New Leaf Czechia

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40 homeless people in the Prague area received CZK 100 000 as a one-off payment without any conditions.

10 researchers, analysts and social workers will monitor the money over the course of a year and find out what they do with it at regular intervals.
They will monitor what they spend the money on and whether they use any other public services, such as health or social services.
A documentary crew will then film the lives of these people, to see what has changed for them and whether they have been able to get off the streets thanks to the funding.

Based on the research and the documentary footage, the team will then evaluate whether the current approaches to homelessness or this innovative approach inspired by the New Leaf project in Canada are worthwhile for taxpayers, both financially and humanly.

Results of the New Leaf project in Canada in data

  • A homeless person with finances spent 89 fewer days in a shelter than a homeless person without finances.
  • The savings on shelters alone amounted to CZK 186,000 per person.
    People with finances spent 99 days less on the street than people without finances.
  • People with finances spent 55 days more in stable housing than people without finances.
  • 93% of people with finance paid for stable housing.
  • People with finances did not increase their spending on alcohol, drugs or cigarettes..

What did they start from in Canada

  • Lump sum amount: 7,500 Canadian dollars (approx. 125,000 CZK)
  • Number of homeless people who received a lump sum: 50 people
  • Estimated annual cost per homeless person in Canada: CZK 918 000
  • Daily cost per shelter bed in Canada: CZK 2,090

Do you want to be part of the project and receive the latest information and interesting facts?

Become a social investor

As any investor, you are entitled to know how your investment is performing.

That’s why you will receive a monthly report on how the project is progressing. You’ll be the first to get access to exclusive information and project highlights:

  • Current balances.
  • What the funds were spent on.
  • Preliminary estimates of the outcome of the project.
  • Introduction of the research team.
  • Background information on the research process.
  • And much more.

What is the difference between a donation and a social investment?

The donation focuses on the positive impact on the individual and on the outcome, e.g. a sick child being able to afford expensive treatment that is not covered by insurance.

Social investment has a positive impact on a group of people (in our case, a group of homeless people who get a chance). At the same time, it brings financial benefit to the investor and to society as a whole. In the New Leaf Czech Republic project, it is a saving in taxes that we divert to current solutions to homelessness.

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Filming a documentary

The impact that money has on the lives of those who receive it cannot be described in text or expressed in data.
That is why the film team will spend a whole year making a documentary with those who have received CZK 100 000.

Become one of the producers of the documentary and you will get:

  • Stories of those who received 100 000 CZK
  • Interviews with the director.
  • Stories and reflections of the social workers involved.
  • First shots.
  • Trivia from the filming.
  • And much more.

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Current number of social investors

Individuals

168

Companies

4

Foundation

0

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Who funds the New Leaf Czech Republic project

A research team to provide evidence on whether the innovative approach of the New Leaf Czech Republic project works will be funded for one year by the European Union through the Social Innovation for the Future call launched by the Social Innovation Unit of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

Amount: 3 500 000 CZK

Funding for homeless people (40 x CZK 100,000) and the documentary (CZK 1,250,000) is raised through social investors from individuals, companies and foundations. These funds are transferred to the account of the project implementer, Neposeda, z.ú. – a registered provider of social services in Prague.

Amount: 5 250 000 CZK

Project New Leaf Czechia in English-language media

Contact to the project implementer

Neposeda, z.ú.
Registered provider of social services
Šimanovská 47, Prague 9, 198 00
inovace@newleaf.cz
www.neposeda.org