StreetSmart - helping the homeless £500,000 raised in November and December 2006 Supported by Deutsche Bank.
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Brighton and Hove
In 2006, restaurants in Brighton and Hove raised an excellent sum of £16,000. A popular escape from the city for Londoners, the tranquillity of the sea is also a draw for homeless people escaping their troubled lives. Brighton and Hove are bursting at the seams with refined restaurants and quality people who support StreetSmart.

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The charities
All money raised here stays here. To find out which Brighton and Hove charities we have donated to this year and what they are using the money for, click here.


The Argus
From Michael Beard,
Editor The Argus
30th September 2005
2005 is the fifth year running that The Argus has supported StreetSmart as our official media partner in Brighton and Hove. The newspaper plays a crucial role in our campaign, its promotion of StreetSmart is a vital contribution to our success and for this, we are immensely grateful.

 www.thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk 

I realise that there are many calls on restaurateurs to help the hungry and distressed, but what persuades me every year to ask you to support StreetSmart is the very particular benefit the simple two-month long scheme brings to our great city of Brighton and Hove.

Because the sponsors - Deutsche Bank - cover all administrative costs, every penny raised through a StreetSmart £1 addition to a customer’s bill in November and December goes towards helping the homeless, luckless, dispossessed and marginalised.

In the six years that StreetSmart has been running in our city, the scheme has raised over £60,000. Last year, the 22 Brighton and Hove restaurants that took part raised £16,000 - up from £9,000 the previous year. This sum helped to fund 12 important and even life-saving city projects. The amount was divided between Stopover, Women’s Refuge Project, Fareshare, Clock Tower Sanctuary, Halo, Crossover, Brighton Housing Trust, EMMAUS, Foyer, Young Person’s Centre, Hove YMCA and Brighton Voices in Exile. It would be wonderful if this year the total collected could top £18,000.

The scheme is simplicity itself to administer and, in my experience, those who eat out during the festive months, often celebrating their own good fortune, find the modest £1 donation a painless way to give a helping hand. If life in the streets is improved, it impinges beneficially on everyone.

I know that when my team are out reviewing restaurants for The Argus, we are always pleased to see the StreetSmart card on the table. Please do join in - or please stay in if you are already one of our excellent supporters.

Yours sincerely,

Signature - Michael Beard.

Michael Beard
Editor


To sign your restaurant up for StreetSmart fill in the form on the sign up page 

To get in touch with the campaign organiser in this area, contact Ben or Alison, by phone or email...

Ben Kypreos, 01273 607485
benkypreos@hotmail.com

Alison Ali
alisonali@clara.co.uk
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"To all the voiceless helpers - the organisers, restaurant owners, and the diners - I would like to say thank you." Homeless and Lonely Organisation @ St. Annes's, Brighton
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