OUR IMPACT
Proven by 850+ Homeless Agencies
Backpack Beds save lives - Donors make it happen
Testament to success our Homeless Agency Partner network stretches across the world. The Backpack Bed Program has reached Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and South Africa.
SROI - Social Return on Investment
Every $110 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 people on the streets (source: 180 Degrees Consulting, 2018). This was achieved with only 3 full time staff.
USA
Backpack Beds NOW shipping from New Jersey.
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.
Chicago
Nashville
Baltimore
Las Vegas
Welfare Agency Partner locations
Crisis Accommodation
Food / Meals
Mental Health Outreach
Primary Health Drop in centers
Emergency Relief
Drug & alcohol Info & referral
Counseling
Who has received Backpack Bed emergency beds
Australia
Over 850 Homeless Agency Partners – Australia Wide
Backpack Bed for Homeless is nationally registered charity in Australia (independent of the USA charity).
The Backpack Bed is used as emergency relief bedding for homeless without shelter. Sadly, the demand outweighs fundraising. In Australia we supply only around 10% of the 45,800 who will sleep on Australian streets this year (ABS 2021).
SROI - Social Return on Investment
The economic value of the social impact that Backpack Bed for Homeless has within Australian society has been calculated to be AUD$3,319 / Backpack Bed. That equates to more than AUD$106m of social impact benefit across Australia (Source: 180 Degrees Consulting, 2018).
“Backpack Beds fit the missing gap to save homeless.”
Troy Bailey, Rosies (former GM)
Welfare Agency Partner locations
Crisis Accommodation
Food / Meals
Mental Health Outreach
Primary Health Drop in centers
Emergency Relief
Drug & alcohol Info & referral
Counseling
Who received a Backpack Bed
How Backpack Beds Help – feedback from the homeless recipients.
Homeless Welfare Agency Partners – need as many as they can get.
“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.
Who has received Backpack Beds
How Backpack Beds Help – feedback from the homeless recipients.
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!”
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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