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Residents Christmas Party 2024
5th December 2024
An amazing time was had by everyone who came to the Residents Christmas party at the Somerset County Cricket Club.
A big thank you to all the staff at the cricket ground who provided 5* service and food. Thank you to our amazing singer Lorraine Lee who had everyone singing and dancing. We also had The Mayor our Patron & Consort attend along with some of our Trustees.
Water fountain feature
01 July 2024
The Trust’s Grant Scheme not only benefits those in financial need in the local community and new and existing Residents of the Trust with items for the home. The Trust will also grant for items to improve the community on sites. Recently Residents of our Bernard Taylor Homes and Huish site have been awarded a water feature and a bench for a small garden area they are calling the “secret garden”. The Residents have enjoyed designing the outside space and adding their own flowers and plants.
French Twinning Group visit to Grays
22nd April 2024
The Staff & Trustees welcomed the French Twinning Group along with the Mayor to Grays Almshouses to have a tour of the Chapel and Almshouses and learn about the history of Grays and how it was started. The group were fascinated by the Chapel especially the old trunk which contained the historic bibles. A huge thank you to our Chair Liz & Vice Chair Norman for their expert history knowledge. It was a very informative tour enjoyed by everyone.
Homemade Easter Cakes
March 2024
We’ve been spoilt again by our Residents! Homemade Easter cakes!
Claire’s leaving presentation
February 2024
Trustees and staff members gathered together for Claire’s farewell presentation on the 7th February. She has made a huge impact on the Trust and we are so grateful for all her hard work over the nearly 6 years she has worked for the Trust. We wish her all the best with her business. She will be missed by all.
Leycroft in Lights – Christmas 2023
19th December 2023
BBC Radio Somerset – Secret Somerset Grays Almshouses
23rd October 2023
BBC Radio Somerset recently met with our Chair Liz Fothergill to find out more about the secrets of our historic Grays Almshouses. Please click the below link to listen via BBC sounds.
Mayor visit to Huish Homes
8th August 2023
The new Mayor and Mayoress of Taunton popped into our offices at Huish Homes for a photo shoot in the beautiful gardens. The Mayor has always been part of THT heritage from the early days of the Almshouse’s beginnings. The Mayor is the patron of the charity and attends meetings, visits our Residents at various events including our traditional giving of the Alms gifts at Christmas time.
Below shows some of the THT staff team with the Mayor & Mayoress.
Residents Christmas Party 2024
An amazing time was had by everyone who came to the Residents Christmas party at the Somerset County Cricket Club. A big thank you to all the staff at the…
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Residents Survey 2024
Please use link to view the latest Residents Survey: Residents Survey 2024
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Water fountain feature
The Trust’s Grant Scheme not only benefits those in financial need in the local community and new and existing Residents of the Trust with items for the home. The Trust…
Read MoreAlmshouse Association Seminar – June 2019
Our Chief Officer, Karen White together with Trustee Liz Fothergill attended the Almshouse Association’s first Members Day Conference on 05 June at the Haberdashers Hall in London. The event was…
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Easter Egg Hunt – 19th April 2019
We were so blessed with the weather this year at our Easter Event. We had a range of fun activities including the egg hunt around the gardens at Bernard Taylor…
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Race Night
Photos from our recent Race night held at our Leycroft Close site. All Residents who came enjoyed home cooked food made by our Warden followed by the horse racing.
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Residents’ charity coffee mornings
So proud of the Taunton Heritage Trust Residents who raised over £300 for Macmillan and other local charities at their coffee mornings last week, and had a lot of fun in the…
Read MoreHeritage Open Day – 15 September 2018
As part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme we are opening to visitors the chapel and garden at Grays Almshouses, East Street, Taunton TA1 3NA on Saturday 15 September…
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