Accommodation:
One bedroom apartment style unit accommodation / Studio accommodation
Criteria:
The Almshouse Charity provides affordable accommodation for older people who are able to live independently and who meet the charitable objectives of the organisation.
To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:
- Be aged 60 years or over.
- Be able to live independently without the need for full-time care or support.
- Demonstrate a housing need, social need and/or limited financial resources.
- Be of good character and willing to contribute positively to the almshouse community.
- Please note that accommodation is allocated at the discretion of the Trustees and is subject to availability.
- Meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee that accommodation will be offered.
- All applications are assessed fairly and confidentially in accordance with the charity’s governing documents, policies, and procedures. The Trustees are committed to ensuring that applications are considered on their individual merits and in line with the charitable purposes of the almshouse.
Contact:
Housing and Welfare Officer Sophia Osei
Main Office: 020 3817 4172
Mobile: 078 5691 8282
Email: sophia.osei@thecharterhouse.org
Accommodation:
A small (365 square feet), ground floor, non-smoking, 1-bed flat (single occupancy) has become available at the Hatcliffe Almshouses in Greenwich. The current weekly maintenance contribution (WMC) is £145.47 per week (equivalent to £630.37 per month) plus bills.
Criteria:
Applicants must be in need, aged 55 or over, live within 5 miles of the Almshouses (SE10 9UY) and South of the Thames, be capable of independent living and looking to contribute positively to the Hatcliffe community. Under the terms of our Charity Scheme, preference will be given to women.
Contact:
For further details and an application form please contact Olivia Brett, Property Manager:
Email: obrett@danielwatney.co.uk
Telephone: 07761 206 213
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
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