| Type(s): | Housing with support. | | Properties: | 9 flats. Built in 1985. Sizes studio. | | Services: | Non-resident management staff and community alarm service. | | Facilities: | Lounge, dining room, laundry, guest facilities, garden. | | Accessibility: | Access to site fairly easy, but less so for less mobile people. Distances: bus stop 250 yards; shop 500 yards; post office 750 yards; town centre 750 yards; GP 300 yards. | | Lifestyle: | Scheme for, or of particular interest to: all welcome, but we do take people form local churches. Monthly social activities include some, organised by friends of Abbeyfield, housekeeper. Some meals available (two meals every day). New residents accepted from 60 years of age. Please contact us to discuss if you wish to bring a pet. | | Tenure: | Rent (social landlord). | | Manager's notes: | At an Abbeyfield house, our residents have the privacy of their own accommodation, combined with the companionship of others and the security and support of the dedicated house staff. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our residents enjoy home-cooked meals together every day. The charges are fully inclusive of food, cooking, utility bills and council tax.
Many residents are eligible for Housing Benefit and other financial support to help towards the monthly cost. Abbeyfield is affordable to all and our staff can help advise you about this. Contact the Area Housing Manager 07587 135716 or the House Manager on 01438 316849 for information about the monthly costs at this house and about the financial support that may be available.
For over 50 years, Abbeyfield has been guided by the shared beliefs that older people have an important role to play amongst their family, their friends and in their communities, and that overcoming loneliness and insecurity can significantly increase an older person’s wellbeing, sense of security and quality of life. | | Info updated: | 06/02/2007. |
Properties availableRelet(s): One vacancy available. Contact the Manager as above. (Notified 26/01/2012). |
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