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It's not ok to let someone sleep on the street, that's why we're doing something about it.

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On any given night in Australia, 116,000 people are homeless.

8,200 are rough sleepers; sleeping out on the street.

Children (under 12 years) are sleeping rough too; 1,120 of them every night.

We are seeing more women 60+ and domestic violence victims on the streets.

58% Male

42% Female

WHAT IS SLEEPBUS?

sleepbus® converts buses into safe, temporary overnight accommodation to get people off the street by offering an immediate, first stop, cost-effective solution for our society's most vulnerable people; catching them early until they can get back on their feet.

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WHAT'S IN A SLEEPBUS?

Each sleepbus provides 22 secure, climate controlled, individual sleep pods with a lockable door, under bus storage, pet pods for companion animals onboard, overnight security person and monitored CCTV surveillance. One sleepbus can provide up to 8,030 safe sleeps per year.

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We prove and monitor the projects you fund with daily updates, locations and realtime data to ensure safe sleeps are getting to those who need it. Learn More

ALWAYS 100%

Private donors cover our charity overhead costs so 100% of your donation will bring safe sleeps to people in need. Learn More

Tested under tough condition... teenagers!

Tilly loves the pet pods

22 single sleep pods

A lockable door for safe sleeps

Low operating costs; able to provide our most vulnerable people with asafe place to sleep at just $27.50 per sleep, which is more than 5x cheaper than what is currently available.

Fast and mobile; a sleepbus can be built fast (weeks, not months or years) and because it is mobile, it can operate where it's needed, when it's needed, with a typical service operating from 8pm to 8am nightly.

Safe and adaptable; with a disturbingly high level of women, familiesand children fleeing domestic violence situations, sleepbus offers an immediate, first stop solution to keep them safe until they work out their next steps.

Cost effective build; an investment of $100,000 provides a fully operational sleepbus that supports up to 8,030 safe sleeps per year, far less than bricks and mortar operation.

It’s not ok to let someone sleep on the street and that’s why we’re doing something about it.

Every time I'm invited to an event to share the sleepbus story, people always ask; why?

At the beginning, after I saw the tiredest man I had ever see, my children told me I should do some thing about people sleeping on the street; so I thought I would. I created sleepbus to end the need for people to sleep rough in Australia. A safe place for people doing it tough to take a breath and provide an opportunity to workout their pathway out of homelessness.

If you’re thinking about what you might do to help those on the street, may I ask that you take a look at not just what we’re doing, but how we’re doing it; we’re having a crack and with your help we can end the need for people to sleep rough in Australia. Get onboard.

Simon Rowe | sleepbus Founder

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