Business Plan: A Charity Initiative for Sydney's Homeless Population

This business plan outlines a charity project aimed at addressing homelessness in Sydney, Australia. The project leverages the significant amount of food waste from local restaurants, with over 90% having uneaten food. It proposes a system where restaurants donate leftover food, which is then collected and distributed to homeless individuals in shelters. The plan involves partnering with Uber to handle the logistics of food collection and delivery, and also aims to secure funding from government sources, charity organizations, and individual donations. The primary goal is to provide at least one meal per day to all homeless people in Sydney shelters, reducing food waste and improving the lives of the homeless population. The plan addresses the need for an application for the initiative and provides a solution for the containers required to store food. The initiative will also involve homeowners and ensure a win-win situation for all parties involved.

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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.

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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.