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Up to March 31, any online donations to SleepSafe will go directly to regions and community partners affected by the devastating flooding in Queensland and New South Wales.
Over 146,799 sleep kits
will be distributed to
vulnerable Australians
$2,205,003 raised
Thanks to generous donations of $2, $10 and $15, in store and online.
146,799 sleep kits
Sleep kits provide those in need with a towel, flat sheet, fitted sheet and a pillowcase.
643 community partners
SleepSafe supports grassroots, local community organisations.
$1,728,634 raised
Thanks to generous donations of $2 $10 and $15, in store and online
115,036 sleep kits
Sleep kits provide those in need with a towel, flat sheet, fitted sheet and a pillowcase.
555 community partners
SleepSafe supports grassroots local community organisations.
Our Story
SleepSafe is a non-profit initiative by Sheridan and StreetSmart, raising much needed funds to help support those without a safe and secure place to call home.
SleepSafe supports grassroots, community-based organisations by providing localised grants to shelters and vulnerable support services. We believe that housing is a basic human right and raising funds for local emergency accommodation services and bedding products is integral to ensuring that all Australians have a safe place to sleep.
When you donate to SleepSafe, you're contributing towards a sleep kit - containing a towel and sheet set. With every $15 raised, a complete sleep kit is provided to someone in need. All sleep kits will be sent to the shelters that need them most, providing financial relief and allowing for funding and donations to be diverted to other areas of need.
"At Sheridan, we've seen time and time again how transformative true rest can be on an individual. But not everyone is lucky enough to have somewhere safe to sleep — which is why this initiative is so important. Together with StreetSmart, the simple comforts of home are provided to tens of thousands across the country — while providing support to community organisations doing important work."
- Andrew Seargeant
Group General Manager of Sheridan Australia
Sleep Kit
HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Each sleep kit contains one towel, one sheet set with a flat and fitted sheet and a single pillowcase.
These kits are manufactured in partnership with our Sheridan suppliers. StreetSmart works closely with refuges to ensure the kits are distributed where they’re needed most.
Sheet Set
Bath Towel
*Final sleep kits may differ in appearance
From our local shelters
Messages of gratitude from some of the shelters who have received sleep kits.
“Every day we receive orders from our support agencies requesting bedding for vulnerable families. Sometimes the family may have had to flee family violence with not much more than what they're wearing; other times it might be a family facing homelessness through financial circumstance or hardship...being able to give them the security of their own bedding to use in either temporary or more permanent accommodation is such a gift."
—Mums Supporting Families in Need
(VIC)
Transparency
How your donation works
Our suppliers, WELSPUN GROUP and NISHAT CHUNIAN GROUP, have shown their support for the SleepSafe initiative by manufacturing sheets and towels with excess fabric. They have subsidised these products, allowing us to supply them to shelters at the cost outlined below.
| PRODUCT | Product costs |
Freight & import costs |
Warehouse handling | Domestic freight | Total cost (AUD) |
| TOWEL ($) | 1.54 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.75 | 2.81 |
| SHEET SET ($) | 9.41 | 1.72 | 0.32 | 0.75 | 12.20 |
| TOTAL ($) | 15.01 | ||||
*Note 2% merchant fee is included in this cost. All monetary donations go directly towards providing a Sleep Kit.
| Product | Towel ($) | Sheet Set ($) | Total ($) |
| Product Cost | 1.40 | 7.80 | |
| Freight & import costs | 0.30 | 2.68 | |
| Warehouse handling | 0.41 | 0.41 | |
| Domestic freight | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Total Cost (AUD) | 3.11 | 11.89 | 15.00 |
*Note 2% merchant fee is included in this cost. All monetary donations go directly towards providing a Sleep Kit.
ABOUT STREETSMART
StreetSmart is a charity that empowers local communities to raise vital funds and awareness for people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. They operate at a grassroots level to seek out, support and partner with small organisations and projects in the communities where funds are raised.
StreetSmart believes that housing is a human right, and that every Australian deserves a safe place to sleep.
“We see our partnership with Sheridan as a great opportunity to partner with an iconic Australian brand, with the potential to transform our impact on the community.
“We believe in developing a strong and meaningful partnership with reach and local impact, in the communities where Sheridan operates, acknowledging homelessness happens anywhere and everywhere.”
— Geoff Hills
Chief Executive Officer, StreetSmart Australia
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