And the beat goes on - new video features the Missionbeat Bike service in Sydney

Missionbeat's latest service is mobilised by mountain bikes, giving outreach workers a greater ability to provide critical support to homeless people while also reducing carbon emissions.

The Daily Telegraph's new video And the beat goes on features the staff at work as they ride the beat in Sydney - view it now at this link

“The new Missionbeat Bike service will allow us to help more people sleeping rough in more places around the Sydney CBD and shrink our ecological footprint at the same time,” said Leonie Green, Mission Australia’s NSW State Director when the service was launched in 2009.

“People sleeping rough are often tucked away out of site, not only to try to maintain a skerrick of privacy but also to avoid getting drenched when it rains or suffer blistering sunburn.

“By putting our outreach workers on bikes, we’re ensuring people living around the streets and stairwells, alcoves and doorways of Sydney will have access to services offering basic medical care and safe accommodation.

"We’ll also have a much better chance of knowing if they need urgent care and we’ll have faster response times than by simply driving around the streets.”

The bikes, helmets and uniforms were purchased with a grant from the Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP Salary Trust.

Cr Moore and the Deputy Lord Mayor, Cr Marcelle Hoff, donate their Lord Mayoral and Deputy Lord Mayoral fees to the Trust, which has provided grants worth more than $650,000 to charities that help people rebuild their lives, promote animal welfare and support community environmental and sustainability initiatives.