Geelong Homeless Agencies working together
You can give hope to unsheltered homeless people in Geelong who desperately need Backpack Beds.
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Study Proven - LIFE SAVING - Backpack Bed
Lightweight 3kg
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
135 Litres - for bedding & belongings
Ergonomic Backpack
1-Person Shelter
Mattress
Hypothermia Blanket
Insect mesh
YOUR DONATION IMPACT
33
Backpack Beds
3,671
Nights of Dignified Sleep^
$109,527
Health, Justice & Employment Savings*
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Homeless Agency Executives
Exaplain why they need more Backpack Beds
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Geelong Homeless Facts
222 Geelongites are unsheltered each year
- The life expectancy of an unsheltered Australian homeless man is 46 yrs (AIHW 2024).
- 1,609 people are homeless in Geelong tonight. (ABS 2021).
- 222 people sleep unsheltered on the streets in Geelong each year. (ABS 2021).
- 122,494 Australians are homeless today (ABS 2021).
- In 2023-24 over 158,000 people needed accommodation across Australia but it was not provided (AIHW 2024).
About GoodNight Geelong
GoodNight Geelong™ is a community wide crisis progam to help unsheltered people sleeping on our streets this winter.
Moral situation - there are not enough homeless shelters, and rental affordability is in crisis.
Needed immediately please - Geelong homeless services require 222 study proven Backpack Beds annually.
Backpack Bed for Homeless charity
- Backpack Bed for Homeless is a registered charity - donations over $2 are tax deductible.
- As used an endorsed by 1,100+ homeless agencies.
- Over 40,000 Backpack Beds have been distributed to homeless in other cities.
- Improve health, sleep, mental health, warmth, comfort dignity and safety for people sleeping on our streets.
Study Proven
Impact
- A study proven life-saving emergency bed for people experiencing homelessness.
- Every $144 Backpack Bed provides $3,319 in community savings to health, justice and employment (180 Degrees Consulting 2018).
- Ergonomic 3kg Backpack Beds looks like an backpack, rolls out to a single person tent with a built in mattress and hypothermia blanket included.
Backpack Beds
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Your fundraising will help provide desperately needed Backpack Beds to Geelong homeless services.
Only minutes to setup your own online fundraiser - easily share with family and friends.
Are you a homeless charity who needs Backpack Beds?
Help distribute Backpack Beds across Geelong.
Does your homeless agency, church or community group want to get involved in GoodNight Geelong?
Please contact us today.
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* Source 180 Degrees consulting 2018
^ Calculation based on ABS 2014, General Social Survey.
