Member news, stories and events

Receiving stories, photos and case studies from our members is such an enjoyable part of our work here at the Association.

Please do keep sending in your stories, news and celebrations, birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions and we will be very happy to post them on our website, in our Almshouses Gazette (and social media accounts with your permission).

Double Celebrations at Coopers Hospital

The trustees and residents of Rev. John Cooper's Hospital Charity in Elton, Peterborough recently celebrated the 360th anniversary of the...
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Moor Field: solar POWER project

Many thanks to the trustees of Sponne and Bickerstaffe Charity for sending in a case study on the completion of...
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HRH The Princess Royal opens new homes at Cutbush and Corrall almshouses in Maidstone

HRH The Princess Royal opened twelve new almshouses at the Cutbush & Corrall Charity in College Road, Maidstone. She was...
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Mopping up after Storm Babet

The Mills Charity along with many other properties in the town of Framlingham, Suffolk have been affected by flooding due...
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Three almshouse visits in a month for the Association’s busy Royal Vice Patron!

In his third almshouse charity visit of the month, Uxbridge United Welfare Trust welcomes HRH The Duke of Gloucester After...
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New John Morden Centre making big news

Named winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023, the winning project revives medieval tradition of treating older people with the...
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Actress Brenda Blethyn joins 100 year celebrations of Ramsgate almshouse

The 100th anniversary of an almshouse in Ramsgate has been marked with a tree planting ‘dug in’ by award-winning actress...
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Wells Almshouses welcomes HRH the Duke of Gloucester

Residents, staff and trustees were delighted to welcome His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester to the Bubwith site, its...
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Northam Charities mark 600 years of giving

Two blue plaques mark 600 years of giving, honouring the almshouses and the community spirit that has endured through the...
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Kendal Almshouse Charity kickstarts redevelopments

Kendal Almshouse Charity spearheads social housing growth for over-55s 8th September 2023 by Erin Gaskell for The WestMorland Gazette Kendal...
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Almshouse Charity leading the way in homes for the future

Girton Town Charity (GTC) was recently asked to showcase its new development of 15 futureproof homes for the over 55s,...
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HRH Duke of Gloucester joins Courtauld Homes of Rest centenary celebrations

On Tuesday 3 October, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester, Vice Royal Patron of The Almshouse Association, joined the...
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