Results! Good Coffee Doing Good x StreetSmart 2024

Good Coffee Doing Good

Good Coffee Doing Good is a project-based initiative in which we partner with impact-focused enterprises both local and global and is fuelled by our Golden Rule Espresso Blend.  Through the sales of Golden Rule, we raise funds for meaningful organisations and projects, donating $4 for each kilo sold across our retail and wholesale operations. 

Our fourth Golden Rule partnership was launched in November of 2023 with StreetSmart and we’re incredibly pleased to announce that we raised $38,313.72.

StreetSmart

StreetSmart was founded by Adam Robinson in 2003. The aim of founding StreetSmart was to play the unique role of simultaneously raising vital funds for these important smaller local organisations, strengthening them through collaboration and connecting them to their community and helping break down inaccurate prejudices about people experiencing homelessness. To date, StreetSmart has supported over 1100 community partners and still operates at a local, grassroots level to fund critical services. 

Mission

StreetSmart responds to and prevents homelessness in Australia because they believe everyone should have a safe and secure place to call home. They have been operating since 2003 and have since raised and distributed $14 million to over 1100 homeless projects.

Byraising funds and awareness to support smaller, grassroots organisations, StreetSmart brings about change for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Their community grants fund various responses to the homelessness and housing crisis,  based on 6 key impact pillars:

• Safe, Secure Housing – Empowering individuals to access and maintain stable homes.
• Food Relief – Improving food security and reducing hunger.
• Breaking the Cycle – Facilitating education, job readiness, and employment pathways.
• Crisis Support – Providing emergency and basic essentials for those in crisis.
• Health & Wellbeing – Enhancing social inclusion and building resilience.
• Advocacy & Community – Building localised capacity and championing change.
  

StreetSmart supports these organisations to plug funding gaps, support core programs, and enable them to innovate and test new ideas.

StreetSmart's approach to solving homelessness recognises that homelessness sits at the intersection of many personal vulnerabilities. They distribute support and funds back into the regions in which they were raised because, after 20 years of creating place-based impact for those most vulnerable, they believe this is a powerful way of ensuring sustained change. 

StreetSmart’s Impact
StreetSmart supports grassroots initiatives across Australia to prevent homelessness through crisis support, social inclusion, empowerment, and employment programs. Their innovative initiatives provide vital aid to vulnerable individuals.

Key Initiatives:

• Making-a-Home: Grants for household essentials to help people transition from homelessness.
• Active Futures: improving health and wellbeing through sport and recreation activities. 
• SleepSafe: Sleep kits with bedding for those at risk or experiencing homelessness.
• Schools for Change: empowering the next generation of changemakers through education
• CafeSmart: Community donations through cafes and corporate partners to fund homeless services.

Thank you once again to our loyal cafe partners and retail customers for supporting such an incredible initiative by purchasing our Golden Rule blend!

We would like to thank StreetSmart and their community partners, Malana Youth at Risk Centre, Micah Projects, and Hope Street Youth and Family Services, for their assistance in writing this article and for sharing these images with us.  We were lucky enough to feature 3rd Space, CAAPS, Kara Family Violence, Twenty10 as part of this year’s partnership with StreetSmart.

You can also donate directly to StreetSmart via their website here.

This project has now closed.