Chris Cleary Street Medic
When Chris Cleary landed a job working in television, she thought it would be the start of a “fun and...Read More
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StreetMed founder’s medical mission for the homeless
As our guest speaker last week, Chris Cleary explained why she founded StreetMed in 2014, ABC TV’s 7.30 Report was...Read More
Zest Awards honour local collaboration
The Mayor of Hawkesbury, Councillor Mary Lyons-Buckett, congratulated Hills resident Chris Cleary from StreetMed Incorporated, who won a Zest Award for Outstanding Community...Read More
Cleary is our Woman of the Year
A MOTHER who spends her nights bringing medical aid to rough sleepers has been honoured with at The Hills Shire...Read More
Chris Cleary wins award for StreetMed at Zest 2017
The winner of the 2017 ZEST Award for Outstanding Community Leader in a Volunteer Capacity is Chris Cleary! Congratulations Chris!...Read More
Story About Us
Who are we?
StreetMed Inc. provides street level first aid, mental health and advocacy for the homeless and at risk in Western Sydney, bringing together charities with the common goal of helping society’s forgotten and neglected, providing mental health and physical first aid as well security and dignity. We achieve this through successful partnerships with like-minded people and organisations.
Did you Know?
On an average shift we see 20-30 patrons, many of which get their Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar Levels checked.
This results in the StreetMed team using:
- 20-30 gloves
- 20-30 Accu-Chek Performa BGL testing strips
- 20-30 Safe-T-Pro Plus Lancets
- 20-30 Bandaids
Our team of dedicated volunteers are on the streets, providing our valuable service, 5 times a week, not including the off-shift emergency callouts during the week. Thats a lot of gloves, testing strips and bandaids!
Can you help?
What we do
We need your help
Its not just blankets and food that the homeless need
The StreetMed board members are the steering force of our organisation, StreetMed has 6 exceptional people who govern who we are and what we do, making sure at all times that we are completely compliant with all legislation and governing bodies and that StreetMed as a not for profit organisation is completely transparent with all our under takings and the things we deal with.
Our team of dedicated volunteers come from all walks of life and every single person brings a specific skills set that enhances who we are and what we do. We have been incredibly blessed to have been able to assemble such a highly motivated and amazing team of people.
The Street Care Project
The Street Care Project is an initiative of StreetMed Inc. to provide first aid kits,...Donate Now
Blood Pressure Machines
We have a blood pressure machine, but for our team to expand the services we offer...Donate Now
Working with Veterans
A cause close to the heart of Chris, our founder. Through our contact with the...Donate Now
First Aid Supplies
Its amazing the sheer number of first aid supplies we go through each week! Everything from...Donate Now
Why we do what we do
A huge day today with massive highs and lows, but tonight took the cake. A homeless Vietnam Veteran we have been working very closely with not only arranged for my husband and son to surprise me on shift, but also made a beautiful speech about StreetMed and presented me with a bunch of flowers, chocolate and a new blood sugar testing machine and strips. It’s times like this that make you truly appreciate the amazing people we encounter that can have such a huge impact on your life.. Cheers Chris
One of the struggles we have being out at night this time of year is visibility. It gets dark earlier and makes it harder for us to see what we are doing. So one of our kind patrons donated us the torch pictured and some rechargeable batteries so that we can see through the winter! We are so grateful.
The temperature is starting to drop, but that isn’t stopping the patrons coming out and having a good time.
I would like to extend to you and you highly dedicated team that make up “StreetMed” my warmest and most sincere gratitude to all of you.
I wish to warmly thank and recognise the efforts of Chris and her team. They have listened to my problems without judgement and are committed to helping me overcome my personal hurdles. At all times Chris and her team are highly friendly and professional and they do not accept “can’t” as an answer. There is no scenario that Chris and her team would deem hopeless; their motto is generally “there is always an answer for everything”., Patron