Two and a half years after StreetSmart seed funded The Big Issue's StreetSocceroo project, the Federal government has joined the party with $3m of funding to expand the program around Australia.
Tim and Alex Connell of Coast Restaurant, participants in the inaugural Sydney StreetSmart event in 2006, are generously hosting a unique food event to treat diners to a Greek inspired evening, donating proceeds from the event to the StreetSmart 2007 campaign.
The big news from up north is that Queensland and ACT will be up and running in 2007. Local communities are behind the startup this year, keen to see a campaign directing help towards the homeless.
Huge thanks go out to Citysearch, Bendigo Bank, Waterways and mX for supporting and sponsoring the 2007 campaign.
Citysearch have signed up to be our Principle Sponsor for the 2007 campaign. This is the third year they have sponsored StreetSmart — huge thanks to their team. Restaurants taking part this year will be profiled on the Citysearch site raising awareness to their users.
We are busy recruiting restaurants for the 2007 campaign with the message ‘StreetSmart restaurants change lives’.
Top chef Janni Kyritsis joins the team this year as StreetSmart Ambassador (joining Cath Claringbold, Teague Ezard and Sam Christie) to encourage restaurants to sign up for 2007.
We are very proud to be supporting the Choir of Hard Knocks this year (as well as the Sydney Street Choir). These inspiring and innovative projects are changing lives and bringing joy to many in the community, including those lucky enough to see them live! We thought you’d be interested in the new ABC series about the choir…check it out – the video clip of Jimmy Barnes with the Choir is memorable!
StreetSmart proudly funds our community’s unsung heroes, inspiring people who dedicate themselves to helping others in strife. This year, 35 StreetSmart grants were awarded, including to The Wayside Chapel in Sydney. Through our grant we are funding the Wayside to stay open and provide services on the public holidays in 2007.
Tim and Alex Connell of Coast Restaurant, participants in the inaugural Sydney StreetSmart event in 2006, are generously hosting a unique food event to treat diners to a Greek inspired evening, donating proceeds from the event to the StreetSmart 2007 campaign.
We are asking our supporters to help get more restaurants involved in the 2007 Campaign. Simply 
The big news from up north is that Queensland and ACT will be up and running in 2007. Local communities are behind the startup this year, keen to see a campaign directing help towards the homeless.
We are busy recruiting restaurants for the 2007 campaign with the message ‘StreetSmart restaurants change lives’.
StreetSmart proudly funds our community’s unsung heroes, inspiring people who dedicate themselves to helping others in strife. This year, 35 StreetSmart grants were awarded, including to The Wayside Chapel in Sydney. Through our grant we are funding the Wayside to stay open and provide services on the public holidays in 2007.
