CHARITY PROFILE. Level 1, 53 Burnley Street. Richmond VIC Queensland Office. Level 13, Comalco House. 12 Creek Street.

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1 CHARITY PROFILE Name: Kids Under Cover ABN: Deductible Gift Recipient: Geography: Yes National Office Level 1, 53 Burnley Street Richmond VIC 3121 Queensland Office Level 13, Comalco House 12 Creek Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Breakdown of services provided by cause area indicate all that apply: % Aged care % Hospitals % Animal Welfare/Preservation % Human Rights % Arts and culture % Indigenous People % Cancer % International Aid and Development X % Children and Families at Risk % Major Diseases/Medical Research % Children s Illnesses and Disabilities % Mental Illness % Conservation/Environment % People with Disabilities % Drug/Alcohol/Gambling Addictions X % Poverty/Homelessness/Unemployment X % Education % Refugees/New immigrants % Emergency/Disaster Services X % Youth at Risk % General SUMMARY PROFILE On any given night, there are around 105,000 homeless people across Australia. Nearly half of them are under 25 years old. Kids Under Cover is one of the leaders in the prevention of youth homeless. Our work is simple, we build homes and provide scholarships and mentors to young people who are homeless, or who are at-risk of homelessness. verified by The Australian Charities Fund Operations Limited. Page 1

2 The aim is to prevent homelessness, keep families together, re-engage young people with education and with their community. Your workplace giving will help us provide more homes and more support to these vulnerable young people in our community. DETAIL Why does the charity exist? Describe its vision: Every child has the right to a safe and secure home and a sound education. Kids Under Cover s vision is for all young people to have the opportunity explore their potential. What does the charity do? Describe its mission, including key programs/services: Kids Under Cover is a not-for-profit which works to prevent youth homelessness by building homes and providing scholarships and mentors for homeless and at-risk young people. Our core program is our innovative accommodation program which builds Studios on the grounds of the family/carer s home. This allows families to stay connected, whilst giving them extra room and providing the young person with a positive and stable environment in which to live. Once a young person is supported by our studio program, they are then entitled to apply for a scholarship to gain financial assistance with the cost of education. All scholarship recipients are then eligible to join up to our mentoring program to provide them with additional support while they work towards their education goals with the aim to build a brighter future for themselves. What is homelessness? Homelessness can happen to anyone. Being homeless doesn t just refer to people who sleep on the streets, in parks or under bridges. It also includes people who don t have access to safe, stable and secure accommodation. Couch surfers i.e. sleeping on friends or relatives sofas, or even those who bounce between emergency homeless shelters without having a permanent place of their own are considered homeless. Kids Under Cover Services Kids Under Cover Studio Program Kids Under Cover offers one and two bedroom, fully demountable Studios with bathroom, constructed on the grounds of the family/carer s home. This unique style of accommodation allows families to stay connected, giving them extra room to live and providing the young person with a safe, secure and stable environment. When the Studio is no longer needed, it is dismantled and moved to another family in need. Studios last approximately 20 years and can be relocated up to four times. Kids Under Cover Scholarship Program Young people and their siblings who currently, or have previously lived in Kids Under Cover s accommodation, can apply for a Kids Under Cover Scholarship. The scholarships provide financial assistance to the young person and are designed to promote ongoing participation in education at VCE, VCAL, TAFE or tertiary levels. verified by The Australian Charities Fund Operations Limited. Page 2

3 Kids Under Cover Mentoring Program Recently launched, the Kids Under Cover Mentoring Program provides young people with regular one-on-one contact with a trained adult volunteer mentor, who offers guidance and encouragement. Many young people lack a positive role model and this can result in social isolation, low self-esteem, depression and even crime. Mentoring is proven to increase a young person s confidence and selfesteem and help put them in a better position to make positive life-changing decisions. List up to three key statistics relevant to the charity s cause: Source: On any given night, there are 105,000 people who are homeless in Australia. Nearly half of these, are under the age of 25. Of all homeless adults surveyed, 40% of them first experienced homelessness as a young person. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2008, White Paper: The Road Home. National Youth Commission, 2008, Australia s Homeless Youth. Describe the potential impact of workplace giving donations (if the charity directs workplace giving donations to a particular area of work, describe the work). Consider explaining this as $ handle impact statements: For the first time in our history, there is a waiting list of more than 50 applications for our help. With no foreseeable way of funding these applications for at least another 18 months, there are at least 70 young people on our list currently, who are at risk of homelessness. Your workplace giving will help us provide more homes and more support to these vulnerable young people in our community. You can choose to direct your donations to Kids Under Cover s overall general donations pool to ensure that your donations are spread out among the programs that have the greatest the need, or you can choose to dedicate your donations to a particular program if one of them resonates more. Just to give you an idea of how important your donations are, below is a breakdown of the costs associated with supporting our vulnerable young people and protecting them from homelessness. A Studio costs around $50,000 each to buy and install. This Studio has a lifespan of 20 years and in that time, can be moved up to four or five times to different young people and their families in need. Over its lifetime, this Studio can help up to 16 young people and protect them from homelessness. A scholarship costs on average $1200 each. This scholarship helps a young person with the tangible costs associated with pursuing a complete education. Such things as text books, public transport tickets to get them to and from school, stationery and other equipment such as a second hand computer or a calculator etc. are things that ordinary families take for granted as a part of the general cost of education, but for these young people who have struggled to find stable accommodation, these additional costs often is the difference between them studying and not studying. verified by The Australian Charities Fund Operations Limited. Page 3

