Melbourne Stay

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Melbourne Stay

• Introductions
• Melbourne Stay what is it and how will it work?
  
• Guest a real life story!
• Scenarios
• Questions
• Next steps

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• Days in the Dioceses
• Melbourne
• 10 14 July 2008
• World Youth Day
• Sydney
• 15 20 July 2008

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Key facts

• Melbourne Stay is a great chance for us to
  provide pilgrims with the opportunity to
  experience real Australian culture
• We are aiming to find 10,000 homes around
  Melbourne to offer bed and breakfast to the
  20,000 pilgrims coming to Melbourne for Days in
  the Dioceses.
• Melbourne Stay will run from 5th to the 14th
  July, 2008
• There will also be Melbourne Stay venues which
  includes halls
• The halls will be used to host pilgrims under the
  age of 18 and groups who wish to be accommodated
  as a whole group.

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How many do we need?
20,000 pilgrims

• 10,000 homes

Important We will not have confirmed pilgrim
numbers until around May 2008.
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What are we asking of the Hosts?
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Legal Stuff!

• It is STRONGLY recommended that all hosts have
  contents insurance for the month of July.
• If a host is a tenant, they need to check their
  tenancy agreement to ensure that they are
  permitted to have visitors staying in their home
• All hosts must consent to a police records check
• Homes will be assessed against building
  requirements such as the presence of smoke
  detectors, etc.
• Hosts need to be friendly and approachable

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Selection of hosts
Applicant submits application either online or in
hard copy
Melbourne Stay Home Visits (March 2008)
Phone screening by volunteers in Melbourne Office
Appointed as a Melbourne Stay Host.
OR MS Coordinator enters the applicant using the
DIDOAS
Applications consent to a Police Records Check
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What happens when the pilgrims arrive?

• Host families do not need to go out to the
  airport and collect their pilgrims!
• Transport will be arranged centrally.
• There will be buses that will transport pilgrims
  to transport hubs around Melbourne.
• Hosts will meet their pilgrims at these hubs.

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Your role

• Inform and excite your parish, school and local
  community about the Melbourne Stay Program and
  how they can get involved
• Set a target for the number of hosts that you
  will find
• Distribute posters and pamphlets around your
  parish, schools and community
• Allocating individuals to homes
• Ask questions of us if you are not sure!

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Live case study!
TIM DAVIS WHAT IS IT LIKE TO STAY WITH A HOST
FAMILY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
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SCENARIOS

• Here are some possible scenarios. What would you
  tell these people and would you encourage them to
  apply for Melbourne Stay?
• 1 Mrs Jones would really like to be a host for
  Melbourne Stay. She is hesitating to apply
  because she doesnt have a spare bed and she only
  has one bathroom in her home.
• 2 Ashley has to work during the day so he has
  decided that he cannot apply to be a host as he
  wont be in the house during the day.

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Melbourne Stay Timeline
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Next steps

• Inform and excite your parish, school and local
  community about the Melbourne Stay Program and
  how they can get involved
• Put a mark in your diaries for the 16th November
  there may be some word about the program in the
  news and the applications open!
• Set a target for the number of hosts that you
  will find
• Distribute posters and pamphlets around your
  parish, schools and community
• Ask questions of us if you are not sure!

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Questions