Our Team |
Carla RaynesManager and Co-founder
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Manager and Co-founder Home Share MelbourneCarla is a passionate social entrepreneur with a commitment to social justice and an interest in applying innovation to societal issues. She has a degree in Social Policy and Sociology, and also holds a diploma in Community Studies. She started her career working as a disability support worker, and has since held front line and senior positions within the homelessness sector.
Carla holds board positions within homelessness and animal charities. “I met my fellow founders in 2018 and knew that we were going to do big things together. We developed Home Share Melbourne which we have seen change the lives of so many people so far and hope to keep growing and growing!” |
Beris Campbell OAMCo-founder
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Board Director, HANZA, member of the Home Share Melbourne Planning Committee, Trustee Homeshare Int and Homeshare Program Consultant.
A passionate champion for homeshare, Beris has witnessed firsthand the life changing benefits of skilled homeshare matching, and has been the main driver for the promotion and development of homeshare in Australia and New Zealand for over 20 years. She founded Melbourne’s first successful homeshare program in 2000, and managed it for ten years. With a background in social work and over two decades’ worth of experience managing community services in local government, Beris has been HANZA’s Homeshare Program Consultant since 2011 and has played a key role in establishing HANZA as the voice and advocate for Homeshare in Australasia. She was awarded an OAM for services to homeshare in 2011. |
Dr Meg MontagueCo-founder
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Chair of the Board HANZA and member of the Home Share Melbourne Planning Committee.Meg has worked all her life with community agencies that address disability, social and economic exclusion, homelessness and disadvantage. She began her career as a research officer at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and has run her own research, policy and evaluation consultancy for over 30 years whilst volunteering on governing bodies with agencies such as Hanover Welfare Services (now Launch Housing) and Foodbank Victoria. She has qualifications in anthropology, public policy, facilitation and governance, and a longstanding passionate commitment to tackling homelessness. She has been involved in the homeshare movement for over 20 years, evaluating the first Victorian Homeshare Program in 2001. She also wrote the Homeshare Policy and Procedure Manual (2002) and Stage Two: Homeshare Melbourne Feasibility Study (2017). This study underpinned the founding development of Home Share Melbourne.
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Heather Mckee OAMCo-founder
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Board Director HANZA and Chair of the Home Share Melbourne Planning CommitteeHeather is an experienced manager of community services in local government, having served in senior management and social planning roles at several metropolitan councils, including at the City of South Melbourne Council and later City of Port Phillip and Footscray and Maribrynong Councils. Since 2016 she has worked closely with the other co-founders to develop the Home Share Melbourne Program at HANZA. Heather has extensive Board experience, having contributed to several not-for-profit boards over four decades.
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What is Home Share Melbourne?Home Share Melbourne thoughtfully matches people living with a disability (Householders) who have a spare bedroom with people looking for affordable housing (Homesharers.) The program has a number of benefits, including supporting people with disabilities to stay living independently in their home. From a wider society perspective, it increases the availability of housing in our community. Home Share Melbourne is also piloting a second program which matches asylum seekers with caring community members who have spare bedrooms in their homes Most commonly, the Homesharers will pay no lodging fees and provide approximately 10 hours of support and companionship to the Householder. Other options include a maximum rent of $170 per week or discounted rent in exchange for 5 hours of work a week. All of these options are discussed with each individual match to asses the best option for the Householder and Homesharer. What is Homeshare?Homesharing has been a successful way of building connection and community for over 40 years. It differs from a typical roommate situation because, at its core, it is about two people helping each other. Homesharing is when a person offers a private bedroom and shared common area in exchange for help around the house and companionship from a live-in flatmate. Every homesharing arrangement is unique as it depends on the needs, time, interests and abilities of the people involved. It originated in America in the early 1970s and now operates in 17 countries. Who runs the ProgramHomeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance (HANZA)
Home Share Melbourne is a program of HANZA.
Established in 2006, HANZA is a not-for-profit organisation which is increasing the number of lifestyle choices for youth, disabled and older people. Driven by volunteers, it is a collaborative partnership between homeshare providers and potential providers across Australia and New Zealand. HANZA is the peak body for homeshare services and provides information, advice and resources about the programs. HANZA connects homeshare programs within Australia and New Zealand to international programs. |
AcknowledgementsHome Share Melbourne has received generous grants from the City of Port Phillip Council, StreetSmart, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation and Brockhoff Foundation. We have also had many hours of volunteer time from The Ducks Guts graphic design, Capptivate website development and BDO for taxation and financial advice and The Difference Incubator. |
Media
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Watch Ricky's story from SBS insight |
In the News |
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'It makes my life bigger': The win-win of Ricky and Josh's homesharing arrangement. |
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An antidote to lonelinessThe Big Issue
3 December 2018 The Christmas 2018 edition of The Big Issue includes an in-depth feature about Homeshare and the new Home Share Melbourne program. The piece examines two successful, but quite different, Homeshare matches: householder Philomena, who’s in her seventies, and her 20-year-old homesharer Rakesh, a student from Malaysia, and also 89-year-old Cecilia and her 61-year-old homesharer Jean. It’s fascinating to read about all four participants’ varying experiences of Homeshare - Jean is Cecilia’s first homesharer, but Philomena has had three different homesharers over the years, forming strong friendships with each of them. Both Jean and Rakesh discuss how Melbourne’s expensive rental market would make it impossible for them to stay in the city were it not for Homeshare: a great example of mutual benefit for both householder and homesharer! Read more |
Contact
If you are looking to become a householder, please complete the eligibility survey.
If the information you seek has not been answered by our FAQ pages, we are happy to assist you further via phone or email.
Carla Raynes
Manager & Co-founder
0468 940 088
homeshare.melbourne@homeshare.org.au
If the information you seek has not been answered by our FAQ pages, we are happy to assist you further via phone or email.
Carla Raynes
Manager & Co-founder
0468 940 088
homeshare.melbourne@homeshare.org.au