July Open Day

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Date Posted : July 26th, 2017

City of Wells Almshouses held its 2nd Open Day on Saturday 15 July. Despite the weather the event was really successful and we welcomed more than 90 visitors to our beautiful Almshouses and gardens. Many of our local visitors had not been to the Almshouses before and we were delighted to show them Wells ‘hidden secret’. We were also delighted to meet our visitors from Germany and Belgium.

Cake

As with all our events our supporters baked beautiful homemade cakes which were much enjoyed by our visitors. Thank you to everyone who helped with the Open Day.

If you missed our event or would like to visit us again we will be opening the Almshouses on Saturday 9 September for Heritage Open Day. We also accept visitors by appointment.

ABOUT US

Originally the Almshouses in Wells were separate unincorporated trusts. In 2004 these charities were brought together and the five almshouses became one charity, the City of Wells Almshouses Trust (registered charity no: 1040554). In 2014 a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (registered charity no: 1159162) was set up and this now administers the original Trust. City of Wells Almshouses is also a registered housing association, regulated by the Charity Commission and by the Homes and Communities Agency.

The CIO is administered by a Board of Trustees. A number of the Trustees are appointed by the Chapter of Wells Cathedral and by Wells City Council. The Dean of Wells and the Mayor of Wells are both ex-officio members of the Board.

The Almshouses are managed on a day to day basis by 4 part-time staff: the Chief Executive; the Scheme Manager; the Finance Officer/Trust Secretary and the Handyman.