The Sheppard Trust – East Molesey, Surrey

Accommodation:

The Sheppard Trust is an almshouse charity founded by Miss Elizabeth Sheppard in 1855 that provides homes for older women in housing need.

We have developed a new scheme of 60 brand new self-contained, purpose built one-bedroom flats.  Designed to the highest standard with most having private balconies or patios.

Criteria:

We are now accepting expressions of interest for our new homes in East Molesey, Surrey, which will be ready in summer 2026.

You can apply for housing with the trust  if you:

  • are a single woman aged over 65
  • are in financial, housing or social need
  • are happy to abide by our community values
  • have the right to live in the UK
  • are able to live independently

Currently we can only accept applicants who live in the borough of Elmbridge and have a recognised need.

Contact Details:

If you are interested and meet our criteria, please email lisasmith@sheppardtrust.org to express your interest in our homes.

The LAWRENCE CAMPE’S ALMSHOUSES

ON FRIERN BARNET LANE WHETSTONE N20

Applications are invited for vacancies at The Lawrence Campe’s Almshouses

Accommodation

The available 1-bedroom ground floor flat provides modern, centrally heated, unfurnished accommodation in pleasant surroundings suitable for one or two persons. 

There is no on-site warden, so residents must be able to care for themselves.

The Charity pays for repairs, external redecorations and gardening.  Residents pay council tax, water rates, the usual supply bills and a maintenance charge of £600 per month.

Criteria

Applicants must be over 50 years of age with assets/savings of less than £50,000.  Preference is given to those in need who live or have lived in the Borough of Barnet. 

Contact details

For further information please contact:

Eddie Pratt (Trustee) or Charlotte on 020 8361 0033 or at info@ferriertomlin.co.uk

St Marylebone Almshouses – Westminster, Greater London

Accommodation:

One-bedroom flat available for single occupancy in a beautiful setting in St John’s Wood. The flat is on the first floor, accessed by fifteen steps, and no lifts are available.

St Marylebone Almshouses has been providing comfortable and well-maintained accommodation for persons in need for some 200 years. Our residents live in a convivial community in beautiful surroundings.

Residents occupy their accommodation as beneficiaries of the Charity. They are not tenants and do not have security of tenure.

Criteria:

To be considered for accommodation, applicants must:

  • have reached retirement age;
  • have lived, carried on business, or been employed in the City of Westminster for not less than ten years; or
  • in the opinion of the Trustees have a sufficient connection with the City of Westminster; and
  • be fit and proper persons in sufficient need to be admitted as residents.

Other important requirements are that residents must:

  • be capable of living independently, the accommodation is not supported or sheltered housing and does not offer care or support;
  • be of limited financial means (both income and capital).

The application process involves the applicant giving their consent to financial and medical examinations being carried out.

Contact:

For further information, please contact:

Angela Griffiths, Clerk to the Trustees Email: clerk.stmarylebonealmshouses@gmail.com

www.stjohnswoodalmshouses.com

The Eden Cottages Trust, Exeter Road, Ivybridge

Accommodation

A spacious two-bedroomed Almshouse in a community of retired persons is now available at Eden Cottages in Exeter Road, Ivybridge.

The Almshouse is suitable for two persons and comprises a large sitting room, two double bedrooms, upstairs bathroom, downstairs toilet and kitchen.

Criteria

The Trustees invite applications from anyone in housing and financial need but under the terms of our governing document they must be members of the Church of England*.

Applications will not be considered from existing homeowners, nor from established tenants of social housing.

Contact details

Full details and an application form can be obtained from the Secretary to the Trustees

Tel: 07855 830631

email: edencottages.secretary@544gmail.com

*The Eden Cottages charitable scheme states that residents must be “poor persons who are members of the Church of England” and the charities exemption of the Equality Act 2010 therefore permits it to specify that applicants have to be members of the Church of England.

Hillier Almshouse Guildford – Forthcoming Vacancies

Accommodation

We have a  comfortable and spacious ground self-contained studio (end of April) and a one-bedroom first floor flat (end of March). 

10 mins walk to the town and station. 

A warden who is on duty Mon – Fri, together with a 24-hour emergency call system, CCTV and door entry system.

The large well-maintained, sunny garden offers beautiful views across the North Downs; a communal lounge and kitchen in which the residents enjoy regular social gatherings. 

Other facilities including on-line computer access, communal TV, DVD, laundry equipment etc.

The current costs are £155.80/£205.70 pw incl. Gas, electric and water.

Criteria

available to ladies over 60 years old

Contact details

Please call 01483 575814  or email hillier.almshouse@gmail.com for further details.

The Lanyon Charity – Truro, Cornwall

Accommodation:

The Lanyon Charity are seeking a new resident for one of the almshouses in Halvarras Road, Playing Place, for occupation from the start of April onwards.

Criteria:

Potential residents need to be over 65, in receipt of Local Housing Allowance and live in or near the parish of Kea. They will also need to be single, non-smokers with no pets.

Contact:

For more information and expressions of interest, please contact the charity Clerk at info@lanyoncharity.org.uk