Membership

Benefits of Membership

Being a member of the Homeshare Association offers independent homeshare organisations the chance to be part of a larger professional group. This in turn gives each individual business more credibility.

The Homeshare Association is committed to setting very high standards for its members and ensuring that these standards are regulated from within.

The Homeshare Association has been founded by homeshare experts with more than 40 years collective experience in the sector.

Become a Member

There are three levels of Membership on offer to organisations wishing to join the Homeshare Association.

Full Member

Senior Associate Member

Associate Member

To ensure the standards and professionalism of the Homeshare Association is maintained, any organisations wishing to join the Homeshare Association either as a Full, Senior Associate or Associate member will be required to meet the Membership criteria as laid out below.

For both a *Full or Senior Associate Member, the following criteria need to be met:

  • Organisations must have at least 5 years’ experience in offering Homeshare and be a Registered CIC or Charity in Great Britain (not a requirement in Republic of Ireland)
  • Organisation must be able to demonstrate a sustainable business model
  • Organisations must have a dedicated team running the Homeshare programme and a minimum of one experienced full-time member of staff.
  • Organisations must be able to demonstrate a clear assessment procedure for new clients
  • Organisations must agree to a new members assessment to ensure above criteria of membership are met, and to an annual audit
  • *Full member must offer homeshare nationally

For an Associate Member, the following criteria need to be met:

  • Organisations must be Registered as a CIC or Charity in Great Britain ( not a requirement in Republic of Ireland)
  • Organisations will have been trading for a period of at least 2 years’ as a homeshare organisation; able to demonstrate procedures are in place to run a professional homeshare service and be committed to upholding the Principle Standards of the Homeshare Association

Please contact us for more details on membership options and to discuss suitability