We are very sorry to postpone our biennial world Homeshare congress which would have taken place in May 2021. We hope to bring you news of new dates and for it to still be in Liverpool as planned in 2022. Watch this space!

There is lots of information and guidance going around about how to respond to Coronavirus in your countries. We know that people over 65 and those with existing health conditions are particularly vulnerable. We are seeing lots of good examples of how Homesharers are supporting each other through this time. Especially those who are far away from family and can’t travel.

Please refer to you own country’s guidance on how to advise and respond to the crisis with your Homeshare matches.

The World Health Organisation has general guidance on their website you can also refer to here:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Please stay safe during this time and do contact us if we can help in any way during this time

You can email us at hi@homeshare.org

We’ve now added some of the presentations as well as photos of the congress to the congress page. The photos give you a flavour of this superb event.

Homeshare International’s 20th anniversary was celebrated with a gigantic cake at the Brussels congress dinner in March 2019 and with the publication of a review of its recent work. Nurturing a global network: homeshare in action 2014-2019 summarises our recent activities and gives a snapshot of homesharing in spring 2019. We’ve come a long way in 20 years! Read the review here.