Susan Brooks (pictured above) and Danielle Hughes, Member Support Officers at The Almshouse Association have been busy posting out Christmas vouchers to 667 almshouse residents who are all aged 90 or over on 25th December 2020!
The presents are the legacy of a benefactor (whose wishes were to remain anonymous) who left money to the Association with the express wish that we invest the money into a fund to provide Christmas gifts for elderly residents of almshouses at Christmas time.
667 residents in their 90s is an amazing number! That’s 22 more Christmas vouchers than we sent out last year and 200 more than we sent out in 2018! We always knew that almshouse living is good for your health and happiness and now the numbers of residents in their 90s is proving it !
The Almshouse Association would like to take this opportunity to wish our members, who work incredibly hard all year round to provide warm, safe, happy homes to all their residents, a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!