HomeShare International

Author: Cheryl Snider

Congratulations to Age UK Oxfordshire’s Homeshare

Age UK Oxfordshire’s Homeshare has been awarded one-year funding from the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerated Reform Fund, via Oxfordshire County Council. This funding will allow the small team to recruit another much-needed person.

Read more about the funding and enjoy the quote from Joan, talking about her Homeshare experience with Ausra: https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshires-shared-lives-and-homeshare-programmes-receive-welcome-funding-boost/

2024 World Homeshare Congress

Mark your calendars and plan to join us for the 2024 World Homeshare Congress in Trento, Italy.

Hosted by Associazione A.M.A.- project VIVO.CON, the Congress will begin on the afternoon of Thursday, September 5. There will be a Welcome Dinner / Birthday Party on Thursday evening celebrating Homeshare International’s 25th anniversary and VIVO.CON’s 15 years of service to the people of Trento. Congress sessions will continue through to the afternoon of September 7th.

The Planning Committee comprises members from both Italy and Homeshare International trustees: Chairs Zilma Lucia Velame and Régis de Kerautem, members Estelle de Saint-Bon, Giuliana Costa, Paolo Boccagni, Sibel Whitehead and Stefano Sarzi Sartori, with organization / logistical support by Marta Spanevello.

Congress sessions will be in both Italian and English.