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).

Exeter Homes Trust marks Platinum Jubilee

On a chilly, but beautiful sunny day in March 2022, the Exeter Homes Trust celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by...
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More veteran almshouses take shape

Skies the limit, onwards and upwards! The Buchanan Trust have been incredibly busy over the last few years. Having completed...
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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

On 6th February this year Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking...
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Hillier Almshouses celebrate 50 years!

Hillier Almshouse have just celebrated being in their current building for 50 years! Val Richards, Manager/Clerk to the Trustees at...
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Barnstaple marks Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Devon Live reports on the celebrations held by the Barnstaple Almshouses in Autumn 21. "On a day of celebrations as...
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Girton Town Charity futureproofs village housing

New Passivhaus Homes A Cambridgeshire charity is celebrating a major milestone in its latest building project to create 15 almshouses...
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New Windows for Latham almshouses

Latham Almshouses kindly shared with the Association and members the challenges they came up against getting double glazing into a...
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Garden Parties Galore!

As we draw a close to 2021, the year of The Almshouse Association's 75th anniversary of supporting and representing almshouse...
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Tea parties bring Sutton Coldfield residents together

News from The Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust (SCCT) Tea Party Events bring almshouse residents together for the first time since...
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170th Anniversary celebration

The Perry Almshouse Charity Trustees and residents in Winterbourne celebrated the 170th Anniversary of their beautiful Grade II listed almshouses...
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Cake and collaboration at the Andros Almshouse Networking event

A beautiful celebratory cake, made by a 95 year old resident, was shared at a successful networking and celebratory event....
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Wivenhoe Housing Trust

A Celebration Event at Jonathan Feedham Court.  Held on Saturday 18th September 2021, the event was to mark the completion...
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