Business Plan2 Many homeless people are living in the streets and shelter homes in the capital city of Australia, Sydney. According to some research done to collect data concerning the number of homeless people that can be found in Sydney, street counts were conducted with the aim of determining the current number of these people. Additionally, the homeless people who are in a temporary shelter and homelessness homes were also counted. These counts are often conducted twice a year, and according to the latest count that was done, that is in August 2017, it was determined that 433 people were rough sleepers and another 600 were found to be sleeping in the temporary and crisis accommodation areas during the time of the counting. Regarding the number of hotels or restaurants that were found to have leftover food to spare, research shows that more than ninety percent of restaurants in Sydney often have uneaten food that they usually through away or some of the workers in these restaurants typically take home instead of this food being thrown away. After these restaurants being approached and given this business idea, they were very willing to be part of this charity project because of the benefits that these restaurants would have. Concerning the idea of the market, it is readily available because of the availability of homeless people who stay in these shelters thus it is a guarantee that this plan will work. Furthermore, the smooth acceptance by Uber Company to take part in the fulfilling of this idea is another aspect that will ensure its success. Moreover, the idea of taking part in this charity initiative will lead to Uber and the restaurants avoiding substantial taxes by the government. Furthermore, these businesses will become more famous among people because of the aspect of taking part in charity work. Additionally, people will be able to donate to the charity and Uber.
Business Plan3 Therefore, they will also benefit. As for the restaurant, there will be no form expense thus leading to a win-win situation. As for homeowners, this idea will be able to help them keep their home environment clean because often, they have to clean their homes because of the leftover food. Furthermore, they do not have to use their containers because the Uber drivers will come with containers to put the food. These containers will be provided by the charity. The idea of one knowing that he or she is helping a needy person will make these homeowners feel good about themselves. Concerning the issue of funding of this idea so that it can take off, being a nonprofit charity idea, we could ask for funding from the government and also well-wishers. Furthermore, we can even ask for funds from other major charity organizations and also nongovernmental agencies concerned with helping the homeless people. These funds will be used for the initial development of the application and buying of the containers that will be used by the Uber drivers for the storage of the food leftovers. The initial cost of developing the app and getting the containers to be given to Uber drivers will be $2000. With these two aspects done, we will depend on well-wishers and donations from people to run the program. The primary aim of this idea is to ensure that at least all the homeless people in shelters in Sydney at least get a meal daily. It is expected to be a success concerning the amount of food waste that is being wasted every day from restaurants and homes. This is an idea that is supposed to change the lives of these homeless people for the better.