One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

for homeless, disasters and campingnot for profit charity

Swags for Homeless

Lisa Clark

Co-Designer Backpack BedOperations Manager

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Swags For HomelessSave Lives -

by providing emergency relief Backpack Beds to street sleeping homeless without shelter.

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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WHY help homeless?

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Australia 201540,878 men women & children will sleep on the street

* ABS 2011 Figures

Total 105,237 homeless people on any given night.

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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• Last year 33,648 requests for accommodation were unmet

TONIGHT in our ‘lucky’ country

* ROGS 2015

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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21% Sydney, 19% Melbourne & 10% Brisbane - street sleeping homeless suffered from cold weather injuries:

•Hypothermia•Frostbite or

•Trench foot

TONIGHT in our ‘lucky’ country

** MS2H Oct 2011

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Homelessness effects Human Rights to:• Health

• Freedom from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

• Privacy

• Non-discrimination

• Personal safety

TONIGHT in our ‘lucky’ country

*** UN, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Fact

300 homeless people will be turned away from shelter today.

What do you do when turned away from a shelter?

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One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010

Sydney

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© 2013

Melbourne

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Old thinking - undignifiedif VERY VERY lucky - homeless MAY get

• Insulation + gaffer tape

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The Solution

Houses are needed

... But so is dignified suitable bedding for those on our

streets TONIGHT

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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World First - NEW minimum level of dignityPatented - Backpack Bed by Swags for Homeless

Treat people the way you want to be treated.Homeless are people - it can happen to anyone.

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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World First - NEW minimum level of dignityPatented - Backpack Bed by Swags for Homeless

• Backpack

• Sunshade ALL in One

• Bed

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Emergency Relief Bedding

• Backpack Beds are study proven emergency relief

• Given free to street sleeping homeless people

• Almost 400 Welfare Agencies distribute Backpack Beds across 7 countries - Australia, USA, New Zealand, UK, Germany, Canada, Spain.

• Each homeless recipient is surveyed

• Homeless & Agencies agree Backpack Beds improve health, comfort, self-esteem, warmth, safety

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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$85 / Backpack Bed$95 / Program cost (Backpack Bed + delivery, handling, tracking & insurance)

Backpack Bed ® Original Model

Tested to 47 international standards for safety and quality

As a shelter

•Built-in 190cm insulated fire retardant mattress

•Waterproof fabric + tape sealed seams + water resistant zip

•Windproof + Mildew resistant fabric

•Fire retardant fabric (USA standards)

•3 mosquito mesh vents (head + foot + chest)

•Convert into a sun shelter using built-in ropes

As an ergonomic backpack

•Portability with dignity - looks like a Backpack

converts to a bed

•Built-in storage pockets - store over 20kg inside

•Keep shoes and belongings in the empty

Backpack while sleeping

•Lockable internal pocket

(with supplied key lock)

•2.9kg(inc. fire retardant mattress)

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

for homeless, disasters and campingnot for profit charity

$95 / Backpack Bed$105 / Program cost (Backpack Bed + delivery, handling, tracking & insurance)

Backpack Bed ® Tropical Model

Tested to 47 international standards for safety and quality

As a shelter

•Built-in 190cm insulated fire retardant mattress

•Waterproof fabric + tape sealed seams + water resistant zip

•Windproof + Mildew resistant fabric

•Fire retardant fabric (USA standards)

•3 mosquito mesh vents (head + foot + chest)

•Convert into a sun shelter using built-in ropes

As an ergonomic backpack

•Portability with dignity - looks like a Backpack

converts to a bed

•Built-in storage pockets - store over 20kg inside

•Keep shoes and belongings in the empty

Backpack while sleeping

•Lockable internal pocket

(with supplied key lock)

•3.1kg(inc. fire retardant mattress)

PLUS Full Body Loose Mosquito Mesh

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Who gets Backpack Beds?

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Who gets Backpack Beds?

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Who gets Backpack Beds?

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

for homeless, disasters and campingnot for profit charity

Swags for Homeless

• Not for profit charity.

• Established in Australia.

• Distributing Backpack Beds around the world.

• Partner with almost 400 welfare agencies across 7 countries.

• Tony and his wife Lisa Clark co-designed the life saving Backpack Bed to give dignity to homeless without shelter.

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Why this design?

How would I want to be treated if I slept on the street?

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Internationally Award Winning

Human Rights Commission

Six International Product Design AwardsTony Clark & Lisa Clark

Humanitarian

IAN FRAZER HUMANITARIAN

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Homeless – success

"This is the third time I have been on the streets and previously I didn't even have a blanket...

I thank God for people like you and your organisation. You make a big difference in the lives of people like me."

Matt, homeless man

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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Welfare Agencies - success

“Handing out one of these Backpack Beds rather than turn them away empty handed (from shelters) will help us to connect with them and increase the likelihood of them returning back to us where we will be able to offer help”.

Major Paul Moulds, Salvation Army Youth Oasis

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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The Future

Until housing ......

Providing all homeless turned away from shelter with a minimum level of dignity

One Backpack Bed for every street sleeping homeless man, woman and child© 2013© 2010© 2015

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BackpackBed.org

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