds save lives - Donors make it happen

SROI - Social Return on Investment
Every $115 Backpack Bed = $3,319 in Community impact

For every Backpack Bed distributed to a homeless person without shelter, we deliver $3,319 in savings to the community in health, employment and justice costs.  More than $123 million of social impact has been provided by helping homeless Aussies on the streets across Australia (source: 180 Degrees Consulting, 2018). This was achieved with only 3 full time staff.

Our work is focused on Australia.
Due to demand, the success of the Backpack Bed emergency bed program has also reached New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Canada and USA.

Australia

Over 850 Homeless Agency Partners – Australia Wide

The Backpack Bed is used as emergency relief bedding for homeless without shelter. Sadly, the demand outweighs fundraising - we supply only around 10% of the 45,800 who will sleep on Australian streets this year (ABS 2021).

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“Backpack Beds fit the missing gap to save homeless.”
Troy Bailey, Rosies (former GM)

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Drug & alcohol Info & referral
Counseling

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How your Backpack Bed Helps – feedback from homeless recipients.

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Matt

“This is the third time I have been on the streets and previously I didn’t even have a blanket… You make a big difference in the lives of people like me.” 

Dale

“I was depressed but now I have a bed. Very much appreciated.”

Peter

“I have a bed I can carry rather than looking like a crazy person with a blanket.”

Natasha

“I’ll have a good sleep. everyone deserves a comfy sleep.”

Trudy

“Wow. Ohh my God thankyou. You don’t realize what this means to me.” 

Damien

“Things like this make life easier”

Paul

“Beats sleeping outside (with) just what you’re wearing”

Linda

“Better than a tent and easier to carry around”

Julia

“No more wet nights out for me!”

CRISIS. Homeless Agency Partners – need as many as they can get now.

“Handing our kids one of these Backpack Beds rather than turn them away empty handed (from shelters) will help us to connect with them and increase the likelihood of them returning back to us where we will be able to offer help”. Major Paul Moulds, Salvation Army

“We believe every rough sleeper in Melbourne and Australia should have access to this form of humane crisis bedding … and made available at crisis accommodation services across the country” St. Vincent de Paul AgedCare & Community Services

New Zealand

New Zealand

The Backpack Bed is used as emergency relief bedding for homeless without shelter in the Auckland city center. Backpack Bed funding was provided by locals and Auckland City Council.

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UK

United Kingdom

Cornwall

The Backpack Bed is used as emergency relief bedding for homeless without shelter in the Cornwall area. Backpack Bed funding was provided by locals. The Cornwall Welfare Agency Partner wanted to be sure the Backpack Bed was suitable for local street sleeping homeless. This is the review by a local homeless man Jay. As a result, local fundraisers joined together to fund Backpack Beds. Survey results are being compiled.

Set up

The Backpack Bed has a surprising amount of internal space … Jay is 6ft 4” (193cm) and weighs 18.5 Stone (117kg). He says the Backpack Bed has superb space, could easily accommodate his belongings and would be fine if you had a dog too.

Ready for sleep

Setting up took less than a minute – Jay had never set the Backpack Bed up before. Note: built-in ropes – without using these, the Backpack Bed still works as a warm and enclosed space. Remember Jay’s height and weight, he looks far from cramped! The Backpack Bed takes up little space and the person inside is well protected from the elements.!

Jay in the early morning

“Clearly sleeping on the hard ground is never ideal but this was so much better than a doorway! At least I was warm and dry and so were my few possessions. It rained in the early hours, but I remained totally dry and the wind did not penetrate either. Bonus!”

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Germany

Germany

Dusseldorf

In Germany, the Backpack Bed is a tool for charities to connect to homeless people that are sleeping on the streets and are difficult to reach.

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USA

Backpack Beds arrive to the USA – NOW shipping from New Jersey.

Backpack Bed for Homeless Inc. is a 501(c)3 charity in the USA (independent of the Australian charity).

Distributions have occurred in Chicago, Baltimore, Austin, Nashville, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Illinois, Baltimore, Maryland, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio, Minnesota, New Mexico, California and Las Vegas. Homeless, advocacy groups and expert Homeless agencies agree and support the Backpack Bed.

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