On 1 February 2024 Her Majesty The Queen visited St John’s Foundation to mark the 850th anniversary of St John's Foundation in Bath. HRH Queen Camilla began her visit to Bath by meeting St John’s almshouse residents for tea and...

The Almshouse Association is pleased to confirm that the first two Almshouse Association seminars for 2024 are now open for bookings. The aim of all our seminars is to provide information on topical issues and to establish useful links between...

Dear Members A HUGE THANK YOU to all member charities who have already completed The Great Almshouse Census. You represent over 41% of our membership and normally that would be a brilliant response for a survey. But, for The Almshouse...

The Almshouse Association holds its first Research Conference In January 2024, Nick Phillips,  CEO of The Almshouse Association, hosted the inaugural Almshouse Association Research Conference at Mercers Hall in London, inviting 25 prominent researchers, funders, architects and almshouse managers from...

- Charities Act 2022 Yesterday, on 23 January 2024, the Government published notification of the latest changes being introduced early 2024 by the Charities Act 2022 (the Act), which amends the Charities Act 2011 . Members may wish to look...

- News - Housing LIN - Sheltered Housing - Evidence needed Dear Members, I have received this call for evidence on the regeneration of outdated sheltered housing from Housing LIN and the APPG Older People Housing. The spirit of the...

The Almshouse Association was thrilled to receive a call from Channel 5 wishing to run a piece on almshouses in London over the Christmas period. Our plans, however, were thwarted by conflicting schedules, train strikes and inclement weather. Fortunately, we...

When meeting ministers, The Almshouse Association continues to emphasise the importance of providing long term guidance and stability so our members can budget over a longer term. Today (4 Jan 2024) the Regulator of Social Housing (RSL) published its annual...