StreetSmart Australia - restaurants & hotels supporting the homeless
StreetSmart is a unique bridge between the community and small, grassroots agencies that assist people experiencing homelessness. Many surveys show that customers prefer to deal with a business that has a social conscience and supports community issues.
As their informative website explains:
Streetsmart supports critical services and emergency aid as well as projects that promote social inclusion, empowerment and sustainable change for people who are homeless.
When money is raised from the public through our fundraising events, 100 per cent of donations are distributed in the form of grants. To date we have raised and distributed over $830,000 to 188 grassroots projects.
StreetSmart works best in restaurants that are passionate about their involvement, train their staff and participate by engaging with their customers. They are committed to building stronger communities and see StreetSmart as a great way to do just that while building relationships with their customers and staff. Join industry leaders in making this year's campaign bigger and better than the last. How Restaurants can support StreetSmart
Participating restaurants propose that each table adds $2 or more onto their table bill. You can use the tablecards or a footnote on your menu and get the staff to briefly introduce the concept.
- You add the $2 on and the diner opts out if they do not want to contribute.
- $2 or more (if indicated by the diner) appears on the bill as a 'StreetSmart' item. It is then easy to audit and record the dollar value collected.
- Get your staff involved and make them proud of their contribution.
- You need to have a computerised till system on which you can add a non GST, StreetSmart 'PLU' to charge and record donations.
- If billing is by hand, or you are using an older system, contact StreetSmart directly to discuss possible involvement. There is no GST liability on any donations and they are simple to account for.
- We support the campaign with print media advertising, cinema adverts and a comprehensive PR campaign - it's good for your business.
- Donations are sent to StreetSmart.
Download the information sheet: What Restaurants Need to Know. There's also a Hotel campaign called Help put the homeless issue to bed.
Make the move: become a StreetSmart Restaurant.
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