A new project could revolutionise the lives of homeless people - by providing a fleet of buses equipped with safe overnight facilities for both them and their pets.

The ‘Sleepbus’ will contain 22 sleep pods and eight pet kennels, alongside toilets and a security system.

There’s also pods on offer to charge mobile phones, and bedding will be freshly washed overnight.

The project is the brainchild of Australian Simon Rowe, who is now raising money for the buses via GoFundMe, and hopes to have at least one on the road by the end of the year.

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He said: ‘Using my 20+ years of business experience, I set about developing a simple solution with a mission; to provide people sleeping “rough”, a safe overnight place to sleep.

‘The more I developed and researched a solution, the more I discovered what a good night’s sleep can do for a person’s physical and mental health.

‘Just being able to sleep through the night, warm and safe can give a person a whole new outlook on life.’

Rowe says he was motivated to start the project after he was evicted from his own flat in 1993 - and slept in his car for four months.

The GoFundMe page has since raised $29,000 of its $50,000 target - meaning it’s pretty likely that the bus will become a reality in the very near future.