About Street Set
The skill never left. The kit did.
Street Set is a programme of The Schaffa Foundation, the registered charity behind Street Buffet.
Our story
From a folding table to a shadow board
The Schaffa Foundation began with one man, a folding table and a bag of unwanted clothes.
That became Street Buffet — hot meals, groceries and essentials every Sunday at Tom Uren Square in Woolloomooloo, served by volunteers and supplied by local kitchens, bakeries and schools. More than one hundred thousand meals later, it is still run the same way: turn up, set up at 4pm, serve at 4:30, everyone welcome, no booking and no paperwork.
Ten years of Sundays teaches you something. The people at the table are not a category. They are a carpenter between jobs, a cook who lost a licence, a driver whose car went, a singer who can still sing. Feeding them is necessary. It is not sufficient.
Street Set exists because the volunteers kept hearing the same sentence: I could work tomorrow if I had my gear.
What makes it different
Giving you can audit
Itemised
You buy a thing, not a share
Each set is a list of quoted items. You cover the boots, or the ticket course, or the ten weeks of transport. The tile fills in and stays filled.
Bounded
Sets close, funds do not sit
Every set has a closing date. If it closes short, remaining donations move to the next verified person, reviewed and recorded in a ledger.
Direct
Suppliers are paid, not people
The Foundation buys from the supplier who gave the quote. No cash ever passes to the participant. Receipts are published on the set page.
Verified
Six checks, enforced in software
Referral, skill, quotes, participant agreement, media consent, and a real path to work. Until all six are ticked, the page cannot take money.
Consented
Nobody is put on display
No photo, name or story appears without signed media consent. A participant can withdraw at any point and the page comes down.
Modest
Small amounts, real outcomes
Most sets are in the hundreds to low thousands. That is the whole point: the gap between capable and working is usually smaller than people assume.
Governance
Who you are giving to
Street Set is run by The Schaffa Foundation, an ACNC registered Australian charity with deductible gift recipient status. Donations of $2 and above are tax deductible.
The Foundation is volunteer-led. Street Buffet has operated continuously on community donations and volunteer labour, and is backed by a standing network of local businesses.
ACNC Registered charityDGR Gifts $2+ deductibleABN 54 612 158 755
Honest status
Where the programme is up to
- Built and tested The platform, the safeguards and the payment process are complete.
- Referral pathway open People can apply directly, or a worker can refer with their knowledge and consent.
- First sets in preparation Participant agreements and supplier quotes are being finalised now.
- Outcomes reported We will publish what happened to every set, including the ones that do not work.
We would rather show you an empty board honestly than a full one we made up. Results will be published as they happen.