Sharing with Friends Foundation Queensland

Congratulations to Deicke Richards on 30 years of success and leaving a legacy to everyone impacted by your inspirational work. Sharing with Friends is honoured to have partnered with DR in designing our co-housing concept plan through to the final plans that are about to become a reality.

With so many things happening in parallel to get SwF's first co-housing project built (we are sooooo close to signing the building contract) our SwF team get very little time to review and reflect on our progress let alone plan ahead. Last year the UQ Institute of Social Science Research proposed a collaborative partnership in undertaking a developmental research project that would look at our journey, how we are getting there and the people joining us on the journey. After appointing Anita as the project's part time researcher, we finally got to look at, and share, the volume of work she has undertaken today. The energy in the room along with the incredible bonus of having graphic artist Rachel recording and visualizing the discussion was an overwhelming success (it's hard to believe all that information was in our brain!) We discovered the true heart of the project and what brought individuals and organisations to our cause is the respect and dignity for our older women who are often the forgotten women. These values, and the belief in what we can achieve, continually push us and our supporters to overcome the barriers and hurdles we face to meet our goals. We are looking forward to receiving Anita's final report which will give us a living document that captures our journey, feedback from those supporting us and documents to share and move us forward as we replicate the model throughout Queensland. A huge thank you to UQ ISSR (Laurel, Steph and Tim), Anita, Rachel and everyone who took part in the research. #sharingwithfriends #cohousing #housingsolutions #affordablehousing #respect #dignity #collaboration #

Sharing with Friends Foundation is growing fast and we need more help and support from people like Fran who have some time, energy and skills to help us deliver this innovative co-housing solution for older women to Queensland. Interested? Send us an email info@sharingwithfriends.org or phone 0403 472 589 / 0419 660 579

Sharing with Friends is so fortunate to have Eloise and the Deicke Richards team on this journey of delivering affordabe, safe and sevure housing for older women. It’s amazing what vision , talent and tenacity can do!

Susan and Adrienne had a super meeting this morning with four wonderful women from the Gold Coast who are supporting SWF with a fund raising event later this year. With backgrounds in design and construction these talented women loved the co-housing concept while understanding the difficulties and barriers in planning and delivering a new concept in affordable housing. One thing for sure it will be a fun event! From left: Tui, Jazz, Susan, Adrienne, Nicky, Libby. #sharingwithfriends #affordablehousing #fundraiser #cohousing #housingsolutions

The SwF working group welcomed back Anita Eggerton (in red) researcher from UQ Institute of Social Science Research today. Anita is undertaking a Developmental Research methodology that focuses on systems change and the social impact of innovative solutions to address community issues such as housing. Using a Test -Trial - Learn process, the information that Anita collects will help us to review and analyse what we have learned from developing and delivering our first project and apply our learning to our future projects. A huge thank you to everyone taking part in the interviews and UQ ISSR for supporting this research. Photo from left: Anne Landsberg, Elaine Harrington, Anita Eggerton, Susan Davies, Robyn Taylor. Absent Fran Stowers. Photo taken by member Adrienne Irvine. #affordablehousing #cohousing #research #UQISSR #olderwomenhousing

It's that time of year again when tax-deductible donations can be made to support a charity of your choice before June 30. If you are thinking about making a donation, please consider Sharing with Friends and help us build affordable, secure housing for older women in Queensland. With our first co-housing residence about to start building and a second in the planning phase, this is the perfect opportunity to make a difference to someone you might know... https://lnkd.in/eTcGBP6u #sharingwithfriends #cohousing #affordablehousing #olderwomenhousing #donate #charities #shoutforgood

Every Monday morning the SWF 'Kitchen Cabinet" meets to strategize and keep the co-housing project on track with the many things that need to be managed on a daily basis. We have recently been joined by our new members Cassie (with Anne Landsberg), Luna (with Robyn Taylor) and of course Gracie who lives at Susan's house. Our other wonderful volunteer cabinet members are Fran Stowers, Elaine Harrington, Catherine Sawyer and Adrienne Irvine. We are fortunate to have such a committed and talented team to keep driving the project and supporting one another to see our vision come to fruition. #affordablehousing #cohousing #sharingwithfriends #volunteers #zontabrisbane #furryfriends

Thank you!! The photos are here and the final additions to our fund raising event are done! Our sincerest gratitude to those who came, bought raffle tickets and made donations - you have raised $80,000 for Sharing with Friends!! Your amazing contribution will help us builld Brisbane’s first intentional living, values driven co-housing initiative for five older women securing them safe, affordable and secure housing for their futures. Thank you 🏘️ Images: erika.myer.photography@gmail.com #affordablehousing #cohousing #sharingwithfriends #trentdaltonauthor #thankyou

Spreading the word at the WOW Festival in Biloela. With a plan to take our co- housing model to regional areas this is the perfect time to talk about SWF while the region is in the midst of a housing shortage 🏘️ #wow #biloela #cohousing #affordablehousing #womenandgirls