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💕Trustee – Pastoral role vacancy

Opportunity to get involved in Taunton’s oldest charity. Helping those in need locally and support our Residents living in our Almshouses.

Taunton Heritage Trust, is looking for a new Trustee to help improve the pastoral support we provide to our Residents—older adults who live in our housing community.

We are particularly looking for someone with experience in pastoral care, social work, housing support, or community engagement who can bring valuable insights to our Board. This is a voluntary governance role with a flexible time commitment, but it offers a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

  • Would you or someone in your network be interested in this opportunity?

We’d love to hear from anyone who:

  • Understands the challenges older adults face in housing and well-being
  • Wants to shape how we support Residents and foster a caring community
  • Has time to contribute to a small but impactful charity

Please feel free to share this opportunity within your network or let us know if you’d like to discuss it further.

 

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💕💕 Valentine’s Coffee Morning Treats 💕

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We were spoiled at our Resident’s Valentines coffee morning! One of our very talented Residents created a gorgeous chocolate cake and delicious heart cupcakes for everyone to enjoy.
Not only did they look amazing, but they tasted soooo good!❤️
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St James Close mini party

A lovely morning at St James Close celebrating the opening of the revamped community room. Residents, Staff and our Associate Rachel joined us to enjoy scones with cream and jam, cakes, tea and lots of friendly chats which made it a great get-together.
Their community room is used regular for board games evenings. They are all really pleased with the additions to their community room which makes it feel a lot more cosy and welcoming.
They are looking forward to having lots more events and making the most of the new revamped area.
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    Fraud Prevention Talk

The Residents’ coffee morning included a highly informative presentation delivered by the Fraud Prevention Team. The session provided valuable insight into current fraud risks and practical advice on how to recognise and prevent fraudulent activity. Residents were actively engaged throughout the talk, asking a number of thoughtful questions, and feedback indicated that the presentation was both extremely interesting and beneficial.

Thank you to Avon & Somerset police for taking the time out to come and meet our Residents.

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Work Experience Student

We’ve been delighted to have Izzy with us on work experience this week. She’s had a busy and exciting few days — supporting Residents’ visits, attending a Grants meeting, joining our Residents coffee morning, creating posters, exploring Grays Chapel, and helping at the Residents’ Christmas Party 🎄
Her favourite parts? ….Visiting Residents with Ali – Resident Lead and enjoying the festive fun at the Christmas Party!
Well done, Izzy — you’ve been a wonderful addition to the team this week! 💛
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Residents’ Christmas Party 2025

A huge thank you to the Somerset County Cricket Ground for hosting such an amazing festive celebration. The food was absolutely delicious, and the atmosphere was perfect!
A special shout-out to the brilliant Lorraine Lee for her fantastic singing – you truly made the party really sparkle.
Our Residents, staff, and Trustees all had a fabulous time filled with joy, laughter, and Christmas spirit. ❤️✨
Here’s to a wonderful festive season! 🎅🎁
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Leycroft Close – Flat refurbishment – Get in touch if you are interested in living in one of our Almshouses!

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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.
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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

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.

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 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.

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 Homemade Easter Cakes

March 2024

We’ve been spoilt again by our Residents! Homemade Easter cakes!🐣🐰🐣🐰🐣

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 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.

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 Leycroft in Lights – Christmas 2023

 19th December 2023

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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.

Secret Somerset: Inside Gray’s Almshouses – BBC Sounds

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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.
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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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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…
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Almshouse 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…
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Heritage 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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