William Gurney Charity – Brandiston near Norwich, Norfolk

Accommodation:

Mid terrace two story cottage one of four units.

  • Recently refurbished Ground Floor Shower Room / WC
  • New kitchen with electric cooker and fridge
  • Sitting room
  • Downstairs rear lobby
  • 2 bedrooms – one leading into another
  • Recent new electric night storage heaters plus open coal fire in sitting room
  • Recently redecorated and carpeted
  • New water tank
  • Small garden back and front
  • Peaceful rural location
  • Immediately available

Criteria:

  • Cottage will suit one or two occupants
  • Being an Almshouse Charity applicants are assumed to be of a mature age and able to produce satisfactory references
  • Steep cottage staircase suits able bodied occupants only
  • Country location car essential
  • No pets
  • No smoking

Contact:

Apply in writing: William Gurney Charity

C/O MAG Group Building, Vulcan Road South, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 6AF

Or by email to info@williamgurneytrust.co.uk


Cottenham Charities – John Moreton Almshouses, Cambridgeshire

Accommodation:

A one-bedroom house is available with the use of a large communal garden. It comprises sitting room/dining room, bathroom, kitchen with cooker & hob and an upstairs bedroom with en-suite toilet and basin. The properties also have off street parking.

Criteria:

Applications will be considered from persons aged over 60 on low income who live in the Parish, or from an aged relative of a parishioner who would like to move into the Parish to be near their family.

Residents are expected to be independent and able to look after themselves, although a mobile warden scheme is available in the village.

Residents are appointed by the Trustees as beneficiaries and pay a weekly maintenance contribution (which may be met by benefits) rather than rent.

Contact:

For further information and an application form, please email info@cottenhamcharities.co.uk

or call 01954 250082.

Website:

www.cottenhamcharities.co.uk


The Wilkes Alms Charity, Leighton Buzzard

Almshouse Vacancy

The Wilkes Alms Charity has 1 Bedroom Almshouse available

Eligibility Requirements:

The Wilkes Alms Charity Almshouses are available to those in need by reason of age, financial or other hardship. Preference is given to persons who are resident within Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.  Please note that all our sites are no smoking and pets are not permitted.

Application Procedure:

Expressions of interest can be made via our Estates Officer

 estates@wilkes-alms.org.uk

Formal application is via an application form, submission of an application form does not guarantee an interview.

Feedback on individual applications will not be provided.


Great Shelford Village Charity – Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire

Accommodation:

2 Bedroom almshouse home becoming available in September on More’s Meadow.

Criteria:

Applications are invited from people who are:

  • resident in Great Shelford or who have a strong connection to the village
  • and are on low incomes
  • and in housing need
  • and are capable of independent living.

Almshouse residents are ‘appointees’, not tenants, living in our almshouses under licence, paying a monthly maintenance contribution (MMC) rather than a rent.

The Charity sets its MMC at 50% of the rental rate for similar private property in the village.

Contact:

To find out more about the application process and how to apply read the full story by clicking the link below.

Great Shelford Village Charity

Applications should be submitted to John Huntingdon’s Charity (JHC) by Midday on 25 August 2025. They will be processed in confidence by JHC – and anonymised – before being forwarded to the charity directors for shortlisting. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an informal interview.