Video links

Southwark: What’s it like living in Hopton’s Almshouses?
A stone’s throw away from the River Thames, and hidden just behind Tate Modern, are Hopton’s Almshouses. They’ve been offering affordable housing to the poor and needy since 1752. In the summer of 2023, filmmaker Harvey Marcus was granted rare access to film inside the complex of twenty cottages and document the lives of its elderly community. What transpired is Waterloo Sunset – a documentary about the last pre-World War Two generation, now facing a daily battle with a world they often no longer recognise.

BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms has been finding out about the film, and speaking to Seamus, the youngest resident of the Almshouses. Click here to access interview.

Almshouses given a modern makeover in London helping older communities thrive

ITV News visits the new Appleby Blue almshouse development and interviews CEO of The Almshouse Association, Nick Phillips To access, please click here.

On Wednesday 3 January 2024, Almshouse Association CEO, Nick Phillips met up with Channel 5 presenter, Natalia Jorquera and her film crew at Trinity Hospital Almshouses in Greenwich. He talked about the origins of almshouses, their growing demand and the vital role they play in the provision of community-led affordable housing. interviews with residents Geraldine and Terry. To access, please click here.

Courtesy of St John’s Foundation, a community focused charity working across Bath and North East Somerset, here is a wonderful interview with resident, Geraldine who is asked to describe what its like to live in one of their almshouses.

To be directed to the video on the St John’s Foundation website, please click here.

In their Secret Somerset feature, BBC Sounds steps in side Gray’s Almshouses – “built in 1635 these homes on East Street in Taunton still benefit those in need today”.

Posted November 23 and available for a year. To be directed to the recording on the BBC sounds website, please click here.

Courtesy of United St Saviours Charity and WWM Architects, Nigel, Shamus and Barry of Hopton’s Almshouses talk about almshouse living and the importance of being able to live in their local community.
To be directed to the video on the Witherford Watson Mann Architects website, please click here (scroll to find pic on left and click play) or access via vimeo here.