Step One
Informal Enquiry
Please get in touch to see if we have any vacancies that might be suitable for you, and to check you meet our criteria.
Step Two
Application Form
Download and complete the application form, then return it to us. We will keep your details on file if there are no units vacant currently.
Step Three
Interviews
When a flat is available that might suit you, we will be in touch. If you ware still interested we will arrange the first of up to 3 interviews.
Offer
Conditional Offer
Subject to the interviews, a doctors report, and background checks, we will offer you a license to occupy.
Application Requirements
Minimum 60 years of age, however, Trustees are able to consider people under the age of 60 depending on circumstances.
Living within the borough of Lewisham or have previously lived within the borough of Lewisham.1
Applicants must be able to maintain an independent lifestyle.
Primary consideration is given to those in financial hardship and/or are unable to maintain a good living standard within their current accommodation.
What we Offer
We have 11 self-contained flats, a communal lounge and kitchen, a laundry room, a well kept garden area, and onsite parking. For more about what life in our almshouse is like, please read our section on Almshouse Living.2
The Process
When the Trustees have vacancies they will award the benefit of an almshouse flat on an in-need basis, bearing in mind the circumstances of the candidates being interviewed; there is, of course, no obligation to accept the place offered.
Offers are confirmed subject to a satisfactory report being obtained from the applicant’s doctor. This is to ensure that the residents will be capable of the kind of independent living expected within the community of the almshouses. i.e. who are able to cook, wash, clean and shop for themselves. The Trustees support residents who require carers but between these visits residents need to be able to do the basic tasks to look after themselves.
It is a condition of appointment that applicants must nominate a Next of Kin.
Residential Vacancies
Once a completed application form has been received applicants are grouped on a list of interested parties to be considered for flats most applicable to them (for example, if they need a ground floor or wheelchair accessible flat) taking into consideration the applicant’s preference where possible. When a flat becomes vacant those on the relevant list group will be contacted to make sure they still wish to be considered. They will be invited to come and view the flat and then a visit to their home by two Trustees will be arranged. This meeting is for applicants to ask questions, to meet the Trustees, and to confirm details supplied in the application form: a friend or family member is welcome at this meeting.
Following this meeting applicants will either be recommended and invited for interview or informed that the almshouses would not offer the right accommodation they need. 1st interviews are then held with 3 or 4 Trustees at one of the almshouses and following these, the Trustees will make their decision as to whether to proceed to 2nd interviews or award the benefit of the flat on a conditional basis. (confirmed once a satisfactory report from the applicants’ doctor has been received together with the result of a satisfactory background check).