{"id":69,"date":"2026-02-08T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:07:17","slug":"new-almshouses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/new-almshouses\/","title":{"rendered":"New Almshouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In June 2025 a villager spotted that 1 Church Lane was for sale, they were already aware that WACT was looking for ways to provide more almshouses to meet the local need, and they thought this house would make an ideal almshouse because it is next to the existing almshouses. Having thought about it for a while it they then contacted us and suggested that they would donate the money to buy it. This extremely generous donor wishes to remain anonymous<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">WACT has now purchased this house and has a unique opportunity to provide much needed affordable housing for local people of any age who cannot afford to stay in the village, often because of circumstances beyond their control.&nbsp;<\/span><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HOWEVER<\/strong><\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">WACT now needs&nbsp;<strong>YOUR<\/strong>&nbsp;help to convert the house into two almshouses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently WACT still has over \u00a340000 of loan debt to pay off from the 2008 renovation of the existing three almshouses and unlike many almshouse charities it has no endowed capital fund \u2013 it only works because it is run entirely by volunteers from the village who manage and maintain the existing three houses. The only income is the contributions made by the residents. These contributions have always been kept well below the market rent and the Local Housing Allowance but this can only be done because WACT has no paid staff. WACT is applying for grants but we do not expect these to cover all the costs to complete this project in a timely fashion \u2013 so we are now seeking help from the village in the form of donations and volunteers who can provide expertise and labour to see this project through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The works needed include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Internally insulating all the external walls, floor and roof to ensure the house will meet the future Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Social Housing&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>modifying the layout of the existing 3 bedroomed house to form 2 almshouses by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>creating a bedroom and a shower room from an existing bathroom, larder and attached outhouse<\/li>\n<li>creating a new kitchen<\/li>\n<li>renovating an existing wet room<\/li>\n<li>re-wiring to separate the internal electrics<\/li>\n<li>installing new central heating in both parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim is to get one half ready for occupation within a couple of months using volunteer labour but this will exhaust all the funds that WACT can spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not expect professionals to provide expertise and labour entirely for free but we\u2019d appreciate any help given at favourable terms so we can provide this housing for local people of all ages who are in need. Whenever we pay for work we want that money to benefit people from this community and not to go to outside contractors if at all possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d5177c2bf4891ba353f73cdf4bcf6e7 wp-block-paragraph\">If you think you can help us then please please fill in this brief form by clicking on the link below<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-9205b6dcdfe769a61a128a4fc559c8b8 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdrkQlA2GylRb_kb1Jger95QypLbBA_c7C_MzE3xPsGYgYq3w\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I\u2019d like to help<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5a3700345678b614bd74df2d95abcb3 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/campaign\/two-homes-for-warmington\">If you\u2019d like to DONATE through our Just Giving page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2025 a villager spotted that 1 Church Lane was for sale, they were already aware that WACT was looking for ways to provide more almshouses to meet the local need, and they thought this house would make an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/new-almshouses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmingtonact.org\/WP1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}