The Almshouse Association held a webinar on 'Making Changes to your governing document' in partnership with the Charity Commission on Wednesday 28th October 20. The webinar was fully booked with 100 members signing up and more wanting to take part....

Following the announcement of the Affordable Housing Programme, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a number of roundtable meetings to take place over the next 2 months. Whilst they are targeted at regulated organisations, , re-modelling...

Each year the Association invites members to showcase their almshouse projects and achievements by applying for one of our awards. With the outbreak of coronavirus at the beginning of 2020,  the Association had to put the Patron’s Award and Award...

The Almshouse Association 75th Anniversary in 2021 - we want to celebrate your amazing work! ... YOUR CELEBRATION PACK The Almshouse Association is so proud to represent you, our valuable members. You work tirelessly to provide support for those in...

The Almshouse Association was very pleased to see almshouses widely discussed in The House of Lords today (22 Oct 20). The discussion was led by a question from Lord Kennedy of Southwark with a number of substantive questions following on...

Since March there has been an increase in cases of cybercrime and fraud among charities, with the Charity Commission receiving reports of 645 incident since March, amounting to £3.6m in total losses to charities. Almshouse charities, regardless of size, are...

Today (14 Oct 20), The Almshouse Association held a productive meeting with David Rutley MP for Macclesfield. Discussions with Mr Rutley, who is also a Government Whip, included an overview of the four almshouses in his constituency, Section 106 Agreements...

After each Almshouse Association Board Meeting, the Key Decisions made at the most recent meeting are uploaded to the  ‘Latest News’ pages on our website for all registered member charities to access. At the virtual Board Meeting held on 17th September 2020, the following Key Decisions were...

Each month, the Association posts a news summary of the latest Policy and Governance legislation that could impact / requires action from our member charities, with links to further information where applicable. Please find below our September 2020 Summary. Ministry...

The Almshouse Association is enormously pleased to be able to confirm to our members that The Charity Commission has now publicly recognised our official definition of an almshouse and has added the definition to their Operation Guidance. After over 2...