 | What does it do?LinkAges helps to facilitate homsharing placements between homeowners and students. We arrange both short-term and long-term placements, which increase inter-generational understanding. Both homeowners and students benefit from living together by sharing skills and resources with each other.
Each placement we make is uniquely tailored to suit the needs and wants of the people involved. Before the student and homeowner start the scheme, we help both sides draw up a homesharing agreement which outlines mutual expectations and responsibilities. For instance, homeowners with teenage children might ask a student to provide tutoring for exams while homeowners living alone might ask for help with the shopping or companionship in the evenings. Students commit to give at least 10 hours of their time each week to help their homeowner.
In order to make successful matches, we interview all students and homeowners who would like to participate on the scheme. From these interview we draw up character profiles, which are used to help us suggest matches that both sides will enjoy. |
Who it is for: Older homewoners who would like to share their home with a student.
The two things that all our homeowners have in common is that they have a spare room and they are happy to live with a student for a fixed amount of time. We welcome applications from any homeowner who fulfills these criteria. Whether you live alone, with a partner or with a large family we will try to find the best match for your situation. | Where it is available: Local service covering: Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith &Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster (Greater London). Oxford (Oxfordshire). | What it costs: To cover the costs of running the homesharing scheme we charge a small fee to students. | Additional information: LinkAges is a not-for-profit organisation that organises home-sharing placements between students and home-owners in England. Our short-term and long-term placements help to build understanding between generations, while enabling both students and home-owners to do things that they might otherwise find harder to do. | Classification(s): Socialising, Home help, Independent living, Companionship /befriending, Homesharing, Homesharing, Domestic help | Info last updated: 06/04/2011. |
| About the service provider: | | Contact info: | LinkAges Telephone: 01865 403 351 07852 612 193 http://linkagesuk.weebly.com/ | | Parent organisation: | LinkAges | | Who are they? | LinkAges is a not-for-profit organisation that organises home-sharing placements between students and home-owners in England. Our short-term and long-term placements help to build understanding between generations, while enabling both students and home-o |
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