“Without community, there is no liberation.”
— Audre Lorde
About us
We’re Project Home Unity - a grassroots peer-led social support service founded by a team of queer, disabled young adults with a passion for change. Through the healing power of community, and individualised support in the home, we are determined to improve social outcomes for LGBTQI+ community members.
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to empower rainbow youth, families, and persons with disability to cultivate supportive connections in the home and community.
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At Project Home Unity, we vaue PRIDE:
Passion
Resilience
Inclusion
Diversity
Empowerment -
Our service is uniquely community-led, utilising a peer support framework. Underpinning our service delivery is our practice framework, based on psychosocial theory and practical, lived experience.
Meet the Team
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Cairo
CO-FOUNDER | SERVICE COORDINATOR
Services offered: Support Coordination
Areas of interest: Adolescents and young adults, addiction recovery, social welfare assistance.
Cairo (they/he) identifies as Queer and Transmasculine, they are driven by their passion for providing safe and supportive environments for queer youth and have a background in childcare, education, and community engagement.
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Liza
CO-FOUNDER | SERVICE COORDINATOR
Services offered: Support Coordination
Areas of interest: Neurodiversity, psychosocial disability
Liza (they/them) is passionate about helping people overcome daily challenges in innovative ways to achieve their goals. Their work is underpinned by a background in medical science, human services, and education/training.
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Taylor
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
Taylor (she/they) is a queer multi-disciplinary artist, writer and frontline worker, and all of their work strives to uplift the voices of marginalized communities and offer resources for trauma healing and community support, with a focus on queer communities.
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Eddie
SUPPORT COORDINATOR | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
Services Offered: Support Coordination
Eddie (He/Him) is currently studying Psychology and Gender Studies, stemming from his passion for queer mental health and disability advocacy, drawing from my lived experience. Eddie also loves being creative, in his spare time he loves painting and playing guitar.
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Ariana
CLEANING AND ORGANISING SPECIALIST
Services Offered: Cleaning and Organising, Home-Care Skill Building
Ari (She/They) is a bubbly gal who enjoys quiet nights in, where she can crochet and try their hand at any new crafts that they can get her hands on. Ari has a nursing background, but developed an autoimmune condition and had to step away.
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Valkyrie
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Valkyrie (they/them) is an experienced support worker and a long-time supporter of Project Home Unity. In their spare time they like to op-shop and tinker with their Rav4.
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Tyche
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Tyche (they/them) Loves the colour green, their dog, Honey, and any ancient mythologies. They are a queer, trans and neurodivergent person who enjoys trying their hardest to be organised and clean and hopes to support people in doing the same.
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Karla
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Karla (she/her) has worked in the learn to swim industry for 6+ years and has a strong passion for working with kids and young people. Karla is studying her Enrolled Nursing with a special interest in the mental health and drug and alcohol sector.
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Nadia
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Nadia (she/her) is a committed support worker with 7 years of experience in the sector. She most enjoys supporting individuals to engage in the community. Nadia has experience with mental health disorders, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and behavioural disabilities. She is a queer, lesbian, and neurodivergent individual who spends her spare time proudly involving herself in community and writing poetry.
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Riya
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Riya (they/them) is a proud Queer, non-binary and neurodivergent person. They have been acting since they were young, and have completed their advanced diploma in stage and screen acting. They've always been a creative person and love to make art, mainly drawing, painting, clay and crocheting. You can find Riya doing these things or sitting on the couch watching a movie they've already seen a bunch of times or listening to a podcast. Another passion of theirs is human connection and being able to use the resources that they have to support others. In the past, they have worked with children that require diverse needs and they're ready to expand my experience and support people of all ages within the community.
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Arlo
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Arlo (they/them) has worked in the disability sector for 5 years across support work and advocacy roles. Their priority in support work is to create a safe, caring and non judgemental space so that people can feel comfortable and confident asking for what they need. Arlo also puts a lot of energy into really listening to people and what they want in every situation. They aim to be as trauma informed as possible and also affirming for all. They love bushwalking, reading, crocheting, camping, and connecting with their queer neurodivergent community.
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Autumn
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Autumn (she/her) has been a client advocate and empathetic problem solver for over a decade, with experience in transport, utilities, communications and government services. She is passionate about kindling other people's' interests, supporting their independence and gently encouraging an honesty of self. Autumn loves all forms of literature, and is training to be a librarian and cultural archivist. She also loves nature and trail-runs whenever she is able, and jog around the inner west when she is not. Acting has always been close to her heart, and she takes any excuse to bring theatre kid enthusiasm to projects. Dungeons & Dragons features heavily in Autumn's spare time, and she loves fostering self-expression through role play.
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Bella
SOCIAL SUPPORT WORKER
Services Offered: Social Support
Bella (she/her) studied adult nursing and gained clinical experience as a student nurse and healthcare assistant in hospital settings. She has also worked in administrative roles for three years and has over ten years of experience in hospitality, events, including running her own catering business. Outside of my Support Worker role, Bella works as a freelance talent manager and yoga retreat coordinator. Bella is a warm, empathetic person who takes a compassionate and holistic approach to social support. She values creating a safe, nurturing space where people feel respected and heard.
Outside of work, Bella has a passion for animals, nature, sports, painting, pottery, cooking and gardening :)