It was a great pleasure for The Almshouse Association CEO, Nick Phillips to meet with David Chalk at the Old Bailey earlier this month.
David Chalk is both the Sherriff of The City of London and a Liveryman for Drapers Livery Company.
David showed great interest in the different almshouse models and how they can help the young people of London.
About David Chalk
David’s career has been in research, marketing and strategy, working in the City at the Henley Centre for Forecasting, WPP, and the strategy consultants the Future Foundation, with clients including Aviva, Bass and Saatchi and Saatchi. Later, as a director at Age Concern Enterprises, he developed financial services for older people, sparking a long-term interest in elderly care – serving as a director of the UK Homecare Association.  He is Managing Director of Windrush Care, his care-at-home business in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025. A member of the Drapers’ Company since 1982, he was Master in 2021-22 and now Chair of the Charities Committee, focusing on education and social welfare. He has been a governor of two Drapers’ affiliated schools and has longstanding ties to St Michael’s Cornhill through bellringing and choral music. As Sheriff, he is promoting wider engagement and understanding of how the Old Bailey works and the role of the Judges. As part of the Civic Team, he is supporting the Lord Mayor and the wider City. Having spent a significant part of his career working in and with the insurance sector developing services for older people, he knows there is a big gap in the provision of financial services for care and is now using the opportunity and convening power of the Old Bailey and Sheriffs to address the issue and bring insurance, policy and care professionals together – to try to find a way forward in the funding of older people’s care.
posted 17 March 2025