4 Describe the benefits of partnering with the charity (eg dedicated contact, bi-annual meeting, promotion on charity website, use of charity logo, invitation to site tours, recognition in charity publications, etc.) Formal presentation of framed Partner certificate/plaque (special event opportunity) Ongoing recognition as Partner in Kids Under Cover marketing materials; newsletter, annual report, website, social media and relevant promotional material. Access to the Kids Under Cover logo. Kids Under Cover Marketing & Communications team can collaborate with Partner team on internal and external communication strategy to promote the partnership. Access to a KUC representative to speak at a company event (if requested) Dedicated contact Co-ordination of at least one face-to-face meeting/planning session per year. Describe how the charity will measure employer and employee workplace giving donation impact: Invitation to participate in at least one of the following activities; to visit Kids Under Cover Studio/House to meet young person and/or their family or to have morning tea with the KUC team Describe how the charity will communicate workplace giving donation impact to employer partners: Invitations for key stakeholders to exclusive Kids Under Cover Supporter Events Kids Under Cover will provide relevant case studies with up to date information about youth homelessness for distribution to engage staff and clients of the partner. Exclusive youth homelessness awareness-raising presentation for staff and clients to educate and engage people with the problems associated with youth homelessness, what causes it, about Kids Under Cover s work and the support received from the partner. Are there other ways the charity can provide engagement opportunities for staff? Access to Kids Under Cover Mentoring Program. General workplace volunteering for staff. Opportunities for a corporate build dependent on partnership agreement. A corporate build is an opportunity for a partner to invest into the cost of a studio and offer their staff an opportunity to help build the studio on-site of a family/carer who will utilise that studio. (Optional) List current corporate partnerships (highlighting any workplace giving supporters) Kids Under Cover has a number of very successful corporate partnerships. Following are a list of the main corporate partners however there are a number of partners not listed here due to high number of partners and the varying nature of the partnership agreement. Workplace Giving NAB Devine Grocon Award winning partnerships The Ball Group For more than eight years, design and branding firm, The Ball Group has supported Kids Under Cover in developing a strong brand through the development of effecting communications collateral. This partnership saw Kids Under Cover s 2009 annual report receive the Australasian Reporting Awards 2010 Communications Award. verified by The Australian Charities Fund Operations Limited. Page 4

5 Hocking Stuart As a long-time Gold partner of Kids Under Cover, HockingStuart and Kids Under Cover have worked together for more than three years to establish mutually beneficial partnership to meet the partnership objectives of both organisation. This exemplary partnership is a finalist for Corporate Partnership awards in the REIA Partnerships Awards and the National Homelessness Service Achievements Awards. Industry Partners Industry Partners provide Kids Under Cover with long-term support, both through cash donations and other resources. Many of these organisations have prominent industry peak bodies and membership organisations. Master Builders Association of Victoria The Building Commission Incolink Archicentre Key financial information: FY 2011 FY2010 Total revenue (from all sources) 3,632,134 4,625,052 Revenue from Government 1,318,070 2,440,499 Revenue from fundraising 1,711,974 1,504,545 Revenue from workplace giving (included in above) Cost of fundraising (as a %) of total funds raised 9% 4% Net surplus / deficit 1,105,637 1,873,587 * ACF recognises that industry standards do not exist for measuring the costs of fundraising. If there are aspects of your fundraising that require explanation (e.g. a start-up community organisation will generally incur higher COF), please provide a commentary below. Contact details: Role: Name Direct Phone Key Contact Kerry Butcher Kerry@kuc.org.au CEO Jo Swift Jo@kuc.org.au Address: Website: Level 1, 53 Burnley Street Richmond VIC verified by The Australian Charities Fund Operations Limited. Page 5