Platform will help women
CoConnectHER reduces risks
A TOOWOOMBA trio hopes their bright idea will reduce the risk of homelessness for women.
Kym Breeze, Merna Dwyer and Ken Windley have created CoConnectHER, an online, fee for service platform to match women with spare rooms in their homes to other women needing a safe home to live.
Their idea has now been named a finalist in the Regional Australian Institute’s 2018 Lightbulb Moments. The winner will be announced next month.
Ms Breeze came up with the original idea after her own personal financial struggles. Without the support of friends and family, she knows she could have easily been at risk of homelessness.
“The isolation is also a big killer and the lightbulb moment for me was when I was made redundant and then even with my skills and my background, getting full time employment was really hard,” Ms Breeze said.
The trio said their research showed many women were at risk of losing their homes, due to factors like losing their jobs or death of their partners.
“There are a lot of people who are unaware they could end up in that situation of not being able to afford where they are living,” Ms Dwyer said.
Mr Windley added it would be a social enterprise, by finding people who were compatible, so they could both have added financial and social support.
They are now looking to help women before they reach the point of homelessnesses and also want to enlist the help of women who have a room to spare.
Go to coconnecther.com.