50 Companies 50 Lives
The 50 Companies 50 Lives campaign invites businesses to donate the costs to establish a home for one person housed through the 50 Lives 50 Homes campaign. At the 50 Companies 50 Lives 2 September 2011 launch it was announced that ARIA Property Group is the first company to sign on to the campaign.
Since June 2010, the 50 Lives 50 Homes campaign has housed 121 vulnerable people (as at 15 February 2012), who were sleeping rough in Brisbane through partnerships between government and nongovernment agencies. The business community now has the opportunity to share in this work by sponsoring people to make the move from homelessness to home.
Individuals are moving into their housing with the support of Micah Projects and our campaign partners. The costs to establish a home however go far beyond the capacity of someone who has been homeless. Most of the people being housed rely upon Centrelink incomes that range from $235 -$330 per week. Once basics such as rent and food are subtracted, very little is left for home establishment costs.
We’re inviting each business to donate $5,000 to sponsor one individual. This donation will be used in a number of ways:
- Fully furnish & fit-out home
- Connect utilities
- Purchase special equipment (e.g. mobility equipment), if required
- Reduce any debts so that people can make a fresh start.
Your donation will help end homelessness for one person.
For more information please download the 50 Companies 50 Lives brochure.
City squat
A newly established home
Making a House a Home
A key factor in making housing work for people who are exiting chronic homelessness is the crucial move in period. It is essential that people move into homes that are furnished and fitted-out to give them the best chance of starting over.
A house is not a home without the facilities to cook, clean, sleep and relax. For example, a kitchen without a fully stocked fridge and the equipment with which to prepare and cook food makes for an unliveable home.
In the same way, the bathroom, bedroom and living areas require all of the essential items and creature comforts each of us usually take for granted (but would recognise we can’t live without) in order for someone who is making the move from homelessness to be comfortable in their new home.
Partners
These companies have joined the campaign to create homes for people sleeping rough in Brisbane:
Queen Street Mall Advisory Board
50 Companies 50 Lives in the Media
The Wire Radio Program 16.09.2011
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