Following representations by The Almshouse Association on behalf of our members to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), we are pleased to announce positive clarification regarding the...

The Charity Commission has released a number of “5-minute guides” to help trustees to carry out their roles in line with the law. The new guides cover five key aspects of charity management - a ‘core syllabus’ covering the basics...

The Almshouse Association has received a written response to a question raised by Baroness Eaton during the House of Lords discussion on almshouses on October 20. During the discussion Baroness Eaton put forward: “To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans...

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...

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...