StreetSmart funds a range of homeless charities - some provide
shelter and food, while others focus on long term needs, such as job
training and counselling.
Bloomberg support StreetSmart and cover all their production and
administration costs ensuring that every penny donated to the charity
goes to helping the homeless.
Forward is the publishing company where StreetSmart is based.
The Manchester Evening News provides a supportive role as
StreetSmart's media partner.
A voluntary £1 contribution is added to each table's bill for the
benefit of StreetSmart. Any diner not wishing to contribute or who
would like to donate more should just say so. Each annual campaign
normally runs from November until January. However, the Greenhouse is
a very small restaurant and sometimes, particularly during the festive
season, a full restaurant is covered by just one or two bills, so
following on from the favourable comments made by many of our diners
and in part to alleviate our mild embarrassment at the modest size of
our initial contribution, we have arranged with StreetSmart to
continue on an ongoing basis throughout the year.
During the last campaign period (our first) we raised £225 towards
Greater Manchester's total of £7,140. Obviously our contribution
towards future campaigns will be considerably greater. All money raised
in Manchester stays in Manchester and was distributed as follows: